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Cybersecurity Researcher · Ethical Hacker · Builder

18-year-old self-taught security enthusiast. I break things on purpose, I build tools that help, and I'm preparing for JEE 2026 alongside it all. India. IST.

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Status Open to work Freelance · Internship
Based in India Fluent · English, Hindi
Bhavya Sharma

Bhavya Sharma

@bhavyavashisth

18 · Student · Security researcher

1+ yr
on Kali Linux
3
public projects
$25+
freelance earned

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From a Windows 7 kid to a security enthusiast

A short version of how I got here. Full story on the About page.

2020, COVID, locked in with a 2 GB HP Pavilion running Windows 7. I was struggling with it when a YouTube video introduced me to Linux Mint — installed it hoping to break the laptop and get a new one. It was snappy. I felt like a software engineer. I started playing with the terminal, called myself a hacker, got obsessed with how websites actually work (turns out Inspect Element deletes login popups — that trick changed everything).

At 15, sister handed me a MacBook Air (2016) and I started with HTML. Built dumb websites. Then the thought hit: if I can make it, I can break it. At 16½, I got into Kali Linux — and the rest is just shipping one small project after another.

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Skills & tools

Languages

C C++ Python HTML CSS

Security

Kali Linux Nmap Burp Suite Wireshark Metasploit John Hydra

Exploring

Web Pentesting Network Forensics OSINT Reverse Engineering

Selected work

Things I've built and shipped to GitHub.

Open Source Contributions

-- contributions in the last year
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What I'm doing

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JEE 2026

Preparing for JEE 2026 alongside learning and building. Engineering entrance + security self-study, both in parallel.

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Graduating 2031

Currently in school. Engineering batch of '31.

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TryHackMe

Neophyte rank. Cleared the intro rooms (Offensive & Defensive Security). Climbing the ladder, one box at a time.

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Freelancing

Made $25+ doing freelance security / dev work. Building a track record, updating the number as it grows.

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Languages

Fluent in English & Hindi. Comfortable with international teams and Indian clients alike.

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Open to work

Internships and freelance work. Send a brief to bhavayavashisth@gmail.com.

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