Long-term Hack The Box platform progression culminating in Grandmaster rank on the ADonisRian #DE profile.
Archives: Experience
Experience
Hack The Box Academy (AI Red Teamer)
Hands-on AI Red Teamer path covering prompt injection, adversarial AI, AI privacy, model evasion, LLM output attacks, and practical AI security concepts.
Cyber Security / Penetration Testing
Professional role at Mindbytes GmbH since January 2025, focused on cybersecurity, penetration testing, technical implementation, and practical security projects.
Hack the Box Academy (Active Directory Penetration Tester)
One year of focused Active Directory study and practice for the HTB CAPE certification, including Windows exploitation, AD attack paths, lateral movement, privilege escalation, evasion, and reporting.
OffSec Experienced Penetration Tester (OSEP)
Three months of advanced penetration testing preparation for OSEP, focused on exploit development, client-side attacks, antivirus and application control bypasses, lateral movement, pivoting, and reporting under exam-style constraints.
Hack The Box Pro Labs (Zephyr)
One month in Hack The Box Pro Labs: Zephyr, focused on enterprise Active Directory enumeration, pivoting, relay attacks, privilege escalation, web application issues, and trust boundaries.
The SecOps Group (C-ADPENX)
One month of intensive Active Directory preparation for C-ADPENX, focused on enterprise attack paths, privilege escalation, lateral movement, and domain compromise techniques.
Zero-Point Security (CRTO)
Adversary Simulation and Red Team Operations.
Altered Security (CRTP)
The Attacking and Defending Active Directory Lab by Altered Security lets you practice real-world AD attacks in a fully patched Windows environment, with multiple domains for cross-trust attack simulations. It covers well-known Windows/AD attacks using tools like PowerShell.
OffSec (OSCP/OSWP)
During my OSCP preparation, I compromised 88 hosts on Offensive Security’s Proving Grounds Practice, a platform simulating real-world environments. This experience greatly sharpened my penetration testing skills and applied offensive security techniques.