Researcher reputation:  150

Real name:
Brian Carpenter, Geeknik Labs

About me:
We are a small unaffiliated research lab operating out of the rural farmland of Oklahoma. Our primary mission is to make the Internet safer for everyone, near and far.

We provide the following services:
Offensive Security Research
Physical Penetration Testing
Endpoint Monitoring
Threat Assessments
Software QA (C, Cpp, Perl, PHP, Python, Go)

How to contact me:
Brian Carpenter - Principal Researcher
geeknik[AT]pm[DOT]me
All communication will be kept private.

Alternative Contacts:
If we fail to respond via email, please contact us on Twitter: @geeknik

Certifications & Diplomas:
High school graduates and college dropouts.

Experience in Application Security
over 5 years

Award / Bug Bounty I prefer:
If you feel generous:

https://paypal.me/geeknik

https://cash.me/geekniklabs

bitcoin: 34Ge92eujtx8KDzy7m14v7eQzgNoAUc7nk

Amazon Gift Cards

Halls of Fame:
Google, Mozilla, Yahoo, OpenSSL, PHP, Perl, Mapbox, andd on and on and on... Almost 100 CVE have additionally been assigned by MITRE based upon our bug reports.

https://hackerone.com/geeknik/resume

Follow me on:
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Recommendations and Acknowledgements

    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!

    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!

    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:	8768
Total reports on VIP sites:	558
Total patched vulnerabilities:	2426
Total vulnerabilities on Hold (Open Bug Bounty):	4069
Recommendations received:	8
Active since:	14.07.2015
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Open Bug Bounty Certificate