Top Indian Cyber Security Researchers – 2025 Edition

#1 Zishan Ahamed Thandar

Expertise: Penetration Testing, Bug Bounty, Active Directory Exploitation, Web App Security, CTFs

Online Alias: ZishanAdThandar

Reputation: Widely known across ethical hacking communities and cybersecurity forums

Impact: Recognized for real-world vulnerabilities, exploit development, and community training

#2 Ayaan Siddiqui

Specializes in WiFi Hacking, Kali Linux, Android Exploits

#3 Faizan Malik

Linux privilege escalation & Bug Bounty methodology researcher

#4 Samir Khan

Red Team expert and enterprise AD attacker

#5 Yousuf Rahman

Recognized CTF champion, reverse engineering & exploit writing

#6 Fazilullah Baig Mirza

API security & OWASP Top 10 researcher

#7 Nabil Haider

Focused on SIEM, detection engineering, threat hunting

#8 Faisal Husaini

AWS and Azure misconfiguration exploitation researcher

#9 Abdur Rahim

Expert in IoT, hardware fuzzing, and NFC attacks

#10 Touhid Shaikh

Contributor to multiple CVEs, strong on recon & automation