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Security researcher geeknik has already helped fix 10764 vulnerabilities.



Researcher reputation:  430

Real name:
Brian Carpenter

About me:
Geeknik Labs is a security research lab operating from Oklahoma since 1999. Our primary mission is to make the Internet safer for everyone around the world. We believe that all technology contains flaws and that the public plays a crucial role in identifying these flaws. Our research into open source software alone has helped better secure the likes of OpenSSL, Firefox, PHP, Perl, libxml2, libpng, tcpdump, libcurl, and more, resulting in almost 200 security advisories since 2016.

Contact email:
[email protected]

Alternative Contacts:
https://geeknik-labs.com/

Certifications & Diplomas:
High school graduates and college dropouts.

Experience in Application Security
over 5 years

Award / Bug Bounty I prefer:
If you're feeling generous:

CashApp: https://cash.app/$geekniklabs
PayPal: https://paypal.me/geeknik
Amazon Gift Cards: https://amzn.to/3mO1lKw
Or your favorite cryptocurrency..

Thank you!

Halls of Fame:
https://bugcrowd.com/geeknik
https://cs.detectify.com/profile/geeknik
https://hackerone.com/geeknik
https://huntr.dev/users/geeknik/
https://www.intigriti.com/researcher/profile/geeknik

Follow me on:
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Ethics and Rules:
Brian Carpenter is required to abide by the ethics and rules of the Open Bug Bounty project. If you reasonably believe that rules are not respected, please report this to us.

Recommendations and Acknowledgements

@avulatharun5531     18 July, 2020
    Twitter avulatharun5531 @avulatharun5531 :
I am really big fan of you bro. You are my inspiration
@KenDennis     3 April, 2020
    Twitter KenDennis Ken from KDTS:
Brian helped to identify an XSS Vuln on a client's wordpress implementation and was quick and helpful to respond to our query. With his notes, we were able to quickly mitigate this issue and we appreciate his help and professionalism.
@phistrom     2 March, 2020
    Twitter phistrom Phillip from The Stromberg Group:
Really appreciate your help identifying an XSS exploit on our website. Your responsible disclosure and example URL allowed us to immediately find and correct the problem. Thank you for helping us keep the internet safe.
@reinisroz     26 February, 2020
    Twitter reinisroz Reinis Rozenbergs from Orion:
Our product was made long time ago and quite a lot of issues has not been addressed. Thanks for pointing out the problem! Means a lot!
@eingemaischt     31 January, 2020
    Twitter eingemaischt Philipp from imi:
Thank you for reporting a XSS vulnerability on our portal. We were able to reproduce and fix it within 2 days.
@uwatmosscicomp1     22 January, 2020
    Twitter uwatmosscicomp1 David Warren from University of Washington:
Thanks for reporting our security problem. You were very helpful in finding, and fixing it.
@digiguide     12 January, 2020
    Twitter digiguide Dan from Digiguide.tv:
Thank you so much for your report; it was wonderful to get an email responsibly informing us of an issue which we fixed within a few hours of receiving notification. We are very grateful to you, thanks!
@karim_ouda     11 January, 2020
    Twitter karim_ouda Karim from QuranAnalysis:
Thanks geeknik for your report, in addition to fixing the vulnerability I learned something new as well
@nickwest     3 December, 2019
    Twitter nickwest Nick West from University of Washington Information School:
Brian responded to my request for details very quickly and was nothing but professional. He shared details that allowed us to quickly fix the issue the geeknik team discovered. Really great talking with him and appreciate the work!
@nickwest     3 December, 2019
    Twitter nickwest Nick West from University of Washington Information School:
Brian responded very quickly with detailed information that allowed us to quickly fix the exploit that the folks at Geeknik Labs discovered. Perfectly professional and a complete pleasure to communicate with.

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500+ Websites
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1000+ Websites

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30+ Reports
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30+ Reports
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Patch Master
55% Patched
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65% Patched
Patch Lord
75% Patched

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Research Statistics



Total reports:42143
Total reports on VIP sites:1257
Total patched vulnerabilities:10764
Recommendations received:21
Active since:14.07.2015
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  Recent Recommendations

    16 March, 2024
    TorutheRedFox:
Thanks for the help with the XSS vulnerability. It was a quick fix.
    12 March, 2024
    fsousa:
Pooja found an XSS vulnerability in one of our websites and ethically reported it to us, providing all the information required for us to fix the site.
All the communication was so fast, almost real time!
We thank you very much for the time and knowledge shared with us!
    7 March, 2024
    ramram:
Reported an XSS vulnerability in our website.
    7 March, 2024
    jasongiss:
Thank you for your responsible and helpful disclosure.

We really appreciated that you followed up shortly afterwards and suggested a better implementation of our fix.

I'm very impressed with your approach - thank you!
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    GTCoSWeb:
Dipu1a helped notify us of a possible link exposure so we could remedy it quickly to avoid any issues.