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VISHNU PRASAD

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Red Team Penetration Tester & Application Security Specialist

I break systems to make them stronger. Specializing in red team operations, web & API security, cloud security, and vulnerability research. Recognized by Google, Apple, Microsoft, and others for responsible disclosure.

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6 Years in Security

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0 CTF Wins

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About

Cybersecurity specialist with 6+ years of experience delivering client-facing penetration testing, red team support, and vulnerability assessment across web, API, mobile, network, Active Directory, and cloud environments.

I've scoped and executed security engagements for enterprise clients, chaining vulnerabilities to demonstrate real business impact, and producing executive-ready reports with clear remediation guidance. Experienced in DAST, SAST, and SCA across the full SDLC.

These days I focus on red team operations, cloud security assessments, application security testing, and helping organizations reduce attack surface through practical, risk-driven remediation.

# Philosophy: Think like an attacker, communicate like an engineer, and always provide actionable remediation — not just findings.

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Penetration Testing

Web, API, mobile, network, and Active Directory testing across enterprise environments

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Application Security

DAST, SAST, SCA, threat modeling, source code review, and secure SDLC integration

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Cloud & Threat Hunting

AWS/Azure security reviews, compromise assessment, IoC analysis, and SIEM telemetry review

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Village Volunteer

Adversary Village — delivering technical support, building CTF challenges, and leading teams at community-driven adversary simulation events including DEF CON and other major security conferences

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Cyberdome Volunteer

Kerala Police Cyberdome — contributing to cyber threat intelligence and public safety initiatives

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Skills & Arsenal

# Offensive Security

Web & API Penetration Testing95%

Red Teaming & Adversary Simulation90%

Mobile Application Testing88%

Network & AD Penetration Testing92%

# Defense & Assurance

Application Security (DAST/SAST/SCA)90%

Threat Hunting & Compromise Assessment85%

Cloud Security (AWS/Azure)88%

Vulnerability Management & Reporting82%

# Toolchain

Burp Suite OWASP ZAP Nmap Nessus Qualys Checkmarx SonarQube Semgrep Metasploit Cobalt Strike AWS Security Azure Security Python Bash Splunk Docker

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Experience

Mar 2026 — Current

Senior Cyber Security Analyst

T-Mobile • USA

Performing enterprise penetration testing across telecom web apps, APIs, mobile services, internal networks, and cloud-native workloads. Supporting red team assessments by identifying exploitable attack paths and validating privilege escalation opportunities. Executing DAST, SAST, and SCA activities integrated with CI/CD pipelines. Conducting threat hunting and compromise assessments using SIEM telemetry and client-owned instrumentation.

Burp SuiteAWSAzureCheckmarxThreat Hunting

Jul 2019 — Mar 2026

Security Specialist - VM & Penetration Testing

UST Global • USA

Delivered client-facing penetration testing across networks, web apps, APIs, mobile apps, and cloud environments. Led a U.S.-based bug bounty and external attack surface management program — triaging researcher submissions, validating exploitability, and reducing remediation cycles. Created scripts and workflows to automate vulnerability triage, deduplication, evidence collection, and SLA tracking across multi-business-unit environments.

NessusQualysNmapOWASP ZAPBug Bounty

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Achievements

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Google Hall of Fame

Recognized in the Google Bug Hunters Hall of Fame as a top vulnerability hunter in 2017–2018 for discovering and responsibly disclosing critical security issues.

GoogleHall of FameBug Bounty

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BountyCon Singapore 2019

Invited by Facebook and Google to BountyCon Singapore 2019, an exclusive conference for elite security researchers across the Asia-Pacific region.

FacebookGoogleAPAC

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Security Research Talk

Presented "Penetrating Google's Admin Panel and Twitter's DM/Notifications" at DC0471 MEET-UP — sharing novel offensive security research with the infosec community.

DC0471GoogleTwitter

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Hall of Fame

Received Hall of Fame recognition from Twitter, Apple, GitHub, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Zoom, Starbucks, and Reliance Jio for responsible vulnerability disclosure. Named Elite Hacker in Jio's bug bounty program (2022).

AppleMicrosoftTwitterGitHub

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Certifications

CRTP

Certified Red Team Professional

Pentester Academy

eWPTX

Web Application Penetration Tester eXtreme

eLearnSecurity

CASE

Certified Application Security Engineer (.NET)

EC-Council

C|EH

Certified Ethical Hacker (Practical)

EC-Council

eJPT

Junior Penetration Tester

eLearnSecurity

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Contact

Let's connect.

No system is too boring and no question too small.

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