Welcome! This is a curated summary of my public GitHub repositories, organized by focus area. My work spans malware analysis, threat intelligence, digital forensics, AI in cybersecurity, and hands-on tooling.
🔬 Reverse engineering, behavior mapping, and threat tracking across prominent malware families:
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🔗 TrickBot-Analysis
Comprehensive research on TrickBot’s evolution from banking trojan to ransomware enabler. Includes ATT&CK mapping and reverse engineering. -
🛡️ LokiBot-Malware-Analysis
Static and behavioral analysis using FlareVM, REMnux, VirusTotal, and Hybrid Analysis. -
🧬 Static-Malware-Analysis
Labs on Emotet and keyloggers using VirusTotal, PEStudio, and MITRE ATT&CK. -
🌐 Malware-Network-Analysis
PCAP-based CryptoLocker and Word-Dropper analysis. Focus on HTTP/DNS/TLS artifacts. -
💣 Malware-Classification-Qilin
Comparative malware analysis with Qilin ransomware case study. -
🧠 Conti-Leak-Analysis
Threat actor profiling from leaked chat logs, C2 infrastructure, and playbook breakdown.
🧾 Forensic reports and breach simulations with focus on evidence recovery and response:
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🧰 Digital-Forensics-Labwork
Linux forensics with SleuthKit, E3, Auditd, cron logs, and artifact reconstruction. -
🚨 Cyber-Incident-Alert-Breach
Simulated university alert system breach: walkthrough of attacker actions and defensive response.
🤖 Research and tool development at the intersection of artificial intelligence and infosec:
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🧵 AI-Cybersecurity-Research
NIST AI RMF, OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, MITRE ATLAS, and ethical AI implications. -
🗂️ ResearchAI
NLP-powered tool for querying PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets, and URLs with Gemini API.
📋 Framework-based strategies for identifying and mitigating cyber risk:
- 🛠️ Cyber-Risk-Management-Plan
NIST 800-53 based risk identification, controls mapping, and mitigation planning.
🔧 Custom-built Python tools for network testing and security operations:
- 🧪 SimplePort
TCP port scanner with real-time output, timestamped logs, and customizable scanning range.
📘 Educational background and coursework in Cyber Operations:
- 🎓 course-highlights
Summary of B.S. in Cybersecurity (Utica University). Topics: AI, malware, OSINT, Python.
🌐 Personal references, favorite links, and portfolio root files:
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🧭 QuickResources
Continuously evolving index of cybersecurity tools and learning resources. -
📄 README
Overview README linking to the rest of this portfolio.
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