Hey there! I’m Samarth Dad, a cybersecurity enthusiast and software engineer in Bengaluru, India. I specialize in penetration testing, application security testing, threat modeling and security risk assessment.

What I Do

• Work on threat modeling and security risk assessment.
• Develop security requirements by analyzing security loopholes in design phase (SDLC).
• Play CTF competitions and participate in Bug Bounty programs on Yogosha.

Projects & Research

• Publish security research, CTF write-ups on blog.
• CVE-2023-27163 Exploit - Demonstrate port scanning using vulnerable Request-Baskets.

Certifications & Achievements

• Practical Network Penetration Tester (PNPT).
• ElearnSecurity Web Application Penetration Tester (eWPT).
• ElearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester (eJPT).
• Blue Team Level 1 (BTL1).
• Ranked Hacker on HackTheBox and God on TryHackMe.
• Hall of Fame mentions for reporting security vulnerabilities to multiple organizations

Connect with me

• GitHub - github.com/samh4cks.
• LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/samarth-dad.
• Email - [email protected]