I am Vinod Prabhashvara, an Ethical Hacker, Security Pentester, Hardware and IoT Penetration Tester, Embedded Security Researcher, and PLC Developer.
My work focuses on identifying, understanding, and documenting security weaknesses in web applications, networks, embedded systems, IoT devices, firmware, hardware interfaces, automation systems, and PLC-based environments.
I enjoy learning how systems work internally, how they can fail, and how they can be improved through responsible security research, testing, automation, and secure development.
- Ethical hacking and penetration testing
- Web application security testing
- Network reconnaissance and vulnerability assessment
- Hardware and IoT penetration testing
- Embedded system security research
- Firmware extraction, unpacking, and analysis
- Reverse engineering and binary inspection
- PLC development and automation logic
- Offensive security tool development
- CTF and lab-based security research
- Security automation using scripts and custom tools
🔐 Web and Network Penetration Testing
- Reconnaissance and enumeration
- Web application vulnerability testing
- Authentication and access-control testing
- Security header and misconfiguration analysis
- Network service scanning and assessment
- Vulnerability documentation and reporting
📡 Hardware and IoT Security
- IoT device attack surface analysis
- Embedded hardware testing
- UART, SPI, I2C, and debug interface research
- Device configuration review
- Embedded communication analysis
- Hardware security research and testing
🧩 Firmware Analysis and Reverse Engineering
- Firmware extraction and unpacking
- Static firmware analysis
- Binary inspection and reverse engineering
- Secret, key, and configuration discovery
- Embedded Linux filesystem analysis
- Security review of firmware components
🏭 PLC and Automation Development
- PLC-based control system development
- Industrial automation logic
- Sensor and actuator-based control systems
- Embedded automation workflows
- IoT and automation system integration
- Automation system testing and improvement
| Area | Description |
|---|---|
| Security Tools | Custom scripts and utilities for reconnaissance, scanning, automation, and testing workflows |
| IoT Security Labs | Practical environments for testing embedded devices and IoT attack surfaces |
| Firmware Analysis Workflows | Methods for unpacking, reviewing, and analyzing embedded firmware |
| PLC and Automation Projects | Industrial control, automation logic, and embedded automation experiments |
| CTF Utilities | Helper tools for reversing, forensics, OSINT, web, and exploitation challenges |
| Web Security Projects | Secure web applications, testing labs, and vulnerability research environments |
| Project | Description |
|---|---|
| Scanvanta | Pentesting automation framework for reconnaissance and vulnerability discovery |
| VeyraLock | File protection and encryption utility |
| IoT Security Toolkit | Tools and notes for embedded device and IoT security testing |
| CTF Toolkit | Practical helpers for CTF, reversing, forensics, and OSINT workflows |
| Firmware Lab | Research environment for firmware extraction and analysis |
| PLC Automation Projects | PLC and embedded automation experiments |
- IoT device security
- Hardware security testing
- Embedded Linux security
- Firmware secrets and misconfiguration discovery
- Reverse engineering embedded binaries
- Web application vulnerability research
- Network service enumeration
- Secure automation and PLC logic
- Hardware debug interface testing
- Offensive security automation
- Cybersecurity education and lab building
Building projects in ethical hacking, penetration testing, hardware security, IoT security, firmware analysis, automation, and PLC development.
I am currently focused on improving my skills in:
- Advanced penetration testing methodology
- Hardware and IoT security research
- Firmware analysis and reverse engineering
- Secure automation and PLC development
- Offensive security tooling
- Real-world vulnerability discovery
- Building professional cybersecurity projects
Ethical Hacker • Security Pentester • Hardware and IoT Pentester • Embedded Security Researcher • PLC Developer
I believe strong security comes from understanding how systems fail, how attackers think, and how technology can be improved through responsible research.
Research → Analyze → Exploit → Document → Secure
Break systems to understand them. Understand systems to secure them.