Nikhil "SamratAshok" Mittal
Summary
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RockstarNikhil Mittal is a founder and director leading Altered Security with 13 years of hands-on offensive security experience, specializing in red teaming, penetration testing and post-exploitation using PowerShell and Human Interface Devices. He created widely used open-source tools such as Nishang (offensive PowerShell) and Kautilya (HID toolkit), contributions that have become staples in red-team toolkits. A frequent speaker at DefCon, BlackHat and other top infosec conferences, he combines practical attack research with pragmatic defense strategies for global corporate clients. Nikhil also serves on select client red teams, runs trainings worldwide, and invests as an angel in security-adjacent startups, reflecting a blend of technical depth and entrepreneurial drive.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (13)
offensive-security10
powershell10
audit10
red10
penetration-testing10
auditing10
powershell-710
audit-logging10
command-execution10
code-auditing10
audittrail10
active-directory8
cryptography8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
samratashok/nishang
May 2014 - Jul 2021
Nishang - Offensive PowerShell for red team, penetration testing and offensive security.
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:3 releases, 310 commits, 21 PRs in 7 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Nikhil's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the Nishang framework for offensive PowerShell techniques, particularly around pen testing and red teaming activities. The changes involved adding and improving modules for tasks like keylogging, data exfiltration through various channels, and the creation of a web shell. Code modifications include adding features for persistence, bypass techniques for security measures (like AMSI), and improved command execution.
windowsoffensive-securitypowershellactivedirectoryred-team
samratashok/Deploy-Deception
Oct 2018 - Nov 2019
A PowerShell module to deploy active directory decoy objects.
Contributions:12 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
powershellpowershell-moduledirectorydecoyactive-directory
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