Harsh Mehta

👋 Hey there!

I am a Security Researcher currently working at Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune. I play Capture the Flag (CTF) challenges in my free time. Apart from security, I read Philosophy and Psychology. Drop me a message on LinkedIn for my resume!

“Stare into the Abyss”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

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Skills

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	"Tools": ["Nmap", "Ghidra", "OleVba", "GDB", "SQLmap", "Remnux", "Arduino", "Shodan"],
	
	"Languages": ["Python", "C/C++", "Bash Script", "x86 Assembly", "JavaScript", "PowerShell Script"],

	"Core": ["Penetration Testing", "Malware Analysis", "Incident Response", "Digital Forensics", "WAPT", "SAST", "OSINT", "Network Security"],

	"EQ": ["Leadership", "Presentation", "Documentation", "Research"]
}

Experience

Research Intern

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology

Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

Pune,India.

  • Research on internal network security of marine ships.
  • Worked on IEC 61162-450 interface.
  • Proposed an attack strategy (GPS Spoofing) and a mitigation strategy as a PowerShell script.
  • Created two research papers.

Summer Research Intern

Polytechnique Montreal

May 2022 - Aug 2022

Montreal, Canada.

  • Received a research funding of $9000 CAD.
  • Analyzing security posture of several ship components like ECDIS, VDR, AIS and IEC 61162-2/3 interface.
  • Proposed an exploit to capsize a ship based on inference and publicly available data.

Projects

PNGFix

A Python based CLI tool to fix corrupted PNG images using header and chunk analysis for digital forensic experts.

TxtShare

A Python based web-app which can be used to edit a text file simultaneously by two people in real time. Find the project here.

Keylogger

A Python based malware which records keystrokes from the victim machine and mails it to the attacker. Find the project here.

Certifications & Awards

Certified Ethical Hacker (Practical)

Dec 2021 - Dec 2024

(ISC)2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)

Oct 2022 - Oct 2025

HackerRank (Python, MySQL & Problem Solving)

May 2021

KPMG India Capture the Flag (Rank 1)

Oct 2022

Global CyberPeace Challenge 3.0 (Rank 4)

Feb 2022

Payatu IoT Hacking CTF (Rank 10)

Dec 2021

Extracurricular

President, Microsoft Learn Student Club

  • Elected as president for technical club of 50+ students.
  • Hosted events like Capture the Flag, technical hackathons and personal development workshops.
  • The events had engagements from 10+ different countries.
  • Gave technical presentation on Web application security, Application security and Machine Learning model security.

Malware Analysis

  • Performed Static Application Security Testing (SAST) analysis on a malware sample called PoetRAT.
  • Full analysis report can be found here.

Quantum Computing, The Coding School

  • Received a scholarship of $1200 by IBM Quantum for two semester course on Quantum Computing.
  • Students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) took theory classes and labs.
  • It was a 12 credit course accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
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