Projects & Labs
Hands-on builds, broken down step by step.
Everything below was built in an isolated lab environment for learning purposes. The offensive projects exist so I can understand what defenders are looking at — each one ends with the detection side of the story.
- 2024
Python Email Automation
A Python tool that reads a contact list and sends personalised outreach email at scale, using an LLM to generate the body copy for each recipient.
- Python
- SMTP
- AI/LLM
- Automation
- 2023
Linux Backdoor — With a SOC Perspective
Built a persistent reverse-shell backdoor on a Linux host using named pipes and netcat, then flipped sides and analysed exactly what traces a SOC analyst would find in the logs.
- Linux
- Netcat
- Bash
- Blue Team
- Detection
- 2023
Ransomware From Scratch (Educational)
A working ransomware proof-of-concept written in Python with Fernet symmetric encryption, built and detonated entirely inside a disposable VM to understand how the real thing operates.
- Python
- Fernet
- Cryptography
- Malware Analysis