Tao Yan
Distinguished Researcher at Palo Alto Networks
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTao Yan is a Distinguished Researcher based in the San Francisco Bay Area with 11 years of deep experience in vulnerability discovery, exploitation techniques, and system internals from both offensive and defensive perspectives. At Palo Alto Networks he pioneered new attack-surface discoveries and research methods, earned top rankings in MSRC’s Top 100 Researchers, won Pwn2Own local privilege escalation in 2021, and is a named inventor on multiple security patents. Previously at NSFOCUS he focused on root-cause analysis, fuzzing and exploit development for script engines and browser components, bridging academic rigor (MS in Information Security) with hands-on adversarial research. Known for finding “rules in chaos,” he blends mathematical thinking with practical exploit craftsmanship and regularly speaks at major security conferences.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics at Civil Aviation University of ChinaMaster of Science (MS), Information Security, Master of Science (MS), Information Security at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
English
Github Skills (16)
bind6
kotlin5
android-library5
json4
moshi4
java4
android4
annotation-processor3
scala3
serialization2
jackson2
high-performance2
drawer1
jvm1
animation1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
LenaYan/BaseLibrary
Nov 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:299 pushes, 8 branches in 6 months
TheInternationalAndroid/V2EXAndroidClient
Jan 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:201 commits, 229 pushes, 12 branches in 1 year 2 months
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