Yakov
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Summary
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SeniorYakov Shafranovich is a Senior Security Engineer and researcher with nine years focused on application security and vulnerability research, currently driving security initiatives at AWS. He blends deep hands-on development experience—from full-stack work at startups to mobile and backend engineering—with advanced security practices applied across cloud platforms, code reviews, and architecture assessments. At T. Rowe Price he led application security programs and secure cloud guidance, and at AWS he now applies that expertise to protect commerce and broader security services. An active open-source contributor, he has made UI and usability improvements to the popular x64dbg Windows debugger, showing a reverse-engineering mindset beyond typical engineering roles. Yakov’s background in both software engineering and formal IT disciplines, plus an MS in Information Systems, gives him a pragmatic edge in turning research findings into deployable protections.
8 years of coding experience
Github Skills (11)
windows10
debugging10
debug10
c-language10
reverse-engineering10
cprogramming-language10
qt10
front-end-development10
ui-design9
binarydiff9
security8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
x64dbg/x64dbg
Mar 2021 - Jul 2022
An open-source user mode debugger for Windows. Optimized for reverse engineering and malware analysis.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 7 PRs, 18 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Yakov primarily contributed to the user interface and settings of the x64dbg debugger. They added functionality to assemble instructions on double-click, implemented dark title bar support, and added an option to hide seasonal icons. Their commits modified settings dialog, main window, and utility files, showcasing their ability to work across different parts of the debugger's architecture.
binary-analysisctfengineeringdisassemblermalware
Yakov5776/AdvancedRobloxArchival
Mar 2023 - Aug 2024
a utility which searches your whole PC for clients, it verifies it, and labels it appropriately, and puts it all in one place.
Contributions:3 releases, 6 PRs, 63 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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