Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)
Specialized in Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), with experience in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting threat data from various sources. Proficient in identifying Indicators of Compromise (IoCs), tracking Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), and producing actionable intelligence to mitigate cyber risks.
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Expert in leveraging Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) methodologies to uncover actionable insights from public sources, including the clearnet, dark web, and social media. Skilled in using OSINT tools and techniques to identify potential threats, vulnerabilities, and malicious actors.
Penetration Testing
Trained penetration tester with hands-on experience in simulating real-world attacks to identify vulnerabilities in networks, systems, and web applications. Proficient in both manual testing and using automated tools to conduct vulnerability assessments and deliver comprehensive security reports.
Secure Software Development
Experienced in designing and developing large-scale security tools and automating intelligence-gathering processes. Skilled in secure coding practices, building custom threat detection systems, and integrating cybersecurity solutions across various platforms.

<ABOUT/>
Bisrat is a dedicated Cybersecurity Analyst with a passion for uncovering and combatting digital threats. Specialized in Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), Bisrat excels in collecting and analyzing intelligence data from a wide range of online sources, including the DarkNet, DeepWeb, OSINT, and Malware, to pinpoint emerging security risks and vulnerabilities. Bisrat has a proven track record in automating intelligence processes and developing innovative solutions. He is looking forward to opportunities to contribute his expertise to CTI teams.
In addition to his work, Bisrat is dedicated to staying updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and evolving threats through a combination of attending cybersecurity conferences and continuous learning via self-study.
Interests
- Threat Intelligencence
- Incident Response
- Data Privacy
- Open Source Intelligernce
Education


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Threat Intelligence Platform
Developed the backend of a sophisticated threat intelligence platform. The dashboard offers unprecedented visibility and analytical capabilities, enabling clients real-time identification of compromised data from various sources.
Stolen Credentials Parsers Project
Developed various parsers for parsing specific types of combolist files published by threat actors. These parsers were designed to handle different combolist formats, facilitating efficient and secure storage.
Downloader Data Toolkit
In three weeks, I built a toolkit where i developed an automatic intelligence data downloader, extractor, and ingestion module from threat actor-managed Telegram channels. The toolkit has many features such us realtime monitoring of threat actor channels to downwload new intellegince data from their communication etc.
InfoStealer Log Parsers
This project is a comprehensive system for parsing various info stealer malware log formats. It analyzes logs of stealer malwares and extract intellegince data from them and sending intelligence data to designated endpoints for utilization in a CTI platform.
Secure File Transfer Project
Client-Server application, written in C++, that resembles a Cloud Storage. In this project all the security protocols (for authentication and data transmission) have been designed specifically for this project and have been implemented using OpenSSL. Each user has a “dedicated storage” on the server, and User A cannot access User B dedicated storage. Users can Upload, Download, Rename, or Delete data to/from the Cloud Storage in a safe manner.
Tiny Encryption and Decryption Algorithm Project
Implemented the Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA), both encryption and decryption modules performing logic design, circuit design, and physical design processes using Hardware Description Language (HDL), and tested the performance.
Forum Scraper
This project is a custom-built tool designed to scrape and analyze online forums, focusing on extracting valuable threat intelligence from both open and dark web sources. The tool automates the process of gathering posts, comments, and metadata related to cybersecurity threats.
Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Malware Detection
Extracted opcodes of malwares from different APT groups and analyzed using GHIDRA and IDA Pro, Pre-processed malware OpCodes. Implemented feature engineering using n-gram counts and PCA; applied SVM, KNN (k=3.5), Decision Tree, and Random Forest models. Achieved high accuracy and F1 scores; evaluated models using key metrics
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eSentire
May 2025 - Aug 2025Waterloo, CanadaThreat Intelligence Analyst
Internship- Working on projects related to Adaptive ML-Driven Detection of Scheduled Task Anomalies and Automated Threat Attribution.

Mitacs
May 2025 - Aug 2025Waterloo, CanadaMitacs Accelerate Research Internship
Internship- Research Internship

University of Guelph
Sep 2024 - Sep 2025Guelph, CanadaStudent
Full-time- CIS*6510 - Cybersecurity and Defense in Depth
- CIS*6520 - Advanced Digital Forensics and Incident Response
- CIS*6530 - Cyber Threat Intelligence and Adversarial Risk Analysis
- CIS*6540 - Advanced Penetration Testing and Exploit Development
- CIS*6550 - Privacy, Compliance, and Human Aspects of Cybersecurity
- CIS*6580 - Security Monitoring and Cyber Threat Hunting
- CIS*6590 - Professional Seminar in Cybersecurity
- CIS*6560 - Cybersecurity Project

Defenda Solutions
Mar 2023 - Sep 2024Lucca, Italy · On-siteCybersecurity Analyst
Full-time- Led the design and development of innovative cybersecurity solutions tailored to clients' specific needs and enhanced our cyber threat intelligence platform.
- Conducted comprehensive threat intelligence analysis, incident response, and security monitoring.
- Automated the real-time collection of data from diverse dark web sources, enhancing proactive threat detection.
- Engineered parsers for extracting intelligence data from threat actors’ communications on Telegram.

University of Pisa
2021 - 2022Pisa, ItalyStudent
Full-time
Beijing Institute of Technology
2017 - 2021Beijing, ChinaStudent
Full-time- Science and Technology Club, Athletics Club
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Blog Posts
My First Post
March 13, 2025
This is a summary of my first blog post.
Cybersecurity Trends 2025
March 10, 2025
A look at upcoming cybersecurity trends this year.