During the hackathon, BEACON RED showcased existing Bug Bounty programmes, and 42 Abu Dhabi students worked together to take the first steps to participate in such programmes and to uncover vulnerabilities. To track progress, a live scoreboard showed the names of students leading in discover
The hackathon served as a hands-on activity for students to set up a system to analyse a web shop, discover security vulnerabilities, and understand how attackers try to manipulate their code.