GeorgeĀ Chatzisofroniou
Principal Information Security Engineer
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
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Top SchoolGeorge Chatzisofroniou is a Principal Information Security Engineer with 14 years of hands-on experience bridging clinical psychology and computer science to tackle complex security challenges in healthcare and critical infrastructure. Based in Baton Rouge, he leads penetration testing and vulnerability research at Mayo Clinic, applying reverse engineering and security architecture expertise to medical devices, clinical systems, and cloud/on-prem environments. His background includes national defense cyber operations and commercial red teaming, where he developed network security tools and advised on threat intelligence for high-stakes exercises like NATO Cyber Coalition and Locked Shields. An active open-source contributor, he has made security-focused back-end fixes to prominent projects such as wifiphisher, demonstrating practical mitigations for SSL, input sanitization, and exploit vectors. Known for mentoring teams and translating technical findings into operational remediation, he combines deep technical craft with cross-disciplinary insight from his PhD studies.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of Piraeus
Github Skills (10)
security10
hacking10
network-security10
ws-security10
python10
wifi-security10
wifi10
iptables9
http9
network-protocol8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
wifiphisher/wifiphisher
Sep 2014 - Jan 2023
The Rogue Access Point Framework
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:4 releases, 7 reviews, 482 commits in 8 years 5 months
Contributions summary:George primarily focused on modifying the core Python script (`wifiphisher.py`) to address security vulnerabilities, fix bugs, and improve the tool's overall functionality. Code changes include the addition of a --nodeauth option, a focus on patching SSL, a fix for an HTTPS redirection bug, and security-related modifications like sanitizing inputs to prevent exploits. They demonstrated a deep understanding of the project's attack methodology by interacting with critical components.
pythonsecuritywifiphisherpointredteaming
wifiphisher/extra-phishing-pages
Feb 2017 - Apr 2021
Community-built scenarios for Wifiphisher
Contributions:11 commits, 4 PRs, 10 pushes in 4 years 2 months
scenarioswifiphisher
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