offensive security
AkshatPandey
Penetration testing, red teaming, and finding the holes in a system before someone with worse intentions does.
open to security roles
- loc
- Eindhoven, NL
- edu
- MSc Cybersecurity · TU/e
- focus
- pentesting · red teaming
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01 / about
I break things on purpose now.
CS grad doing an MSc in Cybersecurity at TU/e. I hyperfixate. When something grabs me I go full send until I actually understand it. Papers, labs, forums at 2am. Right now that's offensive security, and honestly it's been a while coming.
I used to mod game files as a kid to unlock stuff I wanted. Used to run cheatengine, modify game files, and tinker with memory. The ILOVEYOU virus was my first "wait, people do this for real?" moment. Turns out I've been into testing systems for a long time. I just didn't have a name for it.
At TU/e I'm doing the hands-on stuff: Intrusion Detection Lab, Advanced Network Security, Verification of Security Protocols. Currently deep in ICS/OT security: reconstructing Stuxnet across a live Siemens PLC network, deploying RPL blackhole attacks on real nRF52840 hardware. Post-quantum crypto has been living rent-free in my head even though I haven't taken it yet.
where I've lived
outside the terminal
Red Teaming
Started with modding game files and running CheatEngine as a kid. Now it's deploying live attacks on real hardware and reconstructing ICS incidents from network logs. OT/ICS red teaming is the goal.
K-Pop & Music
Got into it through Stray Kids and BTS. Still here cause of TWICE and LE SSERAFIM. I do listen to a variety of genres.
Gaming
Competitive to a fault. I don't stop until I hit whatever goal I set. Luckily that now goes into security research and CTFs too. I also enjoy co-op games with friends.
Homelabbing
Kali on a Raspberry Pi, VMs on my PC, all on a private network. Slowly turning it into a proper attack/defense lab.
Goals
Land a cybersecurity internship. Eventually: OT/ICS red teaming, publishing research worth citing, and building something that matters in industrial security.
02 / selected work
Things I've built & broken
featured
ICS HMI Honeypot
TU/e Honors Project
Fingerprinting ICS Scanning Tools
Self-Hosted AI Assistant
Interactive Portfolio
Honeypot Atlas
ActionKin
Music for Mood
03 / experience & skills
The full picture
technical skills
OT/ICS & Protocols
Security & Network
Detection & Forensics
Languages
Testing & QA
Cloud & DevOps
Frameworks
Databases
certifications
HTB Certified Penetration Testing Specialist (CPTS)
in progress04 / contact
Let's connect
If you'd like to collaborate, say hi, or want to hire me, my inbox is open.
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