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An Indian Army Major beat stiff competition from 126 contestants to win the first-ever Capture the Flag hacking contest held as part of a top conference on information security here.
Leading cyber security professionals - hackers and information security experts participated in the "Information Security Conference: Ground Zero Summit 2015", known as Asia’s foremost Information Security Conference, held here on November 5 and 6.
Major Shailesh Tiwari, a serving officer of the Indian Army, successfully completed the 10 tough levels of different technical challenges based on programming that saw his rivals being edged out. He later came out trumps in an additional two levels for the finalists. The final two levels were based on hardware and electronics during the Capture the Flag contest, which is based on bio warfare.
Tiwari was awarded a brand new Royal Enfield bike, which he refused to accept due to Army rules.
The contestant who came second, named Adarsh, was from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He was given Rs.10,000 prize money.
The four-day security conference, inaugurated by union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on November 5, was organised by the Indian Infosec Consortium (IIC) and sponsored by CISO Cyber Security among many others.
The conference showcased indigenous cyber security products, lectures on malware development and reversing, cryptography, credit card fraud, hacking of cellular networks, Domain Name System (DNS) spoofing, a Make in India exhibition where around 24 cyber security start-ups participated and various other activities.
"Cyber world is the fifth dimension of security. In 2014, the cases related to cyber crime have increased by 70 per cent compared to 2013, whereas in 2013 it increased by 64 percent as compared to 2012," Rajnath Singh said in his remarks.
Underlying the government's initiatives to ensure cyber security in the country, Singh said that "based on the recommendations of Dr. Gulshan Rai Committee the government has started making efforts to set up the 'Indian Cyber Co-ordination Centre (I-4C)'. The centre will help in monitoring and capacity building of cyber crimes and will also help the law enforcement agencies in curtailing these crimes."
On the inaugural day, Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor attended the event as a special guest and interacted with the hackers and cyber security experts.
The event also marked the presence of nine-year-old Reuben Paul, founder, Cybershaloin and CEO, Prudent Games who addressed a session on Cyber KungFu drawing from his experience as the youngest Shaolin Do KungFu second degree black belt.
Reuben, addressing the gathering, said: "Always use your cyber security skills for the good of humanity."
In another special session on cyber espionage, IIC revealed how a major espionage ring found to be operated by actors based in Pakistan, targeted Indian defence personnel by malware and viruses last year.
While there were around 30 technical sessions and panel discussions that highlighted the emerging cyber security challenges and demonstrated cutting-edge technologies, in one of the sessions, senior engineer Jayesh Singh Chauhan explained the details related to Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).
NTRO Chairman Alok Joshi, Air Marshal SB Deo, NIXI CEO Dr. Govind, DRDO DG KD Nayak, among others were also present at the event.
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