On October 19, the Organizing Committee announced that the preliminary round of the "Cyber Security Student 2025" Competition had officially ended. Previously, on October 18, the preliminary round took place simultaneously at schools across the country and connected online with 27 schools in 8 other countries in the region.
The competition attracted 327 teams with a total of 1,265 contestants. The contestants competed and tested their skills by solving 21 cyber security challenges in 5 specialized topic groups, reflecting real-life cyber attack and defense situations.
The Organizing Committee said that this year's scoring mechanism is designed flexibly to increase competitiveness and accurately reflect the professional capacity of each team. Accordingly, each challenge has a score ranging from 100 to 500 points, and the score will be adjusted down if more teams successfully solve that challenge.
Conversely, difficult challenges that few teams can solve will keep their score higher. This can cause a team's score to increase or decrease depending on the progress of the competition, creating constant changes in the leaderboard.
During the Preliminary Round, the Organizing Committee arranged a working group to inspect the organization of the exam, ensuring that technical conditions and procedures were strictly implemented.
At the same time, the online multi-point connection system is also operated to be able to observe and exchange with remote examination sites, promptly encourage and cheer, create a lively and united atmosphere while still ensuring professionalism and high discipline. In particular, the teams are required to connect cameras throughout the examination process to ensure transparency and fairness at all examination sites at home and abroad.
The results showed that 317 out of 327 teams successfully solved at least one challenge and scored points on the overall scoreboard, showing the serious investment and good professional quality of the teams.
The Vietnamese teams had an excellent day of competition, taking all 10 top positions. Among them, BlueBox from the Cryptography Academy was the best team, conquering 18 out of 21 challenges with a total score of 2,679.
Coming in second place is Anhchaic2 from the University of Information Technology - Vietnam National University , Ho Chi Minh City, completing 17 challenges and achieving 2,103 points. Coming in third is RUBY CHAN from the Cryptography Academy Branch in Ho Chi Minh City, completing 16 challenges with a total score of 2,040.
Team Q and Team R from the School of Information and Communication Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology ranked 4th and 5th with 2040 and 1864 points respectively. What is special is that the teams ranked from 6th to 10th achieved the same score of 1,815 points.
According to the Organizing Committee, when teams have the same score, the ranking will be determined by the time the solution was submitted earlier. This shows the close competition and equal ability level of the teams in the top 10.
On the foreign side, teams TPC1 and TPC2 from Tsukuba University, Japan achieved the highest results, ranked 25th and 46th respectively. Next were teams f$NPwn3d from Yangon Computer University and Uchiha Myanmar from Myanmar University of Information Technology, ranked 51st and 55th respectively.
Mr. Vu Ngoc Son - Head of Technology Department of the National Cyber Security Association, Head of the Jury of the contest said: "This year's exam is highly appreciated for its practicality and professional depth. The challenges not only test knowledge but also evaluate strategic thinking, situation handling and teamwork skills at the expert level."
The Organizing Committee has officially announced the 20 teams representing the 20 schools with the best results in the Preliminary Round to enter the Final Round of Group A, scheduled to take place on November 15, 2025. The teams will compete centrally, following the Attack & Defense model at the Cyber Security Arena.
Along with that, 56 other teams were also selected to participate in the Final round of Group B. In Group B, the teams will compete online, the Jeopardy CTF model is similar to the Preliminary Round, but the difficulty is higher and expanded with new topics about IoT, Blockchain and AI.
The Preliminary Round concluded with the participation of hundreds of domestic and international teams, affirming the strong attraction of the 2025 Cyber Security Student Competition. This is not only a prestigious professional playground but also a place to discover, train and connect young cyber security talents, contributing to building a strong cyber security expert force for the region in the future.
The event also demonstrated the strong response of young people to the Hanoi Convention, an important international document that will be officially opened for signing next week, an important milestone to promote connectivity, enhance cyber defense capacity and affirm Vietnam's role in creating a safe, reliable and sustainable cyber security environment for the region and the world./ .
Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/viet-nam-dan-dau-vong-so-khao-cuoc-thi-sinh-vien-an-ninh-mang-2025-post1071205.vnp
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