Ravid Mazon
Principal Security Researcher at Palo Alto Networks
Israel
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Top SchoolRavid Mazon is a Principal Security Researcher with 13 years of experience specializing in web application and API security, currently at Palo Alto Networks. He builds practical, high-impact tools and POCs—most notably BOLABuster, an AI-driven methodology that automatically detects Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA) vulnerabilities at scale and has uncovered 17 real-world BOLAs across high-profile open-source projects like Grafana and Harbor. A seasoned conference speaker (Black Hat, DEFCON, BSidesLV, API:World) and author of research papers and technical blogs, he also created c{api}tal, an OWASP API Security Top 10 vulnerable-by-design app used for hands-on learning. Ravid blends deep offensive research with production-aware engineering, frequently collaborating with development teams to turn findings into fixes. Based in Israel, he combines SOC and cloud experience with a persistent focus on automation and scaling security research.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
information systems, information systems & cyber studyies, information systems, information systems & cyber studyies at The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, Yaffo
Hebrew, English
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Github Skills (18)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ravid1323/monday
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023
Python client for Monday.com
Contributions:4 pushes in 17 days
pythonpython3mondaypython-client
ravid1323/pyreadline
Dec 2023 - Dec 2023
pyreadline repository
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
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