Contributors

About the author

Adrian Pruteanu is an accomplished security consultant and researcher working primarily in the offensive security space. In his career of over 10 years, he has gone through countless penetration testing engagements, red team exercises, and application security assessments. He routinely works with Fortune 500 companies, helping them secure their systems by identifying vulnerabilities or reversing malware samples. Adrian likes to keep up with his certifications as well, and holds several of them, including CISSP, OSCE, OSCP, GXPN, GREM, and a bunch of Microsoft titles as well. As a certified trainer for Microsoft, he has also delivered custom training in the past to various clients.

In his spare time, Adrian likes to develop new tools and software to aide with penetration testing efforts or just to keep users safe online. He may occasionally go after a bug bounty or two, and he likes to spend time researching and (responsibly) disclosing vulnerabilities.

"I would like to thank my always amazing wife, whose unwavering support and understanding helped write this book. Life tends to get busy when you're researching and writing on top of everything else, but her constant encouragement pushed me every day

A special thank you to my family and friends for their support and mentorship, as well. I also thank my parents, in particular, for bringing home that Siemens PC and showing me BASIC, igniting my love for computers at a young age. They've always nurtured my obsession with technology, and for that I am forever grateful."