Pwndesal
Pwndesal
Originally a CTF team established in 2024, now a community of elite researchers from Bloodhounds and Quaxode. We represent the pinnacle of security excellence at USTP.
10+
Team
15+
Certs
4x
Champions
@nop4tch
Researcher, Malware Analyst, Reverse Engineer
@0xCucumbersalad
Security Researcher, Penetration Tester
@d1ox
Red Teamer, DFIR, Threat Hunter
@0x61_
Penetration Tester, Software QA
@haxinja
Red Teamer, Developer
@m3m0rydmp
SOC Analyst, Red Teamer
@KennyWan
Digital Forensics & Incident Response
@Flux
Penetration Tester, Cryptography
@codesentinel
Penetration Tester, SOC Analyst
@pretendre
Security Operator, Pentester
The complete record of excellence and research recognition
4th consecutive champion of Regional Hack4Gov and Top 8 on H4G National Finals 2025.
Back-to-back Champion of Hack4Gov Region X and clinching the Top 10 spot on National Finals.
Champion of Hack4Gov Region X and National Finalist in DICT's National Cybersecurity Challenge.
National Finals 2nd Runner-up in DICT's premier cybersecurity challenge among top national teams.
Top 21 spot out of 716 teams in APAC Region and Top 4 among all Filipino teams.
Competed against global researchers testing infrastructures for Superbet and Amazon.
Technical presentation on Bug Bounty Hunting and Security Research at Philippines' premier conference.
Represented the Philippines globally in Cybersecurity competitions with full industry support.
1st Runner-up in the first-ever HackTheBox Meetups PH CTF challenge.
1st Runner-up among ASEAN countries in training conducted by AJCCBC, JICA, and Trend Micro.
2nd Runner-up and Event Top Performer winning most major event challenge prizes.
Top 24 Globally. Solved all challenges within 15 minutes of joining late.
Initiative with DICT Region X and USTP to discover new talents through intensive CTF sessions.
Industry-recognized credentials from global security organizations
Partnerships, security research, and talent acquisition.
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