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

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 | Full List:

    18 July, 2020

     avulatharun5531 @avulatharun5531 :

I am really big fan of you bro. You are my inspiration

    3 April, 2020

     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.

    2 March, 2020

     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.

    26 February, 2020

     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!

    31 January, 2020

     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.

    22 January, 2020

     uwatmosscicomp1 David Warren from University of Washington:

Thanks for reporting our security problem. You were very helpful in finding, and fixing it.

    12 January, 2020

     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!

    11 January, 2020

     karim_ouda Karim from QuranAnalysis:

Thanks geeknik for your report, in addition to fixing the vulnerability I learned something new as well

    3 December, 2019

     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!

    3 December, 2019

     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.

    2 December, 2019

     Kol_Fish Kolby from Undisclosed:

Brian was a pleasure to work with. Due to his concise, well explained report of a misconfiguration on my site, I was able to quickly patch the site, and rotate the exposed credentials. Brian was prompt in responding to my requests for additional information, allowing me to determine the scope of the leaked information and who may have accessed it. He is definitely a top tier security researcher. Thanks a ton!

    26 November, 2019

     notinhalloffame Theodore from NotinHallofFame:

Thanks for the report, and working with me to recreate it on my end so I could patch it properly.

    7 November, 2019

     themattrauch Matt from eagle.ca:

Brian spotted a misconfiguration on one of our websites that would leak information that could be used maliciously. Brian explained the issue clearly and concisely and was excellent at explaining what needed to be done to resolve the issue. Thank you Brian, excellent work!

    3 August, 2019

     NewLineHorizon1 Melisa from NewLineHorizon:

Dear, Thanks for participating in responsible disclosure program. The reports you submitted were extremely helpful to our team and provided us the details we needed to resolve the issues that you identified. We are deeply committed to provide a safe and secure experience to our users and are therefore grateful for your efforts to help us improve our services. Best Regards!

    26 July, 2019

     ToonPlanet Young J. from Behr Paint:

Thanks for the report of the security research. This helped to find and fix the problem.

    1 July, 2019

     twoucan Twoucan Support from Twoucan:

In your report, I was able to fix the vulnerability due to misconfiguration. Thank you.

    27 June, 2019

     RMV1983 Michael from eduvdom:

Thanks for the report of the security research. This helped to find and fix the problem.

    14 May, 2019

     wirismath Sonia Gago from WIRIS MATH:

Hello, @geeknik! We want to thank you for your vulnerabity report. Thanks to your information and collaboration, we could fix a security issue in one of our websites. Great job!

    9 April, 2019

     mardigr Mardi from Higher Education:

Brian notified us responsibly in relation to an issue with one of our websites. Upon seeking further information, his response was prompt and thorough. I see one if his goals is to 'to help make the Internet safer for everyone, near and far'. He is certainly doing this, thank you Brian!

    5 April, 2019

     tropicaljeremy Jeremy C from Montessori Services:

Brian notified us of a vulnerability, responding immediately via email with further details, so we could remedy it. Professional and clear communication. No expectation of payment. He's one of the GOOD guys!

    25 March, 2019

     jleproust Julien L from Diwi:

Brian has responsibly reported a misconfiguration on one of my servers that could have led to sensitive information disclosure. He clearly and quickly explained the issue and its potential implications, and made it clear he did not expect anything for this. Brian is a true internet hero, we need more people like Geeknik. Thanks a lot for making the internet safer.

Honor Badges

Number of Secured Websites

10+ Websites	50+ Websites	500+ Websites	WEB SECURITY VETERAN 1000+ Websites

Advanced Security Research

WAF Bypasser	CSRF Master 30+ Reports	AppSec Logic Master 30+ Reports	Fastest Fix Fix in 24 hours

Outstanding Achievements

Secured OBB	OBB Advocate	Improved OBB

Commitment to Remediate and Patch

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

Recommendations and Recognition

REPUTABLE 10+ Recommends	FAMOUS 25+ Recommends	GLOBALLY TRUSTED 50+ Recommends

Distinguished Blog Author

1 Post	3 Posts	5+ Posts

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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