Welcome to the Blog: What to Expect

Why Another Security Blog?

This blog exists for one purpose: documenting original security research, methodology, and lessons learned from real-world testing (basically my fuck-ups that you can learn from).

If you're here for theoretical discussions or news aggregation, you're in the wrong place (better places exist on the internet for that than some random blogging website). If you want to see how to utilize Jugaad ("workaround," or "frugal innovation") to its best, then you are at the right place.

What You'll Find Here

Vulnerability Research

Whenever I have the motivation to do something interesting, I'll post my original findings from analysis of hardware/firmware, web application testing, network penetration testing, and infrastructure assessments.

CTF Writeups

Solutions to interesting challenges from competitions. Not every challenge, just the ones with techniques worth documenting, or ones where I achieve something.

Tools and Methodology

When I build something useful during research, I'll share it. When I develop a methodology that works, I'll document it.

Note: sometimes I'll explain how those "premium data lookup" or "admin access" services on forums actually work. Not exposing anyone specific, just demystifying the methods so you can make informed decisions about where your money goes.

What You Won't Find Here

• News aggregation: I'm not reposting CVE announcements or security news. There are better sources for that.
• Beginner tutorials: Plenty of resources exist for learning the basics.
• Paywalled content: Everything here is free. No premium tiers, no gated posts.

Background

Quick version: OSCP+, HTB CWES, eJPT, CWAP by Hacktify certified. Hacker rank on HackTheBox. Government internships at I4C (Ministry of Home Affairs) and NIC doing vulnerability assessments. Top 10 in TCS HackQuest Season 9. AIR 1 in SAMPDA IoT CTF. Pentathon 2025 finalist.

Full details are on anmolbakshi.com.

Currently: Systems Engineer (Associate) at TCS, and doing security research / exploiting systems whenever I'm not doing anything.

Contact

Questions, collaboration, or responsible disclosure coordination:

• Email: admin@anmolbakshi.com
• Website: anmolbakshi.com