akash@sunnyvale:~$ whoami

I break things on purpose, then write the report.

Google, Apple, Microsoft and Meta have all paid or credited me for vulnerabilities I found and disclosed through their official programs. CEH certified, OSCP in progress, CTF winner.

Helped secure 25+ organizations.

// responsible disclosure

More than 25 organizations have closed a security gap after a report from me. Google, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, McAfee, ESET, Harvard, Cambridge, Intel, Lenovo, BBC News and many more. Every finding went through the vendor’s own disclosure program, was triaged by their security team, and was fixed before it was made public. Documentation available on request.

Google Vulnerability Reward Program

Googleplex, Waze and Google internal assets. Triaged and accepted by the VRP panel, listed in the Hall of Fame, and $5,000+ paid out.

“Nice catch! I’ve filed a product bug for this issue. We’ll work with the product team to ensure this issue is addressed.”

Martin, Google Security Team · status: accepted
Google2022Stored XSS and further issues across Googleplex, Waze and internal assets. More than $5,000 in bounties and a Hall of Fame listing.
Meta2021Messenger vulnerability. A $750 bounty from the Facebook security team and a place in the whitehat Hall of Fame.
ESET2021Letter of thanks from the Chief Information Security Officer.
Apple2020Vulnerability on filemaker.com, an Apple-owned property. Listed in Apple’s web server security credits.
Microsoft2020Reflected XSS on a Microsoft acquisition. Listed in the MSRC acknowledgements.
BBC News2020Rate-limit bypass. Listed first on the 2020 security disclosure page.
Huawei2020Letter of acknowledgement from Huawei PSIRT.
Harvard University2019Letter of thanks from the Chief Information Security Officer.
Cambridge University2019Letter from the Cambridge CSIRT.
Intel2019Certificate of appreciation from the investigations team.
McAfee2019Certificate of acknowledgement signed by the Chief Information Security Officer.
Lenovo2018Letter of acknowledgement from Lenovo PSIRT.

First place at the Pre-DEF CON CTF.

// competitions

I walked into HackerDojo for the Pacific Hackers Pre-DEF CON Capture the Flag, the Silicon Valley qualifier that draws the crowd heading to Las Vegas, and walked out in first place. That win put me in the room: invited and sponsored to DEF CON twice and to Black Hat USA once.

1stPre-DEF CON CTFPacific Hackers Association, HackerDojo.
Top 50Wiz CTFCloud security, out of 500.
Top 500U.S. DoD CTFDepartment of Defense, out of 5,000.
2×DEF CONLas Vegas. Invited and sponsored.
1×Black Hat USALas Vegas. Invited and sponsored.

Offensive instincts, enterprise IT depth.

// experience

Bug Bounty Hunter, Bugcrowd

2026 – present · remote
  • Perform reconnaissance, vulnerability assessment and exploitation against real-world web application and API targets in authorized programs.
  • Write clear, actionable reports with reproduction steps and remediation guidance that engineering teams can act on.

Technical Support Analyst (Internship), NVIDIA

2026 · santa clara, ca
  • Reimaged endpoints across Windows, macOS and Linux, enforcing security baselines and MDM enrollment through Jamf Pro and Intune, with QA validation before every deployment.
  • Served as the primary walk-in analyst at the Tech Lounge, resolving hardware and software faults, AI developer tooling issues, GlobalProtect VPN failures and Wi-Fi disruptions.
  • Owned and resolved escalated remote tickets in ServiceNow and Jira, including passkey and MFA failures, across cloud, VDI and Fleet-managed endpoints.

Year Up United, IT Support Training

2025 · online
  • Completed the IT support training program before joining NVIDIA.

What I work with.

// toolkit

offensive security

Penetration testing, bug bounty research, vulnerability assessment, OWASP Top 10, CVE analysis, MITRE ATT&CK, Kali Linux, Burp Suite, responsible disclosure.

soc & threat defense

SIEM, alert triage, threat hunting, log analysis, IDS and IPS, Wireshark, incident response, malware analysis, phishing triage, EDR, zero trust.

enterprise it

Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, MFA and SSO, Jamf Pro, Intune, endpoint hardening, Fortinet, GlobalProtect VPN, Cisco, TCP/IP, VDI, Google Cloud.

tools

Python, Bash, Git, ServiceNow, Jira.

  • OSCPin progressOffensive Security—
  • Claude 101, AI FluencyAnthropic2026
  • Google Cloud CybersecurityCoursera2025
  • Fortinet Network SecurityFortinet2024
  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)EC-Council2019

Disclosures that made the news.

// coverage
  • Tech PanaStored XSS disclosed to Google and rewarded by the VRPtech media
  • Tech PanaVulnerability disclosed in Waze, a Google acquisitiontech media
  • Tech PanaVulnerability disclosed in Meta Messengertech media
  • Capital NepalVulnerability disclosed in Facebook Messengerbusiness magazine
  • The Annapurna ExpressInterview on ethical hacking and responsible disclosurenational daily
  • GorkhapatraFeature on bug bounty hunting as a careernational newspaper

Ship it. Then let me try to break it.

Open to penetration testing, security analyst and SOC roles in the Bay Area or remote.