Ahmad Zahid
Security Researcher at McAfee
British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAhmad Zahid is a security researcher with eight years of hands-on experience building and reverse-engineering software to solve complex security challenges, currently contributing at McAfee in Canada. His background spans security engineering roles at Mobisec and applied software development for a national archive, where he combined digital preservation with a strong emphasis on application security. Ahmad holds advanced cybersecurity degrees from Università degli Studi di Padova and Concordia University, blending academic rigor with practical threat analysis and secure development. He also has mobile engineering experience from Quillcode, giving him a broad perspective from embedded clients to enterprise protection. Known for digging into low-level problems, he brings a pragmatic researcher’s mindset to turning obscure vulnerabilities into actionable defenses.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Cybersecurity, Master's degree Cybersecurity at Università degli Studi di PadovaBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Kabul UniversityMaster's degree Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Master's degree Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Concordia University
Pashto, English, Italian, Persian
Github Skills (58)
ktor10
android-application10
adb10
android-security9
kotlin9
websocket9
frida9
magisk9
android9
apk9
network-share9
reverse-engineering9
rest-api9
xterm9
macos8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
zahidaz/pashto_fonts
Mar 2019 - Apr 2021
Contributions:28 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
zahidaz/pashto-type-faster
Apr 2018 - Apr 2020
Contributions:49 commits, 42 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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