Viral Maniar
Lead Security Specialist at Preemptive Cyber Security Pty Ltd
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolViral Maniar is a Melbourne-based cyber security leader with 12 years of experience advancing cloud and enterprise security, currently serving as Lead Security Specialist at UniSuper while running Preemptive Cyber Security. He blends hands-on offensive security and tooling—authoring the Python-based Passhunt default-credential search utility—with strategic roles at Microsoft, RiskIQ and major consultancies, enabling both technical remediation and program-level risk reduction. Viral’s background spans cloud security, threat intelligence and technical sales engineering, giving him a rare mix of product, pre-sales and consulting fluency. He holds a Masters in Information Security from RMIT and is known for translating complex security findings into actionable, auditable processes for stakeholders across organisations.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Applied Science Information security and assurance, Masters of Applied Science Information security and assurance at RMIT University
Github Skills (7)
urllib10
beautifulsoup10
python10
webscraping9
network-security9
command-line-interface9
ssl8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Viralmaniar/Passhunt
Jan 2018 - Mar 2018
Passhunt is a simple tool for searching of default credentials for network devices, web applications and more. Search through 523 vendors and their 2084 default passwords.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 30 commits, 2 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Viral primarily focused on developing a Python-based tool for searching default credentials. Their contributions included creating the core `passhunt.py` script, adding functionality for vendor searches, and integrating a method for formatting table outputs. They also addressed a security issue related to an expired certificate, ensuring continued functionality. The user's work demonstrates a focus on building and refining the core logic of the application.
passwordsweb-applicationsnetwork-devicesprivacyvendors
Viralmaniar/Powershell-RAT
Mar 2018 - Aug 2019
Python based backdoor that uses Gmail to exfiltrate data through attachment. This RAT will help during red team engagements to backdoor any Windows machines. It tracks the user activity using screen capture and sends it to an attacker as an e-mail attachment.
Contributions:1 release, 28 commits, 27 pushes in 1 year 5 months
e-mailgmailpythonscreen-capturewindows
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