iamDEAD | Security Researcher Profile

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:
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# Hall Of Fame
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Halls of Fame:
* unite.un.org
* opentext.com
* issuu.com
* optimizely
* trello
* healthunlocked
* litmind.com

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Recommendations and Acknowledgements | Full List:

    30 June, 2022

     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!

    26 May, 2022

     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!

    20 April, 2022

     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.

    19 April, 2022

     chrisbeach Chris Beach from caption.me:

Thank you for helping find a bug on caption.me. Much appreciated.

    1 April, 2022

     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.

    28 March, 2022

     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.

    27 March, 2022

     cmnettweet Matthias from Computer-Masters.net:

Thanks for retesting, to ensure that all XSS issues on the site have been fixed.

    29 September, 2021

     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!

    12 October, 2020

     brosoft Martin from Credible:

Thank you for your help. We appreciate the responsible reporting and the re-testing it once we patched it. :)

    10 October, 2020

     vadus Vadim from photographer.ru:

Sohail found a security problems we didn't think we could have. Thanks for helping, keep the Internet secure!

    9 October, 2020

     lorenzoherrera Loren from Litmind:

He found an XSS bug on our site that slipped through our controls, thanks to him our users are now more secure, and he's earned his place in our Hall of fame: https://www.litmind.com/bughunters Thank you!

    9 October, 2020

     TristanGuiheux tristanguiheux from LA POSTE:

iamD345 has helped us to find and fix some issues on web sites we're protecting. This kind of help is always appreciated from a security perspective. This way we can improve ourselves and protect our customers. Thanks again in my name.

    29 September, 2020

     testmynet Damon from TestMy.net:

Very helpful researcher found a XSS issue that others didn't see.

    24 September, 2020

     trippingflags dave f from RGU:

Thanks for highlighting this issue for us and also for re-testing it once we patched it. :)

    14 September, 2020

     notedekd Waroros from Dek-D:

Thank you for reporting XSS vulnerability on my website.

    9 September, 2020

     alanfreed88 Alan Freedman from Computer Language Company:

Thank you for your notifying us. We hardened the site to prevent the type of XSS you brought to our attention. Keep up the good work!!!

    9 September, 2020

     stefanomora Stefano from Biografieonline.it:

Great help, great kindness, great job! Thank you very much

    9 September, 2020

     MitsuhashiN Nobutaka Mitsuhashi from NBDC:

Thank you for reporting my website vulnerability. Provide useful information, and easy to fix.

    3 September, 2020

     bhommertzheim Bhommertzheim from hommertzheim.com:

Thanks for passing along your XSS. The documentation you provided was concise and very well written.

    19 June, 2020

     CartRover William from CartRover:

Provided a very detailed report of an XSS vulnerability on one of our sites. Was very professional and pleasant to work with. Thank you so much for your report!

    17 February, 2020

     ismayilov_013 Orkhan Ismayilov from Trend.az:

Great job to find a XSS bug on website. Thank you for reporting us about this and wish you good luck in future bug hunts.

    23 January, 2020

     SandiSchleicher Sanford Schleicher from iGive.com:

Thank you for reporting the XSS issue you found. Based on your information we were able to fix the problem. Thank you!

    13 January, 2020

     wikimediatech Wikimedia Tech from The Wikimedia Foundation:

Thanks so much for reporting the issues with labs! Based on your information we were able to make needed fixes! Thank you!

    6 January, 2020

     greghansonidaho Greg from Endpoint:

Thank you for finding and reporting XSS vulnerability. Will look into more options with Openbugbounty now that I am aware of the platform.

    6 January, 2020

     LancasterUniSOC John from lancaster:

Thank you very much for reporting this in such a professional way.

    2 January, 2020

     SandiSchleicher Sanford Schleicher from iGive.com:

Thank you for reporting an XSS vulnerability on our site. We have resolved the problem and appreciate your help in this process.

    2 January, 2020

     notedekd Waroros from Dek-D:

Thank you for reporting my website vulnerability. Provide useful information, and easy to fix. Thanks

    23 December, 2019

     ps_wein Torsten from ps-wein.de:

Thank you for reporting a XSS vulnerability. Nice and fast contact.

    25 November, 2019

     nickdos Nick from ALA:

Found a number of vulnerabilities on our site, which we were able to fix. Many thanks.

    7 November, 2019

     testmynet CA3LE from TestMy.net:

Thank you for reporting that XSS vulnerability, I appreciate it.

    28 June, 2019

     hearthstonehu Bence from Hearthstone Hungary:

Thank you for reporting the XSS vulnerability on my website. You helped me find the issue, and now the website is safer, thanks to you!

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

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Open Bug Bounty Certificate

Reported Vulnerabilities

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