- π Final-year Electrical Engineering student at GH Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur
- π‘οΈ Focused on Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing & Bug Bounty Hunting
- π§ Daily driver: Kali Linux
- π« LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/piyush-shende-631775337
- βοΈ Blog: https://hashnode.com/@hackbyte | Medium: https://medium.com/@shendepiyush2006
- π Practicing CTFs (UNI6CTF, CTF7) β Web, Stegano, DFIR, OSINT
- π§° Learning & building Python security projects (OSINT, recon, scanning modules)
- π Progressing towards CEH & eJPT certifications
TryHackMe: Top 2% ranked
- CSEDP (Certified Social Engineering Defense Practitioner) β The SecOps Group β Merit Grade
- NPTEL Ethical Hacking β IIT Kanpur
- Pre Security β TryHackMe
- Introduction to Web Hacking β TryHackMe
- SQL Injection β Code Red (EC-Council)
- π Ranked #1 at EncipherX 3.0 CTF (2025)
- XSS Vulnerability Disclosure β arizonatools.com (Report ID: OBB-4592015) β CVSS 6.1 (CWE-79) β Coordinated disclosure via Open Bug Bounty, verified & patched β May 2026 β View Report