Abdallah Abughallous

๐Ÿ“ง abd.moh9999@yahoo.com ๐ŸŽ“ Google Scholar ๐Ÿ’ป GitHub ๐Ÿ”— LinkedIn

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Computer Networks & Cybersecurity graduate with hands-on experience in network security, penetration testing, SOC analysis, IDS/IPS deployment, and AI-powered security solutions. Former trainee at Jordan's National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) and author of the IEEE paper "SemGuard: A Triple-Anchor Semantic Security Gateway for Multilingual Prompt Attack Detection in Large Language Models" (IEEE AEECT 2026, IEEE Xplore). Passionate about AI/LLM security, cyber defense, and adversarial machine learning research.

PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH

[ IEEE AEECT 2026 ] ยท IEEE Xplore : DOI: 10.1109/AEECT69724.2026.11657880

SemGuard: A Triple-Anchor Semantic Security Gateway for Multilingual Prompt Attack Detection in Large Language Models

Authors: Abdullah M. Abughallous, Dr. Somia Abufakher

Introduced the first Triple-Anchor Semantic Threat Modeling framework for explainable, multilingual LLM prompt-attack detection, covering Arabic, Arabizi, and English. Built the first formally validated Arabic LLM Security Dataset (807 samples across 7 threat categories) using GPT-4o, Grok-4, and Llama 3.3 70B as independent judges, achieving a Fleiss' ฮบ of 0.839.

0.989 Mean F1
0.991 Recall
0.992 F1 (Arabic)
807 Dataset Samples

Keywords: LLM Security ยท Prompt Injection ยท AI Security ยท Arabic NLP ยท Explainable AI

Cite View on Hugging Face GitHub
[ PREPRINT ] ยท Zenodo : DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22302105

Impersonation Ambiguity as a Security Signal: A Quantitative Framework for Role-Play vs. Malicious Impersonation Detection in Large Language Models

Authors: Abdallah M. Abughallous

Reframed the high inter-judge disagreement on LLM impersonation (98.2% in SemGuard) as a quantitative security signal rather than annotation noise. Introduced the Impersonation Ambiguity Index (IAI) to score inputs across four independent axes: Target Realism, Deceptive Intent, Consent/Context Boundedness, and Downstream Actionability, operationalized as an uncertainty-aware anchor for semantic gateways.

98.2% Disagreement Signal
4 Evaluation Axes
0.650 ฮบ (Deceptive Intent)
IAI Ambiguity Index

Keywords: LLM Security ยท Impersonation Detection ยท Role-Play Safety ยท Annotation Ambiguity ยท LLM-as-a-Judge

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SECURITY WRITE-UPS

AI Red Team vs Blue Team Lab: Autonomous Closed-Loop

A deep technical breakdown of building a fully autonomous security pipeline. How I engineered two AI agents (GPT-4o & GPT-5.2) to attack, analyze, patch code, and re-test a vulnerable application in under 2 minutes with zero human intervention.

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TrustGuard AI

AI-powered privacy policy analyzer built for Microsoft's Agents League Hackathon 2026 (Reasoning Agents track). Six specialized AI agents extract, reason, detect dark patterns, score readability, audit user rights, and benchmark policies against TikTok, Facebook & more โ€” covering GDPR/CCPA/PDPA/PIPEDA/LGPD/DPDPA. Built with Flask + Microsoft Foundry.

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LATEST ARTICLES

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ุงู‚ุฑุฃ ุงู„ู…ู‚ุงู„

How I Built a Phishing Detector Using Only Classical Algorithms

I built PhishGuard: a phishing detection system that catches these attacks using nothing but classical algorithms from my Algorithms course. No machine learning. No training data. No internet connection required.

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EXPERIENCE

SHAFAQ GAME DEV TEAM

GAME DEVELOPER & MANAGER (2025 - 2026)

  • Team Management in the main Game Dev section and in Social Media.
  • Expertly designed and optimized immersive environments, strategic layouts, and atmospheric worlds using Unreal Engine.
  • Collaborated with artists and developers to build narrative-aligned gameplay.
  • Strengthened problem-solving, team communication, and project coordination.

National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) โ€“ Jordan

Cybersecurity Trainee (Mar-2026 - May-2026)

  • Enrolled in the 200-hour national "Masar" cybersecurity field training program.
  • Gained hands-on experience in real-world cybersecurity operations within a governmental environment.
  • Hands-on: penetration testing, SOC monitoring, digital forensics, and vulnerability assessment.
  • Conducted Red/Blue/GRC exercises in controlled governmental lab environments.
  • Delivered a final capstone project containing a Red/Blue Team lab simulating real-world attack and defense.

OPEN-SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS

[ OWASP FIASSE ยท 2026 ] ยท MERGED PR #30

OWASP FIASSE โ€” Contributor

Contributed a merged pull request to the OWASP FIASSE project, adding 10 contrasting Python "With/Without" code examples covering SSEM attributes across Maintainability, Trustworthiness, and Reliability.

Translated SSEM security principles into practical secure/insecure implementation examples and closed OWASP FIASSE Issue #14.

View Merged PR OWASP FIASSE
[ GLOBAL AWESOME LISTS ยท 2026 ]

Open-Source Projects Featured in Global Awesome Lists

๐Ÿ“Š SemGuard โ€” Creator of the first Arabic LLM Security Dataset, featured in the global Awesome AI Security list.

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๐Ÿ”Ž ThreatLens โ€” Creator of an open-source threat intelligence CLI, officially featured in the global Awesome OSINT repository (27.5K+ โญ).

