Security R&D engineer with 11 years of experience. 6 of them in security consulting and 5 in a mixed software engineering / cybersecurity research (80/20) role. Native Russian speaker of Estonian origin fluent in English.

🔐 Mobile Security Automation at Global Scale

• Ship & maintain the backbone of an industry leading MAST platform
• Android focus
• Advanced Frida hooks for runtime instrumentaiton
• Low-level Android reverse engineering
• AOSP deep-dives
• Custom firmwares

🛠 Core Technical Stack

• Python: enterprise backend services
• TypeScript: Frida instrumentation harness
• C / C++ / Qt: low-level bypasses, anticheat emulators, various utilities
• Java / Kotlin: Android apps
• IDA Pro + Frida: reverse engineering + runtime hooks
• GitLab CI: de-facto maintainer of the team's CI pipelines

⌛ Former: Secure Architecture & Consulting (2015-2021)

• Delivered penetration testing, architecture risk assessments, and OWASP Top 10 in-person trainings
• Held CREST Registered Penetration Tester (CRT PEN)
• Now fully engineering focused

🎮 Hobby Hacking

• MU Online hooks (2005-2008) - C++ memory manipulation
• EVE Online bots (2009-2016) - gameplay automation + anti-detection
• Lineage II antibot/anticheat bypass (2019-2021) - layered protection reverse engineering, private code
• Assetto Corsa KN5 decryption (2024+) - hooked CSP and decrypted all models before doing it via AI was a thing, private code
• Various racing games (2025+) - reverse engineering 3D model formats, PC & Android, private code

📮 Contacts

• You can reach me on Telegram @pandasauce
• 🗒 Unless you are after my resume; for that try LinkedIn
  • 📰 A showcase of my reverse engineering skills is avaiable in this writeup for CVE-2020-7958
• 🖋 I occasionally document the things I dig into in my free time at pandasauce.org