Ophir Harpaz
Security Research Team Lead at Akamai Technologies
Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolOphir Harpaz is a security research leader with a decade of hands-on experience dissecting malware, finding vulnerabilities, and guiding teams at Akamai and Guardicore. He combines deep reverse-engineering expertise—authoring the begin.re workshop—with a pragmatic background in software engineering and cybercrime research from IBM and Check Point. Known for publishing on multiple malware campaigns and disclosing a Hyper-V RCE, he bridges research and operational security to turn complex threats into actionable defenses. Based in Tel Aviv, he pairs technical rigor with a creative bent (improv and code) and has an academic foundation in computer science and linguistics. In a few years he plans to pivot efforts toward animal rescue, reflecting a practical idealism beyond pure tech.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Cyber security, Data science, Cyber security, Data science at Israel Tech ChallengeBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Linguistics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Linguistics at Tel Aviv University
English, Hebrew
Github Skills (37)
scanning9
code-server8
nmap7
scanner7
ios7
ruby7
android7
pentesting7
android-apps6
mongodb6
backend6
decimal6
hacking6
docker6
security6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
baot-il/mentors-backend
Feb 2020 - Feb 2020
Backend server code for Baot mentorship application
Contributions:42 commits, 31 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
code-serverbackendbackend-servermongodb
ophirharpaz/ophirharpaz.github.io
Apr 2019 - Aug 2022
Contributions:51 commits, 1 PR, 24 pushes in 3 years 4 months
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