Adrian P

Current

Senior White-hat Hacker at GNUCITIZEN
Senior IT Security Consultant at Procheckup

Past

Speaker at CONFidence Krakow 2008
Speaker at HITBSecConf Dubai 2008
Security Consultant / Penetration Tester at NTA Monitor

Freelance Penetration Tester (Self-employed)

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Education

Richmond, The American International University in London

Recommended

13 people have recommended Adrian

Connections

99 connections

Industry

Computer & Network Security

Websites

GNUCITIZEN whitehat think tank

Adrian P’s Summary

Adrian ‘pagvac’ Pastor, BSc (Hons) Computer Engineering, has contributed to the IT security community for several years, although he has been involved with the hacker/security scene as a hobbyist since an early age.

Adrian is a recognized member of the hacker and IT security community who's authored several papers, numerous vulnerability advisories and has spoken at events such as Hack in the Box, OWASP, Defcon and many more.

His published research covers exciting topics such as cracking into embedded devices, web hacking, eavesdropping techniques, magstripes, and credit card security. Adrian's work has been featured in established magazines and information portals such as BBC, The Washington Post, Wired, Slashdot, PC Pro, The Register, PC World, CNET and many others.

Adrian currently works as a Senior White-hat Hacker at GNUCITIZEN where he specializes in vulnerability research, tiger team operations, cutting edge security training, and finding simple solutions to complex problems.

Adrian P’s Specialties:

Tiger team operations, cutting edge security training, vulnerability research. Brain dumping session at hacker events (ideas exchange). Thinking outside the box. Finding simple solutions to complex problems.

Adrian P’s Experience

Senior White-hat Hacker

GNUCITIZEN

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Senior IT Security Consultant

Procheckup

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

May 2006 — Present (2 years 5 months)

Penetration testing, vulnerability assessment and vulnerability research.
Speaker

CONFidence Krakow 2008

(Security and Investigations industry)

May 2008 — May 2008 (1 month)
Speaker

HITBSecConf Dubai 2008

(Security and Investigations industry)

April 2008 — April 2008 (1 month)
Security Consultant / Penetration Tester

NTA Monitor

(Privately Held; Computer & Network Security industry)

May 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Freelance Penetration Tester

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer & Network Security industry)

September 2003 — April 2005 (1 year 8 months)

Various freelance pen-testing projects for some SOHOs, mainly located in outer London.