👋 Hello, I'm Ganesha HK

🔐 Web Application Penetration Tester • Cybersecurity Engineering Student • CTF Player

$ whoami

Name        : Ganesha HK
Role        : Cybersecurity Engineering Student
Speciality  : Web Application Penetration Testing
Platform    : Kali Linux
Languages   : Python • Bash • JavaScript

I am passionate about Web Application Security, Offensive Security, and Manual Penetration Testing.

My goal is to become a professional Web Application Penetration Tester by continuously improving my skills through certifications, real-world labs, bug bounty methodology, CTF competitions, and security research.

• ✅ Practical Network Penetration Tester (PNPT)
• ✅ Certified Web-RTA (Certified Web Application Red Team Analyst)

• 🏅 Active Capture The Flag (CTF) Player
• 🏅 Top 7 Finalist — KAALCHAKRA CTF 2026 (NFSU Goa)
• 🧩 Web Exploitation Challenges
• 📚 Building public writeups

I document my cybersecurity learning journey by creating detailed notes, writeups, and practical guides.

• 🔐 Web Application Penetration Testing
• 🧪 PortSwigger Web Security Academy Notes
• 🏴 Capture The Flag (CTF) Writeups
• 🛡 Certified Web-RTA (CWL) Notes
• 📖 Privilege Escalation
• 🐧 Linux Security
• 🌐 Networking Notes
• 📚 Cheatsheets & Payload Collections
• 🔍 Security Research

My GitBook serves as a personal knowledge base where I document everything I learn in cybersecurity and offensive security.

• SQL Injection
• Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
• Authentication Testing
• Authorization Testing
• JWT Vulnerabilities
• OAuth Security
• Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
• XML External Entity (XXE)
• Server Side Template Injection (SSTI)
• GraphQL Security
• NoSQL Injection
• File Upload Vulnerabilities
• Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
• Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)

• Burp Suite
• FFUF
• Nmap
• SQLMap
• Metasploit Framework
• Hydra
• John the Ripper
• Hashcat
• Wireshark
• Docker

• Advanced Web Exploitation
• Detection Engineering
• Cloud Security
• Malware Analysis
• AI for Penetration Testing
• Security Automation

• Solving PortSwigger Web Security Academy Labs
• Bug Bounty Methodology
• Building PentestOS
• CTF Challenges
• Offensive Security Research

• 🛡 PentestOS
• 📚 PortSwigger Writeups
• 🚩 CTF Writeups
• 🔐 SSH Brute Force Detection
• 🐍 Python Security Tools
• 📖 Privilege Escalation Notes

Operating System:
  - Kali Linux

Editor:
  - Nano

Languages:
  - Python
  - Bash
  - JavaScript

Version Control:
  - Git
  - GitHub

Focus:
  - Web Application Security
  - System Security
  - Security Automation

$ skills --list

✔ Web Application Penetration Testing
✔ Burp Suite
✔ Python
✔ Linux
✔ FFUF
✔ Nmap
✔ SQLMap
✔ Docker
✔ Git

Status:
Hack • Learn • Build • Repeat 🚀

💬 Favorite Quote

"Break systems to understand them. Secure them to protect everyone."

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