TAR UMT Secures Top-10 Finish at UCSI Agentic AI-Driven CTF Hackathon 2026

Students from Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TAR UMT) achieved remarkable success at the Agentic AI-Driven CTF Hackathon 2026 hosted by UCSI University on 6 August 2026. The intensive eight-hour competition brought together 60 teams to tackle complex cybersecurity challenges using artificial intelligence.   

TAR UMT was represented by two student teams from Bachelor in Information Technology (Honours) (Information Security): Team Mamak and Team Goal Bigger. Team Mamak (Wong Mun Sheng, Ong Jia Wei, Tong Yu Cheng Ivan and Gerrard Lau) delivered an outstanding performance, securing 10th place in a highly competitive CTF competition. The event challenged participants across web exploitation, binary exploitation, reverse engineering, and firmware hacking. 

The hackathon provided students with vital practical exposure to AI-driven security automation, advanced tool utilization, and technical networking with peers across Malaysia.   Team Mamak's top-10 result highlights TAR UMT’s growing strength in AI and cybersecurity education, demonstrating the practical problem-solving skills of its students on a national stage.