Experience

Experience

Work Experience

InTheCyber Group

Red Team Operator | Penetration Tester
Milan, Italy · Nov 2023 – Present
As part of the Red Team, I conduct adversary simulation and security assessments, covering both red teaming and penetration testing activities.

Red Teaming:
  • Reconnaissance (OSINT)
  • Social Engineering (phishing, vishing)
  • Physical Security (badge cloning, access control bypass, covert implants for internal pivoting)
  • Active Directory & Network Exploitation (initial access, lateral movement, privilege escalation)
Penetration Testing:
  • Mobile & Web Application Security
  • Network & Infrastructure Security
  • Wireless Security

Communication Valley Reply

Red Team Operator | Penetration Tester
Milan, Italy · Sep 2019 – Nov 2023
Red Team Leader
Mar 2023 – Nov 2023
Led and presented security assessment activities, including red teaming and penetration testing of web, mobile, network, and IoT systems.
Red Team Operator | Penetration Tester
Jan 2021 – Mar 2023
Conducted penetration testing assessments across different security domains.

IoT Penetration Testing:
  • Hardware security analysis (PCB inspection, UART, SPI, I²C, JTAG/SWD)
  • Firmware extraction, reverse engineering, and debug interface analysis
  • Wireless and RF protocol security assessments (Wi-Fi, BLE, ZigBee, RFID, GSM/GPRS interception via SDR)
  • Custom protocol analysis and proprietary communication testing
IT Penetration Testing:
  • Mobile and Web Application Security
  • Network & Infrastructure Security
Security Analyst
Nov 2019 – Jan 2021
Worked in the SKY Italia security team, focusing on:
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Web Application Penetration Testing
  • Vulnerability Management (asset scanning, prioritization, remediation tracking)

Education

CyberChallenge.IT 2019

University of Perugia
Feb – Jun 2019
National cybersecurity training program with theoretical lessons and hands-on challenges (Crypto, Pwn, Web, Forensics, Reversing, Boot2Root).

Master's Degree in Computer Science Engineering

La Sapienza – University of Rome
2016 – 2019 · 110/110 with honors · Cyber Security
Thesis: "TrustyTerm 2.0: a Trusted Web-based SSH Client"
Secured an SSH-over-HTTPS Proxy architecture against data tampering on a compromised proxy by customizing OpenSSH and developing integrity verification tools.

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science Engineering

La Sapienza – University of Rome
2013 – 2016 · 103/110 · Computer Science
Thesis: "Fill Bill, an e-commerce application"
Developed a Ruby on Rails web application with social login and API integrations (Google, Twitter, Facebook, eBay, Amazon).