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Hussain Ali

Cybersecurity Researcher | Offensive Security | Malware & Security Tool Development
Rawalpindi / Islamabad, Pakistanhnai1211@outlook.comgithublinkedinportfolio
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Summary

Cybersecurity undergraduate focused on offensive security research, malware development and analysis, and security tool engineering, with hands-on experience building practical tooling across Windows internals, wireless security, and vulnerability assessment.

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Experience

VAPT Analyst (Paid Intern)

August 2026 — present
National Cyber Security Academy (NCSA), Air University

Cyber Research & Development Intern

2025-07-07 — 2025-08-29
Dassoft / SiberKoza International (Pvt) Limited — NASTP
  • —Contributed to DSOC, an AI-assisted SOC/SIEM module, supporting alert investigation workflows and log analysis and enrichment.
  • —Worked on security automation to streamline repetitive analysis tasks and improve investigation turnaround.
  • —Integrated security tooling into existing monitoring workflows to support enrichment and correlation of security events.
  • —Contributed to internal cybersecurity research efforts supporting the team's detection and analysis capabilities.

Freelance Software & ML Developer

2023 — present
Independent (Fiverr and similar platforms)
  • —Built mobile applications and Python projects to client specification.
  • —Trained and evaluated machine-learning models on client datasets.
  • —Contributed code components to a biotechnology research paper.

Freelance Technology Specialist

present
Self-Employed
  • —Installed & repaired CCTV systems for residential and commercial clients.
  • —Deployed smart home devices, home automation, and digital gadgets.
  • —Configured home and small-business networks: routers, switches, structured cabling.
  • —Electrical and digital electronics repair; circuit-level fault diagnosis.
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Education

Bachelor of Science, Cyber Security

Air University, Islamabad

CGPA: 3.63/4.00. Batch/CGPA topper for Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, and Spring 2026 (6 consecutive semesters); currently in Fall 2026 (in progress). Expected graduation 2027.

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Chronology

2026
BlackHat MEA Qualification CTF 2026
BlackHat MEA (via Tuwaiq Academy platform)
competition
2026
VAPT Analyst (Paid Intern)
National Cyber Security Academy (NCSA), Air University
internship
2025
PCC 2025 — Pak-Crypt International Symposium on Cybersecurity (CTF)
NCCS / NCSA, Air University
competition
2025
Cyber Research & Development Intern
Dassoft / SiberKoza International (Pvt) Limited — NASTP
internship
2025
High Achiever of the Batch — Highest CGPA, Spring 2025
National Cyber Security Academy (NCSA), Air University
award
2025
SOFTEC 2025 — CTF Participant (Team KINGS3)
SOFTEC, FAST-NUCES Lahore
competition
2024
High Achiever of the Batch — Highest SGPA, Fall 2023
Faculty of Computing & Artificial Intelligence, Air University
award
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Achievements

  • —PCC 2025 — Pak-Crypt International Symposium on Cybersecurity, CTF Participant · NCCS / NCSA, Air University (2025)
  • —BlackHat MEA Qualification CTF 2026 — Team Aconite, Rank #72 · BlackHat MEA (2026)
  • —SOFTEC 2025 — CTF Participant (Team KINGS3) · SOFTEC, FAST-NUCES Lahore (2025)
  • —High Achiever of the Batch — Highest SGPA, Fall 2023 · Faculty of Computing & Artificial Intelligence, Air University (2024)
  • —High Achiever of the Batch — Highest CGPA, Spring 2025 · National Cyber Security Academy (NCSA), Air University (2025)
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Skills

Offensive Security
Penetration Testing · Vulnerability Assessment · Web Security Testing · Network Security Testing · OWASP Top 10 · Burp Suite · Nmap · Metasploit · Nessus · Nikto · Netcat · Kali Linux
Defensive Security
Malware Analysis · Windows Internals · PE Analysis · Reverse Engineering · Digital Forensics · Ghidra · IDA Pro · PEStudio · FlareVM · REMnux · Wireshark · Volatility · Any.Run · Autopsy · FTK · Wazuh · ELK Stack / Elasticsearch · Windows Event Viewer
programming
Python · Go · Kotlin · TypeScript · JavaScript · C · C++ · C# · Assembly · Bash · SQL
Mobile
Jetpack Compose · Material 3 · Room · Retrofit / OkHttp · Coil · MapLibre Native · Android SDK · Firebase Authentication
Web Frameworks
FastAPI · Django · Django REST Framework · React · Next.js · Express
AI / ML
scikit-learn · pandas · Jupyter · spaCy · sentence-transformers · Gemini API
tools
Docker · VMware · VirtualBox · Git/GitHub · MySQL · PostgreSQL · PostGIS · MariaDB · Redis · Celery · Alembic · Prisma · Nginx · Caddy · Firebase · CTFd · Cisco Packet Tracer · Proteus
cloud
AWS EC2 · Oracle Cloud (OCI)