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$ cat /etc/passwd | grep ian
ian:x:1000:1000:security researcher,ctf player,os dev:/home/ian:/bin/zsh
- 🔴 Aspiring red teamer — binary exploitation, reversing, web, crypto, OSINT, blockchain
- 🏆 NSA Codebreaker Challenge 2025 — High Performer (~45 of 6,400+ participants)
- 🏴 picoCTF 2026 — 70/70 challenges solved · 14,500/14,500 pts
- 🛠 Building low-level tools instead of using off-the-shelf solutions
- 🖥 OS dev — custom x86_64 hybrid kernel [
zOs] with Limine, C/C++/ASM - 🦀 Currently building: debugary (modular x86_64 debugger) & WinTune (Rust/Tauri Windows optimizer)
[*] Binary Exploitation ████████████░ pwn, ROP, heap, format string
[*] Reverse Engineering ███████████░░ ELF, x86_64, custom bytecode, instrumentation
[*] Cryptography █████████░░░░ RSA, ECDSA, side-channel, stream ciphers
[*] Web Exploitation ████████░░░░░ SQLi, auth bypass, session attacks
[*] Blockchain ██████░░░░░░░ reentrancy, overflow, access control
[*] Forensics / DFIR ███████░░░░░░ disk, memory, git, timeline analysis
[*] OS / Low-Level Dev ███████████░░ kernels, bootloaders, FPGA, ptrace
"the lower the level, the closer to god"