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Introducing Destawell — Mobile-First Security Research & Open-Source Tooling

Introducing Destawell

Mobile-First Security Research | AI Red Teaming | Open-Source Tooling


Who We Are

I'm Niranj R. Mahaswar — Co-Founder & Lead Security Researcher at Destawell, alongside Shifana (Miyano) who leads brand strategy and community.

Destawell is a cybersecurity research brand focused on three core areas:

  1. Android Penetration Testing Infrastructure — Building tools for Termux, Kali NetHunter, and ARM64 mobile environments
  2. AI Red Teaming — Testing LLM safety alignment and responsible disclosure
  3. Open-Source Mobile Tooling — Automation-first solutions for security researchers

Why I Started Destawell

The gap between desktop security tooling and mobile environments is massive. Most Termux users struggle with broken dependencies, incomplete Kali deployments, and no clear path for no-root pentesting.

Destawell exists to close that gap.


What We've Built So Far

Tool What It Does
Termux-fixer Automated error resolution for common Termux issues
Kali-Termux-Pro No-root Kali toolchain deployment on Android
Wraith-Scanner Lightweight network discovery for mobile
Kali_Critic Real-time output analysis for Kali Linux

All tools target Android ARM64 and are open-source.


Featured Research

Recently identified a safety alignment bypass in Gemini 2.5 Pro related to CVE-2023-32233 — a Linux kernel race condition in nf_tables.

  • Gemini 2.5 Pro → Generated functional exploit primitives
  • Claude 3, GPT-4o, Llama 3, GitHub Copilot → All refused

Disclosure: Google IssueTracker #889286 / Google AI VRP

Status: Marked out of scope by Google — documentation public


Verified Credentials

  • Ethical Hacking — Cisco Networking Academy
  • Junior Cybersecurity Analyst — Cisco Networking Academy

Where To Find Us


What's Next

More tool releases, deeper LLM red teaming research, and expanding our mobile pentesting ecosystem.

If you're working on Android security, Termux automation, or AI safety — let's connect.

— Niranj, Destawell

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