Rushikesh Bhalekar Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, Mh, In

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Analyze and monitor online platforms (social media, dark and deep web sources, open databases) for client’s intelligence cells and cyber fraud teams.• Utilize new sources of publicly available information to gathers and evaluates information about cyber criminals, organized crime, illicit activities, and data breach impacts and produce actionable intelligence reports for different clients.• Tracking ransomware groups, forums, and chats on dark and deep web sources on daily basis.• Monitoring phishing websites and finding the similar ones with the help of hash value and phishing kit on Virustotal.• Manually extracting and analyzing phish kits to collect information about threat actor.• Gathering and analyzing intelligence with the help of OSINT, HUMINT and IMINT.• Monitoring, analyzing, and interpreting foreign language-based data to produced detailed written analytical product using BLUF approach.• Providing actionable data and presenting intelligence reports in weekly client call.

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

I organized course materials, assignments, quizzes, and exams with the course instructor for the Digital Media Forensics course and the Investigating Online Crimes course. I also co-led lab sessions and office hours in the field of cybersecurity, providing career mentoring to students. In addition, I provided support in grading and lecturing.My accomplishments include:• I managed two simultaneous courses of up to 70-80 students each, improving lesson plans and adapting coursework to meet the needs of each student.

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

I detected various forms of malware and delivery methods, installing proactive measures to protect gigabytes of data. I also analyzed programs and software to identify threats, recording malware threats, locating systems to avoid issues, and classifying malware. Additionally, I managed google applications, leveraging source code analyzer and Wireshark to increase safety.Some of my key accomplishments include:• I optimized the analysis and reporting process of fraudulent activities on the company's Facebook and website, resulting in an 80% improvement in security.• I created a full-scale network of more than 1K malicious users in an I2 analyst notebook, leveraging data to document findings.• I led consultations with numerous clients on malicious users, removing over 75% of fraudulent users from the company website and improving cybersecurity.

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

1. Officiate Intramural contests and assist with pre and post-game logistics and administrative functions.2. Assist with preparation and inspection of the game site and Provide positive public relations, program promotion, and policy education to participants

Master Of Science - Ms, Cyber Security, 4.0/4.0

Activities and Societies: • Association of Indian Students, Treasurer • Men’s Club Volleyball Team

Bachelor Of Engineering, Information Technology