Viral Vaghela

| Tech Geek 💻 | Penetration Tester 🕵️‍♀️ | Security Researcher | Software developer 🚀 from India




About Me

Hi 👋, My name is Viral Vaghela, Offensive Security Researcher at Zscaler, programmer and mobile app developer from India

Acknowledged By Cambridge University, Vodafone, Airtel, GTU and 30+ organizations. You can checkout my openbugbounty profile CodingBoy

I am also creating content about Tech, Programming, and Security on my Instagram page @viral_codes and helping more than 100K+ students.



Work Experience

  • Security Researcher at Zscaler


  • Duration : Jan 2024 - Present

    Conducted Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) on Web applications, APIs, and hosts to proactively identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities.

    Executed red team exercises, including Phishing and social engineering attacks, as well as malware development, to assess and enhance the security awareness and preparedness of organizational staff.

    Engaged in security research activities, analyzing products and documenting findings to inform strategic decisions and improve overall security posture.

    Skills : Offensive Security,Red Team,AWS, Infra Testing


  • Bugbounty Hunter


  • Duration : Jan 2024 - Present

    Acknowledged By Cambridge University, and found security vulnerabilities in Vodafone, Airtel, LeetCode, Shine, GTU and many other organizations

    Skills : VAPT, SAST, DAPT, Mobile, Web and API Testing

    Duration : 2022 - 2024


  • Security Engineering Intern At Finlegal Pune


  • Duration : September 2022 - December 2022

    Testing and finding security vulnerabilities in in-house products.

    Using Burp suite, Owasp Zap, SQL Map and other tools for pentesting

    Skills : Vulnerability Assessment · Web Application Security · Penetration Testing


  • Future Ready Talent Virtual Internship Microsoft


  • Duration : Oct 2021 - Dec 2021

    Learned about Microsoft Cloud Platform, Azure's Fundamentals, and Administration. Data Analysis, AI Fundamentals. Also learned how IT deals with real-world problems using the robust API services of the Microsoft Azure Cloud platform and GitHub.

    Project: Developed a book store web application where book lovers can buy books at the best price.

    Objective: Search and find books and place an order to buy books, admin can add /update/delete books and manage orders(CRUD) from the admin dashboard after login. admin can also track books and records of users.

    Technologies: HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, Deployed on Azure using MySQL Database.



    Projects


    Skills

    Framework/Lib: Flutter, Django, Bootstrap

    Familiar: C/C++,Java, HTML,CSS, Javascript, Node, Python, Android, PHP, SQL, Dart, Servlet, JSP

    Tools: Burp Suite Pro, SQLMap, Jadx, DNSpy, Android Studio, VS Code, IntelliJ, GitHub, Postman

    Database: MySQL, Firebase, MongoDB

    OS: Windows, Ubuntu, Kali

    Other Skills & Achievements

    * Found Security vulnerabilities in many tech companies like Vodafone, LeetCode, Shine, Airtel, and Many Others


    More projects on Github


    Certificates:

    * Advanced Techniques for Ethical Hacking - LinkedIn Learning

    * FullStack Django Developer - Freelance ready - LCO


    Education