Monday, November 2, 2026
Illustrated portrait of Mika Tanaka
Vulnerabilities, Cloud & AI

Mika Tanaka “nullbyte”

Mika — "nullbyte" to anyone who has shared a CTF scoreboard with them — came up through bug bounties and red teams. They cover vulnerabilities, cloud and AI security, and like nothing more than walking through an exploit chain one primitive at a time until it stops being magic.

Mika always credits the researchers who found the bug, prefers a proof-of-concept to a press release, and thinks every defender should understand how the attack actually works.