Ayyappan Rajesh
Sr. Security Engineer at Cybastion
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAyyappan Rajesh is an Offensive Security Engineer with eight years of hands-on experience focused on wireless and automotive cybersecurity, currently pursuing advanced studies in cybersecurity. He has led over 50 penetration tests for connected vehicles, web/mobile apps, and automotive IoT, developed specialized cellular and CPS assessment methodologies, and automated tooling to scale engagements for Fortune 500 clients. Notably, he discovered CVE-2022-27254—demonstrating remote access and start of certain Honda models—which he presented to 1,500+ attendees at DEF CON’s Car Hacking Village and that garnered national media coverage. Comfortable across low-level languages (C/C++, Objective-C) to high-level scripting (Python, Bash), he bridges hardware, SDR, and software expertise—having built CTFs, custom devices, and exploit demos that inform both red team operations and SOC detection improvements. Based in Detroit, he blends academic research and real-world impact, with unique experience applying signal intelligence and SDR techniques to automotive attack-and-defense scenarios.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Cybersecurity, Master's degree Cybersecurity at NYU Tandon School of EngineeringBachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Github Skills (5)
firmware9
vulnerability8
security2
vulnerability-research2
iot1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nonamecoder/FlipperZeroHondaFirmware
Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
Custom Firmware for the Flipper Zero, to add support for Honda key fobs (FCC ID: KR5V2X)
Contributions:13 commits, 8 pushes, 5 comments in 4 months
firmware
nonamecoder/nonamecoder.github.io
Jun 2020 - Jun 2022
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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