HEAP BYTES

<redacted> •<redacted> •<redacted> •github.com/heapbytes

SUMMARY

Passionate Cybersecurity enthusiast, actively participates in CTF competitions. Linux devotee, created projects in various domains including Open source,

web development, IOT, cloud. Proﬁcient in Python and C language.

EDUCATION

B.Tech. Computer Science Engineering Expected Graduation - June 2025

<redacted>, India

CGPA - 8.62

Diploma in Computer Science April 2019 - September 2022

<redacted>, India

Percentage - 95%

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cyber Security: Pentesting, Web exploitation, Cryptography, Cloud, Metasploit, Pivoting

Programming: Python, C, Java

Linux: Arch Linux distribution maintainer (Vitunix)

Web: HTML, CSS/Bootstrap, PHP, MySQL

CERTIFICATIONS

EJPT v2 Dec 2023

eLearning Junior Penetration Tester

• During the certiﬁcation of eJPT, I have learned more about Linux, Windows, it’s common exploitations, depth of metasploit, I loved the pivoting part of

INE, which helped me to gain knowledge of real world pen testing.

EXPERIENCE

<REDACTED>, India: Cyber Security Intern July 2024 – June 2025

• Working with SOC, Offsec and VM(Vulnerability Management) team.

• Used tools including Azure portal, MS Sentinal, Crowstrike, CKP and Fortinet ﬁrewal, PhishER.

• Work includes setting up honeypots, writing scripts in crowdstrike, email security, pentesting AD.

OTHER EXPERIENCES

HackTheBox / Tryhackme / CTFs, International: Hacker Rank / 0xA(WIZARD) / Intermediate Sept 2021 – Present

• Proﬁciency in network scanning and reconnaissance techniques, understanding of various operating systems and their vulnerabilities.

• Knowledge of web application vulnerabilities and exploitation.

• Familiarity with cryptography concepts and challenges.

• Experience with reverse engineering and binary analysis.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Pentathon CTF 2024: Second Runner up, organized by NCIIPC India, AICTE India.

IITB Trust Lab CTF 2024: Runner up, organized by IIT Bomaby trust lab, HSBC Technology.

Bsides Pune Conference CTF 2024: Winner, organised by Bsides Pune.

Spy Wars CTF 2024: Winner, organized by Tutelr.

Grafﬁti CTF 2024: Runner up, organized by Symbiosis Center for Information Technology.

YCF CTF 2023: Winner, organised by YCF.

Sainya Ranakshetram CTF 2021: Runner up, organized by the Indian Army, with a prize of 150K INR.

PROJECTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

Vitunix OS (Linux) March 2023 – Present

Created an Arch Linux based distribution alongside a community with over 60+ members.

• Vitunix mainly focuses on Windows Managers.

• Comes pre-installed with bspwm and Openbox WM.

• Memory efﬁcient and highly customizable.

•Project’s Github

RSA Decryption Tool (Cryptography) Sept 2021

A Python tool that used SageMath libraries to ﬁnd vulnerabilities in RSA.

• Implemented RSA decryption tool using SageMath for faster calculation.

•Project repository

Contribution (CTFs) March 2021 – Present

Contributed to CTF competitions especially in Cryptography

•Challenges repository

ACTIVITIES AND STUDENT CLUB

Go Green (SWD) April 2023 to May 2023

Environmental Engagement Experience

• Collaborated with Bhumi NGO, Swatch Pune and other organizations in a Go Green activity to promote environmental sustainability and raise

awareness about the importance of protecting the planet.

Team Quark (Student Club) Feb 2023 - till date

Head of Open source domain and Senior technical member of Cybersecurity domain

• As Open Source head, I helped coordinators with Linux, Docker and gave brief of various open source programs.

• As part of Cybersecurity domain, I helped coordinators by taking regular meets and teaching them new vulnerabilities.

• Organised National level CTF, contributed challenges of various domains including Web exploitation, Reverse Engineering, Linux.