EXPERIENCE
With over a decade of industry experience, Hans Lakhan has worked in both offensive and defensive roles. Before switching to red teaming, he spent 5 years working as a technical Security Analyst for a Fortune 500 telecommunications company, specializing in networking, firewalls, vulnerability management, and VPNs.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
- B.S. Bio-Medical Information Systems, University of Minnesota
- Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Hans occasionally presents at various conferences (Blackhat, DerbyCon) and contributes to several open source projects.
PASSION FOR SECURITY
While Hans enjoys tackling complex security challenges, his true passion stems from tearing apart systems (physical, digital, process flows, and more), in which the goal is to identify weaknesses and present remediation solutions.
Featured Blogs And Resources
Discover the blogs, analysis, webinars, and podcasts by this team member.
Recovering Randomly Generated Passwords
TrustedSec recovers 50-70% of randomly generated passwords by using hashcat mask files like masks_10.hcmask, reducing the need for brute-force attacks.
Injecting Rogue DNS Records Using DHCP
Understanding DHCP to Inject Rogue DNS Records via Spoofed MAC Addresses.
Azure Account Hijacking using mimikatz’s lsadump::setntlm
Senior security researcher Carlos Perez reveals a hybrid Office 365 attack method using Mimikatz to gain domain admin access and hijack user accounts,…
Password Recovery 101: Cracking More of Your List
Join VP of Consulting Services Martin Bos, Paul Burkeland, and Hans Lakhan for a webinar on password recovery tools and techniques, and gain an analytical…
ISC2 Cleveland Chapter Member Meeting - May 2025
ISC2 Cleveland Chapter May MeetupCome join us for our meetup! The ISC2 Cleveland Chapter is hosting an exciting in-person event for all cybersecurity…
Central Ohio ISSA InfoSec Summit 2025
Come visit us at our booth at COISSA! We are a proud sponsor of this event.
Attack and Defense: Hard-Won Insights From Purple Team Operations
Join Security Consultants Mike Spitzer, Zach Bevilacqua, and Travis Steadman to learn how to navigate what comes next after your Purple Team engagement.
NolaCon 2025
We are proud to sponsor and have a booth at this year's NolaCon!
NEO ISACA Annual General Meeting & Presentation
Founder and CEO David Kennedy and Advisory Solutions Director Alex Hamerstone will be speaking at the annual ISACA Northeast Ohio Chapter meeting in…
Security Noise - Episode 7.16
In this episode of Security Noise, we talk with Senior Research Analyst Alex Ball about his new open-source tool DIT Explorer. Watch it now to learn what it…
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