Bengaluru: Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) Bengaluru has partnered with Kaspersky to launch a 48-hour on-campus hackathon called HackSky.
It will be hosted at the MIT Bengaluru campus on 29-30 July and involve tech students, cybersecurity professionals and enthusiasts from across India.
Participants can register as individuals or in teams of up to three members. It is open to all residents of India aged 16-25 years who are enrolled in academic institutions across the country.
The winner will receive a grand prize of Rs 1 lakh along with cybersecurity training courses and mentorship from Kaspersky experts. The prize money is sponsored by MIT Bengaluru, MAHE.
HackSky will feature three challenge tracks, each designed by Kaspersky experts to reflect real-world, high-impact cybersecurity threats.
These tracks include:
- The Transformation of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and the Emergence of Cyber Threats
- AI Vs AI: Detecting Deepfakes and Misinformation
- Trapping the Honey Trapper
Participants could identify vulnerabilities in ICS systems and design solutions to protect critical infrastructure from evolving threats.
Participants must harness AI to detect and neutralise Deepfakes, malicious algorithms and AI-powered scams.
They must develop techniques to detect and dismantle malicious content and fake profiles used to manipulate and extract sensitive information.
MIT will also partner with Kaspersky to host the Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation (KIPS) competition on 31 July.
