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Vietnam’s ‘white hat’ hackers secure prestigious digital security award

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Last month, Viettel Cyber Security (VCS), a unit of Viettel, one of Vietnam’s largest state-owned enterprises, received thrilling news: they emerged as champions in the esteemed cybersecurity competition Pwn2Own Toronto 2023.

At the close of the competition on the evening of October 27, Viettel’s VCS team clinched the championship with an impressive total score of 30 points, earning them the distinguished title of ‘Master of Pwn’ and outpacing competitors by a significant margin of 12.75 points.

The total score was calculated based on successful participation and assigned Master of Pwn points in the competition’s category tables.

Pwn2Own 2023 was hosted by Toronto, Canada from October 24 to 27.

A team of young achievers

The sweet taste of success embraced the 14 young members of the team after three months of relentless dedication, working day and night, and competing fiercely against rivals worldwide.

Perhaps surprising to many, the youngest member, Do Anh Dung, a third-year student from the University of Engineering and Technology under the Vietnam National University-Hanoi, was born in 2003.

Beyond the youthfulness of Dung, the other 13 members of VCS, who achieved significant success at Pwn2Own 2023, are also young. 

Despite their tender age, each team member boasts considerable experience in cybersecurity, cultivated over years of dedicated work.

Even the youngest, Dung, made a noteworthy contribution, securing a victory in one of the competition categories, aiding in the team’s triumph.

On the evening of October 27, VCS secured the final victory, surpassing formidable opponents such as Sea Security from Singapore, Vupen and Synacktiv from France, and last year’s winners Devcore from Taiwan.

Ha Anh Hoang, a VCS team member, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that they were informed about the devices they had to compromise only three months before the contest’s opening day.

This meant a tight preparation schedule, including purchasing new devices, exploring their hardware and software, and awaiting the arrival of some tools ordered from abroad, which took up to a month.

Nguyen Xuan Hoang, another team member, acknowledged the presence of…

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Innspark Soultions wins FICCI’s Made-in-Kerala award

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Innspark Soultions of Amrita Viswa Vidya Peetham has won FICCI’s ‘Made in Kerala Award 2022 in the emerging organisation category in IT sector.

Vivek SP, VP, Sales & Strategy, Innspark received the award from the State Industries Minister P Rajeeve.

Innspark is a deeptech solutions company that provides next-generation out-of-the-box cyber security solutions to detect and respond to sophisticated cyber incidents, threats, and attacks.

The award is for the innovations and contributions of the company towards employee strength and unique revenue model. The solutions are powered by advanced threat intelligence, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to provide deep visibility of an enterprise’s security.

“In recognition of the impact we made to our customers in securing and safeguarding their digital assets. We are honoured to have been received this significant recognition. This was possible due to expert manpower resources creating the solution”, said Prabaharan Poornachandran, Director, Innspark Soultions and Director at Centre for Internet Studies and Artificial Intelligence-CISAI, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham.

Innspark is a spinoff of Amrita University and the key services of the company include cyber security, bigdata security platforms, large scale architecture, deep analysis, reverse engineering, web-scale platforms, threat hunting, high-performance systems, network protocols & communications, machine learning, and several others.

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New Mexico Tech professor receives outstanding mentor award

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A New Mexico Tech faculty member is being recognized by a statewide research organization for his role as an exceptional mentor to his students.

Professor Jun Zheng. Courtesy photo.

Jun Zheng, professor of computer science and engineering, is one of two recipients of the 2022 NM EPSCoR Mentor Award. The New Mexico Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NM EPSCoR) recently announced the recipients of the annual awards.

NM EPSCoR said its award recipients “demonstrated characteristics of exceptional mentors, including strong professional and interpersonal relationships; working to advance their mentees’ academic, research, and professional goals; and creating inclusive environments for diverse students.”

Zheng, who earned his doctorate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has a mentorship style guided by a set of five principles he has refined over the last 15 years:

  1. Be supportive.
  2. Set clear mentor expectations.
  3. Maintain mutual respect and trust.
  4. Be inclusive.
  5. Create opportunities for your students.

According to NM EPSCoR, multiple mentees nominated Zheng for the award, each citing a specific time or occasion when his mentorship was essential for their academic success.

“When I first came to the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, I did not have any relevant background and did not understand academic research. Based on my situation at that time, Dr. Zheng carefully helped me to plan my studies and choose the right courses so that I could step into the field of computer science,” the nominator wrote.

Another student nominated Zheng for his encouragement to attend a National Science Foundation EPSCoR Artificial Intelligence workshop.

“He emphasized to me that a research meeting is a good place to get to know how others are doing research and I would get a chance to learn how to deliver an idea to a non-expert audience. This inspired me, so I actively participated in the meeting to learn as much as I could. This valuable experience is helping me a lot in my later research,” the nominator wrote.

Another student mentored by Zheng said it was especially meaningful to have him at their side in the final stages of their master’s degree.

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OneSpan’s Mobile Security Solution Snags the 2022 SC Award

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Digital agreements security company OneSpan announced its Mobile Security Suite (MSS) has earned the coveted title of “Best Mobile Security Solution” for the 2022 SC Awards.

Held by the CyberRisk Alliance and its flagship brand SC Media, the SC Awards are recognised throughout the security industry as the gold standard of excellence in cybersecurity.

Mobile fraud attacks continue to accelerate as mobile devices, and mobile applications become more popular for conducting transactions and completing agreements in today’s anywhere economy.

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According to Verizon’s Mobile Security Index 2022 report, 61% of companies in 2021 suffered a compromise involving a mobile device, while 53% of the mobile devices had access to more sensitive data than a year ago.

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“OneSpan’s Mobile Security Suite is uniquely poised to enhance customer experience, reduce complexity, and streamline costs by protecting the entire digital agreement process at every stage.

 

Continued industry recognition from programs, such as the SC Awards, reflects OneSpan’s ability to deliver the highest assurance and integrity to today’s digital businesses.”

said Matthew Moynahan, President and CEO at OneSpan.

Designed to improve mobile security and user convenience across an organisation’s mobile application ecosystem, OneSpan’s Mobile Security Suite uses application shielding, biometric authentication, transaction signing, and other technologies to protect apps from social engineering and malware attacks.

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