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DeadPackets/README.md

Hi, I'm DeadPackets (Youssef Awad)!

Won "Best Emirati Startup" with CTFae @ GISEC UAE 2024
Head of Engineering @ CTFae · Full-stack, DevOps & security engineer who builds and ships with agentic AI · OSCP · Guinness World Record (largest CTF)

$> whoami

  • Head of Engineering & Co-Founder at CTFae
  • OSCP-certified. I ship AI and break it like an attacker (5+ years in offensive security)
  • DevOps enthusiast. I automate everything
  • Cybersecurity educator and community builder
  • Computer Engineering graduate (+ CS minor) from AUS
  • ⭐ Over my 10 years on GitHub, I have opened 151 issues, opened 158 PRs, pushed 6365 commits, created 43 repositories, contributed to 61 projects, gathered 87 stars across all my repos and gists

$> cat resume.txt

Period Company Role
2021 - Present CTFae Head of Engineering & Co-Founder
2022 - Dec 2025 Malcrove Senior Cyber Security Consultant
2019 - 2024 GDI.Foundation Volunteer

$> ls -la projects/

⚙️ Platform & Infrastructure
Private Challenge Deployment API
Provisions containerized CTF challenges to AWS ECS on demand and auto-scales. Ran the world's largest CTF at 10,000+ concurrent users (BlackHat MEA, Guinness World Record).
Python FastAPI AWS ECS
 Private CyberRanges
IaC platform that spins up multi-VM attack-defense environments across AWS and GCP.
Terraform Ansible Packer
Private Attack-Defense Checksystem
Real-time scoring for 100+ teams at once, with Celery workers and PgCat-pooled PostgreSQL.
Python Celery Redis
🤖 Agentic AI & LLMs
Private ProjectHailMary
Solo-operated agentic vulnerability finder. One orchestrator drives 60+ charter-bearing subagents through a validation gauntlet into a deterministic CLEAR / HOLD / REJECT verdict. 23 modules, 465+ tests.
Python
 Private LLM-AD-Defense
Autonomous SOC analyst on Gemini 2.5 Pro. It ingests Wazuh EDR alerts, reasons about the threat, and runs its own remediation, down to isolating a compromised Active Directory account.
Python FastAPI
Live LLMChessArena
Any LLM vs any LLM, Stockfish, or a human, over OpenRouter. Real-time WebSocket streaming, move-by-move Stockfish evals, and a live leaderboard. (code)
TypeScript React Vite
 Live BuzzerMinds
A live multiplayer trivia party game. Every question is LLM-generated and grounded against real sources via SearXNG, with fact cards and strict schemas to keep the AI honest.
Next.js Python FastAPI
Code PiCodeReview
Multi-tier agentic code reviewer on the Pi SDK: cheap-model hunters over-report, a frontier-model judge re-reads the code and prunes the false positives. A 30-minute take-home challenge.
TypeScript
📊 Data & Web
Live VisualizeAUS
20 years of my university's course data turned into an interactive exploration (Plotly + Quarto).
Python Jupyter
 Code AUSCrawl
The crawler behind it: pulls AUS's Banner registration system into a clean, analyzable dataset.
Python
Live DOSArchive
My dad's (Yasser Awad) old DOS programs, emulated so you can run them right in your browser.
Astro

$> cat skills.txt

🤖 Applied AI / LLMs
I build systems that use LLMs, not train them
Claude Gemini Codex OpenRouter
Multi-agent orchestration, RAG, evals & guardrails, prompt engineering.
🛡️ Security
OSCP · 5+ years offensive
OSCP (verify on Credly)
Penetration testing, red teaming, Active Directory, vulnerability assessment.
💬 Languages
Daily drivers
Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Bash
🎨 Frontend
Type-safe and modern
React, Next.js, Vite, Tailwind CSS
🔧 Backend & APIs
Async, typed, queue-driven
FastAPI, Express, Flask, PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, Nginx
Hono · Celery · Pydantic · SQLAlchemy
☁️ Cloud / DevOps
Ship it and automate it
Docker, Terraform, Ansible, AWS, GCP, GitHub Actions, Cloudflare

$> cat life.txt | grep "Achievements"

