Prashanth YadavPittakala

Security Researcher & Security Intern @ UptoSkills

Passionate about uncovering vulnerabilities and building secure systems. Currently focused on advanced penetration testing and automated malware analysis.

About Me

I am a dedicated cybersecurity professional with a strong foundation in manual web application testing and vulnerability assessment. My approach combines rigorous analytical thinking with hands-on technical expertise to secure digital assets and report critical security flaws.


Through my work at Cybrito, I aim to contribute to the security community by developing open-source security utilities and publishing technical writeups on real-world vulnerabilities.

Tools & Expertise

Offensive Security

Burp Suite Metasploit Nmap SQLMap OWASP ZAP

Security Analysis

Wireshark Cuckoo Sandbox Linux Forensics Static Analysis

Development

Python Bash Scripts Node.js JavaScript

Technical Work

Internship Finding

Brute-Force Vulnerability

Authentication endpoint allowed unlimited attempts without rate limiting. Reporting led to high-severity fix.

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Internship Finding

Improper Input Validation

Database integrity risk due to missing server-side validation on user-controlled fields.

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Tool Development

CipherVerse

A multi-functional security utility for data transformation, inspired by CyberChef.

Malware Research

Behavior-Based Malware Analyzer

Project focused on analyzing behavioral patterns of suspicious files through sandbox-based execution monitoring.

Certifications

Ethical Hacking essentials

Issued by EC-Council

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Web exploit hunting and bug bounty

Issued by Eduskills academy

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Ethical Hacking

Issued by NPTEL

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Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking

Issued by ApexPlanet

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Certificate