Nikos Vourdas

Nikos Vourdas

Senior Offensive Security Consultant

Chicago, United States of America 5 years America/Chicago
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nickvourd

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Just your friendly neighborhood APT:~# OSCE3 | OSCP | OSWP | CRTL | CRTO | OASP

16
Repositories
2804
Stars
424
Followers
34
Public commits
Total repositories
16
Total forks
471
Account age
7.8 years
Languages used
5

Top programming languages

Python
33.1%
Go
27.6%
PowerShell
11.7%
C#
11.1%
C
6.3%

Most starred repository

Windows-Local-Privilege-Escalation-Cookbook

Windows Local Privilege Escalation Cookbook

1150
PowerShell
179 forks
Updated 7/19/2025

Recent repositories

Supernova

Real fucking shellcode encryptor & obfuscator tool

Go
922
165
7/22/2025

SugarFree

Less sugar (entropy) for your binaries

Go
29
5
7/22/2025

COM-Hunter

COM Hijacking VOODOO

C#
301
49
7/22/2025

Windows-Local-Privilege-Escalation-Cookbook

Windows Local Privilege Escalation Cookbook

PowerShell
1150
179
7/19/2025

CS-Aggressor-Kit

Homemade Aggressor scripts kit for Cobalt Strike

70
10
7/17/2025

Experience

2 companies

EY

4 years 6 months

Senior Offensive Security Consultant

Dec 2021 - Present

Red Teaming, Advanced Penetration Testing, Malware Developing, Physical Engagements, Social Engineering, Active Directory Assessments, Azure/Entra ID ...

TwelveSec

1 year 6 months

Penetration Tester

Jun 2020 - Dec 2021

External/Web Application/Internal/WiFi Penetration Testing

Education

2 degrees

Integrated Master, Field Of Study Informatics and Telecommunication Engineering

General Studies

University of Western Macedonia

2015 – 2022

High School Diploma, Technology

General Studies

1st High School of Karditsa

2012 – 2015

Certifications

9 certs

OffSec Certified Expert 3 (OSCE3)

Jul 2025

Offsec

Verified

OffSec Exploit Developer (OSED)

Jul 2025

Offsec

Verified

Red Team Summit

Mar 2025

Antisyphon Training

Verified

OffSec Web Expert (OSWE)

Sep 2023

Offsec

Verified

OffSec Experienced Penetration Tester (OSEP)

Jan 2023

Offsec

Verified

Certified Red Team Lead (CRTL)

Sep 2022

Zero-Point Security Ltd

Certified Red Team Operator (CRTO)

Apr 2022

Zero-Point Security Ltd

OffSec Certified Professional (OSCP)

Jan 2021

Offsec

Verified

OffSec Wireless Professional (OSWP)

Mar 2017

Offsec

Verified

Skills

20 skills
Phishing
Social Engineering
Initial Access Operations
Av/Edr Evasion
Red Teaming
Computer Security
Security
Penetration Testing
Networking Security
Computer Science
Vulnerability Assessment
Engineering
Research
Information Security
Linux
C
C++
Html5
Python
PHP

Highlights

5 items

Achievements

5

Community Contribution Champion 2020

Mar 2021

TwelveSec

I gained the achievement Community Contribution Champion 2020 for the Internal Championship/Game of TwelveSec.

Employee of The Month

Feb 2021

TwelveSec

I gained the achievement of the employee of the month (February 2021).

Hacktober 2020 CTF

Oct 2020

Cyber Hacktics

Register for Hacktober 2020 CTF on either Event Brite or Cyber Hacktic's CTF site. Proof: https://badgr.com/public/asse...

Hacktober 2020 CTF - Top 50% of Scoreboard

Oct 2020

Cyber Hacktics

This badge is awarded to Hacktober 2020 players whose teams rank in the top 50% on the scoreboard. Proof: https://api.b...

University of Western Macedonia | Acknowledgement for reporting critical security vulnerabilities.

Jun 2019

University of Western Macedonia

ece.uowm.gr

Languages

2 languages
EnglishElementary
GreekElementary