🏆 Awards & Recognition
  • [2024] 🏆 Guinness World Record for the largest CTF in the world with CTFae @ BlackHat MEA 2024 (link)
  • [2025] 🏆 Won "Best Community Engagement" with CTFae @ UAE CyberSecurity Awards 2025 (link)
  • [2024] 🏆 Won "Best Emirati Startup" with CTFae @ GISEC UAE 2024 (link)
  • [2024] 🏆 Became the Official CTF Partner for GISEC UAE (link)
  • [2021] 🏆 Awarded the "Outstanding CSE Student Talent Award" at AUS (link)
  • [2021] 🏆 Created & hosted the longest CTF in UAE with CTFae (link)
💻 Events Hosted with CTFae
  • [2025] Hosted the first ever Bug Bounty CTF @ DEFCON 33 (link)
  • [2025] Hosted the Dubai Cyber Security Challenge @ GITEX 2025 (link)
  • [2025] Hosted the Bahrain National CTF (link)
  • [2025] Hosted BSides Nashville CTF (2nd year) (link)
  • [2024] Hosted CTF @ GITEX GLOBAL showcasing Cyber Drill technology (link)
  • [2024] Hosted CTF for BSides Nashville (first USA CTF!) (link)
  • [2023] Hosted the ADQ CTF (link)
  • [2023] Hosted CTF for BlackHat Saudi Arabia (link)
  • [2023] Hosted CTF for GITEX Africa in Morocco (link)
  • [2023] Hosted CTF for HITB Amsterdam (link)
  • [2022] Hosted Dubai Police CTF (link)
  • [2022] Hosted CTF for the first BlackHat in Saudi Arabia (link)
  • [2022] Hosted CTF for Government of Thailand @ TBCERT (link)
  • [2021] Hosted the largest CTF in the Middle East @ AtHack (link)
  • [2021] Hosted jeopardy CTF @ HITB CyberWeek (link)
🎤 Speaking & Training
  • [2024] Gave CTFae's first Cyber Drill workshop @ HITB SecConf Thailand (link)
  • [2024] Talk about CTFae's story and success @ CPX CyberAlley (link)
  • [2021] 2-day training in Attack Defense CTFs @ HITB SECCONF (link_1) (link_2)
  • [2020] Demonstrated password stealing Windows attack @ GISEC (link)
  • [2019] Invited speaker @ DESC UAE
🥇 CTF Competition Wins
Year Place Competition
2021 🥇 1st The Hunt SOCathon @ GISEC (link)
2020 🥇 1st CyberKnight CTF (link)
2020 🥇 1st CyberTalents UAE Regional CTF (link)
2020 🥇 1st HITB Lockdown CTF (link)
2019 🥇 1st CyberBattle Of The Emirates (link)
2019 🥈 2nd HITB AI Challenge (link)
2019 🥉 3rd CyberTalents Arab Regional CTF (link)
2019 🥇 1st CyberTalents UAE Regional CTF (link)
2019 🥇 1st Dubai Police CTF (link)
2018 🥇 1st CyberQuest Attack & Defence (link)
2016 🥇 1st CyberQuest CTF (link)
2016 🥈 2nd NYU CSAW Forensics CTF (link)

$> git show stats

deadpackets GitHub contribution streak

$> spotify_cli --currently-playing

spotify-github-profile

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  1. AUSCrawl AUSCrawl Public

    A crawler for AUS' Banner Page. Probably a great tool for practicing data science and statistics.

    Python 3 3

  2. DOSArchive DOSArchive Public

    An archive of my Dad's (Yasser Awad) old DOS programs that you can interact with directly in your browser.

    Astro 1 1

  3. pwnbox pwnbox Public

    A Kali-based docker container pre-built with tools, ZSH, and SSH.

    Shell 14 8

  4. FaxMeMaybe FaxMeMaybe Public

    A TODO and reminder system that is way too over-engineered. Inspired by Laurie Hérault's article and Coding With Lewis' YouTube video.

    TypeScript 1

  5. HashSteal HashSteal Public

    The source code of the attack I demoed at GISEC 2019

    Shell

  6. LLMChessArena LLMChessArena Public

    An arena for making two LLMs compete against each other in a chess game with live commentary, move evaluation and more.

    TypeScript 2