About

About Me.

Cybersecurity student learning penetration testing, digital forensics, red team operations, and security tool creation. Based in Kathmandu.

Who I Am

I’m Shishir Ghimire — currently pursuing a BSc (Hons) in Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking at Softwarica College of IT & E-Commerce (affiliated with Coventry University, UK). My focus areas are penetration testing, digital forensics, red team operations, and building my own security tooling. Based in Kathmandu, Nepal.

I founded NetaNix CTF to design challenges for the community, publish writeups on Medium for everything I break, and ship the occasional production software project on the side.

Experience

Software Developer

IOS Nepal — Kathmandu

Designing and shipping billing and inventory management systems for retail clients. Lead developer on EPAL — deployed in production at IOS Nepal.

2025 — Present

Founder & Tournament Director

NetaNix CTF — netanixctf.xyz

Founded the platform. Hosting Capture The Flag tournaments across web exploitation, forensics, OSINT, and cryptography for the security community.

2025 — Present

Security Researcher & Writer

Independent — Medium

Publishing security research and CTF writeups on Medium covering HackTheBox machines, TryHackMe rooms, and exploitation techniques.

2024 — Present

BSc (Hons) Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking

Softwarica College of IT & E-Commerce — Affiliated with Coventry University, UK

Building academic depth in offensive security, ethical hacking, network defense, and digital forensics alongside my self-taught practical skills.

2024 — 2027

+2 in Computer Science

NIST — National School of Sciences, Kathmandu

Completed higher secondary in Computer Science — foundation in programming, mathematics, and computer systems.

2022 — 2024

Technical Skills

Penetration Testing75%
Web Exploitation78%
OSINT & Reconnaissance72%
Digital Forensics65%
Python & Security Tooling80%
Full-Stack Development70%
CTF Design85%

TryHackMe Profile

Active CTF player on TryHackMe as N3TANIX — currently ranked in the Top 1% globally. Live badge below.

N3TANIX — TryHackMe

Top 1% Global
6,756Points
236Rooms
32Badges
0xELevel
Profile: tryhackme.com/p/N3TANIX View Full Profile →

What I’m Doing Now

Continuing my degree at Coventry University, building software at IOS Nepal, designing new CTF challenges for NetaNix, and publishing writeups regularly on Medium.