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Hariharan M

Hariharan M

Cyber Threat Intel Analyst

Chennai, TamilNadu, IN, 600041
Tamil, English

Background


About

About

Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst with expertise in combating financial fraud, scams, and emerging threats through OSINT, social engineering, and threat analysis. Passionate about building cybersecurity solutions, I have developed tools to monitor threat actors, and automate intelligence gathering. Beyond security, I explore books, and investment strategies. Committed to continuous learning, I document my insights in Cryptic Grove, publish research on Medium, and develop projects that merge technology with cybersecurity.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Cyber Threat Intel AnalystSaptanglabs

    Jan, 2023 - Present

    Led cyber threat intelligence initiatives, leveraging automation and data analysis to identify fraud, disrupt malicious networks, and protect brands from impersonation and misuse.

    • Helped brands safeguard their reputation by detecting brand misuse and impersonation through cyber threat intelligence and fraud analysis, enabling proactive threat mitigation.

    • Developed a Python-based automation tool leveraging Selenium, MongoDB, and Celery to gather intelligence on threat actors operating fraudulent betting and investment sites. This solution enhanced threat detection efficiency by 75%.

    • Uncovered 99,000+ scammer data points and 2,000+ malicious ad domains, disrupting fraudulent networks and collaborating with government agencies for enforcement action.

    • Monitored Telegram and the Dark Web, producing 20+ actionable threat intelligence reports to aid in cybercrime prevention and mitigation.

Projects Experience

Projects Experience

  • SOC Notes Repository, TryHackMe

    Aug, 2024 - Aug, 20241 day

    Compiled detailed notes on TryHackMe's SOC Analyst exercises, organized for enhanced learning in Obsidian. This repository uses graphs, flowcharts, and tags to help CTI professionals and new learners visualize SOC concepts.

  • Recon-Eye

    Jun, 2023 - Jun, 20231 day

    Recon-Eye scans your domain's external assets (IPs, subdomains, DNS, ports) and captures screenshots of subdomains. This project is built with Python and Flask for the backend, and HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on the frontend.

  • Bash-Sys-Admin-Kit

    Oct, 2022 - Oct, 20221 day

    This all-in-one CLI tool simplifies system monitoring and file analysis, consolidating essential system commands. Built with Bash scripting, it integrates commands like lscpu, free, adduser, wc, and more into a single interface.

Skills

Skills

  • Open-Source Intelligence

    Social Engineering

    SOCMINT

    HUMINT

  • Threat Intelligence

    MITRE ATT&CK Framework

    MISP

    Elastic SIEM

    AlientVault OTX

  • Pentesting

    Burpsuite

    Wireshark

    Nmap

    Nikto

    John the Ripper

    Linux

    Metasploit

  • Programming

    C

    Python

    Java

    Bash

  • Communications

    Active Listening

    Empathy

    Storytelling

    Summarizing

Education

Education

  • Coimbatore, India, Bachelor of Technologies, Sri Eshwar College of Engineering

    Oct, 2021 - May, 2025

    Computer Science and Business Systems

Certificates

Certificates

  • Introduction to Cyber Security, CISCO

    Issued on: Sep 15, 2021

  • Certified in Cybersecurity Self-Paced Training, (ISC)²

    Issued on: Nov 01, 2022

  • Betrayal OSINT Training, Kase Scenarios

    Issued on: Oct 29, 2023

  • Cyber Threat Intelligence 101, ArcX

    Issued on: Oct 26, 2024

Awards

Awards

  • Rajya Puraskar Award , The Bharat Scouts & Guides

    Awarded on: Sep 01, 2019

Interests

Interests

  • Reading

    NovelsHistory
  • Sports

    BasketballRunning
References

References

  • Allwin N

    Hari also played a pivotal role in refining our fraud intelligence processes, identifying key areas for improvement and innovation. I highly recommend Hari for any role in cyber threat intelligence, fraud detection, or OSINT-driven investigations.