Today we held the award ceremony for the local competition of CyberChallenge.IT 2025 at the University of Udine. CyberChallenge.IT is a national training program for young talents between the ages of 16 and 24, aimed at recruiting the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.

👏 Congratulations to the top three winners:

1. 🥇 Daniel Fragrante, student at the Bachelor degree in Computer Science, UniUD
2. 🥈 Antonio Coluccia, student at the Master degree program in Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity, UniUD+Alpe Adria University (Klagenfurt)
3. 🥉 Marco Catanzaro, student at the Bachelor degree in Internet of things, big data & machine learning, UniUD

Congratulations also to all the Cyberdefenders who participated in the ethical hacking training program at DMIF from March to May 2025. They can now join MadrHacks, the Udine-based team of ethical hackers born out of these competitions, and one of the top 50 teams worldwide.
Special thanks to all the instructors and tutors who guided the students throughout this training journey, as well as our sponsors karmasec and Danieli Automation.

The next step will be the national competition, which take place at the United Nations Training Campus ITC-ILO in Turin, on July 4-7. There, the University of Udine will be represented by Mattia Calligaro, Daniel Fragrante, Gabriele Tommasi and Michele Vecchiato (students at the Bachelor degree in Computer Science), Nicolò Frescura (student at the Bachelor degree in Internet of things, big data, machine learning) and Oliver Stevanovic (student at the International Master degree in Artificial intelligence & cybersecurity).

More information on Qui.uniud.

Go MadrHacks go! 🐍 Sicut Serpentes!