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Penetration testing & vulnerability research. I find what's already exposed before someone else does.
Accepting engagements
Response < 24h
Responsible disclosure
01 // Engagement Types
What You Get
Reconnaissance-driven assessments focused on your publicly accessible attack surface. Every finding comes with reproduction steps and remediation guidance.
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External Attack Surface Assessment
Comprehensive mapping of internet-facing assets — subdomains, exposed services, dangling DNS records, forgotten infrastructure, public artifacts. I find what you forgot was there.
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Web Application Penetration Testing
Manual testing of authentication flows, authorization logic, API endpoints, and business logic. Deep analysis that finds what automated scanners miss.
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Vulnerability Chaining & Exploitation
Individual findings combined into demonstrable attack chains. I show real-world impact — not theoretical risk, but actual exploitation paths from recon to compromise.
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Container & Public Artifact Analysis
Docker images, public registries, exposed git repos, CI/CD artifacts. Secrets embedded in publicly accessible build artifacts are a recurring critical finding.
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Authentication & Authorization Testing
OTP implementations, session management, OAuth flows, IDOR, rate limiting gaps, privilege escalation. The authentication boundary is where most critical findings live.
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Blockchain & DeFi Platform Security
Solana and EVM infrastructure security — custodial wallet implementations, key management, trading platform architecture, and on-chain interaction auditing.
02 // Published Research
Disclosed Vulnerabilities
Selected findings from recent engagements and independent research. All vulnerabilities responsibly disclosed and resolved before publication.
Six vulnerabilities chained into mass account takeover against a blockchain infrastructure platform. Started with user enumeration via inconsistent error responses, discovered an unrate-limited OTP verification endpoint, and built distributed bruteforce tooling using Cloudflare Workers for IP rotation. An IDOR in the referral system enabled financial manipulation, and a misconfigured API endpoint returned bcrypt password hashes for all referred users. An unauthenticated Redis instance provided the final pivot point.
Account Takeover
OTP Bruteforce
IDOR
Hash Disclosure
Unauthenticated Redis
Vuln Chaining
Custom Tooling
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Identified a Solana trading platform that embedded an RSA-2048 private key across 50+ public Docker image versions on Docker Hub. This single key decrypted every wallet private key the platform had ever generated — 347 Solana and 90 Ethereum wallets containing live funds. The key was present in every layer of every published image version, spanning the platform's entire operational history.
Docker Analysis
RSA Key Extraction
Wallet Compromise
Cryptographic Flaw
Public Artifact Recon
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Discovered dangling CNAME records on a retail brand pointing to decommissioned Elastic Beanstalk and Zendesk instances. The Elastic Beanstalk environment had been terminated while the DNS record remained active, creating a classic subdomain takeover condition. A separate Zendesk subdomain pointed to a deactivated account. Both enabled credential phishing and session hijacking under the target's trusted domain.
Subdomain Takeover
Dangling CNAME
Elastic Beanstalk
Zendesk
DNS Recon
03 // Methodology
How Assessments Work
Structured, transparent, and focused on demonstrable impact.
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Reconnaissance & attack surface mapping.Subdomain enumeration, DNS record analysis, service fingerprinting, public artifact discovery, technology stack identification. Understanding what's exposed before testing it.
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Manual testing first, automated scanning second.Human-driven analysis uncovers logic flaws, chaining opportunities, and context-dependent vulnerabilities that scanners cannot find.
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Exploitation & chain development.Individual findings combined for maximum demonstrable impact. Every reported vulnerability includes a working proof-of-concept with step-by-step reproduction.
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Clear reporting with remediation guidance.Severity-rated findings, CVSS scoring, business impact analysis, and specific fix recommendations tailored to your stack. No generic advice.
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Coordinated disclosure & remediation support.Reasonable timelines, direct communication with your engineering team, and re-testing after fixes are deployed.
04 // Interactive
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