Nizam Abdallah is a freelance contractor, bug bounty hunter, and family man based in Australia who runs his own business, Binary Technology Labs, focusing on security, performance, and resilience testing. With 20 years of experience in software development and testing, he has been hunting bugs since 2017, with a focus on hardware and mobile application-centered programs. He has successfully found several vulnerabilities in Netgear devices, including a notable one that permits administrative users to execute arbitrary commands. Nizam's approach to bug bounty hunting involves focusing on specific programs that interest him rather than any program he has access to, and he spends around 20-30 hours per week hunting bugs. When not hunting bugs, he enjoys spending time with his family and playing video games. He recommends using books, blogs, and videos as resources for learning, but also emphasizes the importance of practicing what you've learned by setting up a test lab. Nizam advises new hackers to be patient and persistent, and to focus on understanding not only the application itself, but also the layers it's built upon, including frameworks, programming languages, operating systems, and hardware. He hunts with Bugcrowd due to its supportive team, continuous improvements to the researcher portal, and variety of programs.