Past Competitions

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2024 Cybercrime Investigation Competition

Winning Teams

1st Place
Korean flagTeam South Korea: S&HCH
Soyeon Jeong
Chanhwi Lee
Hwichan Choo

2nd Place
Hungarian flagTeam Hungary: Fifty Shades of Grey hat
Rebeka Tóth
Márió Mile
Zoltán Dienes

3rd Place
Korean flagTeam Korea: Chung-Ang University
Jong Min Lee
Yi Seo Kim
Seong Won Choi

2024 Student Paper Competition

The White Hat Conference Paper Awards were presented to the winning team of each participating institution. Teams, comprised of students and a faculty coach, were judged on original, unpublished papers presented at the 2024 White Hat Conference.

Winners

BU LogoFirst Place
“Investigating the Intersection of AI and Cybercrime: Risks, Trends, and Countermeasures”
Sanaika Shetty, Boston University

BU LogoSecond Place
“Cyber Victimization in the Healthcare Industry: Analyzing Offender Motivations and Target Characteristics through Routine Activities Theory (RAT) and Cyber-Routine Activities Theory (Cyber-RAT)”
Yashna Praveen, Boston University

2023 Cybercrime Investigation Competition

Winning Teams

1st Place
Team Hungary: Fifty Shades of Grey hat
Krisztián Patrik Ari,
Rebeka Tóth
Márió Mile

2nd Place
Team Korea: Detective Conan (BOB)
Heejin Koo
Dong-Hyun Kim
Eung-Chang Lee

3rd Place
Team Brazil
Kelsson Alexandrino Schineider
Roberto Buery Silva
Gabriel Velsasco

2023 Student Paper Competition

Teams, comprised of students and a faculty coach, were judged on original, unpublished papers presented at the 2023 White Hat Conference. Congratulations to the winners!

1st Place:
“The Victimization Of Deep Fake In The Metaverse: Building Practical Management Framework”
Julia Stavola
Boston University

2nd Place:
“Harnessing Large Language Models To Simulate Realistic Human Targets For Social Engineering Attacks: A Case Study”
Mohammad Asfour
Juan Carlos Murillo
Cornell Tech, Cornell University

2022 Cybercrime Investigation Competition

Winning Teams

Team Hungary
First Place Winners
Rebeka Tóth, Mario Mile, and Zoltán Dienes

Team U.S.A.
Second Place Winners
Andrew Huertas, Michael Ross, and Shawn Xuyao

Team Brazil
Third Place Winners
Jose Anchieta Nery Neto, Ivo de Carvalho Peixinho, and Jamil Darub Trelles

2022 Student Paper Competition

The White Hat Conference Paper Awards were presented to the winning team of each participating institution. Teams, comprised of students and a faculty coach, were judged on original, unpublished papers presented at the 2022 White Hat Conference.

Winners

Boston University logo

First Place
Dynamics of Dark Web Financial Marketplaces: An Exploratory Study of Underground Fraud and Scam Business
Bo Ra Jung, Boston University

Bridgewater State University logo

Second Place
Kerberoasting: Case Studies of an Attack on a Cryptographic Authentication Technology
D. Demers, Bridgewater State University

2021 Cybercrime Investigation Competition

Winning Team


Team Hungary

2021 Student Paper Competition

The Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity Paper Awards were presented to the top three teams (students and a faculty coach) who authored original, unpublished papers for presentations at the 2021 International White Hat Conference.

Winners

Jeeseon Hwang, Seoul University, South Korea
First Place Winner

Sydney L. Gero, University of Scranton, USA
Second Place Winner

Nayong Ko, Kyonggi University, South Korea
Third Place Winner

Yeonjae Park, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Third Place Winner