What NanoTribe does

NanoTribe is the operating entity behind Secrash, a free cybersecurity community platform accessible at secrash.com. Per firmographics, NanoTribe is a private for-profit company founded in 2017 with 1–10 employees, listed in Berlin, Germany; Secrash itself was founded in 2022 (per its company profile), suggesting NanoTribe may have incubated or acquired the platform. Secrash serves ethical hackers, security researchers, penetration testers, and bug bounty hunters with a horizontal segmentation approach, addressing their need for free vulnerability-testing tools and educational material.

The platform delivers a web-based suite of security-testing utilities organized into three buckets: a "VA Tools Suite" (Admin Login Finder, DNS Log, HTTP Security Headers Checker, JavaScript Extractor, LoadBalancer Cookie Decoder, MD5 Cracker, Reverse IP, Subdomain Scanner, Webpack Scanner), an "XSS Tools Suite" (XSS Scanner, JSFuck encoder, XSS Cheat Sheet, Top XSS Payloads), and supplementary tools (CVSS v3.1 Calculator, OWASP Calculator, Steganography, plus a Chat GPT link). Underlying technology is a web-based cybersecurity community platform featuring a content management system for educational articles and lightweight server-side tooling for vulnerability assessment. The proprietary Secrash XSS Scanner is positioned as the flagship differentiator on domain specialization; integration breadth across the VA Tools suite is the secondary technical claim. Content covers OWASP Top 10 categories (XSS, SQL injection, SSRF, authentication failures, security misconfiguration) plus adjacent topics such as RCE, Cloudflare bypass techniques, and bug bounty methodology.

The business model is explicitly freemium with no pricing tiers, no paid plans, and no disclosed revenue stream. Acquisition is community-led through organic SEO on long-tail cybersecurity queries, blog-driven content marketing, and webinars. Customer segments are individual practitioners (ethical hackers, pentesters, bug bounty hunters); no enterprise logos, B2B contracts, or institutional customers are identified. Leadership comprises two co-founders, Berk Hülagü and Keykan Sönmez (Co-Founder & Studio Director). The company has no disclosed funding, no parent, no subsidiaries, no M&A activity, and is founder-operated.

Name

NanoTribe

Legal name

Secrash - Cyber Security Community

Website

https://secrash.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NanoTribe operates Secrash (secrash.com), a free cybersecurity community platform providing web-based vulnerability assessment and XSS testing tools plus educational content on OWASP Top 10 topics for ethical hackers, bug bounty hunters, and security researchers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Tools & Education

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Application Security Testing (SAST/DAST/IAST/SCA) (HDADACAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Vulnerability Management & Penetration Testing Services (BPAEADAD), Penetration Testing, Red Team & Ethical Hacking (EDAOAIAH), Cybersecurity Technical Skills (Security Engineering, SOC, Pen Testing) (EDABAFAF)

Keywords

• Cybersecurity education
• Security testing tools
• Bug bounty platform
• Vulnerability assessment
• Ethical hacking community

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Community Platform / Free Services: Secrash operates as a free cybersecurity community platform with no explicit revenue model disclosed. The platform provides tools, educational content, and community resources at no cost to users.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

NanoTribe operates Secrash, a free cybersecurity community platform that publishes educational content on web application vulnerabilities, bug bounty hunting, and penetration testing. The platform offers a suite of browser-based security testing tools, including an XSS vulnerability scanner, subdomain scanner, MD5 cracker, HTTP security headers checker, and CVSS/OWASP calculators, along with bug bounty writeups, vulnerability cheat sheets, and a Hall of Fame for contributing researchers.

Product overview

Secrash is a cybersecurity community website that provides educational content, security tools, and resources for ethical hackers and bug bounty hunters. The platform offers a suite of web-based security testing tools including XSS Scanner, Admin Login Finder, DNS Log, HTTP Security Headers Checker, JavaScript Extractor, LoadBalancer Cookie Decoder, MD5 Cracker, Reverse IP, Subdomain Scanner, Webpack Scanner, JSFuck encoder, XSS Cheat Sheet, Top XSS Payloads, CVSS v3.1 Calculator, OWASP Calculator, and Steganography tools. The platform also features educational blog posts covering topics like SQL injection, XSS attacks, bug bounty techniques, OWASP Top 10, and various cybersecurity career paths.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Secrash Website A web-based cybersecurity community website that hosts educational content, bug bounty writeups, penetration testing guides, and security tools for ethical hackers and security researchers.
• Secrash XSS Scanner A web application vulnerability scanner focused on detecting Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in web applications.
• Admin Login Finder A vulnerability assessment tool that discovers admin login pages on target websites.
• DNS Log A DNS logging tool used for security testing purposes.
• HTTP Security Headers Checker A tool that checks the implementation of HTTP security headers on websites.
• JavaScript Extractor A tool that extracts JavaScript code from web pages for security analysis.
• LoadBalancer Cookie Decoder A decoder tool for load balancer cookies used during security testing.
• MD5 Cracker A tool for cracking MD5 hashes during security testing and analysis.
• Reverse IP A tool that performs reverse IP lookups to discover other websites hosted on the same server.
• Subdomain Scanner A tool that discovers subdomains of a target domain for reconnaissance purposes.
• Webpack Scanner A tool that scans for Webpack-related vulnerabilities in web applications.
• JSFuck An XSS obfuscation tool that uses JSFuck encoding to bypass input filters.
• XSS Cheat Sheet A reference guide for XSS attack techniques and bypass methods.
• Top XSS Payloads A compilation of effective XSS payloads used for security testing.
• CVSS v3.1 Calculator A calculator tool for computing CVSS v3.1 base scores for vulnerabilities.
• OWASP Calculator A calculator tool for OWASP-related security metrics and risk scoring.
• Steganography An online tool for steganography analysis and encoding.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Bugcrowd: Bug bounty platform connecting security researchers with organizations running vulnerability disclosure programs. Secrash's Hall of Fame and Writeup Volunteer programs intersect with Bugcrowd's researcher-recognition model.
• Detectify: Crowd-sourced vulnerability scanning platform where security researchers contribute checks. Overlaps with Secrash's community-driven approach to web application security testing.
• Cybrary: Cybersecurity and IT skills training platform offering courses on penetration testing and ethical hacking. Competes with Secrash for the cybersecurity learner audience, though at a more structured course level.

Direct peers

• TryHackMe: Cybersecurity learning platform offering hands-on rooms, paths, and labs for ethical hacking and penetration testing skills. Targets the same audience of aspiring security researchers with structured educational content.
• Hack The Box: Platform for practicing ethical hacking and penetration testing through gamified challenges and labs. Competes for the same bug bounty and pen testing learner audience as Secrash.
• PentesterLab: Online platform providing exercises and courses on web application penetration testing and vulnerability exploitation. Targets similar security researchers seeking structured exploitation training.
• OWASP Foundation: Nonprofit that publishes OWASP Top 10 and provides free educational content, tools, and documentation on application security. Secrash mirrors OWASP's community-driven free resource model and covers overlapping OWASP Top 10 topics.

Broad incumbents

• PortSwigger: Creator of Burp Suite, the leading commercial web application security testing platform, and operator of the Web Security Academy, a major free educational resource. Direct overlap with Secrash's XSS focus and broader web app security testing toolset.
• Invicti (Netsparker): Enterprise web application security scanner including DAST capabilities for XSS and similar vulnerabilities. Represents the commercial-scale counterpart to Secrash's free XSS Scanner.
• HackerOne: Largest bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure platform with a global researcher community. Secrash's bug bounty educational content serves the same researcher community that HackerOne monetizes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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