Whoami

Whoami

Hi there, I’m Alex!

I’m a proactive Cybersecurity and OSINT professional with a focus and background in intelligence, pentesting and Red Teaming.

About

  • Freelance physical & digital pentester
  • Former Special Forces Operator
  • Generally interested in cybersecurity, pentesting, red teaming, OSINT, networking, python, and heavy metal
  • Used to be a web developer but I started focusing on other things like web app security, vulnerability exploiting, reverse engineering and so on…

Experience

Freelance Pentester / Red Team Operator

Position: Senior Pentester / Red Team Leader
Period: February 2018 - Present

  • Propose, plan, and execute Red Team operations based on realistic threats to the organization
  • Detect and exploit vulnerabilities and attack vectors
  • Automate attack techniques, creating custom tooling for specific operations and contributing to general-purpose open source tools
  • Implement APT techniques such as backdoors for command and control using open source and custom frameworks
  • Write detailed reports covering the goals and outcomes of the team

OSINT Specialist

Position: Freelance
Period: February 2018 - Present

  • Collection and analysis of open-source information to identify and mitigate threats.
  • Utilization of OSINT tools such as Maltego, SpiderFoot, and Shodan to conduct in-depth investigations.
  • Development of advanced search techniques to extract valuable information from the web and social networks.
  • Collaboration with security teams to integrate OSINT data into operational security strategies.
  • Writing detailed reports with findings and recommendations for risk mitigation.

Special Forces Operator

Period: January 2021 - May 2024

  • Plan and ensure perimetral security measures in accordance with policies and guidelines
  • Collect data through intelligence and counterintelligence techniques
  • Involve in several exercises related to: infiltration, exfiltration, social engineering, surveillance, OSINT, capture and evasion

Web Developer

Position: Junior Developer and SEO Specialist
Period: March 2018 - January 2022

  • Develop, maintain and modify WordPress plugins source code as needed
  • Ensure websites and plugins are up to date and patched
  • Develop and implement effective SEO strategist
  • Write detailed and customer friendly reports with the metrics obtained, errors to solve and guidelines

Certifications

Pentesting

  • OSCP - OffSec, 2023
  • CEH - EC-Council, 2021
  • CISCO Ethical Hacker - CISCO, 2024
  • CISCO Certified Support Technician (CCST) Cybersecurity - CISCO, 2022
  • Security+ - CompTIA, 2020
  • Practical Ethical Hacking - TCM Security, 2023

Networking

  • CCNA / CISCO Certified Network Associate

Cloud

  • AWS Cloud Practitioner - AWS, 2024

Programming

  • PCAP / Certified Associate in Python Programming
  • SQL / SQL and Relational Databases

Other

  • OSINT / TCM Security
  • A+ / CompTIA
  • CS50 / Introduction to Computer Science
  • Negociation / University of Michigan Successful Negotiations

Skills

Pentesting Red Teaming Social Engineering OWASP OSINT OpSec PHP JavaScript Bash C++ HTML CSS VPN Network Configuration & Monitoring Firewalls Linux Windows Unorthodox Thinking