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DESCRIPTION:VICHARA MANTHANA 2.0 – State-Level CTF 2026\n\nThe Department
  of Computer Science and Engineering\, City Engineering College\, Bengalur
 u\, in association with IEEE Student Branch and IEEE Bangalore Section org
 anized Vichara Manthana 2.0 – State-Level Capture The Flag (CTF) Competi
 tion 2026 on 28 October 2026.\n\nThe competition aimed to enhance students
 &#39; cybersecurity knowledge\, technical skills\, analytical thinking\, and p
 roblem-solving abilities through practical challenges.\n\nA total of 190 p
 articipants took part in the competition\, which covered eight cybersecuri
 ty domains: Web Security\, Cryptography\, PWN\, Reverse Engineering\, Digi
 tal Forensics\, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)\, Steganography\, and Mis
 cellaneous Challenges.\n\nThe competition was conducted in three rounds: W
 arm-up Round\, Main Round\, and Final Round. Participants worked in teams 
 to solve cybersecurity challenges\, identify hidden flags\, and earn point
 s.\n\nThe event provided valuable hands-on experience in cybersecurity\, e
 ncouraged teamwork and innovation\, and promoted awareness of ethical hack
 ing and information security.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Veeresh Patil\n\nDepartme
 nt of Computer Science and Engineering\, City Engineering College\, Doddak
 allasandra\, Bengaluru\, Bangalore Urban\, Karnataka\, India\, 560062
LOCATION:Department of Computer Science and Engineering\, City Engineering 
 College\, Doddakallasandra\, Bengaluru\, Bangalore Urban\, Karnataka\, Ind
 ia\, 560062
ORGANIZER:archanabhat247@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:35
SUMMARY:VICHARA MANTHANA 2.0 – State-Level CTF 2026
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/586162
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p data-pm-slice=&quot;1 1 []&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VICHARA MAN
 THANA 2.0 &amp;ndash\; State-Level CTF 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p data-pm-slice=&quot;1 
 1 []&quot;&gt;The Department of Computer Science and Engineering\, City Engineerin
 g College\, Bengaluru\, in association with IEEE Student Branch and IEEE B
 angalore Section organized&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Vichara Manthana 2.0 &amp;ndash\; Sta
 te-Level Capture The Flag (CTF) Competition 2026&lt;/strong&gt; on 28 October 20
 26.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The competition aimed to enhance students&#39; cybersecurity knowl
 edge\, technical skills\, analytical thinking\, and problem-solving abilit
 ies through practical challenges.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;A total of &lt;strong&gt;190 participa
 nts&lt;/strong&gt; took part in the competition\, which covered eight cybersecur
 ity domains: Web Security\, Cryptography\, PWN\, Reverse Engineering\, Dig
 ital Forensics\, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)\, Steganography\, and Mi
 scellaneous Challenges.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The competition was conducted in three rou
 nds: Warm-up Round\, Main Round\, and Final Round. Participants worked in 
 teams to solve cybersecurity challenges\, identify hidden flags\, and earn
  points.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The event provided valuable hands-on experience in cybers
 ecurity\, encouraged teamwork and innovation\, and promoted awareness of e
 thical hacking and information security.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
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