Shadow Recon Playbook
A living checklist-driven workflow for approaching new targets: from DNS and subdomains to tech stack fingerprinting and endpoint mapping. Built around quiet, consistent discovery.
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I move quietly through attack surfaces, mapping what’s exposed,
what’s misconfigured, and what should never have been online.
All activity is performed in authorized, controlled environments,
focused on hardening real systems — not breaking the rules.
About
I am Banjara — a roaming mind focused on offensive security, bug bounty practice, and realistic attack surface analysis.
My work lives in the grey zone between how systems are designed to behave and how they behave when pushed. I build repeatable workflows: recon, mapping, probing, and reporting — always executed against authorized scopes, labs, and formal bug bounty programs.
This portfolio is not about a real-world profile. It’s about how I think, how I break things safely, and how I help reduce risk in the systems that run the world.
Toolkit
I map external attack surfaces before touching anything sensitive. From subdomains to forgotten endpoints, the goal is coverage, context, and clean notes — not noise.
I focus on the issues that actually hurt: auth flaws, access control mistakes, input handling, and logic bugs that sit behind “secure” UI flows.
I combine graphical tools with CLI utilities and custom notes to keep every run reproducible, documented, and ready to turn into a clean report.
Finding the bug is half the job. I practice writing reports that explain what happened, why it matters, and how to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Operations
A living checklist-driven workflow for approaching new targets: from DNS and subdomains to tech stack fingerprinting and endpoint mapping. Built around quiet, consistent discovery.
Hands-on practice against intentionally vulnerable apps and platform labs, focusing on chaining simple misconfigurations into meaningful impact — always in safe, controlled environments.
Conceptual design for a zero-log, end-to-end encrypted chat platform focused on anonymity, minimal metadata, and honest security limitations. Built with the mindset of “no unnecessary trust”.
Achievements
Building foundations through labs, buffer overflow basics, Linux/Windows privilege escalation, and note-taking geared toward OSCP-style reporting.
Regularly working through web security challenges to sharpen skills around XSS, auth flows, access control, and logic issues — always inside intentionally vulnerable environments.
Designing and refining a repeatable flow: target intake, recon, prioritization, safe testing, local logging, and report preparation focused on impact and clarity for program owners.
Contact
banjara@shadowchat.tech