Vitalii Rudnykh
Lead Product Engineer at CloudLinux
Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Top SchoolVitalii Rudnykh is a Lead Product Engineer based in Porto with 11 years of hands-on experience in backend engineering, security research, and product leadership. He has progressed from malware analyst and security researcher roles into team lead, product owner, and now product engineering leadership at CloudLinux, pairing deep threat analysis expertise with product vision and delivery. As CTO and co-founder of EXTRACTUM.IO he retains a strong operator mindset—leading product development, release management, and DevOps practices. His open-source contributions include hardening and modernizing the MODX Evolution CMS (PHP 7.2 compatibility, vulnerability fixes, PSR-2 cleanup), reflecting a pragmatic focus on secure, maintainable backend code. Trained with a master’s in Information Security, he uniquely blends malware forensics, log analysis, and secure system administration to ship resilient products. Colleagues describe him as a technical leader who turns adversary research into concrete product improvements and operational practices.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Master's degree, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Orenburg State University (OSU)
Portuguese, English, Russian
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Github Skills (5)
cms10
php10
mysql10
security9
database-administration8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
modxcms/evolution
Jul 2017 - Dec 2020
This repository was Frozen. Welcome to the new evolution of MODX Evolution!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 1 PR in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Vitalii primarily contributed to fixing bugs and addressing vulnerabilities within the MODX Evolution codebase. They identified and fixed a path disclosure vulnerability, updated the codebase to be compatible with PHP 7.2, and added checks for the existence of the MySQLi extension. These changes involved modifying core installation files and language files, indicating a focus on the backend and database aspects of the CMS. Furthermore, the user contributed to code formatting, ensuring adherence to PSR-2 standards.
cmsevolutiongamephpfrozen
a2u/CVE-2018-7600
Mar 2018 - Mar 2019
💀Proof-of-Concept for CVE-2018-7600 Drupal SA-CORE-2018-002
Contributions:35 commits, 8 PRs, 30 pushes in 1 year
vulnerabilitiescvedockervulnerabilitydrupal
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