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Ciarán Cotter

Ciarán Cotter

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Building Simian Security. Bug Bounty Hunter.

  • Education

    • Coláiste Choilm

      2014 - 2020
      High School Diploma 543 points

      Achieved 543 points in the Leaving Cert. Studied 8 subjects, including Computer Science and Japanese. Accomplished 97% (H1) in Japanese.

    • University College Cork

      2020 - 2023
      Bachelor's degree Computer Science

  • Experience

    • ARRIS

      Apr 2018 - Apr 2018
      TY Work Experience

      Prototype testing, modem setup, server management (connecting devices to switches, and some Linux work) and working with the Labview application.

    • CloudCIX

      May 2021 - Aug 2021
      Go & Terraform Developer

      • Primary developer of the Go SDK for the CloudCIX API.• Primary Terraform developer.• Work with Django. • Developed a network issue diagnosis tool in Python. • Standard NOC work as a member of staff.

    • HackerOne

      Sept 2021 - now

      I have been hunting bugs on behalf of Hackerone, Bugcrowd and Intigriti. In December 2021 I became a Clear Verified hacker on Hackerone. In September 2021 I was selected as a Hackerone Brand Ambassador - I am the representative of Hackerone in Ireland. This role involves organising and running a security-focused community that teaches topics ranging from bug bounty and pentesting to CTFs. I transferred my role to another hacker when I moved to the Netherlands.

      • Bug Bounty Hunter

        Dec 2020 - now

      • Hackerone Brand Ambassador

        Sept 2021 - Dec 2023

    • AppOmni

      Mar 2022 - Apr 2024
      Offensive Security Engineer

      SaaS security research as part of AO Labs.・Research of new platforms to add to the suite of supported apps.・Research of SaaS misconfigurations and vulnerabilities.・Security-specialised development in Python to integrate research into the platform.・Technical content creation for the AO Labs blog, with my research featured on outlets such as Forbes, TechRadar and SCMedia.・Veeva Vault Associate Administrator certified.

