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Certifications and acknowledgements

Training completed and recognition earned by the Codex Security team.

Certification

Practical Malware Analysis & Triage

Atif Ali

Issued by TCM Security.

Certification

CompTIA CySA+

Atif Ali

Issued by CompTIA.

Certification

eWPTX: Web Application Penetration Tester eXtreme

Atif Ali

Issued by INE Security.

Certification

eCIR: Certified Incident Responder

Atif Ali

Issued by INE Security.

Certification

Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate

Atif Ali

Issued by Microsoft.

Certification

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

Atif Ali

Issued by EC-Council.

Certification

OSCP+ (OffSec Certified Professional Plus)

Hamza Farooqi

Issued by OffSec. Earned January 22, 2026.

Certification

CompTIA CySA+ ce

Hamza Farooqi

Issued by CompTIA. Issued January 4, 2026.

Hall of Fame

Bindle

Muhammad Hammad

Listed in the Bindle security hall of fame for responsibly reporting a vulnerability.

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Hall of Fame

GenieBelt

Muhammad Hammad

Listed in the GenieBelt security hall of fame for responsibly reporting a vulnerability.

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Hall of Fame

Check Point

Muhammad Hammad

Listed in the Check Point security hall of fame for responsibly reporting a vulnerability.

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Hall of Fame

Invoiced

Muhammad Hammad

Listed in the Invoiced security hall of fame for responsibly reporting a vulnerability.

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Hall of Fame

ZenMate

Muhammad Hammad

The ZenMate security team confirmed in April 2016 that he is now a member of their hall of fame.

Hall of Fame

CloudApp

Muhammad Hammad

CloudApp support (April 2017) confirmed they added him to their hall of fame after his bug report.

Hall of Fame

Chartboost

Muhammad Hammad

Chartboost (March 2017) thanked him for his report and pointed to their white-hat page listing.

Hall of Fame

Reeleezee (Exact)

Muhammad Hammad

Exact Security Team (January 2021) thanked him for reporting an issue on reeleezee.nl and said his details would be added to the hall of fame once approved.

Hall of Fame

FloydHub

Muhammad Hammad

FloydHub confirmed they were setting up their hall of fame page to list him.

Hall of Fame

Docparser

Muhammad Hammad

Docparser’s founder confirmed his hall of fame entry in October 2017.

Hall of Fame

Dell

Muhammad Hammad

Dell’s vulnerability research team (August 2016) confirmed his details were listed on their site for Q2 2016.

Hall of Fame

Hopin

Muhammad Kamran

Listed in the Hopin security hall of fame for responsibly reporting vulnerabilities.

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Hall of Fame

Copilot

Muhammad Kamran

Listed in the Copilot security hall of fame for responsibly reporting vulnerabilities.

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Hall of Fame

T-Mobile Czech Republic

Muhammad Kamran

Listed in the T-Mobile Czech Republic security hall of fame for responsibly reporting vulnerabilities.

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Hall of Fame

LiveKit

Muhammad Kamran

Listed in the LiveKit security hall of fame for responsibly reporting vulnerabilities.

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Hall of Fame

Springer Nature

Muhammad Kamran

Listed in the Springer Nature security hall of fame for responsibly reporting vulnerabilities.

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Hall of Fame

Workpay

Muhammad Hammad

Listed in the Workpay bug bounty hall of fame (February 2026) for reporting a medium-severity missing security header that allowed iframe injection. Status: fixed.

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Appreciation Letter

SUDO AI

Hamza Farooqi

Recognised for identifying and responsibly disclosing vulnerabilities on the sudo.ai website, helping the team fix critical issues quickly.

Appreciation Letter

Aroasis Softech

Hamza Farooqi

Certificate of Appreciation (August 16, 2025) for responsibly disclosing a security vulnerability to Aroasis Softech.

Appreciation Letter

Huawei

Hamza Farooqi

Letter of Acknowledgement from Huawei PSIRT (April 2021) for reporting a security issue in a Huawei IT system.

Appreciation Letter

Space Machines Company

Hamza Farooqi

Thanked in May 2024 for proactively identifying and voluntarily disclosing security vulnerabilities.

Appreciation Letter

Huntsman Security

Muhammad Hammad

Letter of appreciation (August 2025) for his report of a vulnerability on their website, which has since been rectified.

Appreciation Letter

Aqua Security

Muhammad Hammad

Acknowledgement of vulnerabilities he reported in their website and email server configurations.

Appreciation Letter

Instagantt

Muhammad Hammad

Appreciation letter (April 2020) for reporting a vulnerability with a proof of concept and remediation advice.

Appreciation Letter

WiBit.Net

Muhammad Hammad

Letter of appreciation for taking the time to uncover a security flaw and helping resolve it.

Appreciation Letter

Clavister

Muhammad Hammad

Thanked (September 2016) for pointing out vulnerabilities in Clavister’s corporate website.

Appreciation Letter

XLReporting

Muhammad Hammad

Letter (July 2018) confirming he detected and resolved security vulnerabilities in their software.

