I build software.
Then I break it.
On purpose — that's the job. I'm a Software Engineering student in Sindh, Pakistan, building toward Offensive Security: penetration testing, red-team fundamentals, and the discipline to document what I find. Currently training through Hack The Box Academy and TCM Security.
Terminal session
// Verified — Hack The Box Academy
01 / Projects
Two things I've actually shipped — not a padded grid of tutorials.
FixIt — Civic Issue Tracker
Lets residents report local problems on an interactive map and follow them from report to resolution. Built to practice real state management and mapping APIs outside a classroom assignment.
This Portfolio
This site. Built from scratch with no frameworks — custom cursor, scroll-triggered reveals, a typed terminal sequence, and a live GitHub activity feed pulled client-side from GitHub's public API.
02 / About
I'm a Software Engineering student with a growing focus on offensive security — penetration testing and red-team concepts in particular. On Hack The Box Academy I've cleared the Linux, Windows, and Networking Fundamentals modules along with the Penetration Testing Process module, ranking in the top 20% with 28 targets compromised so far — including boxes like Cap, Fawn, Meow, and Sequel.
My software engineering coursework — algorithms, computer organization, low-level programming — gives me the systems understanding that offensive security depends on. I'm currently working through TCM Security's Practical Ethical Hacking course to build on that foundation, with the goal of growing into a capable ethical hacker and eventually contributing to red-team operations.
03 / Arsenal
Security Focus
// primary direction- Linux Fundamentals
- Networking Fundamentals
- Web App Vulnerabilities
- Privilege Escalation
- Vulnerability Documentation
- Pentesting Process
Engineering Foundation
// how I build- C / C++
- Python
- Java
- x86 Assembly
- HTML / CSS / JS
- Data Structures & Algorithms
- Git
Environments
// where I work- Linux
- Windows
- Hack The Box Academy
- Cisco Networking Academy
04 / GitHub Activity
Live, pulled client-side from GitHub's public API — not hardcoded.
05 / Roadmap
Foundation
Building now
Target
06 / Certifications & Training
Networking Basics
Linux 100: Fundamentals
Practical Ethical Hacking
In Progress07 / Education
BS Computer Software Engineering
Diploma of Education, Information Technology
08 / Contact
Let's
Talk.
Open to internships, mentorship, and conversations about offensive security. Based in Latifabad, Sindh, Pakistan.
abdulwahabshaikh824@gmail.com