Taha Biyikli

Taha Biyikli is an accomplished offensive security researcher with a proven track record of identifying and disclosing vulnerabilities to major organizations, including Apple, Nvidia, BBC, Department of Defense, Stanford, and AT&T. His expertise extends to bug bounty programs, having worked as an Offensive Security Researcher at HackerOne. tahabiyikli+1

As the Co-Founder and CEO of Alkonos, a stealth startup, Taha is pioneering AI solutions for complex vulnerability detection. His work involves training reinforcement learning agents to discover logic-based vulnerabilities in black-box settings, as evidenced by his upcoming talk at Security BSides Las Vegas 2025. pretalx+1

Currently pursuing a Computer Science degree at Carnegie Mellon University, Taha specializes in computer security. He is an active member of CMU's hacking team, PPP, where he focuses on web and embedded systems, and has participated in prestigious competitions like MITRE's Embedded CTF. tahabiyikli+1

Taha's skills are deeply rooted in practical experience, gained through Capture The Flag (CTF) competitions and reverse-engineering. He is particularly interested in developing robust fuzzers with effective oracles to minimize false positive rates in vulnerability detection. tahabiyikli