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Luke Smith AKA Deada1us

Security Researcher

Joined: 2025-01-30 | Status: Active

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Biography

About Me

I'm a Career Security Engineer with a passion for vulnerability research and offensive security. My primary focus is discovering, analyzing, and reporting zero day vulnerabilities across a range of platforms and technologies. I recently focus on Microsoft Product CVE's but have CVE's with other major software providers.

Offensive Specialties

  • Vulnerability Research
  • CVE Hunting & Responsible Disclosure
  • Reverse Engineering

Highlights

  • Discovered and responsibly disclosed multiple CVEs affecting widely-used software.
  • Deep experience with blue teaming
  • Collaborated with vendors and security teams to patch critical vulnerabilities.
  • OSCP Certified and Regular competitive CTF player

Certifications

  • OSCP
  • AZ-500
  • Security+
  • eJPT

Core Skills

  • Cloud Security Expert
  • Exploit Escalation Advanced
  • Web Application Testing Advanced
  • AD/AAD Penetration Testing Advanced

CVEs

  1. CVE-2025-59390

Contributions

Cybersecurity

  • Part of Operation Cyber Sentinel