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šŸ‘‹ Hi, I’m Min-Gyoung Ban

Mingyoung Ban

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Both Min-Gyoung and Mina are good for me!

I’m an undergraduate researcher majoring in Smart Security & Data Protection and Privacy at Korea University, currently focusing on software security, supply chain security, and vulnerability detection.
I’m passionate about discovering and mitigating vulnerabilities in open-source software and contributing to the cybersecurity research community.


🧠 Research & Experience

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant, Software Security and Privacy Lab, Korea University
    Analyzing open-source projects to detect recurring vulnerabilities using static analysis.
    Reported several real-world security issues and developed automated vulnerability detection tools.

  • Cybersecurity Intern, Shinhan Bank
    Contributed to privacy policy improvement and data protection for banking applications with 10M+ users.

  • Research Aide (Exchange Program), SEFCOM Lab, Arizona State University
    Worked on phishing behavior analysis across browsers and OSs, and automated large-scale data collection.


🧩 Interests

  • Software Security
  • Vulnerability Detection
  • Bug Bounty
  • Privacy and Data Protection
  • CTF (Of course!)

šŸ† Highlights

  • Reported vulnerabilities to FFmpeg, Patchday, and WordPress plugins (CVE-2023-6941)
  • Finalist, HACKSIUM Busan 2025
  • Officer at WiCyS (Women in Cybersecurity) and member of KUICS, ASU Hacking Club

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