    • Simian Security

      Jun 2024 - now
      Director

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Ciarán Cotter
      European Cybersecurity Challenge 2024 Zero Days CTF Oct 2024 In October 2024, I took part in the European Cybersecurity Challenge in Turin, Italy. Team Ireland placed 16th of 37 teams at this event, our best result so far.
    • Awarded to Ciarán Cotter
      H1-0131 Attendee HackerOne Sep 2024 I was invited to H1-0131 in Edinburgh, Scotland, placing approximately 39th of 80+ hackers, with three findings on AWS.
    • Awarded to Ciarán Cotter
      1337UP1023 Intigriti LHE Attendee Intigriti Oct 2023 In October 2023, I took part in Intigriti's Live Hacking Event in collaboration with Intel in Lisbon, Portugal.
    • Awarded to Ciarán Cotter
      European Cybersecurity Challenge 2023 Zero Days CTF Oct 2023 In October 2023, I took part in the European Cybersecurity Challenge as part of Team Ireland in Hamar, Norway.
    • Awarded to Ciarán Cotter
      3rd Place, Zero Days CTF 2023 Zero Days CTF Apr 2023 My team, UCC Malware Men, came third at the intervarsity Zero Days CTF 2023.
    • Awarded to Ciarán Cotter
      European Cybersecurity Challenge 2022 Zero Days CTF Sep 2022 I was a member of Team Ireland attending the European Cybersecurity Challenge 2022 in Vienna, Prague. Team Ireland placed 28th of 33 teams.
    • Awarded to Ciarán Cotter
      H1-702 Live Hacking Event Attendee Hackerone Aug 2022 I was invited to H1-702 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. H1-702 is a renowned Live Hacking Event organised by Hackerone each year in Las Vegas. I found 2 vulnerabilities in Zoom during the event. LHE invitations are incredibly difficult to get and it was a privilege to attend one.
    • Awarded to Ciarán Cotter
      BountyConEDU Live Hacking Event Meta Apr 2022 My team placed 3rd overall in Meta's BountyConEDU in Madrid, Spain, and won Best Report for our submission.
    • Awarded to Ciarán Cotter
      Netsoc Hackathon 2021/22 UCC Netsoc Jan 2022 1st place in the 2021/22 Netsoc Hackathon as part of a team with Klaudia Kulas. Programmed and designed a 2D platformer game called "Wander" in around 6 hours, which contained parallax sidescrolling, fog effects and collision. Graphic design and animation was completed by my teammate.
    • Awarded to Ciarán Cotter
      European Cybersecurity Challenge 2021 Zero Days CTFs / ECSC 2021 Sep 2021 I was a member of the 10-person team that attended the European Cybersecurity Challenge 2021 in Prague. The ECSC is an international, in-person CTF between countries in the EU that takes place in a European city every year. I qualified for the team through the Irish team qualifier event held by Zero Days CTFs, and travelled with the team between 27/9 and 1/10 to compete in the challenge. Challenges covered web hacking, reversing, cryptography, forensics, hardware hacking, blockchain hacking and… Show more I was a member of the 10-person team that attended the European Cybersecurity Challenge 2021 in Prague. The ECSC is an international, in-person CTF between countries in the EU that takes place in a European city every year. I qualified for the team through the Irish team qualifier event held by Zero Days CTFs, and travelled with the team between 27/9 and 1/10 to compete in the challenge. Challenges covered web hacking, reversing, cryptography, forensics, hardware hacking, blockchain hacking and more. Show less
    • Awarded to Ciarán Cotter
      NetSoc Hackathon 2020/21, 1st Year Winner UCC Netsoc Nov 2020 I led a team of three to win the 1st Year category of the NetSoc Hackathon 2020, with a game titled Monke Go Study. Written in C# and built with Unity. Music for the game was composed in FL Studio by me. Built in 8 days. Project code can be found on my Github, and the project itself can be found at the following link: https://cs1.ucc.ie/~al20/monke/Download.html
    • Awarded to Ciarán Cotter
      Irish Mathematical Olympiad 2019, 21st Mathematics Enrichment Programmes Ireland Aug 2019 21st in Irish Mathematical Olympiad 2019.
    • Awarded to Ciarán Cotter
      BT Young Scientist 2019, Qualified BT Ireland Jan 2019 Qualified for the highly competitive Senior Mathematical, Physical and Chemical category with a purely mathematical project examining an unsolved problem in number theory.Used homemade Python algorithms to find solutions to the Erdos-Straus conjecture and succeeded in reducing the number of unsolved cases, as well as identifying three new unique solution forms. Identified new forms without the aid of computers - patterns were recognised due to the significant amount of time I spent solving… Show more Qualified for the highly competitive Senior Mathematical, Physical and Chemical category with a purely mathematical project examining an unsolved problem in number theory.Used homemade Python algorithms to find solutions to the Erdos-Straus conjecture and succeeded in reducing the number of unsolved cases, as well as identifying three new unique solution forms. Identified new forms without the aid of computers - patterns were recognised due to the significant amount of time I spent solving the equations by hand. Show less
    • Awarded to Ciarán Cotter
      CAT4 Aptitude Test GL Assessment Sep 2018 Top 1% in the country in Verbal and Quantitative categories, top 7% in Spatial reasoning and top 23% in non-verbal. Scores were 135, 134, 111 and 126 out of 140 respectively.
    • Awarded to Ciarán Cotter
      Highly Commended at BT Young Scientist 2018 BT Ireland Jan 2018 Highly commended for project on improving the biofuel output of the algae species Nannochloropsis Oculata using metal ions. Built a bioreactor at home and succeeded in cultivating algae for six months. Monitored the algae populations autonomously using an Arduino microcontroller. Developed a new method of reliably tracking populations using light. Successfully extracted oil from algae using advanced chemistry, availing of UCC lab equipment to do so. Results were very promising and warrant… Show more Highly commended for project on improving the biofuel output of the algae species Nannochloropsis Oculata using metal ions. Built a bioreactor at home and succeeded in cultivating algae for six months. Monitored the algae populations autonomously using an Arduino microcontroller. Developed a new method of reliably tracking populations using light. Successfully extracted oil from algae using advanced chemistry, availing of UCC lab equipment to do so. Results were very promising and warrant further research. Show less

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Assistant

      Issued by University College Cork on Nov 2020
      University College CorkAssociated with Ciarán Cotter