Field notes on offensive security: red teaming, telecom, AI/LLM. https://avkodad.com/ 2026-05-20T10:14:00Z Denny Ismailov https://avkodad.com/about.html https://avkodad.com/assets/favicon.svg © Denny Ismailov https://avkodad.com/journal/recruiting-to-klarna.html 2026-05-20T10:14:00Z 2026-05-20T10:14:00Z

My Klarna recruiting loop: bank-license context, the screening, a CTF I scored max on with a recon-to-RCE-to-root chain, and a final round I left ten minutes in.

https://avkodad.com/journal/recruiting-to-mandiant.html 2026-05-13T11:08:00Z 2026-05-13T11:08:00Z

My recruitment experience at Mandiant. Two months, two recruiter sick leaves, multiple last-minute interview cancellations, and a senior architect replaced by someone from a different department.

https://avkodad.com/journal/recruiting-to-a-young-ai-company.html 2026-05-05T16:24:00Z 2026-05-05T16:24:00Z

Notes from a recruiting loop I bailed on. The screen, the CISO talk, what I learned about AI-native stacks, dev/security friction, and the interview question types I should have nailed.

https://avkodad.com/journal/80-20-active-directory.html 2026-04-21T13:18:00Z 2026-04-21T13:18:00Z

Assessing Active Directory in a day or two with free tools and a single domain user account: methodology, tools, TTPs, remediation, and where LLMs actually help.

https://avkodad.com/journal/hello-world.html 2026-04-09T09:42:00Z 2026-04-09T09:42:00Z

Ten years in security: pentesting, red teaming, IR, and AI security. This blog is where I write things down so I can find them later.