Appreciation Letter

EVGA

Muhammad Hammad

Acknowledgement (February 2017) of security issues he reported on EVGA’s websites, since confirmed fixed.

Appreciation Letter

Aman Holding

Muhammad Hammad

Letter from Aman Holding’s Cyber and Information Security Director praising his professionalism and responsible disclosure.

Appreciation Letter

EduSynch

Muhammad Kamran

Thanked for responsibly disclosing a clickjacking vulnerability on edusynch.com.

Appreciation Letter

Buyerlink

Muhammad Kamran

Letter of appreciation (October 2021) for responsibly reporting misconfigured SPF record flags.

Appreciation Letter

True Anthem

Muhammad Kamran

Letter of appreciation (March 2025) for responsible disclosure of an XML-RPC vulnerability.

Appreciation Letter

Cloudera

Muhammad Kamran

Letter of appreciation from the Cloudera Bug Bounty Committee (April 2021) for reporting a security misconfiguration.

Appreciation Letter

Cofertility

Muhammad Kamran

Formal letter (May 2025) thanking him for responsible disclosure of security vulnerabilities.

Appreciation Letter

Cradle

Muhammad Kamran

Letter of appreciation (April 2025) for responsible disclosure of a potential vulnerability on cradle.bio.

Appreciation Letter

ZeeMee

Muhammad Kamran

Letter of appreciation (April 2025) for a security vulnerability report.

Appreciation Letter

Meyka AI

Muhammad Kamran

Letter of appreciation (September 2025) for reporting a vulnerability in Meyka’s email security configuration.

Appreciation Letter

EthosX

Codex Security team

EthosX’s CEO thanks the team for reaching out about a major vulnerability and guiding them through the fix.

Appreciation Letter

PlayAbly

Muhammad Kamran

Letter of appreciation (June 2025) for reporting a DMARC misconfiguration that could have allowed email spoofing.

Appreciation Letter

Artmedia Digital

Muhammad Kamran

Acknowledged for responsibly disclosing a denial-of-service vulnerability reported on May 31, 2025.

Appreciation Letter

Darrel Technologies (dtechghana.com)

Muhammad Kamran

Thanked (September 2025) for a responsible disclosure about the company’s DMARC configuration.

Appreciation Letter

Brainstorm Force

Muhammad Kamran

Certificate of appreciation (June 2025) for finding a website vulnerability and reporting it responsibly.

Appreciation Letter

AiDEN Automotive Technologies

Muhammad Kamran

Thanked by the CTO for flagging missing DMARC protection on their email domains.

Appreciation Letter

ShowSlinger

Muhammad Kamran

Letter of appreciation (October 2025) for responsible disclosure of a security vulnerability on their platform.

Appreciation Letter

Publisher Revenue Optimization

Muhammad Kamran

Thanked for reporting a potential vulnerability related to the xmlrpc.php endpoint.

Recommendation

Cloud Academy

“…found and reported a bug on our website. I really appreciate his effort, and hopefully, he can help many other website owners to find vulnerabilities on their websites.”

Recommended Muhammad Kamran
— Claudio Lo Cascio, Customer Support Lead

Recommendation

Planhat

“Helped us to find some configuration issue with our DNS record. He has good hard and soft skills as a security professional.”

Recommended Muhammad Kamran
— Viktor Smirnov, DevOps Engineer

Recommendation

Blind

“He is a talented engineer and an excellent security expert. He is good at detail, creative, smart, knows the priorities of work.”

Recommended Muhammad Kamran
— Changhee Suh, Head of Engineering and Co-founder

Recommendation

Octostar

“Detected and ethically reported website security issues. Thank you for your service.”

Recommended Muhammad Kamran
— Simone Scarduzio, Principal Engineer and Co-founder

Recommendation

LendingTree

“Muhammad embodies the spirit of ethical hacking with his commitment to responsible disclosure and helping to create the safest internet possible.”

Recommended Muhammad Kamran
— John Turner, Director of Information Security

Recommendation

webdesign-kall.de

“…has alerted us to a vulnerability in our system. Very friendly contact.”

Recommended Muhammad Kamran
— Ulrich Bunnick, Owner, VirtuaLX WebService

Recommendation

Tryolabs

“He identified and responsibly disclosed a vulnerability in the configuration of one of our services, which we promptly fixed.”

Recommended Muhammad Kamran
— Alan Descoins, CEO

Recommendation

Hikari Software

“He detected and ethically reported a security issue on our website. Thank you for your service.”

Recommended Muhammad Kamran
— Nicolas Claverie

Recommendation

Fyle

“Muhammad identified an issue with our SPF settings and shared a very clear description of the issue along with recommendation of a fix.”

Recommended Muhammad Kamran
— Sivaramakrishnan Narayanan, Co-founder and CTO

Recommendation

Guide

“Muhammad is one of the best white-hat hackers I know. He’s astute, confident, and very technical.”

Recommended Muhammad Kamran
— Tim Salau, Author

Recommendation

Caleida

“…we consider Muhammad Hammad to be a reliable and skilled security professional, and we would not hesitate to recommend him for security research, audits, or responsible disclosure work.”

