Nadine Papas
Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary / Daily rate
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Cybersecurity professional with 20+ years in technology and recent specialized training in penetration testing and malware analysis. Proven expertise in compromising WordPress CTFs, reverse-engineering banking malware, and deploying IoT security solutions with ELK stack visualization. I deliver comprehensive security assessments and threat analysis to protect your digital assets.
Work experience
Project and Lab Experience
American University of Beirut
Sep 2024 - Present
2 years 2 months
Beirut, Lebanon
• Azure‑hosted WordPress CTF (2025): Compromised v4.9.26 blog (ports 21/22/80) via XML‑RPC brute‑force; escalated to root using ProFTPD mod_copy exploit; captured multi‑stage flags. • Banking Malware Analysis Lab (AUB, 2024): Reverse‑engineered obfuscated VBA macro, extracted C2 URLs, and wrote Snort signature to block traffic. • IoT Home‑Security Prototype: Deployed Raspberry Pi IDS with Zeek; logged and visualised alerts in ELK stack.
Technology Team Lead
Lycée Libanais Francophone Privé (LLFP)
Sep 2017 - Jul 2022
4 years 11 months
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Technology teacher for grade 10, grade 11 and grade 12 Subjects covered: algorithms, binary coding, data structure, computer architecture, web programming, operating systems, Database Administration and Introduction to IT Security Technology teacher (grades 6, 7, 8, 9) Subjects covered: Algorithmics and coding on Scratch, Home automation projects (coding of Groomy interface on Groomy SysML), Science projects – submarine, car, etc (using electrical components, recycling materials, etc), Robotics (programming Sphero robots coding on the tablets) 3D modeling (software Sketchup) and prototype, 3D printing (3D Object, Cura, 3D Ultimaker printer), Computer networks
BI & CRM Senior Analyst
Mashreqbank
Jan 2011 - Jan 2012
1 year 1 month
Skills: Data Science · PL/SQL · Computer Science · Analytics
Team Leader Business Analyst - T24, BPA, CRM
Banque Libano-Francaise
Jan 2004 - Jan 2011
7 years 1 month
Process Management and Business Intelligence Temenos T24 & Oracle BPA
CRM Solutions Specialist
Netways
Oct 2003 - Oct 2004
1 year 1 month
Skills: Interpersonal Skills · Web Applications · Business Requirements
Education
American University of Beirut
GRADUATE PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA
2024 - 2025
11 months
Université de Poitiers
DU- Teaching Computer Sciences in high school
2019 - 2020
1 year
New Horizons
IT Security - CEH certification
2011 - 2011
1 month
Saint Joseph University of Beirut
Master of Engineering - MEng
1998 - 2003
5 years 1 month
Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour
1985 - 1998
13 years 1 month