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iamDEAD | Security Researcher Profile


Security researcher iamDEAD has already helped fix 443 vulnerabilities.



Researcher reputation:  450

Real name:
Sohail Shaikh

Contact email:
[email protected]

Alternative Contacts:
[email protected]

Certifications & Diplomas:
CEH & CPTE

Experience in Application Security
< 1 year

Award / Bug Bounty I prefer:
A thanks/profile recommendation will be really appreciated, but if you'd like:

# Reward via Paypal: http://paypal.me/SohailShaikh0786
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Halls of Fame:
* unite.un.org
* opentext.com
* issuu.com
* optimizely
* trello
* healthunlocked
* litmind.com

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Ethics and Rules:
Sohail Shaikh 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

@madmas     30 June, 2022
    Twitter madmas Markus from EvKgmSgb:
Thanks to iamDEAD's very detailed and useful reports, we could close some very important vulnerabilities in our system. Thank you!
@TiagoGuedesEGo1     26 May, 2022
    Twitter TiagoGuedesEGo1 Tiago Guedes from E-goi:
iamDEAD made us aware of several security vulnerabilities that represented security flaws of several degrees and needed to be rectified.

It was a pleasure working with you and I hope we can work again in the future, Thank you!
@DeanHalter     20 April, 2022
    Twitter DeanHalter Dean from University of Dayton:
Thank you for reporting the pair of XSS issues you found on our site. Your expertise and ethical reporting/handling helped us secure our website. Keep up the great and necessary work.
@chrisbeach     19 April, 2022
    Twitter chrisbeach Chris Beach from caption.me:
Thank you for helping find a bug on caption.me. Much appreciated.
@CGACheryl     1 April, 2022
    Twitter CGACheryl CGA from CGA:
Thank you for helping us detect XSS vulnerabilities. This information has been extremely valuable and we appreciate you taking the time to help keep us secure.

Highly recommend.
@RT_RM_90     28 March, 2022
    Twitter RT_RM_90 René from Redmatters:
He found an XSS bug on our site that slipped through our controls, thanks to him our users are now more secure.
@cmnettweet     27 March, 2022
    Twitter cmnettweet Matthias from Computer-Masters.net:
Thanks for retesting, to ensure that all XSS issues on the site have been fixed.
@SSRLN1     29 September, 2021
    Twitter SSRLN1 Webmaster from SSRLN:
Thank you for reminding us to fix our vulnerability that fell by the wayside. It was very nice of you to re-test after we informed you of fixing it as well!
@brosoft     12 October, 2020
    Twitter brosoft Martin from Credible:
Thank you for your help. We appreciate the responsible reporting and the re-testing it once we patched it. :)
@vadus     10 October, 2020
    Twitter vadus Vadim from photographer.ru:
Sohail found a security problems we didn't think we could have. Thanks for helping, keep the Internet secure!

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Honor Badges


Number of Secured Websites

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50+ Secured Websites Badge
500+ Secured Websites Badge
Web Security Veteran Badge
10+ Websites
50+ Websites
500+ Websites
WEB SECURITY VETERAN
1000+ Websites

Advanced Security Research

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

Outstanding Achievements

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Secured OBB
OBB Advocate
Improved OBB

Commitment to Remediate and Patch

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

Recommendations and Recognition

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

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5+ Posts

Research Statistics



Total reports:577
Total reports on VIP sites:123
Total patched vulnerabilities:443
Recommendations received:31
Active since:16.01.2019

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  Recent Recommendations

    20 March, 2024
    TechVitaverdura:
Great exchanges with this person, thank you for your help and your report
    20 March, 2024
    Mek:
He reported some vulnerabilities and oversights of security best practices on my small private project web page.
Was responsive to e-mail, unlike many other people, so yes, I can recommend him.
    20 March, 2024
    ztwo79:
We would like to thank Pooja for responsibly disclosing a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in our website. Her prompt reporting and assistance in developing a fix were instrumental in ensuring the security of our users.
    16 March, 2024
    TorutheRedFox:
Thanks for the help with the XSS vulnerability. It was a quick fix.
    15 March, 2024
    adesignguy:
Reported an XSS vulnerability which was helpful and much appreciated. I have patched it now as soon as I saw the email which was forwarded onto me!