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Find the breach
before attackers do.
Samit Hota is a security expert and advisor working at the intersection of offensive engineering and business risk — helping founders, security leaders, and engineering teams close the gaps that scanners miss.
$ whoami
samit_hota · security researcher & advisor
$ ./scan --target=your-stack.io
scanning surface area...
[!] 3 exploitable misconfigurations found
[+] cloud IAM over-permissioning
[+] unauthenticated internal API
[+] stale third-party dependency (CVE)
$ ./fix --with=advisory
access hardened. risk posture: green
Trusted by security-conscious teams
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Years in Security
80+
Engagements Delivered
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Public CVEs & Advisories
5
Fortune 500 / Unicorn Clients
About
Security that survives contact with real attackers.
I spend my time thinking like the people trying to break in — because that's the only way to build something that actually holds up. My background spans defensive Security Operations Center work, hands-on incident response, and offensive penetration testing and bug hunting, with a track record of mapping critical risk vectors and driving audit-ready security programs across complex digital infrastructure.
Beyond hands-on execution, I'm committed to security education and knowledge-sharing — publishing technical guides, vulnerability advisories, and threat actor breakdowns to help engineering teams and the wider security community stay ahead of real-world adversaries. I also keep a close eye on emerging technology and full-stack systems architecture, and advise founders and security leaders on building security into their business from the ground up.
Explore advisory servicesWhat I do
Four ways I help teams get ahead of risk
Offensive Security Assessments
Red team simulations, penetration testing, and adversarial emulation that mirror how real attackers actually operate — not a checkbox scan.
Cloud & Infrastructure Hardening
Architecture reviews and hardening programs across AWS, GCP, and Azure — closing the gaps between "compliant" and "actually secure."
Strategic Security Advisory
Fractional CISO-style guidance for founders and leadership teams — threat modeling, board reporting, and building security into the roadmap.
Incident Readiness & Response
Tabletop exercises, IR playbooks, and hands-on support when things go wrong — built before the breach, not after.
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Understanding AWS iam:PassRole Misconfigurations and How SCPs Block Privilege Escalation
Learn how AWS iam:PassRole misconfigurations lead to privilege escalation and how to block them using permission boundaries and SCPs.
Sep 19, 2026Threat IntelligenceWriting YARA Rules That Last: Matching Families, Not Hashes
Stop writing YARA rules that break on the next build. Learn to find durable code constants and test against goodware to catch entire malware families.
Sep 18, 2026Threat IntelligenceTracing Phishing Origins: Raw Email Header Analysis and Indicator Extraction
Learn how to read bottom-up Received chains, spot SPF/DKIM alignment tricks, and turn raw email headers into actionable block rules.
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