Nishant Patnaik
Sr. MTS Application Security
Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolNishant Patnaik is a seasoned application security engineer with 14 years of experience building defensive automation and hands-on offensive tooling at scale, currently leading Sr. MTS Application Security at eBay. He designs and implements CI/CD-integrated security solutions—from fast multi-language code linting and automated mobile runtime testing to real-time detection and mitigation of account-fraud, credential stuffing, and synthetic registrations with minimal code changes. A former Lead Security Engineer at InMobi and Senior Paranoid at Yahoo!, he blends product security architecture, threat modeling, and incident response with pragmatic engineering to harden large consumer platforms. Nishant is also an active practitioner in mobile app reverse engineering and tooling (notably iOS security hooks and SSL-pinning bypasses in his appmon repo), reflecting deep low-level expertise beyond typical security program leadership. Based in Karnataka, India, he pairs research-driven curiosity with production-grade automation to detect, defend, and continuously improve application security posture.
14 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science Engineering at Biju Patnaik University of TechnologyKendriya Vidyalaya SangathanAISSE General Studies, AISSE General Studies at Maharishi Vidya Mandir
English, Hindi, Odia
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Github Skills (15)
frida10
objective-c10
mobile-security10
ios10
instrumentation10
reverse-engineering10
swift9
keychain9
debugging6
async-await6
sentiment-analysis6
hook6
cookie6
es6-promise6
breakpoints6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
dpnishant/appmon
Apr 2016 - Nov 2022
Documentation:
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS) & Security Engineer
Mobile Developer (iOS) & Security EngineerContributions:5 releases, 3 reviews, 183 commits in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Nishant primarily contributed to the `appmon` repository by implementing hooks and functionalities related to mobile security, specifically focusing on iOS applications. Their commits include adding logging hooks for `NSLog` messages, creating scripts to bypass SSL pinning, and other security-focused modifications like keychain reset. They also made code adjustments to address bugs, improve stability, and add support for Android and simulator environments. The user demonstrates a strong understanding of mobile security and reverse engineering techniques.
instrumentationsecurity-toolsfridaios-appmacos-app
dpnishant/jsprime
Jul 2013 - May 2015
Contributions:60 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 year 9 months
securityjavascriptsecurity-toolssecurity-analysis
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