The SherpaSec team organised a offline CTF in conjunction with Parallel Pulse, another first of its kind in Malaysia!

SherpaCTF 2025 Appreciation Post

After what feels like endless grinding for a few months, I finally got my Certified Defensive Security Analyst (HTB CDSA) certification from Hack The Box!

I’m now certified as a Certified Defensive Security Analyst (HTB CDSA)!

I finally got to attend Off-By-One Conference 2025 by STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.! (My first time there after missing the first one :'D)

Off By One Conference 2025 Experience

During mid-February, I had the opportunity to attend Global Cybersecurity Camp (GCC) in Taiwan, a week-long international cybersecurity training program that rotates hosting responsibilities among participating countries each year.

Global Cybersecurity Camp 2025 Taiwan 🚀 

During the Wargames MY CTF 2024 held on 28 December, our team HotBirdGl4z3rs secured 3rd place in the open category. This is also my writeup for some challenges that I solved (Forensics + MISC) :D

3rd Place in Wargames MY 2024 + Writeup

The SherpaSec team organised a hackathon-style CTF, which was the first of its kind in Malaysia, and all 120+ slots were filled within just 24 hours!

SherpaCTF 2024 Appreciation Post

My project, SIGMAA: Enhancing Threat Detection Capabilities in Autopsy, won in the Student Tertiary category at the MD APICTA 2024 Awards in Malaysia!

Winner for the Student Tertiary Category in MD APICTA 2024 Awards

During the International Battle of Hackers (IBOH) CTF held at APU, our team Shikanokonokonokokoshitantan consisting of me, Howard, and Mohamed secured 3st place in the international category in the CTF.

3rd Place in the International Category of the International Battle of Hackers (IBOH) CTF 2024

I secured 9th place in the 3108 CTF and this is my writeup for most of my solved challenges. Enjoy :D

9th Place in 3108 CTF 2024 + Writeup

During the Internal CTF held at APU, our team NT consisting of me, Danisy Eisyraf, and Zach Wong secured 1st place in the CTF.

1st Place in APU ICTF 2024

I managed to get 48th out of 230 professional and student players, and ranked 12th among student players in the BelkaCTF6 by Belkasoft. Here is the writeup for it :D

BelkaCTF6 2024 Writeup

I was awarded the 2nd Place in MDEC PDTI Outstanding Student Award 2023, which was contested among students from 16+ Premier Digital Tech Institutions (PDTI) across Malaysia.

2nd Place in MDEC PDTI Outstanding Student Award 2023

I've participated in Wicked6 2024 - Global Women Cyber League Games, and I got 2 1st Place and 2 2nd Place winnings :D

4 Wins for the Wicked6 Cyber Games Series

Wrapped up my second sharing session in APU FSEC-SS, by going through CAN Bus, ECU, OBD-II, OSI Model in relation to CAN Bus, Common protocols, and ended with a practical hands-on session with an Instrument Cluster simulator.

My 2nd FSEC-SS Sharing Session - Intro to Car Hacking 🚗

On 14 March 2024, I participated in The Most Offensive CTF 2024 for fun, and I learnt some new stuff :D

10th Place in The Most Offensive CTF 2024

During the RAWSEC rENTAS CTF Finals held at Uniten, our team NT consisting of me, Danisy Eisyraf, and Darrshan Rajenderan secured 9th place in the CTF.

9th Place in RAWSEC rENTAS CTF Finals 2024

A brief writeup for Rawsec rENTAS CTF Qualifiers 2023.

RAWSEC rENTAS CTF Quals Writeup

Wrapped up my first sharing session of the year at SherpaSec, by going through CAN Bus, ECU, OBD-II, OSI Model in relation to CAN Bus, Common protocols, and ended with a Live demo with an Instrument Cluster simulator.

My First SherpaSec Sharing Session - Introduction to Car Hacking!

GCTF 2023 Writeup 

I was the challenge creator for the OSINT category in ABOH 2023, and these are the writeups to my challenges! It was fun seeing how participants solved it in a different way :D

ABOH CTF 2023 OSINT Challenges & Official Writeup

During the Game of Hackers CTF held at UniKL, our team 3NT4HL4WEI consisting of me, Danisy Eisyraf, and Lik Ken secured 4th place in the CTF.

4th Place in UniKL Game of Hackers CTF 2023

During the Hack A Day – Securing AI: Competition 2023, our team APT69 consisting of me, William Wijaya, Kelvin Teo, and Loh Kae Shyan secured 1st place in Malaysia, and Top 9 in the Asia Pacific, battling it out with teams from Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam.

1st Place in Hack A Day – Securing AI: Competition PwC CTF 2023 

A writeup for one of the challenges in the Petronas CTF Finals 2023. It’s a mix of hardware, OSINT and scripting.

Petronas CTF 2023 Finals - A Bad Afternoon to Lose a Box Challenge Writeup

After 2 days, our team OnlyFeet consisting of me, Lim Wei Xun, Wesley Wong, and Damien Wong secured 1st place in the Petronas CTF.

1st Place in Petronas CTF 2023

Getting 1st Place as a team in the KC7 Blue Team Cybersecurity Challenge CTF - Sunlands Challenge, which was the more challenging module out of the two provided in the CTF.

1st Place in KC7 Blue Team Cybersecurity Challenge CTF - Sunlands Challenge

A writeup for GrabThePhisher Blue Team Challenge by CyberDefenders, enjoy! :D

GrabThePhisher Blue Team Challenge

Just 3 hours before HITB SECCONF 2023 started, I secured 10th place in the Antisyphon Blue Team CTF.

10th Place in Antisyphon Blue Team CTF 2023

The tale of a 4-month cybersecurity internship journey at MoneyLion.

MoneyLion Internship Experience

A writeup for KC7 Foundation’s Castle & Sand (Security Analysis) module.

KC7 CTF - Castle and Sand Writeup

Experience in moderating for a panel session in CYDES 2023 @ MITEC.

Moderator at CYDES 2023: Youth in Cyber: Developing a Better Cybersecurity Community for Our Next Generation

During the first day of CYDES 2023 held at MITEC, our team RootPwners consisting of me, Fatah IIX, Yit Eng Lee, and Nik Amir Hakim secured 4th place in the Cyber Warzone CTF.

4th Place in CYDES 2023 Cyber Warzone CTF

On 31 March 2023, I've participated in Wicked6 2023 - Global Women Cyber League Games with the intention of getting at least a Top 3 in any of their CTF games, and it went pretty awesome :D