Simon Robin

Welcome, dear reader!

I'm Simon Robin a.k.a. sljrobin. I'm an Information Security enthusiast. I like learning and understanding what's going on under the hood in the digital world around us. I mainly enjoy Web Security, starting with CTF challenges back in university and moving on to doing it with my daily job.

I was born in Bordeaux, France. I've studied Computer Science at the French Engineering school ESIEA and Information Security at Royal Holloway, University of London and Imperial College London.

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2022/05 - Passed the (ISC)²: CISSP certification
2020/12 - Passed the Amazon: AWS CCP certification
2020/09 - Senior Security Consultant at IOActive
2020/08 - Published CVE-2020-24055, CVE-2020-24056 and CVE-2020-24057
2020/08 - Published CVE-2020-24051, CVE-2020-24052, CVE-2020-24053 and CVE-2020-24054
2020/06 - Broke some CCTV cameras from Moog and Verint
2019/10 - Passed the CREST: CPSA certification
2018/10 - Passed the CREST: CRT certification
2017/10 - Passed the Offensive Security: OSCP certification
2017/09 - Security Consultant at IOActive
2017/04 - Passed the Offensive Security: OSWP certification
2016/09 - Associate Security Consultant at IOActive

Life after Graduation

2015/01 - Vulnerability Researcher at Thales Group (6-month internship)
2014/04 - Software Engineer at Airbus Defence and Space (4-month internship)
2013/07 - Speaker at ECCWS 2013
2012/09 - Security Researcher at ESIEA - Operational Cryptology and Virology lab (Part-time job)
2012/07 - Network Administrator at Aviva plc (1-month internship)

2021/04 - Followed the ‘Hacking and Securing Cloud Infrastructure’ Training from NotSoSecure
2019/09 - Followed the ‘Information Security Architect (ISA)’ Training from Daimler AG
2017/03 - Focused on Chromium JavaScript Bindings at Imperial College London - Postgraduate Research Semester
2016/09 - Graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London - MSc in Information Security
2015/09 - Graduated from the French Engineering school ESIEA - MSc in Computer Science
2014/07 - Followed the ‘Hacking Countermeasures’ Course from Charles Sturt University
2013/03 - Participated in the Erasmus Intensive Program ‘e-Discovery’
2012/07 - Followed the ‘Cisco CCNA - Levels 3 & 4’ Training from Glyndŵr University
2011/07 - Followed the ‘Cisco CCNA - Levels 1 & 2’ Training from Glyndŵr University
2010/09 - Passed the French Scientific Baccalauréat

2017/03 - Took up landscape photography as a new hobby
2006/03 - Started to play guitar
2004/09 - Studied classical music at Bordeaux Conservatory of Music
1996/11 - Began playing piano
1992/11 - Hello World!

I used to be a keen Capture The Flag (CTF) player, playing on solo challenges as well as with people in competitions.

As of 2018, I was Top ranked 400 in WeChall database.

I also used to play on CTFtime with my team, d0tslashpwn.

A non-exhaustive list of places I used to play:

I'm now learning new tips and tricks thanks to the Web Security Academy and VulnHub.

Besides Information Security, Photography is another big hobby of mine.

I'm mostly interested in landscape photography.

Over the years, I built a portfolio containing several galleries. It is accessible here. I am also an infrequent Instagram user.

Feel free to reach me for high-resolution pictures.