Hwa Chong Infocomm & Robotics Society

HCIRS has organised its very first jeopardy-style CTF this year for secondary school students. The event was held on the 9th of January and received active participation from students across various schools. We would like to congratulate the winners:

1st place – Sean Seah (ACSI)
2nd place – Ivan Tung (HCI)
3rd place – Joey Tang (HCI)
4th place – Zhao Yun (NUSH)
5th place – Theodore Lee (HCI)

Thank you everyone who joined us for our first CTF! We hope that everyone had fun and we can’t wait to bring you an even better CTF next time!

Over the past weekend, HCIRS took part in GovTech Cyber Security Group’s inaugural STACK the Flags CTF, and achieved commendable results:

Champions
Team Mitsusha: Sherman Chann Zhi Shen, Teo Kai Xiang, Choo Zheng Jun, Zhang Yao William

1st Runners Up
Team Chomusuke: Beh Chuen Yang, Zhao Zhongqi, Lim See Min, Wu Jiayang

7th Place
Team Bear: Zhou Taidi, Luo Hongxun, Lien Cai Ting, Theodore Lee Chong Jen

Congratulations to all participants! Thank you to the team at GovTech ensuring that their first CTF ran smoothly for all of us. We look forward to reading everyone’s writeups!

Singapore has emerged first in the 2020 Cyber SEA Games after a close competition with many other SEA countries. We are proud to announce that our very own member from HCIRS, Beh Chuen Yang, participated as one of the representatives from the Singapore team. Congratulations to all other participants as well, and let’s continue learning together as a region!

Last week, HCIRS participated in the Whitehacks 2020 competition organised by the SMU Whitehat Society. We are pleased to announce that we have achieved commendable results:

Champions
Team Saliency: Teo Kai Xiang, Zhao Zhongqi, Lien Cai Ting

1st Runner-Up
Team Mihara: Zhang Yao William, Sherman Chann Zhi Shen, Luo Hongxun

7th Place
Team X Æ A-12: Zhou Taidi, Lim See Min, Wu Jiayang

15th Place
Team Sannin: Beh Chuen Yang, Choo Zheng Jun, Tan Teong Seng

Congratulations to all winners and thanks to the organisers for creating such a fun event for all of us! We learned a lot and we look forward to next year’s iteration!

Two weeks ago, HCIRS sent out two teams to participate in Cyberthon 2020 (which had been moved online), and achieved the following excellent results:

Overall Champion, CSIT Category Award, Network Security Category Award, Operating Systems Category Award & Web Services Category Award
Members: Sherman Chann, Teo Kai Xiang, William Zhang and Wu Jiayang.

Overall 1st Runner-Up
Members: Beh Chuen Yang, Bryan Shan, Choo Zheng Jun, Wang Yiqin

Hwa Chong Institution also received commendation from Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen on Facebook, for its ability to adapt to restrictions during the circuit breaker period by holding Cyberthon 2020 fully online.

Congratulations to both teams for their excellent performance!