András Veres-szentkirályi
IT Security Expert at Silent Signal Ltd.
Budapest, Hungary
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Top SchoolAndrás Veres-szentkirályi is an IT security expert and co-founder of Silent Signal and Hackerspace Budapest with 17 years of hands-on experience in penetration testing, vulnerability research and security tooling. He combines deep systems-level curiosity—tearing apart implementations to reveal gaps between specification and reality—with pragmatic tool development, contributing to high-profile open-source projects like mitmproxy, Turbo Intruder and John the Ripper. His work spans Java deserialization detection plugins for Burp, mobile APK patching and TLS hardening, reflecting both offensive and defensive expertise across web, mobile and native platforms. Based in Budapest, he holds an MSc in Computer Software Engineering and has a proven track record of improving code maintainability and exploit tooling while prioritizing real-world impact over academic theory.
17 years of coding experience
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Software Engineering at Budapest University of Technology and Economics
English, German, Hungarian
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Github Skills (73)
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Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
plasma-disassembler/plasma
Mar 2015 - Jul 2015
Plasma is an interactive disassembler for x86/ARM/MIPS. It can generates indented pseudo-code with colored syntax.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:85 commits, 25 PRs, 5 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:András primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the Plasma disassembler, focusing on enhancing its functionality and portability. Their work included improving code readability and maintainability through the adoption of best practices like using `str.startswith` and replacing old string formatting with `str.format`. They also added support for new x86 instructions and optimized the code for improved performance and clarity.
capstonecoloredmipsx86unicorn
sullo/nikto
Feb 2013 - May 2018
Nikto web server scanner
Role in this project:Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 4 comments in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:András contributed to the Nikto web server scanner by addressing issues related to IP address detection. They implemented patches to avoid misidentifying version numbers from WebSEAL and GlassFish servers as IP addresses. Furthermore, the user performed code cleanup by removing unnecessary code blocks and parentheses, improving the code's readability and efficiency.
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