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Ismail
Abdelhameed.

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Computer & Communications Engineering student focused on cybersecurity, with hands-on practice in authorized labs, CTFs, and open-source projects.

Portrait of Ismail Abdelhameed THM Top 1% · 200+ rooms
// about

Cybersecurity-focused
engineering student.

I'm a Computer & Communications Engineering student at Mansoura University, developing web and network security-testing skills alongside my engineering studies.

My hands-on practice covers web enumeration, network reconnaissance, and foundational Windows and Active Directory security concepts. I work across Linux and Windows environments with Nmap, Burp Suite, Wireshark, and Metasploit.

I also build and maintain open-source security tooling and curated cybersecurity resources for the community.

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Technical skills

01 Security Testing

Web Security TestingNetwork Security TestingVulnerability AssessmentCTF & EnumerationPost-Exploitation (Labs)Privilege Escalation (Labs)

02 Networking

TCP/IPRouting & SwitchingNetwork EnumerationCisco Packet TracerGNS3

03 Web & Windows Security

Web EnumerationOWASP Top 10Windows Security FundamentalsActive Directory FundamentalsAD Enumeration (Labs)

04 Security Tools

NmapBurp SuiteWiresharkMetasploit

05 Programming & OS

BashJavaScriptHTML5LinuxWindows

06 AI & Workflow

Prompt EngineeringGenerative AIWorkflow Optimization

07 Soft Skills

Analytical Problem-SolvingResearch & Self-LearningTeamwork & Communication

08 Languages

Arabic — NativeEnglish — Intermediate
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Built & maintained

CyberSec Resources

An open-source cybersecurity resource hub indexing security tools, hands-on labs, and bug bounty writeups — organized across 173 categories and actively maintained.

4,485+ curated items
918 security tools
660 THM labs indexed
1,256 bug bounty writeups
Astro · React · Tailwind · Node.js · Cloudflare Pages
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PassGen

A modular Bash CLI password generator built on /dev/urandom for cryptographically secure randomness. It supports interactive and non-interactive modes, preset profiles, batch generation, and output files written with 0600 permissions.

Bash · Linux
View GitHub profile ↗
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CTF Writeups

Documented walkthroughs covering service enumeration, privilege escalation, steganography, cryptography, and OSINT across vulnerable machines.

Nmap · PrivEsc · OSINT · Stego
Read walkthroughs ↗
// engineering coursework

Academic projects

001

606 ChatApp

Real-time desktop chat built on a Java client-server architecture with separate Client and Server GUIs. Handles multi-user messaging, connection management, and concurrent communication over sockets.

Java · Swing · Socket Programming
002

VitalSync

Real-time health monitoring system pairing an Arduino with a pulse sensor and DS18B20 temperature probe. A Node.js dashboard streams live BPM and temperature readings to the browser via WebSockets and serial communication.

Arduino · Node.js · WebSockets
003

DSP — From Noise to Clarity

Audio DSP pipeline covering sampling, quantization, noise generation, Fourier transform, digital filtering, inverse FFT, and signal reconstruction — analyzing frequency-domain behavior across original, noisy, and filtered signals.

Fourier Transform · Digital Filtering · Reconstruction
004

Car Animation

Interactive 2D car animation built with Java AWT/Applet and Graphics2D, applying affine transformations, double buffering, multithreading, and an event-driven GUI.

Java · Graphics2D · Multithreading
005

Contactless Biosensor Prototype

Prototype combining LED/photodiode sensing with ultrasonic distance measurement to explore non-contact tissue characterization — sensor data acquired, processed, and visualized through Arduino's serial monitor.

Arduino · Photodiode · Ultrasonic
006

Computer Networks

Designed and simulated networking topologies and configurations in Cisco Packet Tracer — IP addressing, subnetting, routing, switching, and end-to-end network communication across Computer Networks I & II.

Cisco Packet Tracer · Subnetting · Routing
007

Computer Architecture

Implemented and analyzed projects covering digital systems, CPU organization, memory, instruction execution, and computer architecture fundamentals.

Digital Systems · CPU Organization · Memory
008

Digital Logic Design I & II

Digital logic projects applying Boolean algebra, combinational logic, sequential circuits — flip-flops, counters, registers — and finite-state machine concepts.

Boolean Algebra · Sequential Circuits · FSMs
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Hands-on practice & education

2024 — PRESENT

Authorized Labs & CTF Practice · TryHackMe

Completed 200+ rooms covering web enumeration, network reconnaissance, and vulnerability assessment. These authorized lab environments provided practice with post-exploitation workflows, privilege escalation, credential analysis, and foundational Active Directory enumeration across Linux and Windows systems.

c4ptur3-th3-fl4gCrack the HashSimple CTFSakura RoomCicada-3301Water BottleLinux PrivEscAdvent of Cyber '23/'24
2024 — PRESENT

B.Sc. Candidate, Computer & Communications Engineering

Mansoura University, Faculty of Engineering - expected 2027, GPA 3.34.

// training & achievements

Training & achievements

Training & credentials

  • 2026
    CCNA: Introduction to Networks Cisco Networking Academy
  • 2026
    Offensive Agent AI Course Red Team Leaders
  • 2026
    Pre Security Learning Path TryHackMe · 19h
  • NTI
    Multivendor Firewall Solutions Scored 94% — FortiGate, Cisco ASA, ACLs, VPNs
  • THM
    Seasonal events & CTFs Advent of Cyber 2024 & 2023 · Love at First Breach CTF · Hacker Holidays

Achievements

  • Top 1%
    TryHackMe ranking Global ranking among platform learners
  • 1st
    First-place finishes in five THM leagues Bronze · Gold · Platinum · Diamond · Ruby
  • 200+
    Rooms Completed Hands-on offensive security labs
  • 30+
    Badges Earned TryHackMe achievement badges
Damietta, Egypt

Let's build
safer systems.

Open to cybersecurity internships, junior security roles, and CTF collaborations. I'd be glad to discuss how I can contribute.

github.com/xismail606 linkedin/in/ismailabdelhameed cybersec.x606.me