👋 Hi, I’m Min-Gyoung Ban

📄 Download CV (Google Drive)

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 projects and contributing to the cybersecurity research community.

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🧠 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.

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🧩 Interests

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

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🏆 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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💬 Contact

• 📧 Email: tara7004@korea.ac.kr
• 🔗 LinkedIn
• 💻 GitHub

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