Ethical Hacker // Security Researcher

Hi, I'm Kaif Tarasgar

Cybersecurity student, Industry-Wanted Ethical Hacker, and Technical Lead at CREST Cybersecurity Club. Passionate about bug bounty hunting and building secure digital solutions.

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Passionate About Cybersecurity

Dedicated to making the digital world a safer place through ethical hacking and security research

I'm a motivated B.Sc. Cybersecurity student at Pimpri Chinchwad University with a strong foundation in ethical hacking, penetration testing, and security research.

As the Technical Lead at CREST Cybersecurity Club, I lead technical initiatives for 100+ members and have designed advanced CTF challenges that remained unsolved by top-ranked teams.

I've been awarded responsible disclosure certificates from Perfios and Sai Life Sciences for identifying security vulnerabilities through bug bounty programs.

B.Sc. Cyber Security
CTF Challenge Creator
Bug Bounty Hunter
Technical Lead
$ whoami
Kaif Tarasgar
$ cat role.txt
Technical Lead @ CREST Cybersecurity Club
$ ls skills/
ethical_hacking/ penetration_testing/ bug_bounty/
ctf_development/ osint/ red_teaming/
$ echo $MISSION
Making the digital world safer 🛡️
$ _

My Expertise

A comprehensive toolkit for offensive and defensive security

Offensive Security

Ethical Hacking Penetration Testing Bug Bounty Red Teaming Web App Security Vulnerability Assessment MITRE ATT&CK Mapping NIST 800-61 Standards

Security Tools

Metasploit Burp Suite Wireshark Nmap Kali Linux Sliver C2 SIEM SOAR

Cloud Security

Microsoft Azure AWS Security Zscaler Zero Trust Oracle Cloud

Programming

Python JavaScript Bash SQL HTML/CSS React.js

Intelligence & Forensics

OSINT Threat Intelligence Digital Forensics Incident Response

Frameworks

OWASP Top 10 MITRE ATT&CK Zero Trust

Professional Journey

Hands-on experience through industry internships and leadership roles

Mar 2026 – Present

Cyber Security Intern

CyberWarLab

Working on advanced penetration testing and vulnerability research projects. Applying offensive security techniques and red team methodologies.

Jan – Mar 2026

Cyber Security & Ethical Hacking Virtual Intern

Cryptonic Area

Received Letter of Recommendation from CEO. Identified 12+ security vulnerabilities through full-stack penetration tests and vulnerability assessments, improving the security posture of enterprise clients.

Oct – Dec 2025

Web Exploit Hunting & Bug Bounty Intern

EduSkills Academy (AICTE)

Ranked Outstanding (O) in 10-week offensive security internship with OWASP Top 10 focus. Developed expertise in vulnerability discovery and PoC development.

Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

AI & Machine Learning Intern

Edunet Foundation (AICTE/IBM)

Completed 6-week AICTE-approved program with real-world AI project. Applied generative AI and ML techniques to cybersecurity use cases.

Sep – Oct 2025

Cyber Security Intern (Advanced Level)

ShadowFox

Completed MSME and ISO 9001 certified program. Performed penetration testing, network security analysis, and password cracking.

Jul – Sep 2025

Palo Alto Cybersecurity Virtual Intern

AICTE

Completed 10-week program on network security, firewall configuration, SIEM, and SOC operations with Palo Alto Networks tools.

Featured Work

Security tools and applications built with passion

CipherX Pro v4.2.0

High-performance AI-powered universal decoder with recursive multi-layer decoding engine supporting 73+ operations. Features parallel processing with 8 concurrent decoders and sub-10ms latency.

Python FastAPI asyncio AI/ML

PCAP-StoryTeller

Transforms raw PCAP files into interactive attack storyboards with threat detection, attack graphs, geolocation maps, and automated forensic reports.

Python Network Analysis Forensics

Banking-Security-Platform

Enterprise banking security platform with MFA, fraud detection, and real-time monitoring capabilities for financial institutions.

Python Security MFA

Packet-Scope

Real-time network packet analyzer with payload detection, geolocation mapping, protocol statistics, and malicious IP alerting system.

Python Networking Real-time

Advanced SOC Report

Real-world security monitoring & incident response. SQL Injection, XSS, Brute Force detection with MITRE ATT&CK mapping & NIST SP 800-61 playbooks.

Blue Team SOC Incident Response

Vulnerability Research

Vulnerability assessment mapping — SQLi, XSS, broken access control. Includes testing methodology, PoC documentation, and remediation roadmap.

Pentesting Vulnerability Assessment PoC

Python Keylogger

Educational keylogger tool built using the pynput library. Records keyboard input and logs it securely for ethical hacking practice and malware research.

Python Malware Dev

Password Security Center

Advanced password generator & analyzer with zxcvbn scoring, breach check integrations (HIBP), and custom word mixing.

JavaScript Cryptography

Pixel Image Encryptor

Secure image encryption tool that uses pixel manipulation algorithms to obfuscate visual data, ensuring privacy for sensitive imagery.

Python Steganography Encryption

Professional Credentials

Industry-recognized certifications validating my expertise

Google Cybersecurity Professional

Google

Sep 2025

CISSP Specialization

Infosec/Coursera

Feb 2026

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) v12

Coursera/Packt

Jun 2025

CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701)

Coursera

Sep 2025

CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002)

Coursera

Sep 2025

Microsoft Cybersecurity Analyst

Microsoft

Sep 2025

Microsoft Azure Security Tools

Microsoft

Oct 2025

Certified Red Team Ops (CRTOM)

Red Team Leaders

Dec 2025

Certified Ransomware Protection Officer

EU Cyber Academy (98%)

Dec 2025

Palo Alto Security Operations

Palo Alto Networks

Aug 2025

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Recognition & Impact

Bug bounties, CTF competitions, and leadership accomplishments

Technical Lead

CREST Cybersecurity Club, Pimpri Chinchwad University

  • Leading technical initiatives and cybersecurity awareness programs for 100+ club members
  • Organized and hosted CTF competition in February 2026 with advanced challenge design
  • Created highly complex CTF challenges that remained unsolved by first-ranked teams

Responsible Disclosures

Perfios

Certificate of Appreciation for responsible vulnerability disclosure through Bug Bounty Program (Mar 2026)

Sai Life Sciences Ltd

Certificate of Appreciation for identifying security issue (P5 severity) via Com Olho RDP (Mar 2026)

CTF Competitions

Active participant in national and international capture the flag events

ISEA ISAP CTF 2026 (IIT Madras)
SYNAPSE 2025 CTF (24-hour offline)
H7CTF 2025 (EC-Council sponsored)
Chaitanya CTF 2025
ZERODAY CTF
Digital CyberHunt CTF

Let's Connect

Have a security concern or opportunity? I'd love to hear from you

Contact Information

Feel free to reach out for collaborations, security consultations, or just to say hello!

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