Recommended Muhammad Hammad
— Lucas Gozalvez, Founder and CEO (recommendation letter)

Recommendation

MyGet

“Muhammad is knowledgeable and can determine security-related issues using nothing but his experience, and reports in detail why an issue could be a problem and points towards related material to determine a fix.”

Recommended Muhammad Hammad
— Maarten Balkauw, Director (recommendation letter)

Recommendation

Aman Holding

“I had the pleasure of working with Hammad, and I can genuinely say he is an exceptional penetration tester. His technical expertise, professionalism, and commitment to ethical practice set him apart.”

Recommended Muhammad Hammad
— Amr Zakaa, Director of Cyber and Information Security, Aman Holding

Recommendation

fairw.ai

“Muhammad identified and responsibly disclosed a security issue on our website. Great communication, ethical mindset, and helpful recommendations.”

Recommended Muhammad Hammad
— Léandre Carpentier, CTO and Co-founder

Recommendation

Hassan Zili

“…he proactively reached out to alert our team about CVE-2025-55182, a critical 10.0 CVSS vulnerability affecting React Server Components. His timely intervention helped us take immediate action to secure our infrastructure.”

Recommended Muhammad Hammad
— Hassan Zili, Professor, CTO, AI and Software Architect

Recommendation

Andrey Chursov

“Muhammad found a security vulnerability on our website and proactively reported it to us, allowing us to fix it in a timely manner without compromising any of our data. That was a great catch!”

Recommended Muhammad Hammad
— Andrey Chursov

Recommendation

Katrina Mottee

“We appreciate Hammad ethically reporting a vulnerability on our website.”

Recommended Muhammad Hammad
— Katrina Mottee, Senior Lawyer and Strategic Business Partner

Recommendation

GoodLove

“Muhammad helped us by identifying and reporting a vulnerability on our website.”

Recommended Muhammad Hammad
— Joe Lovelock, Co-founder and Creative Partner

Recommendation

ZoogVPN

“Muhammad did a great job finding vulnerabilities on the websites. He was so kind to report them, and helped to fix and troubleshoot those problems.”

Recommended Muhammad Hammad
— Yaroslav Savenkov, Product Manager

Recommendation

Moises Corkidi

“Muhammad informed us of vulnerabilities.”

Recommended Muhammad Hammad
— Moises Corkidi, Senior Sales Executive, IT Administrator

Recommendation

Gerben Wartena

“Muhammad helped us track down a security issue and was thorough in his analysis.”

Recommended Muhammad Hammad
— Gerben Wartena, Managing Director, Operations Manager

Recommendation

PeteFinnigan.com

“I can recommend Muhammad and his company… who located a bug in our website and were very fair and helpful in disclosing this and helping with it.”

Recommended Muhammad Hammad
— Pete Finnigan, Founder and CEO

Recommendation

Faculty

“Muhammad showed amazing professionalism in his approach to his work and his communication. It was a pleasure working with him!”

Recommended Muhammad Hammad
— Sofiane Bébert, Engineering

Recommendation

Dynamic Applications

“Shiraz came up to me with a recommendation on how to repair the email authentication (DMARC TXT record) of the Dynamic Applications website.”

Recommended Shiraz Ali Khan
— Martin Bernhardt, Dynamic Applications | Business Model Calculations

Recommendation

Ellucian

“Shiraz participated in our Responsible Disclosure program. He responsibly reported his research and shared information that allowed us to quickly address the issue. His skills and professionalism are much appreciated.”

Recommended Shiraz Ali Khan
— Josh Sosnin, SVP and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Ellucian

Recommendation

Jo Barratt

“Shiraz helped us identify and address a potential security issue in our infrastructure, giving a clear report and suggesting remedy actions. The communication was extremely professional and respectful.”

Recommended Shiraz Ali Khan
— Jo Barratt, Audio maker

Recommendation

NORCE Research

“Shiraz helped discover security vulnerabilities and recommend remedial actions in a high traffic API. He is exceptionally knowledgeable and driven to deliver quality reporting and analysis of such vulnerabilities. Very impressed!”

Recommended Shiraz Ali Khan
— Miles Granger, Tech Lead, NORCE Research

Recommendation

Mandibhav

“Shiraz helped us to eliminate a security vulnerability on one of our systems.”

Recommended Shiraz Ali Khan
— Illia Herashchenko, Chief Technology Officer, Mandibhav

Recommendation

RedCircle

“Shiraz helped us to find and address a potential security vulnerability in our application. The report he sent to us was detailed, professional, and included clear steps to mitigate the issue.”

Recommended Shiraz Ali Khan
— Brian Margolis, Staff Software Development Engineer, RedCircle

Recommendation

Daniel Rumling

“Shiraz identified an issue with the security of our website domain. His instructions to fix this security issue were clear and very well explained. We are grateful for his help!”

Recommended Shiraz Ali Khan
— Daniel Rumling, Engineer

Recommendation

Buro26

“Shiraz Ali Khan noticed a security issue on a website which allowed us to fix this.”

Recommended Shiraz Ali Khan
— Jamie Youell, Web developer, Buro26

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