Abbas Afooshteh
Co-Founder at ZDResearch
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolAbbas Afooshteh is a security-focused entrepreneur and co-founder with 13 years of experience blending information security, cryptography, and full-stack software development. Based in Charlottesville, he leads ZDResearch while bringing advanced academic training in security and computer science from Carnegie Mellon and UVA, complemented by engineering degrees from Iran. Known as a "professional hacker" on GitHub, he combines offensive security expertise with pragmatic product instincts to build auditable, resilient systems. His background in philosophy and cynically curious temperament give him a habit of questioning assumptions and designing defenses that anticipate real-world adversaries.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Software, Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Software at Shahid Beheshti UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at University of VirginiaMaster of Science (MS), Information Security Technology & Management, Master of Science (MS), Information Security Technology & Management at Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster of Science (MSc), Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Software Engineering at Sharif University of TechnologyDiploma of Mathematics, Physics & Mathematics, Diploma of Mathematics, Physics & Mathematics at Allameh Helli
English, Persian, Arabic, Japanese
Stackoverflow
2,396reputation
400kreached
105answers
9questions
forms
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design-patterns
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php
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model-view-controller
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validation
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Github Skills (153)
php10
role-based10
scanner9
validation9
acl9
bruteforce9
joomla-component9
vdm9
cms9
joomla-extensions9
penetration-testing9
authentication9
design-patterns9
nist9
joomla9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
abiusx/phpqt-ng
May 2016 - Oct 2018
Contributions:17 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
abiusx/jframework
Jan 2013 - Jun 2014
Contributions:93 commits in 1 year 4 months
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