Hi, I'm DeadPackets (Youssef Awad)!

💻 A passionate cybersecurity researcher, programmer and hacker!

$> whoami

  • Graduate of Computer Engineering (with Comp Sci minor) from AUS
  • Head of Engineering & Co-Founder at CTFae
  • I enjoy creating/playing in CTFs and hacking/breaking things
  • I absolutely love Python and Docker
  • I love the dev/cybersec community and enjoy teaching others new things
  • You can contact me anytime for questions, I love answering them
  • I am always building new things or contributing to OSS
  • ⭐ Over my 7 years on GitHub, I have opened 111 issues, opened 56 PRs, pushed 1472 commits, created 39 repositories, contributed to 7 projects, gathered 49 stars across all my repos and gists

$> ls -la projects/

💻 Technology 🚀 Projects
Python pwnbox-cli EasyGuard ctfd-discord-webhook-plugin Donation-Nation
NodeJS CRNotify AUSCrawl InfoSteal Phishing_Catcher.js iPwn HackPi
Puppeteer CRNotify AUSCrawl
React-Native Rumi CRNotify-App Aiko
Docker pwnbox EasyGuard AUSCTF-S19
JavaScript DOSArchive CrackTheHack EmailCheck HistoryThief
Java The-Mansion-Game
C%2B%2B CMP220Project

$> cat skills.txt

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$> cat life.txt | grep "Achievements"

  • [2021] 💻 Hosted the largest CTF in the Middle East with CTFae @ AtHack 2021 (link)
  • [2021] 💻 Hosted the official jeopardy CTF with CTFae @ HITB CyberWeek 2021 (link)
  • [2021] 🎤 Gave a 2-day long training in Attack Defense CTFs @ HITB SECCONF (link_1) (link_2)
  • [2021] 🥇 1st Place Winner at The Hunt SOCathon hosted at GISEC (link)
  • [2021] 🏆 Created & hosted the longest CTF in UAE with CTFae (link)
  • [2021] 🏆 Awarded the "Outstanding CSE Student Talent Award" at AUS (link)
  • [2020] 🎤 Demonstrated a password stealing Windows attack @ GISEC (link)
  • [2020] 🥇 1st Place Winner at CyberKnight CTF (link)
  • [2020] 🥇 1st Place Winner at CyberTalents UAE Regional CTF (link)
  • [2020] 🥇 1st Place Winner at HITB Lockdown CTF (link)
  • [2019] 🎤 Invited to give a talk at DESC UAE
  • [2019] 🥇 1st Place Winner at CyberBattle Of The Emirates (link)
  • [2019] 🥈 2nd Place Winner at HITB AI Challenge (link)
  • [2019] 🥉 3rd Place Winner at CyberTalents Arab Regional CTF (link)
  • [2019] 🥇 1st Place Winner at CyberTalents UAE Regional CTF (link)
  • [2019] 🥇 1st Place Winner at Dubai Police CTF (link)
  • [2018] 🥇 1st Place Winner at CyberQuest Attack & Defence (link)
  • [2016] 🥇 1st Place Winner at CyberQuest CTF (link)
  • [2016] 🥈 2nd Place Winner at NYU CSAW Forensics CTF (link)

$> wakatime --show-coding-stats

NOTE: This data only shows how long I have spent writing a language since March 2021. It does not reflect all languages I have ever written.

$> github-cli --recent-activity

  • ⬆️ Pushed 1 commit to DeadPackets/pwnbox
  • ⬆️ Pushed 1 commit to DeadPackets/pwnbox
  • ⬆️ Pushed 1 commit to DeadPackets/pwnbox
  • 💪 Opened PR #1 in DeadPackets/ctfd-discord-webhook-plugin
  • ⬆️ Pushed 1 commit to DeadPackets/pwnbox
  • 💪 Opened PR #81 in DeadPackets/CRNotify
  • ⬆️ Pushed 1 commit to DeadPackets/CRNotify
  • 💪 Opened PR #79 in DeadPackets/CRNotify
  • ⬆️ Pushed 1 commit to DeadPackets/CRNotify
  • ⬆️ Pushed 1 commit to DeadPackets/pwnbox

$> tryhackme --rank

TryHackMe

Top 10 in all of the UAE with over 33,000 points!

$> git show stats

deadpackets deadpackets

$> twitter_cli --latest-tweets

$> spotify_cli --currently-playing

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