Bucharest Metropolitan Area
A highly motivated and hardworking individual, fast learner and eager to face new challenges. Make sure to check my Security Blog at https://antoniomacovei.com/blog.
As part of the Cybersec & Infrastructure Team, perform manual and automated penetration tests and security assessments against custom, internal and external web applications. Develop security tools and applications to streamline vulnerability assessments and SDLC, enhancing efficiency and improving the quality of findings. Identified and contributed to resolving major security vulnerabilities, mitigating potential financial losses.
Developed features for Cloudflare's Bot Management module. Improved existing browser challenges in order to better identify bots and constantly researched and implemented mitigations against attackers efforts to circumvent these safeguards. Monitored and maintained critical online systems to uphold operational functionality
The Synack Red Team is a private freelance security research team, comprised of some of the most sought after security researchers in the world. The Synack Red Team provides web application, mobile application, and host infrastructure penetration testing engagements.
Perform manual penetration testing and security assessments on networks, web-based applications, and computer systems. Document findings, write security reports, and discuss solutions with IT teams and management. Provide feedback and verification after security fixes are issued. Develop new scripts and tools in Python to automate time-consuming processes. Created a program to identify chatter about new CVEs on social media and raise alerts on hot topics. Propose and implement challenging security exercises for CTF competitions such as DefCamp DCTF and Unbreakable Romania.
Conducting a research project in collaboration with University of Amsterdam on the theme of "Automated Incident Response in the Cloud: An Environment Agnostic Solution in AWS", with a focus on the first two steps of the NIST IR Life Cycle.