name: Kazim
role: Self-Taught Developer & Cybersecurity Enthusiast
location: Lahore, Pakistan
what_i_do:
- Building open-source cybersecurity CLI tools
- Learning Bug Bounty & Web Application Pentesting
- Practicing on HackTheBox, TryHackMe & PicoCTF
- Exploring offensive security through hands-on projects
currently_learning:
- 🕷️ Web Application Penetration Testing (PortSwigger Academy)
- 🏴 CTF challenges & OverTheWire wargames
- 🛡️ Network security & packet analysis
- 🔍 OSINT & reconnaissance techniques
building:
- 🔑 PassAudit — password strength & breach checker
- 📋 LogWatch — system log anomaly detector
- 🌐 NetSpy — live network packet sniffer & dashboard
- 🔍 VaultScan — git history secret scanner
open_to:
- Bug bounty collaborations
- Cybersecurity internships & junior roles
- CTF teams
- Open source contributionsLanguages
Cybersecurity
Platforms & Tools
Practice Platforms
| Project | Description | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| NetSpy | 🌐 Live network packet sniffer with browser dashboard — capture, filter & visualize traffic in real time | Python, Scapy, Flask |
| LogWatch | 📋 System log anomaly detector — flags brute-force, root logins, after-hours access & port scans | Python, Rich |
| VaultScan | 🔍 Git history secret scanner — finds API keys & passwords buried in old commits | Python, Git |
| PassAudit | 🔑 Password strength & breach checker using HaveIBeenPwned k-anonymity | Python, Rich |
| MetaHunter | 🕵️ Metadata extraction tool — pulls hidden data from files for OSINT & recon | Python |
| MilkyWay-CTF | 🏴 Browser-based CTF toolkit with simulated terminal interface | Python, JS |
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- 🥇 Hackathon Winner — Cybersecurity track
- 🏴 CTF Competitor — HackTheBox, TryHackMe, PicoCTF
- 🛠️ 6 open-source security tools shipped to GitHub
- 📚 Self-taught — zero formal CS background, all hands-on
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"The best way to learn security is to break things."