View Awesome OSINT

EDUCATION

B.Sc. COMPUTER NETWORK SYSTEMS

World Islamic Sciences and Education University (WISE), Jordan โ€” (2022 โ€“ 2026).

SKILLS

Security

Penetration Testing SOC Analysis IDS/IPS (Snort 3) MITRE ATT&CK OSINT Digital Forensics Wireshark, Nmap Threat Intelligence

Networking

OSPF, EIGRP, BGP VLANs, STP, QoS TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS GNS3, EVE-NG CISCO Packet Tracer

Programming

Python Bash / Shell Scripting SQL / MySQL Flask, FastAPI UI/UX Design Java / C++ HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Cloud & Operating Systems

Oracle Cloud (OCI) MS Azure Linux (Kali, Ubuntu, Parrot) Windows Server Splunk SIEM

AI & Machine Learning

AI Security LLM Security Prompt Injection Detection AI Agents / Multi-Agent Systems Prompt Engineering Explainable AI (XAI) Machine Learning Scientific Research

PROJECTS

SemGuard โ€” Multilingual LLM Security Gateway

First-of-its-kind semantic security gateway protecting LLMs against prompt attacks across Arabic, Arabizi, and English, built on a Triple-Anchor Semantic Threat Modeling framework. Companion research accepted and presented at IEEE AEECT 2026 (IEEE Xplore : DOI: 10.1109/AEECT69724.2026.11657880 ).

Hugging Face GitHub

Autonomous-Ai-Red-Blue-Lab

An autonomous, closed-loop multi-agent security lab using AutoGen, GPT-4o, and GPT-5.2 for automated Red Team exploitation and self-healing Blue Team code patching.

GitHub

Trustguard_AI

AI-powered privacy policy analyzer built for Microsoft's Agents League Hackathon 2026 (Reasoning Agents track). Six specialized AI agents extract, reason, detect dark patterns, score readability, audit user rights, and benchmark policies against TikTok, Facebook & more โ€” covering GDPR/CCPA/PDPA/PIPEDA/LGPD/DPDPA. Built with Flask + Microsoft Foundry.

GitHub

Red/Blue Team Security Lab

Full attack/defense lifecycle across a 3-VM lab: exploited and patched SQLi, XSS, OS Command Injection, and File Upload vulnerabilities. Deployed Splunk HEC for real-time log forwarding, custom detection queries, and incident response.

GitHub

ThreatLens v2.0 โ€” Multi-Source Threat Intel CLI

Officially featured in the "Awesome OSINT" repository (27.5K+ stars) as a recognized threat intelligence tool. Automates IOC enrichment (IP / Domain / Hash / CVE) across 6 APIs โ€” AbuseIPDB, VirusTotal, Shodan, OTX, URLScan, NVD โ€” with color-coded Excel, JSON, and CSV reports.

GitHub

Rased โ€” Crown Prince Award Participant

Developed the core computer vision system for "Rased," an automated road infrastructure monitoring app submitted for the Crown Prince Award. Trained a custom YOLOv11 model to detect road issues (e.g., potholes) and converted it to TFLite for real-time, low-resource mobile inference.

GitHub

Vulnerability Scanner

Python-based scanner for common web vulnerabilities.

GitHub

Enterprise Network Simulation (CCNA Labs)

Designed complex topologies simulating enterprise networks, configuring routing protocols (OSPF) and switching security.

Smart Campus CCNA Labs

Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS/NIPS) โ€” Snort 3

Deployed Snort 3 to monitor live network traffic with custom rules detecting and blocking real attack patterns.

GitHub (IDS) GitHub (IPS)

Medical Appointment System (SQL)

GitHub

Library System (SQL)

GitHub

CERTIFICATIONS

Cybersecurity Defense Analyst Pathway Exam (CDAP)
Masar Training Program 2026 (National Cyber Security Center NCSC)
Oracle Cloud Architect Associate 2025 (OCI)
Oracle Cloud Foundations Associate 2025 (OCI)
Oracle Cloud AI Foundations Associate 2025 (OCI)
Fortinet Certified Fundamentals Cybersecurity 2026 (FCF)
Fortinet Certified Associate Cybersecurity 2026 (FCA)
CCNA Curriculum Completed
Aspire Leaders Program 2026

ACHIEVEMENTS

๐Ÿ† IEEE CTF 2025 Finalist (OSINT ยท Forensics ยท Web)

๐Ÿ† Huawei ICT Competition โ€” National Qualifier, sole university representative

๐Ÿ† IEEE IJSPC โ€” 1st Place in AI Track & Best Research Paper Ambassador Award

๐Ÿ† AAU AI & Robotics โ€” Top 60 of 300+ finalists

๐Ÿ“„ IEEE AEECT 2026 โ€” Author of an IEEE Conference Paper


LANGUAGES

Arabic Native
English Advanced
Spanish Beginner

MEMBERSHIPS

IEEE Member

IEEE Young Professionals (YP) & IEEE Student Branch Alumni.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

IEEE WISE

Program Committee Member

  • Coordinated logistics, technical tracks, and scheduling for official IEEE events and competitions.
  • Collaborated with student leaders to enhance community engagement and support technical initiatives.

IEEE WISE

Technical Instructor โ€“ Game Development Workshop

  • Designed the curriculum and delivered a hands-on Game Development training course for 25 students.
  • Achieved an outstanding instructor satisfaction rating of 4.75/5.00 based on final student evaluations.

IEEE Jordan Section

IJSPC 2026 Ambassador - IEEE WISE Student Branch

  • Promoted the competition across academic communities, significantly increasing student participation.
  • Mentored and guided students on scientific research methodologies, academic writing, and effective research tools.
  • Curated and shared educational content, research topics, and resources to support students in developing their research papers.
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