About Me

Seif Arselan Ghanem

Computer science student in the engineering (superior) cycle at ESI Sidi Bel Abbès, highly motivated and passionate about technology and cybersecurity. Particularly interested in offensive security and problem solving, aiming to build strong technical and analytical skills through practical projects, competitions and online challenges.

Career Objective

Obtain internships or project opportunities in cybersecurity, systems and networks, or software development to gain hands-on experience, contribute to real-world technical challenges, and build a solid foundation for a career in penetration testing.

Skills

Languages

Python, Java, C, JavaScript, Bash

Systems

Linux (Parrot OS), Windows

Security Tools

Burp Suite, Nmap, Wireshark, Metasploit, Hashcat, Volatility

Hardware & Embedded

ESP32, Arduino, C++

CTF Competitions

Numidian CTF v1.0 June 2026

  • Finished 7th overall; 3 challenges solved (2× OSINT, 1× Misc).
  • Reached 10/12 stages of a multi-part forensics challenge.

IngeHack 5.0 CTF April 2026

  • Competed solving Misc challenges covering scripting/automation and OSINT.

Etcode Programming Competition

  • Competed in a team on algorithmic and time-constrained problem-solving tasks.

Alphabit CTF, breachlab.io & picoCTF

  • CTF events covering web exploitation (XSS, SQLi, command injection, prototype pollution), cryptography (RSA, Vigenère), forensics (PCAP, ARP covert channels, steganography), shellcoding, and OSINT.

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