Iβve participated in several information security competitions, sometimes under
the alias /bad (name derived from quizarium). I used to dabble mostly in
boomer cryptography with the odd engineering or web puzzle in between.
A complete list of my writeups is over here
2025
- Hammered more stuff out with Friendly Maltese Citizens
including 8th place at DEF CON 33 CTF
- And unfortunately basically retired after becoming gainfully employed after
university
2024
- Played a bunch with Friendly Maltese Citizens, with some
highlights of:
- GEEKCTF (writeups) - Individual 2nd place as
πΌπ π±πΉπ’π«π
- GreyCTF 2024 Finals - Team 3rd place with
η²₯
- NSUCrypto 2024 -
Round 2 Gold
with some friends from FMC
2023
- Hack-A-Sat 4 Qualifiers (writeups) - Played
with Tea MSG, Team 14th place
- GreyCTF 2023 Finals (writeups) - Team
8th place overall and 4th place among local teams
- TISC 2023 by CSIT - 8/10 challenges cleared,
Individual 10th
- Writeup prize for SekaiCTF
2022
2021
- CDDC 2021 by DSTA - π₯ Team 1st place (itβs a long story)
- ACSC 2021
(writeups) - 9th
overall, π₯ Individual 2nd in Singapore
- ASEAN Cyber SEA Games 2021 - Represented πΈπ¬ Singapore,
Team 3rd
- TISC 2021 by CSIT - 5/10 challenges cleared,
Individual 7th
2020 & earlier