About

Starknex is a cyber security company that specialises in Offensive Security capabilities and services. We also offer other cyber security services such as consulting and managed security services. We’re independent and we are based in Adelaide, South Australia.

Our mission is to leverage our deep understanding of offensive security tactics and techniques to build stronger, more resilient defences for our clients.

Starknex has a team of like-minded people with diverse domain expertise in cyber security that have over several years of experience and strategic partners to help support our capabilities.

We take care of clients nationally and internationally and currently working with clients in industries such as healthcare, government, emerging technology, education, transport and finance.

Our core values

At Starknex, we believe that the backbone of any thriving company lies in its core values. These principles guide our actions, decisions, and innovations, providing you with reliable and leading-edge cyber security solutions.

Creativity

Creativity is at the heart of our problem-solving ethos. We approach challenges with a fresh perspective, designing innovative solutions.

Integrity

We hold a firm commitment to integrity in every interaction; ensuring that your organisation is treated with the utmost honesty and transparency.

Innovation

Our pursuit of innovation is determined. We embrace new challenges and constantly seek to advance our technologies and strategies.

Quality

Quality is not just about meeting expectations; it's about exceeding them. Our commitment to quality protects your organisation, delivering peace of mind.

Meet our Founder & Director: Usayd Marikar

Usayd has years of experience in the offensive security field.
He has a proven track record of finding and reporting security vulnerabilities to tech giants, and most notably getting attention from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for hacking a trillion dollar corporation twice at only 13 years old from which transformed his path, leading to the creation of Starknex, a company founded on the principles of ethical hacking and red teaming activities, and dedicated to helping organisations strengthen their security posture and cyber security capabilities.

What makes Starknex Different?

Our approach to offensive security is what makes us different.
We are adverserial-focused: We think like a hacker and act like a hacker. We are the hackers.
Being creative, solving complex problems, thinking outside the box and strive to completing our objectives.

Through our security research, we have built and engineered covert offensive security hardware and software, developed custom tatics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) that an unknown Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) or a new threat actor from our threat intelligence would use in a real world cyber attack, and are usually hard to detect, providing a more realistic threat actor approach in our cyber and physical offensive security engagements.

Starknex also does red team vs blue team activities internally to "dogfood"/test our own offensive security tools and tactics & techniques in our own environment, facilities and networks while improving our own internal security, and before we use them on our clients .

We’re tight lipped on some of our research and development ¯\_(ツ)_/¯