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Oc3f Top VIP Security Researcher of the Month | Security Researcher Profile


Security researcher Oc3f has already helped fix 901 vulnerabilities.



Researcher reputation:  50

Real name:
Tadj Youssouf

About me:
Independent Security Researcher
Listed in many HoF: Google , Facebook, Microsoft, Mozilla CVE-2018-5176, Apple , bitdefender, Sony, AT&T, Western union, eBay, ...worked also as consultant for a lot of online banks under NDA contracts.

Contact email:
[email protected]

Experience in Application Security
3-5 years

Halls of Fame:
Google : "tadj youssouf"

Recommendations and Acknowledgements

@xmajox     6 September, 2016
    Twitter xmajox Rodrigo from GetYourGuide:
Oc3f has helped us identify and fix a vulnerability with our platform. He was respectful and a pleasure to deal with. Keep up the good work!
@DIMDTM     20 November, 2017
    Twitter DIMDTM Driss from Dimelo:
Merci pour cette remontée de faille, nous avons pu la fixer rapidement !
@CorentinDIDIEUX     16 August, 2017
    Twitter CorentinDIDIEUX CorentinD from FitnessBoutique:
Merci Oc3f pour la remontée d'information ! :)
@TristanGuiheux     28 December, 2016
    Twitter TristanGuiheux Tristan Guiheux from Personal Recommendation:
0c3f has helped us many times to find and fix some issues on web sites we're protecting. This kind of help is greatly appreciated from a security perspective. This way we can improve ourselves and protect our customers. Thanks again in my name.
@SACHAVUKOVIC     1 August, 2016
    Twitter SACHAVUKOVIC Sacha_VUK from VIDAL:
Oc3f have find an issue on our web site, thanks for your works and help to fix it quickly !

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500+ Websites
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1000+ Websites

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WAF Bypasser
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30+ Reports
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30+ Reports
Fastest Fix
Fix in 24 hours

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OBB Advocate
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Commitment to Remediate and Patch

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Patch Master
55% Patched
Patch Guru
65% Patched
Patch Lord
75% Patched

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Research Statistics



Total reports:1373
Total reports on VIP sites:314
Total patched vulnerabilities:901
Recommendations received:5
Active since:03.05.2016
Top Security Researcher Awards:Gold Star Top Security Researcher of the Month
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