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 - October 2025
ISC2 Cleveland Chapter October MeetupCome join us for our meetup! The ISC2 Cleveland Chapter is hosting an exciting in-person event for all cybersecurity…
InfoSecWorld 2025
TrustedSec is proud to sponsor and hold a workshop at this year's InfoSec World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Make sure to visit our booth if you'll be there!
InfoSec World Workshop - Adversary Tactics and Threat Hunting
This immersive workshop will train you to simulate attacks, hunt threats, and build detections using manual, automated, and AI-driven methods across network…
SAINTCON 2025
We are proud to sponsor and have a booth at this year's SAINTCON!
Incident Response: Lessons From the Front Lines
IR Practice Lead Carlos Perez will draw from recent, anonymized investigations to expose the most devastating failure patterns our Incident Response team has…
Wild West Hackin' Fest 2025
We are excited to return to Wild West Hackin' Fest this year!
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