Siddharth Dushantha
Penetration Tester
Agder, Norway
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Siddharth Dushantha is a penetration tester based in Agder, Norway with nine years of hands-on experience across security operations, cyber threat intelligence, and active red-team engagements. At Netsecurity he progressed from SOC analyst to security analyst and now penetration tester, blending incident triage and threat research with offensive security skills. He is an active open-source contributor who builds practical tooling—examples include wifi-password and qr-filetransfer for seamless local file and WiFi management and contributions to the well-known Sherlock OSINT project—demonstrating an eye for usability and cross-platform reliability. Siddharth’s work shows a pragmatic full-stack engineering background applied to security problems, from Python scripting and CLI design to packaging and refactoring for maintainability. Colleagues value his ability to translate investigative findings into reproducible tooling and clear remediation steps, a skill honed by 24/7 SOC experience.
9 years of coding experience
English, Norwegian, Malayalam
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Github Skills (39)
apim10
code-generator10
osi10
python10
api-design10
r10
information-gathering10
command-line-interface10
linux10
codegen10
argparse10
code-generation10
file-sharing10
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Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
sdushantha/wifi-password
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
Quickly fetch your WiFi password and if needed, generate a QR code of your WiFi to allow phones to easily connect
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 9 reviews, 50 commits in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Siddharth primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and usability of the `wifi-password` tool. Their contributions involved bug fixes, such as correcting the QR code display on Windows and addressing an issue with the `--ssid` argument. They also implemented improvements such as intuitive CLI argument organization and added install requirements, while also refactoring code for clarity and maintainability. Additionally, they handled version bumps and temporarily removed Linux support due to network issues.
qrcodepythonphoneswindowswifi-password
sdushantha/qr-filetransfer
Mar 2018 - Jun 2020
Transfer files over WiFi between your computer and your smartphone from the terminal
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 129 commits, 23 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Siddharth primarily focused on developing the core functionality of the qr-filetransfer tool. Their contributions involved implementing features to transfer files and directories over WiFi using QR codes, including directory zipping and file moving. They also addressed bugs, improved error handling, and added features like showing the SSID, enhancing the tool's usability and overall functionality. Furthermore, the user made the project packageable and improved the code quality.
command-line-toolqrcodepythonsmartphonefile-sharing
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