Matías Aeón
Security Frameworks Lead & Technical Council at Security Alliance (SEAL)
Argentina
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Top SchoolMatías Aeón is a security frameworks lead and seasoned researcher with 13 years of hands-on experience bridging offensive security, open-source development, and community building from Argentina. A self-taught hacker since his teens with B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Systems Engineering, he has led audits, pen-tests and framework contributions (notably to Faraday and Evilgrade) while also improving core tooling and DevOps workflows. He co-founded The Red Guild to drive Ethereum-focused research and education, and has steered large security programs and conference content for ekoparty and Security Alliance. Matías combines deep technical fluency in smart contract and embedded-device security with executive experience coordinating cross-functional teams and public goods projects. Unusually, his early roots in gaming and hacker communities still inform his pragmatic, curiosity-driven approach to threat research and tooling.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Systems Engineering (B.Sc & M.Sc.), Computer Science, 8+, Systems Engineering (B.Sc & M.Sc.), Computer Science, 8+ at Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
English, Spanish, Japanese
Stackoverflow
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9kreached
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Github Skills (29)
c-language10
solidity10
python10
configuration-management10
security10
mitmproxy10
smart-contracts10
cprogramming-language10
programming-language9
apidoc9
blockchain9
devops9
ethereum9
api9
argparse9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
infobyte/evilgrade
Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
Evilgrade is a modular framework that allows the user to take advantage of poor upgrade implementations by injecting fake updates.
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:13 commits, 12 pushes, 20 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Matías primarily contributed to the `evilgrade` repository by adding and modifying modules designed to exploit vulnerabilities in software update mechanisms. These changes involved the creation of new modules targeting specific applications like Lenovo firmware and ASUS Live Update. The user's work focused on crafting malicious payloads and modifying update configurations to facilitate man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, reflecting a security engineering focus. Further contributions involved code improvements.
modular-frameworkimplementationspoorpayloadpenetration
infobyte/faraday
Jan 2014 - Oct 2015
Open Source Vulnerability Management Platform
Role in this project:Full-stack & DevOps Engineer
Full-stack & DevOps EngineerContributions:14 commits, 1 comment in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Matías primarily focused on enhancing the project's launcher functionality and configuration. Their contributions included refactoring the dependency management and user input logic within the launcher, incorporating new checks before startup, and integrating API configurations through the command line. Furthermore, the user made changes to the ZSH configurations and API settings, indicating a focus on improving the overall user experience and integration.
vulnerability-managementbugbountycvecollaborationvulnerability-scanners
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