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Mohamed
Elsherbini

Junior Cybersecurity Analyst

Cybersecurity student with experience in penetration testing, threat intelligence, malware analysis, and vulnerability assessment. CTF competitor with N!ghtM4re (#4 Egypt / #90 worldwide). Co-author of an IEEE-accepted paper on embedded cryptographic security.

N!ghtM4re #4 EG #90 World IEEE Author OPSWAT ICIP

About

Cybersecurity student with hands-on experience across penetration testing, threat intelligence, malware analysis, and vulnerability assessment. Built and deployed real security tools: Night-Watch, a threat intelligence platform monitoring ransomware groups and dark web activity, and Malware-Hunter, an ML-based malware classifier.

Active CTF competitor with N!ghtM4re (#4 Egypt / #90 worldwide on CTFtime). Co-author of an IEEE-accepted paper on embedded cryptographic security. Holds OPSWAT ICIP certification with training from ITI, IBM, and EFE-Global.

LocationEgypt
Phone+20 106 608 2635
Emailsh3rb1n1@gmail.com
LanguagesArabic / English / Russian
TeamN!ghtM4re

Experience

CTF Competitor & Analyst

May 2026 — Present
N!ghtM4re CTF Team
  • Compete in international CTFs across OSINT, network forensics, web exploitation, reverse engineering, and cryptography.
  • ICMTC 2026 (Hack The Box): 16th place out of 87 teams, 19/20 challenges solved, 7,525 pts.
  • Team ranking: #4 in Egypt, #90 worldwide on CTFtime. Published 19 writeups across GPN, HTB, and SecLeaf.

Penetration Testing Intern

Jun — Aug 2025
Information Technology Institute (ITI) — Egypt
  • Performed network and web application security assessments using Nmap, Metasploit, and Nessus.
  • Produced structured pentest reports detailing findings, risk ratings, evidence, and remediation recommendations.

.NET Developer Intern

Aug 2024 — Jul 2025
Digital Egypt Pioneers Initiative (DEPI) — Egypt
  • Developed REST APIs and backend services, providing practical knowledge of application architecture relevant to web security testing and log analysis.

Software Engineer Intern

Jul — Dec 2023
alx_africa, Egypt

Software Engineer Intern

May 2022 — Sep 2023
School 21, Kazan, Russia

Projects

Night-Watch

FastAPI · React · Docker · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis · Tor

Threat intelligence platform monitoring ransomware groups, dark web forums, and hacker communities. Automated IOC extraction and real-time alerting.

GitHub →

Malware-Hunter

Python · Flask · Scikit-learn · VirusTotal API

ML-based PE malware classifier using Random Forest on headers and opcodes with VirusTotal cross-validation.

GitHub →

YoRHa-Deauther

C++ · ESP-IDF

ESP32-based Wi-Fi deauthentication research tool for studying 802.11 wireless attack vectors.

GitHub →

CTF Writeups

19 challenges — GPN · HTB · SecLeaf

Documented methodology, tools, and lessons learned for each challenge.

GitHub →

Research

ITC Egypt 2026 · IEEE Xplore

Cyber-FIE: A Software-Induced Memory Fault Injection Framework for Evaluating AES-256 Resilience on ESP32

Accepted — To be published in IEEE Xplore

Post-exploitation SIFI framework using C++ volatile pointer arithmetic to corrupt the AES-256 key schedule on an ESP32, bypassing memory protections.

3,560 hardware trials; 12.3% critical fault rate (95% CI: 11.2–13.4%). Built "Shield" countermeasure achieving 94.2% state restoration with 1.5% overhead.

3,560 trials 12.3% fault rate 94.2% restoration 1.5% overhead
Read Paper

Skills

Offensive Security

Penetration Testing · Vulnerability Assessment · Web Application Security · Wireless Security · OSINT · Reverse Engineering

Defensive Security

Log Analysis · IOC Analysis · Malware Static Analysis · Threat Intelligence · Dark Web Monitoring · Incident Documentation · MITRE ATT&CK

Tools

Splunk · Nmap · Metasploit · Nessus · Wireshark · Shodan · Burp Suite · Python · Docker · Linux

Networking

TCP/IP · DNS · HTTP/S · Firewalls · VPN · Wireless (802.11) · CompTIA Network+

Education & Certifications

B.Sc. Cybersecurity

Delta University — 2023–2027

Faculty of Artificial Intelligence, Gamasa, Egypt

Cybersecurity

Kazan Federal University — 2021–2023

Kazan, Russia

  • OPSWAT ICIP
  • CompTIA Network+ (N10-009)
  • CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101)
  • CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102)
  • ITI — Ethical Hacking
  • ITI — Network Security
  • ITI — Computer Network Fundamentals
  • ITI — Red Hat Admin I
  • ITI — Python Programming
  • IBM Cybersecurity Fundamentals
  • EFE-Global Cyber Security
  • HP Cybersecurity Awareness

Contact

sh3rb1n1@gmail.com · +20 106 608 2635