Mobile-First Security Research | AI Red Teaming | Open-Source Tooling
Destawell is a cybersecurity research brand founded by Niranj R. Mahaswar (Founder) and Shifana (Co-Founder).The brand operates at the intersection of Android penetration testing infrastructure, LLM safety validation, and automated mobile tooling. Primary environments include Termux, Kali NetHunter, and ARM64-based mobile red team deployments.
The Destawell research team identified a safety alignment bypass in Gemini 2.5 Pro related to CVE-2023-32233 — a Linux kernel race condition in nf_tables. Functional exploit primitives were generated by the model. Comparative testing showed refusal behaviors from Claude 3, GPT-4o, Llama 3, and GitHub Copilot.
- Disclosure: Google IssueTracker #889286
- Reported to: Google AI VRP
- Final determination: Marked out of scope
- Documentation status: Public
| Tool | Primary Function |
|---|---|
| Termux-fixer | Error resolution and environment stabilization |
| Kali-Termux-Pro | No-root Kali toolchain deployment on Android |
| Wraith-Scanner | Lightweight network discovery for mobile environments |
| Kali_Critic | Output stream analysis for Kali Linux |
All tools target Termux on Android ARM64 architectures.
- Niranj R. Mahaswar — Founder,Lead Security Researcher & Developer
- Shifana (Miyano) — Co-Founder & Brand Strategy
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Ethical Hacking — Cisco Networking Academy https://www.credly.com/badges/d89785d5-1f2f-47cc-9a18-3affeb6b9fe3/public_url
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Junior Cybersecurity Analyst — Cisco Networking Academy https://www.credly.com/badges/4bbc1734-3732-42ca-82af-84a56966dcce/public_url
- Research disclosures: research@destawell.io
- Community: community@destawell.io
- Official brand: @destawell_off on Instagram
- DEV.to: dev.to/destawell
- Hashnode: destawell.hashnode.dev
- Medium: medium.com/@destawell
- Quora: quora.com/profile/Destawell
- Instagram: @destawell_off