Dario Lombardo
Senior Security Engineer at Wireshark Development Team
Venaria Reale, Piedmont, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolDario Lombardo is a Senior Security Engineer with 15+ years designing and delivering network security prototypes and production appliances for Telecom Italia, spanning routing (OSPF/BGP), SIP/VoIP, DNS enforcement, GSM/5G, and threat intelligence. He blends deep UNIX/Linux and C/C++ development expertise with hands-on research, consistently shipping ready-to-use prototypes that move novel security ideas into operational use. As a Wireshark core developer and contributor to notable open-source projects like THC-Hydra, he focuses on hardening code—patching memory and buffer issues and improving protocol dissectors for real-world resilience. Comfortable leading cross-disciplinary teams and big-data security initiatives, he also brings practical penetration-testing roots and an appetite for uncovering underexplored attack surfaces.
15 years of coding experience
Laurea, Computer Security, Laurea, Computer Security at Politecnico di TorinoCEH - Certified Ethical Hacker, Computer Security, CEH - Certified Ethical Hacker, Computer Security at EC-CouncilGWEB SANS Certification, SEC522: Application Security: Securing Web Apps, APIs, and Microservices, GWEB SANS Certification, SEC522: Application Security: Securing Web Apps, APIs, and Microservices at SANS Technology InstituteMaster, Telecommunications, Master, Telecommunications at Corep/TILSMaturita', Basic Computer Skills, Maturita', Basic Computer Skills at Liceo Scientifico A. VoltaCCDA, Network architecture development, CCDA, Network architecture development at Cisco Certification Program
English, Italian
Github Skills (25)
debugging10
debug10
penetration-testing10
buffer-overflow10
it-security10
cracking10
c-programming10
c1110
security10
c1710
proto10
network-security10
compiler-errors9
memory-management9
warnings9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
wireshark/wireshark
Jun 2014 - Dec 2022
Read-only mirror of Wireshark's Git repository at https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark. ⚠️ GitHub won't let us disable pull requests. ⚠️ THEY WILL BE IGNORED HERE ⚠️ Upload them at GitLab instead.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1530 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 8 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Dario contributed to the Wireshark project by modifying the codebase to handle message structures and fix bugs. The commits demonstrate a focus on addressing issues related to various protocol dissectors by adding missing functions and correct data types. The work involved making code changes and formatting improvements.
tsharkgit-repositorywiresharkpacket-capturegitlab
vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra
May 2016 - Aug 2017
hydra
Role in this project:Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:16 commits, 13 PRs, 14 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Dario's commits primarily focus on fixing security vulnerabilities, resolving compiler warnings, and addressing potential code vulnerabilities within the THC-Hydra project. They are responsible for patching potential security flaws, refactoring parts of the code to prevent future issues and for improving overall code quality. The contributions cover a range of files, suggesting work across various components of the password cracking tool. Several commits focus on memory management, buffer overflows, and incorrect usage, highlighting a proactive approach to security.
bruteforcerpassword-crackingpentestbruteforcingbrute-force-attacks
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