IUB hosts RIoT Center Flag Hunt 2022

Independent University, Bangladesh hosted the “RIoT Centre Flag Hunt 2022” on October 29, 2022. The event was co-organized by IUB’s Center for Industrial Robotics and Internet of Things (RIoT Center) and the CTF Community Bangladesh (CTFBd) .

The competition brought more than a hundred ethical hackers from different colleges and universities from around Bangladesh who were tasked to find out errors and loopholes in softwares and digital services. A total of 29 teams showcased their skills and expertise in the fields of web exploitation, digital forensics, crypto currency, steganography and reverse engineering.

Genesis, a team of computer engineering students from the Islamic University of Technology (IUT), became the champions of the competition. IUB Vice Chancellor Tanweer Hasan, PhD, Brig Gen Md Abdur Razzak, SUP, psc, Head, Department of CSE, MIST & Md. Mostafizur Rahman Sohel, Director, BASIS gave away the prizes among the winners.

Dr. Mahady Hasan, Interim Dean, School of Engineering, Technology & Sciences, IUB; Dr. Mahbubul Sayeed, Deputy Director, RIoT Center, IUB; Delwar Alam, Managing Director, BugsBD Limited and Co-Chairman, Digital Security Committee (BASIS); Sheikh Abu Ayub Azad, Managing Director, Trustaira Limited, also spoke at the program.