Hariharan M

Cyber Threat Intel Analyst

Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst with expertise in combating financial fraud, scams, and emerging threats through OSINT, social engineering, and threat analysis. Passionate about building cybersecurity solutions, I have developed tools to monitor threat actors, and automate intelligence gathering. Beyond security, I explore books, and investment strategies. Committed to continuous learning, I document my insights in Cryptic Grove, publish research on Medium, and develop projects that merge technology with cybersecurity.

Work

Cyber Threat Intel Analyst

– Present
IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Led cyber threat intelligence initiatives, leveraging automation and data analysis to identify fraud, disrupt malicious networks, and protect brands from impersonation and misuse.

  • Helped brands safeguard their reputation by detecting brand misuse and impersonation through cyber threat intelligence and fraud analysis, enabling proactive threat mitigation.

  • Developed a Python-based automation tool leveraging Selenium, MongoDB, and Celery to gather intelligence on threat actors operating fraudulent betting and investment sites. This solution enhanced threat detection efficiency by 75%.

  • Uncovered 99,000+ scammer data points and 2,000+ malicious ad domains, disrupting fraudulent networks and collaborating with government agencies for enforcement action.

  • Monitored Telegram and the Dark Web, producing 20+ actionable threat intelligence reports to aid in cybercrime prevention and mitigation.

Education

Sri Eshwar College of Engineering

Coimbatore, India

Bachelor of Technologies

Courses
  • Computer Science and Business Systems

Projects

SOC Notes Repository

at TryHackMe

Compiled detailed notes on TryHackMe's SOC Analyst exercises, organized for enhanced learning in Obsidian. This repository uses graphs, flowcharts, and tags to help CTI professionals and new learners visualize SOC concepts.

Recon-Eye

Recon-Eye scans your domain's external assets (IPs, subdomains, DNS, ports) and captures screenshots of subdomains. This project is built with Python and Flask for the backend, and HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on the frontend.

Bash-Sys-Admin-Kit

This all-in-one CLI tool simplifies system monitoring and file analysis, consolidating essential system commands. Built with Bash scripting, it integrates commands like lscpu, free, adduser, wc, and more into a single interface.

Awards

Rajya Puraskar Award

Awarded by The Bharat Scouts & Guides

Certificates

Introduction to Cyber Security

Issued by CISCO

Certified in Cybersecurity Self-Paced Training

Issued by (ISC)²

Betrayal OSINT Training

Issued by Kase Scenarios

Cyber Threat Intelligence 101

Issued by ArcX

Skills

Open-Source Intelligence

  • Social Engineering
  • SOCMINT
  • HUMINT

Threat Intelligence

  • MITRE ATT&CK Framework
  • MISP
  • Elastic SIEM
  • AlientVault OTX

Pentesting

  • Burpsuite
  • Wireshark
  • Nmap
  • Nikto
  • John the Ripper
  • Linux
  • Metasploit

Programming

  • C
  • Python
  • Java
  • Bash

Communications

  • Active Listening
  • Empathy
  • Storytelling
  • Summarizing

Languages

Tamil

Native Speaker

English

Full Professional

Interests

Reading

  • Novels
  • History

Sports

  • Basketball
  • Running

References

Hari also played a pivotal role in refining our fraud intelligence processes, identifying key areas for improvement and innovation. I highly recommend Hari for any role in cyber threat intelligence, fraud detection, or OSINT-driven investigations.

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