BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19451014T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0630 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T043459Z UID:3D506EB7-78CE-4C27-8F72-2FD176A3B74D DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20251017T170000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20251018T110000 DESCRIPTION:The Capture the Flag (CTF) Hackathon 2025\, organised by the IE EE Student Branch of PES University Electronic City Campus in celebration of IEEE Day\, was held from 5:00 PM on 17th October to 11:00 AM on 18th Oc tober 2025 at the MRD Student Centre\, PESU EC Campus. The overnight cyber security event offered participants a competitive platform to test their h acking skills\, logical thinking\, and problem-solving abilities.\n\nThe e vent featured a wide range of CTF challenges across domains such as crypto graphy\, reverse engineering\, web exploitation\, steganography\, OSINT\, and network security. Each challenge contained a hidden flag that particip ants had to uncover to score points. A total of 220 participants across 60 teams took part in the competition\, actively engaging throughout the nig ht to climb the scoreboard.\n\nThe event was conducted under the guidance and support of Dr. Farida Begam M\, Branch Counsellor of IEEE PESU EC Stud ent Branch. The organizing team consisted of 6 core committee members and roughly 45 volunteers\, who ensured seamless coordination and round-the-cl ock management of the event.\n\nWe were delighted to welcome chief guest D r. Shylashree N (Joint Secretary\, IEEE Bangalore Section). She inspired u s with insights into cybersecurity and networking challenges and encourage d students to explore IEEE membership and its advantages.\n\nParticipants were provided with dinner\, midnight snacks\, and breakfast to keep them e nergised throughout the hackathon. The competitive atmosphere\, combined w ith hands-on cybersecurity exposure\, made the event highly engaging and e ducational. Teams demonstrated impressive determination as they attempted increasingly complex challenges to capture flags and secure leaderboard po sitions.\n\nThe Capture the Flag Hackathon 2025 concluded successfully\, w ith top-performing teams being awarded for their technical excellence and strategic thinking. The event received highly positive feedback from parti cipants and reinforced PESU EC’s growing culture of cybersecurity awaren ess and technical innovation.\n\nRoom: Auditorium\, Bldg: MRD Student Cent re\, PES University Electronic City Campus\, Konappana Agrahara\, Electron ic City\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, India\, 560100 LOCATION:Room: Auditorium\, Bldg: MRD Student Centre\, PES University Elect ronic City Campus\, Konappana Agrahara\, Electronic City\, Bengaluru\, Kar nataka\, India\, 560100 ORGANIZER:anupam2606@gmail.com SEQUENCE:27 SUMMARY:Capture The Flag Hackathon URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/514940 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The Capture the Flag (CTF) Hackathon 2025\ , organised by the IEEE Student Branch of PES University Electronic City C ampus in celebration of IEEE Day\, was held from 5:00 PM on 17th October t o 11:00 AM on 18th October 2025 at the MRD Student Centre\, PESU EC Campus . The overnight cybersecurity event offered participants a competitive pla tform to test their hacking skills\, logical thinking\, and problem-solvin g abilities.</p>\n<p>The event featured a wide range of CTF challenges acr oss domains such as cryptography\, reverse engineering\, web exploitation\ , steganography\, OSINT\, and network security. Each challenge contained a hidden flag that participants had to uncover to score points. A total of 220 participants across 60 teams took part in the competition\, actively e ngaging throughout the night to climb the scoreboard.</p>\n<p>The event wa s conducted under the guidance and support of Dr. Farida Begam M\, Branch Counsellor of IEEE PESU EC Student Branch. The organizing team consisted o f 6 core committee members and roughly 45 volunteers\, who ensured seamles s coordination and round-the-clock management of the event.</p>\n<p>We wer e delighted to welcome chief guest Dr. Shylashree N (Joint Secretary\, IEE E Bangalore Section). She inspired us with insights into cybersecurity and networking challenges and encouraged students to explore IEEE membership and its advantages.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;Participants were provided with dinner\ , midnight snacks\, and breakfast to keep them energised throughout the ha ckathon. The competitive atmosphere\, combined with hands-on cybersecurity exposure\, made the event highly engaging and educational. Teams demonstr ated impressive determination as they attempted increasingly complex chall enges to capture flags and secure leaderboard positions.</p>\n<p>The Captu re the Flag Hackathon 2025 concluded successfully\, with top-performing te ams being awarded for their technical excellence and strategic thinking. T he event received highly positive feedback from participants and reinforce d PESU EC&rsquo\;s growing culture of cybersecurity awareness and technica l innovation.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR