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Abdul Nafay Sarmad

@abdulnafaysarmad

Security software engineer building AI-assisted defense systems, including STAS for malware intelligence and automated detection-rule generation.

Pakistan
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I built STAS, a malware-analysis platform that reconstructs behavioral timelines, extracts and enriches indicators of compromise, and automates YARA and Sigma rule generation. I also built ShadowForge to validate ATT&CK-aligned detections with realistic Windows and Linux telemetry.

At Wenawa, I replaced Prophet/ARIMA with a Quantile GBDT forecasting engine and added SHAP explainability for auditable risk analysis. I also introduced Casbin-based ABAC and migrated password hashing to Argon2id with backward compatibility.

As an independent security researcher and consultant, I’ve tested web, API, and infrastructure security for NDA clients and researched programs across HackerOne, Bugcrowd, and Intigriti. I responsibly disclosed an unauthenticated Mastercard/Maestro cardholder PII exposure through HackerOne.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Independent Security Researcher & Consultant

Independent

Jan 2018 - Present (8 years 9 months)

Performed web, API, and infrastructure security testing for NDA clients and researched programs across HackerOne, Bugcrowd, and Intigriti. Responsibly disclosed an unauthenticated Mastercard/Maestro cardholder PII exposure through HackerOne.

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Cybersecurity & AI Engineer Intern

Wenawa

Jun 2026 - Aug 2026 (2 months)

Replaced Prophet/ARIMA with a Quantile GBDT (LightGBM) forecasting engine and added SHAP explainability for auditable risk analysis. Designed a pgvector-backed 3D risk-correlation graph and migrated password hashing to Argon2id.

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Cybersecurity & Software Engineer Intern

SMB Digital Zone

Jan 2025 - Jan 2026 (1 year)

Performed an OWASP Top 10 / ISO 27001-aligned audit and remediated 14 production vulnerabilities. Hardened OTP generation, validation, and rate limiting, and executed a zero-downtime AWS regional migration.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology logoST

Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2025 -

Activities and societies: HackerOne responsible disclosure: unauthenticated Mastercard/Maestro cardholder PII exposure (PCI DSS scope). Digital Pakistan Cybersecurity Hackathon: built a multi-agent CTF-solving pipeline with FastAPI and SSE streaming.

Pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, with expected graduation in December 2029.

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