NCL Technology Updates

National Cybersecurity R&D Lab (NCL) had the opportunity to support Critical Infrastructure Defence Exercise (CIDeX) 2023 from 22nd November to 24th November 2023 held at the School of Computing, National University Singapore (NUS). The event involves over 200 participants coming from DIS, CSA and 24 other national agencies across six Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) Sectors. Mr. Heng Chee How, the Senior Minister of State for Defence, and Dr. Janil Puthucheary, the Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information and Health, attended the Critical Infrastructure Defence Exercise (CIDeX) 2023 on 24th of November 2023. The event focuses on training and strengthening Whole-Of-Government (WoG) cyber capabilities to detect and tackle cyber security threats to Information Technology (IT) and OT networks that control the operations of critical infrastructure. NCL would like to express gratitude to MINDEF and Cybersecurity Agency of Singapore (CSA) for prov...

National Cybersecurity R&D Laboratory participated in the GovWare 2023 Conference and Exhibition held on 17-19 Oct 2023 at MBS Expo and Convention Center, Singapore. Under the theme “Fostering Trust Through Collaboration in the New Digital Reality”, GovWare 2023, a part of the renowned Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW), was set to deliver transformative insights that address the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape. GovWare 2023 was supported by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) and a network of community partners across the region. Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Heng Swee Keat visited our booth on the 1st day of GovWare 2023. NCL Lead Principal Investigator and Associate Professor Dr Chang Ee-Chien shared insights about NCL’s current research and interesting ongoing projects to the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore. NCL express its gratitude to Cyber Security Agency of Singapore for the opportunity. GovWare 2023 provided an excellent opportuni...

The National Cybersecurity R&D Laboratory (NCL) at the School of Computing, NUS, was one of the exhibitors at Cybersecurity Innovation Day 2023, held on the 29th of September 2023, at the MBS Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore. During the event, Mrs. Josephine Teo, the Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Smart Nation and Cybersecurity , announced that two Cybersecurity Centers will be established at local universities, receiving an impressive $110 million in funding as part of a plan to grow Singapore as a cyber-security hub. To address the growing demand for robust cybersecurity solutions, the National University of Singapore (NUS) is partnering with the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) to establish a new S$20 million NUS-CSA CyberSG Talent, Innovation and Growth (TIG) Collaboration Centre. This event provided an excellent opportunity to connect with local cybersecurity companies, professionals, and researchers. It also offere...

The Youth Cyber Exploration Programme (YCEP) Central Capture-the-Flag 2023 competition took place on the 25th of July 2023, in conjunction with WorldSkills ASEASN 2023, at Suntec Convention Centre witnessed close to 70 finalists from different schools. Photo by Cyber Security Agency of Singapore The competition was organized by CSA, with the support of National Cybersecurity R&D Lab (NCL) and Cisco Systems, aimed to ignite the passion for cybersecurity among young talents and foster a vibrant cyber community. We would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to all students who showcased their incredible skills and determination throughout the competition. Congratulations to all the individual winners, as well as the top three group winners, Team 06, Team 13, and Team 10. Photo by Cyber Security Agency of Singapore We were honoured to have Mr. Tan Kiat How, Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information and Senior Minister of State for National Development,...

The GreyHats CTF 2023 event, jointly organized by the National Cybersecurity R&D Lab (NCL) and NUS Greyhats , took place from July 15th to 16th, 2023, at the School of Computing, National University of Singapore. The event witnessed the participation of 90 finalists who formed 15 teams , including 5 international teams and 10 local teams . These 90 finalists had previously competed in the GreyHats qualifier rounds and successfully qualified for the NUS GreyHats CTF 2023 event. The qualifier rounds attracted participation from more than 1600 individuals representing 454 teams (314 international teams & 140 local teams) . Greyhats is the largest student-led information security interest group based in NUS. The members of Greyhats are enthusiastic students with strong technical skills, keen to spread the love of cyber-exercises. NCL is a research lab established in 2015, funded by National Research Foundation, under the National Cybersecurity R&D (NCR) Programme. It...

The National Cybersecurity R&D Lab (NCL) would like to express our gratitude to the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) for including NCL as a co-partner in the Advanced Youth Cyber Exploration Programme (AYCEP) held on June 6-7, 2023. Approximately 70-80 finalists qualified and participated in the final Capture The Flag (CTF) competition and tabletop exercise, which took place at the ASEAN-Singapore Cybersecurity Centre for Excellence on June 7, 2023. NCL was also a part of the judging panel for the tabletop exercise. Together with Horangi, NCL provided technical training on Day 1 of AYCEP to prepare the participants for the CTF challenge. AYCEP showcased the immense potential and passion of Singapore's youth in the field of cybersecurity and provided a platform for collaboration, learning, and growth. It was an incredible experience witnessing the dedication, problem-solving skills, and teamwork displayed by the participants as they tackled challenging questio...

We want to see whether ChatGPT or other AI (MS-New_Bing or Google Bard) are able to help the user to go to some test environment to run cmd to solve the CTF challenges (Understand the challenge question and capture the flag). In this test case we will create a test environment to test ChatGPT and other AI's performance on solving a web-exploitation CTF challenges. We will build a CTF challenge question and related test environment as an example, we will also show how to use the Jailbreak Prompt such as Always Intelligent and Machiavellian chatbot prompt (AIM) to simplify the process (such as bypass most of OpenAI’s policy guidelines). Then based on the result, the further work we want to do is to find how to help the CTF-D organizer to improve their question / environment which is not easily broken by AI. Capture The Flags, or CTFs, are a kind of computer security competition. Teams of competitors (or just individuals) are pitted against each other in a test of computer securi...