Trịnh Quang Minh
Information Security Student — Web Pentesting & AI Security Research
Second-year Information Security student in UIT's Talent Program, focused on web application penetration testing. I train through CTFs and HackTheBox, research AI-assisted pentesting, and build offensive tooling in Python.
Academic
GPA 8.66/10 · Honors UIT
Certification
HTB Senior Web Pen Tester
CTF
🥉 picoCTF 2025 (nội bộ UIT)
English
IELTS 7.0
Experience
Researcher — AI Web Pentesting — University of Information Technology (UIT) · 09/2025 – Present
- Building an LLM agent harness for automated web pentesting (RAG + tool-calling).
- Designed the data layer that stores and retrieves attack context and findings.
Network Security Project — HTTP Request Smuggling — University of Information Technology (UIT) · 04/2026 – 06/2026
- Reimplemented the HDHunter approach: gray-box differential testing to detect request smuggling across proxies.
- Compared response bodies by SHA-256 hash instead of length.
- Classified coverage-fingerprint collisions by root cause (structural vs numeric-value divergence).
Research Intern — AI Pentesting — UIT – InSecLab · 06/2025 – 10/2025
- Helped design an AI-based pentesting system with multi-node scanning.
- Built the UI for driving the scanning tools.
Technical Skills
A comprehensive overview of my technical expertise in cybersecurity and development.
Web Security
Security Tools
Programming
Achievements & Badges
HACKTHEBOX · Completed
HTB Academy — Senior Web Penetration Tester
HACKTHEBOX · In Progress
HTB Academy — Web Penetration Tester
OTHER · UIT internal round
3rd place — picoCTF 2025 — 3rd Place (Team)
British Council / IDP
IELTS Academic 7.0 (Reading 8.0, Listening 8.0)
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