🧪 Hack The Box Profile
I use Hack The Box Academy to develop hands on skills across security operations, digital forensics, incident response, threat hunting, malware analysis, network traffic analysis, Active Directory security, penetration testing, web application security, AI red teaming, and AI defense.
| Profile Metric | Current Status |
|---|---|
| HTB Rank | Master |
| Level | 71 |
| Level XP | 242 / 2507 |
| Grade | Three-Diamond Grade |
| Primary Focus | Blue Team, SOC Analysis, Defensive Security, AI Security, Threat Hunting, DFIR, and Offensive Security |
🏆 Hack The Box Certifications
HTB Certified Offensive AI Expert
Abbreviation: COAE
Earned: August 2026
Status: Certified
Focus: Offensive AI security, prompt injection, model attacks, AI evasion, application and system attacks, and adversarial testing.
HTB Certified Junior Cybersecurity Associate
Abbreviation: CJCA
Earned: May 2026
Status: Verified
Focus: Foundational offensive and defensive cybersecurity skills, enterprise enumeration, exploitation, network analysis, and security operations.
HTB Certified Defensive Security Analyst
Abbreviation: CDSA
Earned: August 8, 2025
Status: Certified
Focus: SOC analysis, log investigation, incident response, malware analysis, threat hunting, network traffic analysis, and security reporting.
🛡️ Hack The Box Academy Paths Completed
The Vigilant Sentinel
Badge Type: Academy Path Badge
Achievement: SOC Analyst path completed
Earned: May 29, 2025
Rarity: 0.1%
Players: 3,530
AI Ninja
Badge Type: Academy Path Badge
Achievement: AI Red Teamer path completed
Earned: April 25, 2026
Rarity: 0%
Players: 680
Hybrid Analyst
Badge Type: Academy Path Badge
Achievement: Junior Cybersecurity Analyst path completed
Earned: November 23, 2025
Rarity: 0.1%
Players: 2,055
🎖️ Featured Academy Module Badges
AD Security Captain
Module: Windows Attacks & Defense
Earned: March 29, 2025
Rarity: 0.2%
Players: 6,289
The Packet Protector
Module: Intermediate Network Traffic Analysis
Earned: April 15, 2025
Rarity: 0.3%
Players: 7,895
Model Breaker
Module: Introduction to Red Teaming AI
Earned: April 14, 2026
Rarity: 0.1%
Players: 2,801
Synthetic Intelligence
Module: Applications of AI in InfoSec
Earned: April 14, 2026
Rarity: 0.1%
Players: 2,464
Prompt Phantom
Module: Prompt Injection Attacks
Earned: April 15, 2026
Rarity: 0.1%
Players: 2,643
AI Shield
Module: AI Defense
Earned: April 25, 2026
Rarity: 0%
Players: 419
🔵 Security Operations, DFIR & Blue Team Modules
| Achievement | Completed Academy Module |
|---|---|
| Lurk in the packets | Intro to Network Traffic Analysis |
| AD Security Captain | Windows Attacks & Defense |
| Panoptic | Incident Handling Process |
| Anticipate the next attack | Security Monitoring & SIEM Fundamentals |
| Predict the next move | Introduction to Threat Hunting & Hunting With Elastic |
| Log keeper | Windows Event Logs & Finding Evil |
| SPL Witchcraft | Understanding Log Sources & Investigating with Splunk |
| Packet carver | Working with IDS/IPS |
| Infection detected | Introduction to Malware Analysis |
| The packet protector | Intermediate Network Traffic Analysis |
| APT slayer | Detecting Windows Attacks with Splunk |
| Flare guardian | YARA & Sigma for SOC Analysts |
| Chronicle champion | Security Incident Reporting |
| Code blue | Introduction to Digital Forensics |
🤖 AI Security & Offensive AI Modules
| Achievement | Completed Academy Module |
|---|---|
| Superior Intelligence | Fundamentals of AI |
| Synthetic Intelligence | Applications of AI in InfoSec |
| Model breaker | Introduction to Red Teaming AI |
| Prompt phantom | Prompt Injection Attacks |
| Data Distorter | AI Data Attacks |
| Output Overdrive | LLM Output Attacks |
| Protocol Breaker | Attacking AI - Application and System |
| ModelEvader | AI Evasion - Foundations |
| GradientGhost | AI Evasion - First-Order Attacks |
| PixelSniper | AI Evasion - Sparsity Attacks |
| ShadowGuard | AI Privacy |
| AI Shield | AI Defense |
🔴 Penetration Testing, Web & Active Directory Modules
| Achievement | Completed Academy Module |
|---|---|
| Hacking in the wild | Hacking WordPress |
| The eye that sees all | Network Enumeration with Nmap |
| Do things the traditional way | Introduction to Bash Scripting |
| Every road leads back to root | File Inclusion |
| Airborne delivery | File Transfers |
| DROP your weapon | SQL Injection Fundamentals |
| Combine the modules | Using the Metasploit Framework |
| Playing with the mess | JavaScript Deobfuscation |
| Stairway to Heaven | Linux Privilege Escalation |
| Fuzzing is power | Attacking Web Applications with Ffuf |
| Crude but effective | Login Brute Forcing |
| JOIN the adventure | SQLMap Essentials |
| Reach new (permission) heights | Windows Privilege Escalation |
| Just a small crack, and you're in | Broken Authentication |
| Tactical | Penetration Testing Process |
| Included in every report | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) |
| Light in the dark | Vulnerability Assessment |
| Inject with caution | Command Injections |
| Dive into requests | Using Web Proxies |
| You need to trace before you can hunt | Footprinting |
| Attack from the outside | Attacking Common Applications |
| Ghost in the shell | Shells & Payloads |
| Scan and execute | Attacking Common Services |
| Arachnoid | Web Attacks |
| Prepare your payload and up you go | File Upload Attacks |
| Enumerate & Attack! | Active Directory Enumeration & Attacks |
| Information is not knowledge, or is it? | Information Gathering - Web Edition |
| Straight to the server | Server-side Attacks |
| Grab the keys and move laterally | Password Attacks |
| Explore deep space | Pivoting, Tunneling, and Port Forwarding |
| Hunt the bug | Bug Bounty Hunting Process |
| Time-consuming but important | Documentation & Reporting |
| All systems activated | Attacking Enterprise Networks |
| Endpoint Explorer | API Attacks |
| Fuzzing guru | Web Fuzzing |
| Graph invader | Attacking GraphQL |
| Infiltration Learner | Introduction to Penetration Testing |
| Offensive explorer | Pentest in a Nutshell |
🧱 Foundations, Operating Systems & Networking Modules
| Achievement | Completed Academy Module |
|---|---|
| Introduction to Academy | Introduction to Academy |
| Our favorite seabird | Linux Fundamentals |
| Everything is connected | Introduction to Networking |
| Your request is my demand | Web Requests |
| Crawl, walk, run | Windows Fundamentals |
| Developer | Introduction to Web Applications |
| Your first battle | Getting Started |
| Look ma, no mouse! | Introduction to Windows Command Line |
| Cyber starter | Introduction to Information Security |
| Solid basis | Network Foundations |
🔎 Skills Demonstrated Through Hack The Box
- Security Operations Center Analysis
- Digital Forensics and Incident Response
- Threat Hunting
- Malware Analysis
- SIEM Investigation
- Network Traffic Analysis
- Active Directory Security
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Penetration Testing
- Web Application Security
- Prompt Injection Testing
- AI Red Teaming
- Adversarial AI and Evasion
- AI Defense and Privacy
- Detection Engineering
- Security Incident Reporting