The HackInSDN project: Intelligent Laboratory Platform as a Service for experimentation in Cybersecurity, developed by doctoral student Italo Valcy da Silva Brito, from the Computer Science Graduate Program (PGCOMP) at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), won second place in the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC) 2025 Innovation Stamp Award. The award ceremony took place this Monday, July 21, during the SBC Congress, held in Maceió-AL Brazil.
During SBRC 2025, HackInSDN had a paper published in the main track titled: HackInSDN: A Flexible, Incremental, and Portable Architecture for Cybersecurity Experimentation. Authors: Italo V. S. Brito, Talita R. Pinheiro, Mayara R. E. Santos, Raquel S. M. Santos, Gustavo Gomes, Henrique Q. S. Sampaio, Allan E. S. Freitas, Leobino N. Sampaio. Read the paper in PDF.
During SBRC 2025, HackInSDN had a paper published in the Tools Hall titled "HackInSDN Dashboard: web platform for experimentation in networks and cybersecurity through Kubernetes clusters." Authors: Italo V. S. B rito, Leobino N. Sampaio. Read the paper in PDF.
★ The article was awarded an honorable mention at the Tools Showcase.
The article “Evaluation of strategies for improving anomaly detection in DNS traffic”, authored by Mayara Rodrigues, received the award for best article submitted to the WTG (Workshop on Scientific Initiation and Undergraduate Research). Read the paper in PDF.
The RNP (WRNP) workshop is a landmark event for the academic community, aiming to bring the public closer to technological advances and the main topics under discussion in the area of research and development of information and communication technologies (ICT), both within and outside Brazil. During the event, the HackInSDN project was presented by scholarship recipient Talita Pinheiro at one of the booths related to the Hackers do Bem initiative, including practical demonstrations on the dashboard.
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The INOVA stage at the 26th WRNP is a space beyond the main event program to showcase RNP's projects and solutions focused on innovation. On this stage, the professor presented the HackInSDN project, linked to RNP through the Hackers do Bem initiative, reinforcing the project's alignment with innovation in education and experimentation in cybersecurity. See the presentation in PDF.
SBRC 2025 was essential for promoting the HackInSDN project, highlighting its scientific and technological contributions. The project was showcased in various parts of the event, such as WRNP, the INOVA stage, and the Tool Fair, where it was presented by team members. It also received recognition through awards, including an Honorable Mention and Best Paper at the WTG.
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EnSI 2024, organized by Cert.Bahia on September 17, 2024, is a free event focused on cybersecurity, offering lectures, short courses, and competitions. During the event, scholarship holder Mayara Rodrigues presented the topic “DNS tunneling detection using the Zeek tool.” Her presentation covered the use of traffic monitoring tools like Zeek and IDS Suricata to detect cyberattacks. Mayara highlighted DNS tunneling, a malicious technique that exploits the DNS protocol, and presented detection techniques and results obtained from analyzing this type of attack.
The MISP Workshop is an event organized by CERT.br to promote the sharing of technical works and research by professionals working with Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) in the context of MISP. In the fifth edition of the MISP Workshop, members of the HackInSDN GT presented preliminary results of the integration process of MISP with other architecture modules. The presentation highlighted integration with the MISP environment and strategies for automating data insertion.
HackBahia, held on August 24, 2024, is an event focused on disseminating knowledge in information security, targeting students and professionals interested in entering the field. During the event, scholarship holder Mayara Rodrigues presented on “DNS tunneling detection using the Zeek tool.” The presentation discussed the use of traffic monitoring tools like Zeek and IDS to detect cyberattacks.
Mininet-Sec: experimentation platform for cybersecurity in programmable networks - paper presented at the SBSeg 2024 Tool Fair
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