Vinny Troia
Founder, Head Of Dark Web Research at Shadow Nexus
Greater St. Louis United States
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Top SchoolVinny Troia is a founder and dark web OSINT specialist with 12 years of experience helping intelligence, national security, and enterprise clients track threat actors, ransomware operations, and illicit marketplaces. He has built and exited multiple companies focused on threat intelligence and dark web investigations, and currently leads Shadow Nexus after founding Night Lion Security and Shadowbyte. Vinny is a published author—his Wiley book "Hunting Cyber Criminals" and new title "Grey Area: Dark Web Data and the Future of OSINT" reflect a blend of hands-on HUMINT, cyber forensics, and strategic advisory work. His background includes leadership roles in research and strategy at Comodo and operational security work for government organizations, giving him fluency across policy, technical tradecraft, and negotiations. He holds advanced degrees in information security (MS and PhD-level study) and is known for turning dark web data into actionable intelligence rather than raw alerts. A practical investigator as much as a strategist, he often combines automated collection with human-driven analysis to surface high-value, non-obvious signals.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Capella UniversityB.S. Information Systems, B.S. Information Systems at SUNY Empire State CollegeM.S Information Assurance Information Assurance Security Ethical Hacking, M.S Information Assurance Information Assurance Security Ethical Hacking at Western Governors University
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Github Skills (200)
penetration-testing10
social-engineering10
socket10
methodology10
pentesting10
kali-linux10
sensitive-data10
security-testing10
passwords10
social-network-analysis10
infosec9
scanner9
sega-genesis9
abaqus9
active-directory9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
curvve/themes
Jul 2013 - May 2015
Contributions:13 commits, 2 pushes in 1 year 10 months
nightlionsecurity/social-clickjack
Oct 2013 - Feb 2014
Contributions:5 commits in 4 months
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