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Dubai, UAE · Offensive security

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Penetration Tester. Red Team Operator.

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01 Web & infrastructure pentesting
02 Active Directory & adversary simulation
03 Cloud security / Azure & AWS

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Shahriar Khan / TheShahzada.
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