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Security researcher xx has already helped fix 547 vulnerabilities.



Researcher reputation:  180

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Experience in Application Security
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Public acknowledgement is preferred. All other offers happily accepted.

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@khusroks     1 May, 2018
    Twitter khusroks S Khan from Projectmanagement:
Thanks again xx, for helping us address a vulnerability. Prompt and professional as always.
@NewsNowUK     30 April, 2018
    Twitter NewsNowUK John from NewsNow.co.uk:
A big thank you to xx for reporting an XSS issue with our site, which is now resolved!
@justjkk     30 March, 2018
    Twitter justjkk Kishore Kumar from Practo:
Thanks for reporting the issue and for the responsible disclosure. Keep up the good work!
@khusroks     23 March, 2018
    Twitter khusroks S Khan from Projectmanagement:
Appreciate all your help in discovering vulnerabilities on our website. Very helpful and professional.
@karledurante     20 March, 2018
    Twitter karledurante Karle from Custom Ink:
Very helpful in providing information and steps to reproduce. Really appreciate using the proper channels to report issues.
@ilyaglotov     14 March, 2018
    Twitter ilyaglotov Ilya from Rostelecom:
Thank you for all your efforts to make us more secure and using PGP encryption for the communication, which we always appreciate!
@jonny_caos     5 March, 2018
    Twitter jonny_caos JonC from Wine-Searcher:
UT, thanks for identifying the vulnerability on our site! Keep up the good work.
@ballerasia     31 January, 2018
    Twitter ballerasia T. Nguyen from OkayFreedom:
We got a fast and detailed reply which helped us solving an issue on our website. Thank you very much.
@DaKnObCS     19 January, 2018
    Twitter DaKnObCS Antonios Chariton from Top.Host:
He has been very good in discovering a vulnerability we didn't know of, and immediately disclosed it and helped us patch it. He has been very professional, and we'd like to thank him for his work here.
@conradstrydom     22 December, 2017
    Twitter conradstrydom ConradS from PriceCheck:
Thanks for the help to sort out the issue, we appreciate it a lot!
@philgreen     20 December, 2017
    Twitter philgreen Philip Green from NextAdvisor:
UT helped us find a vulnerability. Thank you for you help!
@mischatribe     16 December, 2017
    Twitter mischatribe Mischa :
Thank you for pointing out the issue on our site!
@RealRedHair     15 December, 2017
    Twitter RealRedHair RRH from Wageningen University:
Thanks for contacting and helping us!
@buweb     13 December, 2017
    Twitter buweb IS&T from Boston University:
Very swift and helpful, pleasure to deal with
@barryhunter     11 December, 2017
    Twitter barryhunter Barry from Geograph:
Helped us spot an issue we apparently otherwise missed.

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Recommendations received:15
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