Abdul Samad

Practical cybersecurity training through hands-on labs and real-world style exercises.

Penetration Testing Trainee - Self-Directed / TryHackMe - Haripur, Pakistan

(2025-07)

Practical cybersecurity training through hands-on labs and real-world style exercises.

• I am continuously learning and practising penetration testing through hands-on TryHackMe labs and real-world style exercises.
• My main focus areas include web application security, network scanning, enumeration, privilege escalation, and basic exploitation methods.
• I have set up my own virtual lab environment to safely repeat CTF-type challenges and test different attack techniques.
• During my learning, I use tools such as Nmap, Burp Suite, Wireshark, and sometimes Metasploit to understand how security testing works in practice.
• I regularly write short lab reports and step-by-step notes to document what I learn and to track my progress over time.
• I also create small Python scripts to make repetitive security tasks easier and to improve my problem-solving skills.
• Throughout my learning, I strictly follow ethical hacking principles and responsible disclosure rules while practising any security activity.

Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering - Software Engineering - Abbottabad University of Science and Technology (AUST) (2021-09 - 2025-07)

Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) - Pre-Engineering - Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Abbottabad (2019-03 - 2021-09)

Secondary School Certificate (SSC) - Science - Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Abbottabad (2017-04 - 2019-05)