Sankarshan Kshtriya
Summer School - Cyber Security & Ethical Hacking Intern
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Conducted network reconnaissance and traffic analysis using Nmap and Wireshark, identifying open ports, services, DNS activity, TCP handshakes, ARP traffic, and vulnerabilities. Performed vulnerability assessment and penetration testing using Metasploit, covering reconnaissance, exploit configuration, payload analysis, and controlled exploitation. Analyzed binary vulnerabilities using stack-based buffer overflows, AFL++ fuzzing, and Ghidra reverse engineering to identify vulnerable code and control-flow issues.
Experience
Summer School - Cyber Security & Ethical Hacking Intern - Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
(2026-06 - 2026-07)
- Conducted network reconnaissance and traffic analysis using Nmap and Wireshark, identifying open ports, services, DNS activity, TCP handshakes, ARP traffic, and vulnerabilities.
- Performed vulnerability assessment and penetration testing using Metasploit, covering reconnaissance, exploit configuration, payload analysis, and controlled exploitation.
- Analyzed binary vulnerabilities using stack-based buffer overflows, AFL++ fuzzing, and Ghidra reverse engineering to identify vulnerable code and control-flow issues.
- Developed an AI-based Phishing URL Detection System using Scikit-Learn and Logistic Regression, training on 235,795 URLs with 99.43% accuracy and a Streamlit interface.
Cyber Security Intern - Elevate Labs - Remote
(2025-05 - 2025-06)
- Got hands-on training with 8 foundational security tasks - from scanning local networks and analyzing live traffic using tools like Nessus, nmap and Wireshark
- Built a CLI tool for the encryption and decryption of files using AES-256-GCM encryption algorithm.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science Engineering - K.R. Mangalam University (2023-08 - 2027-07)
