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Cybersecurity & Cloud Engineering student — aspiring penetration tester on the offensive security track. Building & breaking systems. Based in Tunisia.
aka Gl1tch HTB Academy · Penetration Tester path CTF player
Youssef Ben Chaouacha
whoami → gl1tch
// projects --featured
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BioScan
🏆 1ST PRIZE · BAL DES PROJETS 2026
Secure medical platform built by a team of 5 — dual pfSense firewalls across 7 segmented VLANs, BIND9, Samba AD, Grafana + Loki SIEM in GNS3, plus a FastAPI + React 18 app with JWT + 2FA, AES-256, ClamAV scanning, OCR anonymization and a reference-range analysis engine.
pfSense · GNS3 · FastAPI · PostgreSQL
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Fortify
OPEN SOURCE · v1.2.0
Open-source web-app security scanner in three working parts: a passive + active scanner (TLS, headers, sensitive paths, plus opt-in SQLi / XSS / path-traversal), a grounded AI analyzer that runs on a local LLM by default so scan data never leaves your machine, and a React + Tailwind operator console. FastAPI + SQLite backend; at v1.2.0 "The Keep" with a one-command Docker run.
Python · FastAPI · React · Ollama
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BaitWay
SOC PLATFORM · v1.0.1
SOC analyst platform that unifies two triage tasks in one dashboard — automated phishing-email analysis (headers, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, URLs, attachments, content in FR & EN) and multi-source IOC lookup (VirusTotal, AbuseIPDB, URLhaus, MalwareBazaar, WHOIS) — each returning an explainable 0–100 risk score and verdict, with any extracted indicator jumping straight to a lookup. Shipped (v1.0.1) with 55 tests in CI. Built with a teammate during a VadaSoft internship; I own the phishing module.
FastAPI · React · PostgreSQL · Docker
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A.D.A
LOCAL AI · IN DEVELOPMENT
A private, local, agentic voice assistant — say her name and she listens, thinks and acts. Speech-to-text, a local LLM (Ollama) and TTS run across your own devices, with a CPU fallback when the GPU laptop is away; no audio ever leaves your machines. Security-first: tools are allowlisted and every action needs your confirmation. Early build (Phase 0), named after Ada Lovelace.
Python · Pipecat · Ollama · FastMCP · Three.js
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MedLink
HEALTH PORTAL · TEAM OF 6
A secure health portal for patients, practitioners and administrative staff across three clinics — a Spring Boot + Keycloak API with a React dashboard. On a team of 6, I designed and built the authentication & authorization layer: a backend-for-frontend session model (no tokens ever reach the browser), an ownership guard, an append-only audit trail, an access-matrix test that fails the build on any unguarded route, and a privilege-escalation fix found via the threat model (staff held Keycloak admin rights) — all behind a DevSecOps CI/CD pipeline (CodeQL, OWASP dependency-check, gitleaks, Trivy, ZAP).
Java · Spring Boot · Keycloak · PostgreSQL · Docker
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eJPT
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PNPT
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OSCP
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Hands-on training via HTB Academy — Penetration Tester job-role path.
also in progress: CyberOps Associate (Cisco) · LPIC-1 (LPI)
EARNED CREDENTIALS & AWARDS
Premier Prix — Bal des Projets 2026
🏆 Premier Prix
1ST PLACE
Projet Intégré Cloud & Security — Bal des Projets 2026 (13ᵉ édition), team SKeySec
ESPRIM · Tunis · 09 Jun 2026
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Network Security
CISCO · VERIFIED
Device hardening, firewalls, IPS & VPNs — 70h, 45 hands-on labs on Cisco hardware & Packet Tracer
Firewalls IPS IPsec VPN AAA Cryptography Zone-Based FW
Cisco Networking Academy · 11 Jun 2026 · verify ↗
EnglishScore Core Skills CEFR C1 certificate
English · CEFR C1
568 · ADVANCED
EnglishScore Core Skills (British Council) — Grammar 547 · Vocab 579 · Reading 584 · Listening 561
British Council · 12 Jun 2025 · code 8fa546602b68 ↗
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// experience --log
INTERNSHIPS
VadaSoft · cybersecurity intern
Built Module A of BaitWay, a SOC phishing-analysis platform — .eml analysis engine (headers, URLs, attachments, content), token-auth FastAPI + PostgreSQL API, React triage UI, automated tests & CI
Jul–Aug 2026 · Monastir, Tunisia
ST2I · web dev intern
Full-stack app generating dynamic UIs from a reusable component library — modular architecture, agile R&D team
Jul–Aug 2025 · Tunisia
Mazoon Design & Software · web dev intern
Client-facing websites end-to-end — responsive front-ends in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap
Jun–Aug 2023 · Oman
Gl1tch CTF logo
CTF & COMPETITIONS
Polytechnique Sousse CTF · team Hunters
Cryptography, web security & reverse engineering — 5,420 team points, 2,062 scored solo
4TH PLACE
CyberSphere 7.0 · SecuriNets × Engineers Spark
National cybersecurity congress — tech talks, panels and CTF competitions (Beginner, Advanced & Speedrun)
Apr 2026 · Congress
Insight Hackathon · IEEE ESPRIT
Prototyped cybersecurity solutions to real-world problem statements in a team
Hackathon
CyberCamp 6.0 · INSAT
Intensive bootcamp — network security, intrusion testing, hardening, live attack-and-defense
Bootcamp
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INFRASTRUCTURE & NETWORK
GNS3 pfSense OpenvSwitch Kubernetes Ansible
OFFENSIVE & SECURITY
Kali Linux OpenSSL VirusTotal AbuseIPDB URLhaus MalwareBazaar
DEVELOPMENT
Python FastAPI React PostgreSQL .NET / ASP.NET MVC
LANGUAGES
Arabic — native French — C1 · TCF English — C1 · EnglishScore 568 Spanish — A2
// education
Lycée Zaouiet, Ksibet el Thrayet — Baccalauréat
Experimental Sciences track
ESPRIT, Tunis — Integrated prep cycle + 1st year engineering
2022–2025 · maths, CS, networks, software engineering
ESPRIM, Monastir — Cybersecurity & Cloud Computing
2025–present · 14.32/20 · Mention Bien · 59/60 ECTS
Cloud Integration Project 18.5 · CCNA Security 17.0 · ML for Cybersecurity 16.3
ESPRIM, Monastir — 5th year (final year)
Engineering cycle · Cybersecurity & Cloud Computing · incoming Fall 2026
// off_the_clock
Photography on a Canon 1300D. Train travel. Cooking, reading, and defending FC Barcelona opinions. Gaming on a Legion Pro 5.
// contact --open
github ↗ linkedin ↗ email ↗ cylab academy ↗
youssef.ben.chaouacha@gmail.com · Ain Zaghouan, Tunisia