Mastodon (experimental): @ax@c.im | @axsharma@infosec.exchange 

Ax Sharma is an Indian-origin British security researcher and journalist known for malware analyses and cybercrime investigations. His work on tracing cyber scams, threats, and illicit cryptocurrency operations has frequently been featured by the BBC on TV, iPlayer, YouTube and radio. Most recently, Ax has appeared in six episodes of Channel 5’s “Scams: Don’t Get Caught Out!“, a prime-time TV series presented by British actor and presenter, Alexis Conran.

From analysing novel computer viruses including the CursedGrabber family and high profile software hijacking incidents to tracking malware campaigns, Ax’s expertise involves reverse engineering, open source software security, and threat intelligence monitoring.

Through responsible disclosure, he has previously exposed serious bugs and security vulnerabilities affecting national & global organisations like the HM Government, Yodel, U.S. DHS, P.F. Chang’s, Planet Fitness, Comcast/Arris, Ellucian, and the popular restaurant chain, Buca di Beppo.

In early 2018, Ax helped prevent a data breach at Georgia Tech by going public with a serious flaw that was left unpatched for over a year.

To consult Ax for your next big security project or for media source requests, drop him a note here.

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