This is Mohan Sri Rama Krishna Pedhapati.

About me?

on a biological and cultural level:

A homo sapien from southern part of India, speaking a Dravidian language.

on a ontological level:

I don’t know what I am; perhaps I am an evolving work, a piece of art that will only reach completion after I am gone, continually shaped by books, philosophy, and science. An art without purpose or meaning, yet the art becomes the purpose itself.

on a professional level:

Mohan Sri Rama Krishna Pedhapati holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and is a Senior Application Security Auditor at Cure53. He specializes in Browser and Web Security, with a particular focus on Client-Side Security, and has made significant contributions to the field through his research and vulnerability discoveries.

Among his key achievements, Mohan presented his research on “Tangled Browsers” at BountyCon 2020 by Facebook and secured 4th place in PortSwigger’s Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques of 2021 for his research on Prototype Pollution, which he presented at BSides Ahmedabad. He also conducted research on Electron Applications, uncovering RCE vulnerabilities in widely-used platforms like Discord, VSCode, and Microsoft Teams, which he presented at Defcon USA, Blackhat USA, and Nullcon Goa.

Mohan’s research has been featured on Vice.com. In addition to his research work, he is the captain of the CTF team Invaders and an active member of zer0pts, consistently participating in hands-on security challenges and engaging with the broader cybersecurity community.