To learn more about low-level programming and NASM (Netwide Assembler), I created BasicBoot, a simple bootloader project. In this post, I’ll walk you through my process, the challenges I faced, and key snippets of code to show how it all works. Why Write a Bootloader? The ...

Let’s talk about Base64 encoding. Normally, this is the kind of thing you’d let a computer handle—you know, like literally every other human on the planet. But no, if you’re taking a college course on malware analysis (like me), you might find yourself in a Kafkaesque scenario...

I thought it would be a great idea for my first project to dive into the process of building an HTTP server from scratch using Python 3.12. I chose python as it is the language I am most familiar with, but am planning on doing this again in other languages, both to learn new l...

Welcome to my inaugural blog post. I decided to create this post as an opportunity to share my recent experiences and future plans with you. A Strong Start to the Year At the beginning of 2024, I landed an internship at State Street as a Cyber Defense Intern. This experience ...