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Recent Posts
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THEM?!CTF 2026 Writeup
Writeups for THEM?!CTF 2026 — CHIP-8 emulation, custom VMs, PE reverse engineering, Git forensics, and multi-layer crypto challenges solved by team HazyJane
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The Blog That Wouldn't Stay Built
Three platforms, one blog, and the things that broke along the way — a migration story from Jekyll to Ghost to Astro.
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Leveraging Agentic AI Harnesses for CTF Challenges
Agentic AI harnesses like Opencode are rapidly transforming development workflows, but how well do they perform in cybersecurity challenges? This post explores an experiment evaluating whether these tools can effectively assist in solving reverse engineering and CTF problems in a real-world setting.
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Industrial Intrusion CTF: OT CTF Challenge on TryHackMe
Investigating post-remediation anomalies at Virelia Water Control, we uncover a stealthy OT implant and face off against a live adversary in TryHackMe’s Industrial Intrusion red team CTF.
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Crack, Pivot, Pwn: My 2-Hour OSCP+ Blitz Through 10 Machines
Updated:From initial foothold to full domain compromise in under two hours, I share the methods, tools, and mindset that shaped my OSCP journey and turned pressure into precision. A must-read for OSCP hopefuls.
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Cyber Apocalypse CTF 2025: Tales from Eldoria
A deep dive into the Eldoria CTF—solving OSINT, AI, ML, reverse engineering, and web challenges. This writeup breaks down my approach, solutions, and lessons learned in the quest for the Dragon’s Heart.