About
👨🏽💻 About Me (ka3n1x) - aka 0x4n6
I break things for a living. Sometimes I even get trophies for it.
Known in the cyber arenas as ka3n1x or 0x4n6, I captain M3V7R and Escadron (Benin), competed with ApeItek (Europe) and l3ak, and I’m currently the 2nd HackTheBox Ambassador in Benin. Epitech alumni, former president of Cybersec Epihack (retired undefeated, obviously), now specializing in Purple Team - because choosing between red and blue is for people who can’t multitask.
My day-to-day? Red Team, CTI, hardware hacking, and drawing things that have nothing to do with cybersecurity. I dismantle systems, analyze every gear, rebuild them my way, and occasionally pick locks faster than I find my keys.
🧠 Interests
Curiosity isn’t a trait, it’s a condition. I’m fascinated by how systems work - and obsessed with how they break.
Offensive security, reverse engineering, malware development, vulnerability research - these aren’t hobbies, they’re lifestyle choices with questionable sleep schedules. I explore attack vectors, test security perimeters, and map threat landscapes - not for destruction, but because someone has to find the holes before the bad guys do.
When I’m not staring at a disassembler or a packet capture, you’ll find me drawing, geeking out on hardware projects, or picking locks (legally, I promise).
I sharpen the blade on:
- Hack The Box
- BTLO
- Root Me
- HackRopoll
- CryptoHack
- Microcorruption
🏆 Notable CTF Accomplishments
Flags captured across Africa, Europe, and the international CTF circuit. Solo or with the squad - we don’t really do “participation awards.”
🥇 1st Place
- PICOCTF AFRICA 2025
- HACKERLAB 2024
- UMASSCTF 2024
- CYBERLYMPICS AFRICA 2023
🥈 2nd Place
- ECOWAS CTF 2026
- INTERPOL DSC CYBER GAME 2026
- PERFECT ROOT 2026
- ECOWAS CTF 2024
- JERSEYCTF 2024
- BUCKEYE CTF 2023
- BLUEHENS CTF 2023
🥉 3rd Place
- SUNSHINECTF 2023
- UOTCTF 2023
🏅 Top 4-15 Finishes
- EUROPEAN CYBERCUP 2024 - 2nd Place (Hardware)
- HACKERLAB 2023 - 4th Place
- WOLVCTF 2024 - 4th Place
- UTCTF 2024 - 5th Place
- SQUARE CTF 2023 - 7th Place
- EUROPEAN CYBERCUP 2023 - 7th Place (CTF)
- IRISCTF 2024 - 8th Place
- 0XL4UGH CTF 2024 - 10th Place
- HTB UNIVERSITY CTF 2022 - 13th Place
- HEROCTF 2024 - 14th Place
- CYBER APOCALYPSE 2024 (HTB) - 14th Place
The list keeps growing. Your scoreboard has been warned.
📰 They’re talking about me here 👇
- Found my first CVE : Waiting for CVE ID
- Aurel Azon, porte-etendard d’EPITECH Benin a l’European CyberCup
- M3V7R - Cyberlympics 2023, nouvel accomplissement
- Le Benin (M3V7R) remporte le 2e prix du Hackathon CEDEAO
- Bilan European Cybercup Lille
- HackDay CTF Qualifications
- HackerLab 2024
- Finale du HackerLab 2024 : Aurel Azon decroche le premier prix
- ApeItek decroche la 5e place de l’European CyberCup 2024
- Cloture du HackerLab 2024 : talents beninois recompenses
- HackerLab 2024 : le nombre d’ethical hackers beninois s’agrandit
- Escadron (Benin) finit 2e - ECOWAS Hackathon 2026
- ECOWAS Hackathon 2026 - MyJoyOnline
- ApeItek a l’European CyberCup 2023 - Video
🎓 Formation & certifications
Bachelor in Software Engineering - Epitech Technology, Benin. Survived the piscine, the projects, the sleepless nights, and came out the other side. Currently specializing in Purple Team - because offense without defense is just vandalism.
Certifications
- Maldev Certified - Maldev Academy
- CAPE (Certified Active Purple-team Expert) - HackTheBox
- CDSA (Certified Defensive Security Analyst) - HackTheBox
- CBBH (Certified Bug Bounty Hunter) - HackTheBox
- CPTS (Certified Penetration Tester Specialist) - HackTheBox
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Currently grinding:
- GCTI (GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence) - SANS/GIAC
- OSED (Offensive Security Exploit Developer) - OffSec
The cert collection never stops. Neither does the coffee.
🤝 Contact & collaborations
Got a challenge, a collab idea, or just want to argue about the best C2 framework? I’m in.