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Atul Govind M E

Cybersecurity Researcher · Reverse Engineer · Low-Level Systems · CTF Player

ACADEMIC STANDING
CGPA: 8.95 / 10.0
PRIMARY FOCUS
ELF / Linux x86-64 RE
RESEARCH LABS
HTB Club & Satoshi Lab
INSTITUTION BASE
SRM IST, Kattankulathur
0x01 OVERVIEW & BIO

Computer Science (Cyber Security) undergraduate at SRM Institute of Science and Technology with focused foundations in systems programming, Linux internals, operating systems, computer networks, and secure software engineering.

Passionate about reverse engineering, binary analysis, and building deterministic low-level tools with an emphasis on memory safety, reliability, and security. Actively competing in national and international CTF competitions and conducting low-level systems research.

0x02 EDUCATION & ACADEMICS

B.Tech Computer Science (Cyber Security)

SRM Institute of Science and Technology · Kattankulathur

Academic Standing: CGPA: 8.95 / 10.0
Core Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Cryptography, Network Security, Object-Oriented Programming, Multithreading & Concurrency.

0x03 EXPERIENCE & LABS

Cybersecurity Team Member

Hack The Box Club · SRM IST
  • Designed and developed reverse engineering and binary exploitation challenges for campus workshops and technical CTF events.
  • Conducted static and dynamic binary analysis of Linux ELF executables utilizing GDB, Ghidra, and Binary Ninja.
  • Collaborated on exploit research, memory corruption mitigations, and low-level secure software engineering practices.

Research Member · Satoshi Lab

Next Tech Lab · SRM IST
  • Delivered technical deep-dive sessions on Linux internals, kernel interfaces, ptrace(2) mechanics, and low-level debugging.
  • Developed and evaluated systems programming prototypes and experimental binary tools in collaborative research sprints.
0x04 HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
NATIONAL FINALIST

IIT Bombay CTF — National Finals

Qualified as national finalist in competitive CTF hosted by IIT Bombay, tackling advanced reverse engineering, custom VM obfuscation, and binary exploitation.

GLOBAL 21ST PLACE

H7TEX CTF Finals

Placed 21st internationally out of hundreds of global teams, solving complex heap exploitation, binary cracking, and cryptographic protocols.

SELECTED

Smart India Hackathon — Internal Round

Selected in the highly competitive institutional internal round for innovative systems architecture and security engineering solutions.

0x05 TECHNICAL TOOLCHAIN

LANGUAGES

C C++ Java Python SQL Bash x86-64 ASM

SECURITY & RE

Reverse Engineering Binary Analysis Binary Exploitation ELF Internals Secure Code Auditing

TOOLS & DEBUGGERS

GDB / GEF Ghidra Binary Ninja Wireshark Docker Git

SYSTEMS & ARCH

Linux (Arch / Debian) POSIX / ptrace x86-64 Architecture Memory Management Syscall Interface

CORE CS

Data Structures Operating Systems Computer Networks Concurrency & Threads Cryptography
0x06 KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Custom Linux Debugger

C · ptrace(2) · ELF · x86-64

Built from scratch in C. Software breakpoint injection with int3, CPU register inspection via PTRACE_GETREGS, memory inspection/mutation, and single-step tracing.

Inspect Architecture →

Currently focused on deep Linux kernel internals, binary exploitation, and reverse engineering research. Open to research collaborations, CTF team invites, and systems engineering discussions.