Pavan Karthick M

AI Researcher

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India5 yrs experience

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Key Highlights

Recognized by intelligence agencies for malware research.
Empowered organizations through insightful cybersecurity presentations.
Developed AI-driven automations for threat intelligence.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity professional with expertise in threat intelligence and automation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cyber Threat Intelligence (cti)AutomationTraining

Other Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Android malware analysisBack-End Web DevelopmentBashBeVigilBurp SuiteC (Programming Language)CTFCommunicationComputer ScienceCryptographyCybersecurityData AnalysisData PrivacyData Processing

About

Our team at CloudSEK has been revolutionizing threat intelligence by integrating AI-driven automations, significantly enhancing threat feeds and response times. My research has been acknowledged by top intelligence agencies for its impact on stealer malware understanding. We've empowered organizations worldwide through insightful presentations, fortifying their defenses against evolving cyber threats.

Experience

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Chapter Lead

Sep 2025 – Present · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Coordinate with chapter leaders and venues to organize monthly meetups for the cybersecurity community in Bangalore.
Engage with local cybersecurity professionals to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Promote community initiatives to enhance participation and awareness in cybersecurity topics.

Cloudsek

3 roles

Threat Researcher III

Promoted

Apr 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Improving threat feeds via automations powered by AI.
Product value realisation via Investigations and External Threat research
Contributing towards research and development for CloudSEK's new revolutionary Project Nexus - https://www.cloudsek.com/campaigns/nexus

Investigative ResearchProduct DevelopmentAutomationN8NFull-Stack DevelopmentLarge Language Models (LLM)+5

Threat Researcher

Mar 2023 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Key responsibilities: Product value realisation, Automation of threat Intelligence, Hunting for emerging threats.
Achievements:
1. Research and Findings related to stealer malware recognised by top national intelligence agencies and collaboration to fight the threat.
2. Infostealer research insights were presented in HITB Phuket and multiple webinars and awareness sessions for organisation's security teams, employees and partners across the world.
3. Sophisticated internal automations which helped me, my company reduce the time to respond to an incident. Indirectly keeping organisations safe from Threats.
Awards: Rising star award for Q4-2022

Social EngineeringCyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)Data PrivacyData ProcessingWritten CommunicationCommunication+7

Threat Intelligence Research Intern

Jun 2022 – Mar 2023 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Threat Research Analyst in the Customer Engagement team.

Threat AnalysisCyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)CybersecurityMalware AnalysisAutomation

Ieee computer society pes university

Student Mentor

Feb 2022 – May 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · India

Mentoring students in projects, workshops in cybersecurity, linux, cloud and cryptography domains.

Public SpeakingTeachingCybersecurityTraining

Center for information security, forensics and cyber resilience

2 roles

Club Head

Aug 2021 – May 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Organizing Cybersecurity Competitions (CTFs)
Mentoring Students on learning Cybersecurity
Organizing Hands-on Workshops for students of PESU to train and educate them in Cybersecurity
Organized a Phishing Campaign to prevent Phishing.

Training

Event Organizer

Oct 2020 – Jul 2021 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Organizing CTFs under ISFCR by creating challenges and Managing the CTFs

Abhaya secure

2 roles

Cyber Security Analyst

Aug 2021 – Oct 2021 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Development of automated security scans for vulnerability assessment, managing cloud environment and deployment for the startup under PVL named Abhaya Secure

Training

Cyber Security Analyst

May 2021 – Jul 2021 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Leading a team for core security development as Cybersecurity Engineer for a Startup under ISFCR and PVL

Pes university

Teaching Assistant

Aug 2021 – Dec 2021 · 4 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Teaching Assistant for Ethical Hacking Course

Darkarmy

CTF Organiser and Player

Feb 2020 – Jan 2021 · 11 mos · India

Participated in 30+ CTFs with DarkArmy CTF Team, Organized and Made Challenges for DarkArmy PreCTF and DarkArmy CTF 2020 which was attended by more than 2000 people worldwide. Gained a lot of knowledge related to Cybersecurity, Privacy, Computer, and Network Security. Secured a good position in CTFtime in 2020 with the Team.