Researcher reputation:  240

Real name:
Brian Carpenter, Geeknik Labs

About me:
Geeknik Labs is an independent security research lab operating out of Oklahoma since 1999. Our primary mission is to make the Internet safer for everyone around the world.

Our funding comes from bug bounties, research grants, private donations and the generosity of strangers like you.

If your organization rewards ethical and responsible disclosures such as this, we would greatly appreciate it. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Thank you.

How to contact me:
Brian Carpenter - Principal Researcher

security{AT}geeknik-labs{DOT}com

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:
A recommendation on our profile, however if you're feeling generous:

https://paypal.me/geeknik
https://cash.me/geekniklabs
bitcoin: 3DE1CEcS2gWPm3jsGwosoSS1fukbSzdfDU

Thank you.

Halls of Fame:
https://hackerone.com/geeknik
https://bugcrowd.com/geeknik
https://www.intigriti.com/researcher/profile/geeknik

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Recommendations and Acknowledgements

    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!

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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:	14503
Total reports on VIP sites:	873
Total patched vulnerabilities:	4737
Total vulnerabilities on Hold (Open Bug Bounty):	3775
Recommendations received:	13
Active since:	14.07.2015
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Open Bug Bounty Certificate

17.10.2019  The "S" in IOT is for Security