Daniel A
Vulnerability Research Group Manager at GitLab
Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel A is a vulnerability research leader with over a decade of hands-on experience spanning penetration testing, reverse engineering, static analysis, malware forensics, and secure software development. Currently managing the Vulnerability Research Group at GitLab, he previously led adversarial and threat research teams at Akamai and headed research at Oxeye, blending offensive techniques with pragmatic detection and mitigation strategies. He routinely builds custom tooling and data-driven detection pipelines, pairing full-stack development skills with deep low-level analysis to expose and remediate complex attack techniques. A habitual open-source contributor and lifelong tinkerer, he treats security as both profession and hobby—often preferring to sharpen the axe before striking. Based in Israel, he brings a rare combination of operational forensic experience from military service and enterprise security leadership that accelerates threat-to-fix cycles.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science at Holon Institute of TechnologyComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at The Hebrew Reali School
English, Hebrew, Spanish
Github Skills (124)
python10
xss10
javascript10
interactive10
shell10
credentials10
exploit10
multi-user10
scanner9
testing9
penetration-testing9
security9
enumerate9
nodejs9
s3-bucket9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
akamai-threat-research/mqtt-pwn
Aug 2018 - Jun 2020
MQTT-PWN intends to be a one-stop-shop for IoT Broker penetration-testing and security assessment operations.
Contributions:11 commits, 2 PRs, 34 pushes in 1 year 10 months
pythonshopiot-brokermqtt-brokerpenetration
Den1al/PyLazyS3
Jun 2018 - Jan 2022
Enumerate AWS S3 buckets using different permutations
Contributions:2 commits, 1 PR, 12 pushes in 3 years 7 months
scannerpythonenumeratebucketspermutations
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