We're glad to welcome Aman Malhotra, Cybersecurity Leader at Microsoft, to the CRACCON '26 stage. 25 October 2026 10:20–10:50 Main Hall (Audi) PHDCCI, New Delhi In association with NFSU (Academic Partner) & Defhawk (Technology Partner). craccon.com

CRACCON '26 Tournament Qualification: the winners are in! After a hard-fought qualifier round, three players finished on top of the board: 🥇 1st: Krrish Bhurani (@stillempty) · 5315 pts 🥈 2nd: Ankush Rana (@fkkk) · 5120 pts 🥉 3rd: Mohit Papola (@mohitsinghpapola) · 5090

Speaker announcement We're glad to welcome Meena Rani- AI Cybersecurity Consultant and Mentor Rani, Founder of Luminis Consulting Services Pvt Ltd, IN and AI Cybersecurity Consultant & Mentor, to the CRACCON '26 stage. Passes are open 👉 craccon.com

Speaker announcement We're glad to welcome Shashank Dubey, Co-Founder of TRISEC LABS, to the CRACCON '26 stage. His session: Buckets Without Borders: Cross-Cloud Storage Recon & Exfiltration 24-25 October 2026 PHDCCI, New Delhi Passes are open 👉 craccon.com

Speaker announcement 🎤 We're honoured to welcome Prof. Triveni Singh to the CRACCON '26 stage. His session: Live-Fire Threat Response & Crisis Simulation in BFSI Powered by Defhawk. craccon.com

Speaker announcement 🎤 We're glad to welcome Soumyadip Chowdhury, Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat to the CRACCON '26 stage. His session: AI-Driven DevSecOps: Enhancing Code Security Throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (hashtag#SDLC) craccon.com

We're glad to welcome Gen.xyz as the Prize Partner for Cyber War at CRACCON '26. 🏆 Cyber War is co-organised with DefHawk. 📅 24–25 October 2026 📍 PHD House, New Delhi craccon.com/cyber-war.html

Academic Partner announcement CRACCON '26 We are proud to welcome the National Forensic Sciences University - Delhi Campus(@NFSU_delhi), as the Academic Partner for CRACCON '26. Join us on 24–25 October 2026 at PHDCCI, New Delhi. Passes: craccon.com

You built it. Now drop it. CRACCON '26 is opening the stage to security tools built by the community.. Open-source tools are preferred. How to submit: share your repo and a 2-minute demo video. Submissions close 8 October 2026; Submit: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

Speaker announcement - CRACCON '26 Harpreet Singh (TheCyb3rAlpha) Singh joins the CRACCON '26 stage. His session: N-Days to 0-Days: An AI-Augmented Workflow for Windows Bug Hunting in 2026

Teaser 03 winners CRACCON '26 Two people got there first. 1st - Obaidur Rahman (+60 bonus points) 2nd - MITHUN M ACHARY (+40 bonus points) Flag: CRACCON{lsb_key_past_the_iend_marker}

DOMINATE THE GRID. CLAIM YOUR GLORY. ⚔️ 📅 Date & Location: OCT 24–25, 2026 | PHDCCI - DELHI 📅 Date: September 26, 2026 (Online) 🕰️ Time: 12:00 PM IST (8-Hour Window) 💸 Cost: FREE Entry for all Register for the Quals now at defhawk.com/battleground/rai…

CRACCON '26 × Commudle We are partnering with @commudle as our community platform for CRACCON '26. @commudle will host our event page, ticketing and attendee updates, and help us reach the wider developer and security community across India.

Student passes for CRACCON '26 close in 15 days. They are available until 6 October, or until the block sells out - whichever comes first. Student pass - ₹1,200 Professional pass - ₹4,500 Use code CRACxCOMM for 10% off at checkout. Book here: craccon.com/#tickets

CYBER WAR '26 QUALIFIERS ARE OPEN! Get ready to hack, solve, and level up at CRACCON '26! Are you ready to prove your skills and claim your spot at the on-site finals in New Delhi? 👉 Register Here: craccon.com/cyber-war.html

Speaker announcement - CRACCON '26. Nagarjun Rallapalli joins the CRACCON '26 stage. He has been automating security since 2022, and now spends his time building AI agents and breaking them to find where their limits are.

Teaser 03 is live. Hard. 400 points. Quals open 26 Sept, 12:00 PM IST One file. Everything you need is in it. craccon.com/Assets/CTF/tease… SHA-256: 5d2f56b6882021876e38063874da6febfbe6ca0a94a0ea254158a37fedc0d2a4 Recover the flag. Format: CRACCON{...}

Speaker announcement: Siddharth Jain, Executive Director & CEO, AiCyberWatch, By NGBPS LTD Siddharth joins the CRACCON '26 main stage with a tech talk: The Rise of the Autonomous Cyber Fusion Center: A Live Demonstration of Agentic AI Defending IT and OT in Real Time

11 days to Cyber War quals. Qualification for the live Cyber War at CRACCON '26 opens on 26 September at 12:00 PM IST and runs for 8 hours. Speed matters. Teaser bonus points carry into the leaderboard, so the solvers from Teasers 01 and 02 start ahead. Registration is free.

Something exciting is coming.. Get ready for CRACCON’26, your badge is more than an entry pass; it’s your key to a global community of hackers, defenders, and researchers. Are you ready to see what’s waiting on the other side? The badge reveal starts NOW. Stay tuned. 👀