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I’m a cybersecurity professional focused on penetration testing, currently working as a Systems Engineer and Cybersecurity Analyst in the Philadelphia area. I have over five years of hands-on IT experience, and my background in Philosophy from Temple University shapes how I approach security; analytically, methodically, and with an attacker’s mindset. I hold certifications including PNPT (Practical Network Penetration Tester), eJPT (Junior Penetration Tester), CompTIA Security+, Network+, and A+, and I’m currently working toward the OSCP and CPTS. My practical security work spans 100+ solved Hack The Box machines and 525+ completed TryHackMe rooms. Along the way I’ve gotten hands-on with every stage of an engagement, from reconnaissance and enumeration through web, network, and binary exploitation, privilege escalation, lateral movement, pivoting, and post-exploitation, across Linux, Windows, and Active Directory environments.
I’m driven by curiosity and continuous learning, and I’m especially interested in understanding how systems break so they can be better secured. My goal is to apply offensive security skills to identify real-world vulnerabilities and help organizations strengthen their defenses.
This site will serve as a living record of my work and growth in cybersecurity, sharing achievements, penetration testing write-ups, and occasional random thoughts I find fascinating.
Latest posts
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Friendzone writeup
FriendZone writeup Box name: FriendZone Difficulty: Easy OS: Linux Overview: FriendZone is an easy difficulty Linux box which needs fair amount enumeration. By doing a…
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Orion writeup
Orion writeup Box name: Orion Difficulty: Very Easy OS: Linux Overview: Orion is a very easy Linux machine that features CSRF Validation Bypass and exploration…
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LaCasaDePapel writeup
LaCasaDePapel writeup Box name: LaCasaDePapel Difficulty: Easy OS: Linux Overview: LaCasaDePapel is an easy difficulty Linux box, which is running a backdoored vsftpd server. The…
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Safe writeup
Safe writeup Box name: Safe Difficulty: Easy OS: Linux Overview: Safe is an Easy difficulty Linux VM with a vulnerable service running on a port.…
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Bounty writeup
Bounty writeup Box name: Bounty Difficulty: Easy OS: Windows Overview: Bounty is an easy to medium difficulty machine, which features an interesting technique to bypass…
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Networked writeup
Networked writeup Box name: Networked Difficulty: Easy OS: Linux Overview: Networked is an Easy difficulty Linux box vulnerable to file upload bypass, leading to code…
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Scrambled writeup
Scrambled writeup Box name: Scrambled Difficulty: Medium OS: Windows Overview: Scrambled is a medium Windows Active Directory machine. Enumerating the website hosted on the remote…
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Irked writeup
Irked writeup Box name: Irked Difficulty: Easy OS: Linux Overview: Irked is a pretty simple and straight-forward box which requires basic enumeration skills. It shows…
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Backdoor writeup
Backdoor writeup Box name: Backdoor Difficulty: Easy OS: Linux Overview: Backdoor is an easy difficulty Linux machine which is hosting a WordPress blog with an…
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Poison Writeup
Poison writeup Box name: Poison Difficulty: Medium OS: FreeBSD Overview: Poison is a fairly easy machine which focuses mainly on log poisoning and port forwarding/tunneling.…
