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Security researcher danielmakelley has already helped fix 3048 vulnerabilities.



Researcher reputation:  340

Real name:
Daniel Kelley

About me:
Hall of Fames
Crown Court Digital System
Ministry of Justice
National Crime Agency
Parliament
University of Cambridge
Deutsche Bank
Norwegian School of Theology
Raffine
Australian National University
Netherlands Hockey Association
AtVirtual
Skoolbag LMS
Stanford University
ESET
Ecwid CMS
Room Booking System
CapMetro
DASH Payments
Boards IE
Luzerne College
Latostadora
Duke University
MIT University
AT&T
Esri
BBC
Sony
Deutsche Telekom
United Nations
Adobe
AOL
Houz

Contact email:
[email protected]

Alternative Contacts:
Web-page: https://danielmakelley.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmakelley/

Experience in Application Security
over 5 years

Recommendations and Acknowledgements

@MChinnasamy     2 May, 2019
    Twitter MChinnasamy Manoj from Infrafrontier GmbH:
Dan helped us by finding the bug and promptly informed the same.
@suisho     25 March, 2018
    Twitter suisho AKI from densuke:
With precise advice, They helped me very much.
I really appreciate it.
@demetri     16 February, 2018
    Twitter demetri Demetri from BBNS:
I appreciate the approach of identifying vulnerabilities in a professional manner like this. Dan has been fast and helpful in communicating the issue clearly and concisely.
@filippo74     18 January, 2018
    Twitter filippo74 Filippo from mymovies.it:
Thank you for your report about XSS vulnerabilities... quick and very professional. Grazie
@_june     9 January, 2018
    Twitter _june Mia from ModCloth:
Thanks for your help! Fast and professional.
@Anthesum     5 January, 2018
    Twitter Anthesum Ralph from Spielplatznet.de:
Thanks for reporting the Cross Site Scripting issue. Helped me a lot to safeguard my website.
@dossy     22 December, 2017
    Twitter dossy Dossy S. from Panoptic:
Dan brought a previously-patched XSS issue that had somehow been regressed to my attention. Re-applied the fix and deployed: thanks!
@itea97137491     6 November, 2017
    Twitter itea97137491 Vincent from n/a:
Fast and professional! Thank you Dan
@robtexdotcom     31 October, 2017
    Twitter robtexdotcom Robert Olsson from Robtex:
Thank you for your kind help! Keep doing what you're doing.
Quick and professional and to the point.
@manuelgobeaut     21 October, 2017
    Twitter manuelgobeaut manuelgobeaut from W&B CREATION:
Thank you for discovering a security issue, and help me to solve it.

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Number of Secured Websites

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10+ Websites
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500+ Websites
WEB SECURITY VETERAN
1000+ Websites

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30+ Reports
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30+ Reports
Fastest Fix
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Commitment to Remediate and Patch

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65% Patched
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Research Statistics



Total reports:5904
Total reports on VIP sites:784
Total patched vulnerabilities:3048
Recommendations received:33
Active since:25.04.2016
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  Recent Recommendations

@soela_cs     23 March, 2023
    Twitter soela_cs:
He's a reliable partner in finding and fixing some security issues on our website, and I'm happy to recommend working with him. Thanks for the collaboration!
@TimFenner7     22 March, 2023
    Twitter TimFenner7:
On behalf of LeaseQuery, I wish to extend our gratitude to 4N_CURZE for reporting a vulnerability found on our website. 4N_CURZE was quick to respond and gladly provided all the information he could in order to help mitigate the risk. His efforts to make the internet a safer place is greatly appreciated!
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