Red Alert | Cybersecurity Hackathon 2026

About the Hackathon:

Red Alert is a high-intensity cybersecurity hackathon that challenges ethical hackers, developers, and security enthusiasts to defend, attack, and innovate on the digital battlefield.

In today’s world, cyber threats are evolving faster than ever. From data breaches to ransomware attacks, organizations face constant digital risks. This hackathon aims to build the next generation of cybersecurity experts by providing real-world challenges that simulate modern attack and defense scenarios.

Participants will compete in teams to solve security-based challenges, identify vulnerabilities, secure systems, and develop innovative security tools. Whether you're a beginner in ethical hacking or an advanced penetration tester, this event will test your technical skills, analytical thinking, and teamwork.

Challenges:

🔐 Web Application Penetration Testing

Participants must identify and exploit vulnerabilities in a simulated web application environment. The objective is to uncover security flaws such as SQL injection, XSS, authentication bypass, CSRF, and insecure APIs.

🌐 Network Defense & Threat Detection

Participants will analyze network traffic logs to detect malicious activity, including DDoS attacks, brute-force attempts, malware communication, and suspicious packets.

💻 Secure Coding & Vulnerability Patching

Participants will be given vulnerable source code. Their task is to:

     Identify security weaknesses

     Patch vulnerabilities

     Improve authentication mechanisms

     Implement encryption where needed

🏴 Capture The Flag (CTF) Arena

Participants must:

      Decode encrypted messages

      Reverse engineer binaries

      Extract hidden data

     Capture maximum flags within time

Timeline of the hackathon: 🗓️

🚀 Participant Registration: 23rd Feb (20:00) - 14th March (23:59)

👥 Team setup & Confirmations: 15th March (00:00) - 27th March (18:00)

🎤 Opening & Rule Briefing: 27th March (18:01) - 27th March (19:07)

🔥 Hackathon Live Phase: 27th March (19:08) - 28th March (20:08)

💻 Meeting: 28th March (20:09) - 28th March (22:00)

✍️ Project Evaluation Round: 28th March (22:01) - 28th March (22:00) ⚖️

🏆 Winner Announcement Ceremony: 1st April (16:11) - 2nd April (19:01)

Rules:

1. Join the WhatsApp community for registration

https://chat.whatsapp.com/DiiFeCUwBBHCNwEyRNLgNx

2. After joining this community, there will be a form in the announcement & group description that you HAVE to fill out for your registration (make sure your team member's details are included if you are registering as a team)

3. Then you will receive the Hackathon Link

• Evalution
  Judges will evaluate based on innovation, security implementation, complexity, impact, and presentation clarity. Top teams will be shortlisted.