V3CN4 — Muhammad Arafat

A QUIET CORNER / A CURIOUS MIND

Red Team Operator Penetration Tester

I explore how systems trust, where they break,
and what the overlooked details reveal.

Explore my work Meet Arafat

OFFENSIVE SECURITY · ALWAYS LEARNING

02 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE HANDLE

A curious mind.
A purposeful approach.

Hi, I’m Arafat.
You may know me as V3CN4.

My work sits at the intersection of offensive security, investigation, and building useful tools.

I’m drawn to the details that others overlook: how systems trust each other, what an exposed service reveals, and how scattered information becomes a clearer picture.

My approach is simple. Observe carefully. Question assumptions. Build with purpose. Keep learning.

Muhammad Arafat ↗

CURRENT FOCUS

Understanding what
lies beneath.

Active Directory
Kerberos
ADCS
OSINT
Cobalt Strike
Python tooling

There is always
another layer
to understand.

A WORKING PHILOSOPHY

03 / BUILT WITH INTENTION

Selected work.

Small tools. Clear purpose.
A closer look at the systems around us.

PROJECT / 001

✧TRUST / VERIFIED?

LOOK CLOSER AT TRUST

ADCS Template
Scanner

Finding risky certificate templates and making Active Directory trust relationships easier to investigate.

PROJECT / 002

MAKE THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE

Attack Surface
Recon

Mapping exposed services and connecting external visibility with meaningful security context.

PROJECT / 003

EVERY SIGNAL TELLS A STORY

Modular OSINT
Framework

Connecting public signals across domains, records, and metadata into a more coherent investigation.

More experiments on GitHub ↗

04 / STEPS ALONG THE WAY

Progress, one
milestone at a time.

01

✧

ZERO-POINT SECURITY

Certified Red Team Operator

CRTO

↗ EARNED

02

✦

TCM SECURITY

Practical Network Penetration Tester

PNPT

↗ EARNED

03

✳

TRYHACKME

Practical Junior Penetration Tester

PT1

↗ EARNED

The learning is the part that never ends. ✦

05 / THOUGHTS FROM THE FIELD

A few fieldnotes.

Visit my journal ↗

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#medium-posts,#notes-status{display:none}Read the latest research on my Medium journal ↗.

06 / EVERY GOOD THING STARTS WITH A CONVERSATION

✦

Let’s make
a connection.

A thoughtful question, an interesting project,
or just a hello. My inbox is open.

Say hello ↗

05muhammadarafat@gmail.com

Finding a littlequiet.

V3CN4MuhammadArafat

A curious mind.A purposeful approach.

Hi, I’m Arafat.You may know me as V3CN4.

Understanding whatlies beneath.

Selected work.

ADCS Template Scanner

Attack Surface Recon

Modular OSINT Framework

Progress, onemilestone at a time.

Certified Red Team Operator

Practical Network Penetration Tester

Practical Junior Penetration Tester

A few fieldnotes.

Let’s makea connection.

Finding a little
quiet.

A curious mind.
A purposeful approach.

Hi, I’m Arafat.
You may know me as V3CN4.

Understanding what
lies beneath.

ADCS Template
Scanner

Attack Surface
Recon

Modular OSINT
Framework

Progress, one
milestone at a time.

Let’s make
a connection.