# Apurv Singh Gautam

> Threat researcher specializing in cybercrime intelligence, dark web OSINT, and finished threat intelligence using HUMINT, SOCMINT, and OSINT. Creator of Robin (AI-powered dark web OSINT), SANS FOR589 contributor, member of Curated Intel, and speaker at DEFCON, SANS, BSides, and RootCon.

## About
- Name: Apurv Singh Gautam
- Role: Threat Researcher (Security Analyst, Anti-Scraping at Meta)
- Focus: Cybercrime intelligence, dark web OSINT, threat intelligence, HUMINT/SOCMINT/OSINT
- Education: M.S. Cybersecurity, Georgia Institute of Technology; B.Tech IT, Symbiosis Institute of Technology
- Location: USA
- Website: https://apurvsinghgautam.me/

## Open-source projects
- Robin — AI-powered dark web OSINT investigation tool (LLM-driven). https://github.com/apurvsinghgautam/robin
- Dark Web OSINT Tools — curated list of OSINT tools for the dark web. https://github.com/apurvsinghgautam/dark-web-osint-tools
- HTTP Reverse Shell — DPI-dodging reverse shell in pure Python 3. https://github.com/apurvsinghgautam/HTTP-Reverse-Shell
- Crawl & Analyze Top 1M Domains — security-metrics research + subdomain enumeration. https://github.com/apurvsinghgautam/Crawl_Analyze_Top1_Million

## Selected talks & media
- NetworkChuck (2025) — Dark Web Expert Explains How He Infiltrates Cybercrime Forums
- DEFCON 33 Recon Village (2025) — Robin: The Archaeologist of the Dark Web
- SANS OSINT Summit (2021) — OSINT Tools for Diving Deep into the Dark Web

## Research
- Applying Threat Intelligence Metrics on the Dark Web Data
- Hacker Forum Exploit & Classification for Proactive Cyber Threat Intelligence
- Recent Trends in the Era of Cybercrime and the Measures to Control Them (book chapter)

## Profiles
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apurvsinghgautam/
- GitHub: https://github.com/apurvsinghgautam
- X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ASG_Sc0rpi0n
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KnvejewAAAAJ&hl=en
- Medium: https://medium.com/@apurvsinghgautam