Security researcher, journalist, and TV expert. Head of Research at Manifold Security. Malware analyst, threat intelligence researcher, and contributor to BleepingComputer, CSO Online, and 50+ global outlets.
Ax Sharma is a UK-based security researcher and journalist with over 10 years tracking malware campaigns, supply chain attacks, and cybercrime operations. His work spans everything from dissecting novel infostealer variants to investigating underground ransomware groups — with findings that have been picked up by broadcasters and journalists worldwide.
Currently Head of Research at Manifold Security, where he established and leads the R&D function — defining research strategy across AI supply chain integrity and agentic action-layer security, architecting detection pipelines for MCP servers and AI agent skills, designing multi-dimensional scoring frameworks for runtime risk from AI assets, and directing a specialised team of security researchers. Parallel contributor to BleepingComputer and CSO Online.
Previously Senior Security Researcher at Sonatype, where he published 700+ technical analyses on open source supply chain threats. Member of the British Association of Journalists and Canadian Association of Journalists. M.S. Computer Science, Georgia Tech.
Available for commentary, broadcast appearances, and keynotes — ax [at] axsharma.com
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