Ali Hadi
Incident Response Consultant at CrowdStrike
Burlington, Vermont, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAli Hadi is an incident response consultant and senior cybersecurity specialist with 13+ years of hands-on experience and a PhD in Computer Information Systems, currently advising CrowdStrike after leading threat detection and adversary simulation at Cyber5W. He blends deep technical expertise in digital forensics, malware analysis, and adversary emulation with a long teaching and research record, having developed and taught comprehensive DFIR and offensive security curricula at Champlain College and universities abroad. A prolific trainer, author, and speaker, Ali has delivered technical programs to governments and private organizations worldwide and led complex investigative teams at a major digital forensics center. His practical offensive skills are evident in open-source contributions—authoring exploit and lab code for an offensive software exploitation course—reflecting an uncommon mix of purple-team thinking and exploit development. Based in Burlington, Vermont, he is known for advancing the field through education, research, and pragmatic threat-hunting techniques that bridge academic rigor and real-world incident response.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at Philadelphia UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Information Systems, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Information Systems at UBFS
Github Skills (12)
shellcode10
python10
networking9
vulnerability9
reverse-engineering9
vulnerabilities9
socket-io9
security-vulnerability9
socket9
assembly8
assemblies8
assembler8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ashemery/exploitation-course
Mar 2019 - Jan 2023
Offensive Software Exploitation Course
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:1 review, 136 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Ali primarily contributed to offensive security tasks within the repository, focused on software exploitation. They developed and modified Python scripts and related files, including exploit code and test files for various labs. The user demonstrated knowledge of buffer overflows and other vulnerabilities by creating payloads and crafting exploits, specifically focusing on attacking FTP servers, web servers and general vulnerable applications. The commits also indicate familiarity with techniques like shellcode injection and egg hunting.
securitycybersecuritypenetration-testingoffensivepentesting
ashemery/exploits
Dec 2015 - Aug 2020
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
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