Chandigarh University's Computer Science Engineering Students Develop AI-Powered Platform to Detect Fraudulent Apps
Students from Chandigarh University won second place at the CyberShield Hackathon for developing an AI-powered platform to detect fraudulent mobile applications. The project uses generative AI to perform automated reverse engineering and risk scoring.
Why it matters
This innovation addresses the growing threat of banking malware and fraudulent apps through advanced automated security analysis.
CSE students win ₹3 lakh at CyberShield Hackathon for this Generative AI innovation to combat fraudulent apps & banking malware services
CHANDIGARH, India , Sept. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Chandigarh University's Computer Science Engineering (CSE) students have once again proven their brilliance on the national stage by securing second position in the national-level CyberShield Hackathon, organized by Bank of India in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad to solve AI, cybersecurity and banking-fraud challenges, winning a prize of Rs 3 lakh by providing innovative solution for harnessing Generative AI for automated reverse engineering, static and dynamic analysis and risk scoring of fraudulent mobile applications (APKs) and malware.
The Chandigarh University's 'Team Fi', comprising of four third-year students of Bachelor of Engineering-CSE (IBM-Cyber Security) Danish Verma, Rahul Jaluthria, Varun Gupta and Avneet Kaur secured second position in the hackathon which attracted over 3000 team registrations from universities and higher educational institutions across India.
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