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Offensive security research. Web exploitation. Red team tradecraft.

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Centurion: Bring Your Own Execution Environment

June 2026 · Personal Blog

How we built a custom virtualized loader with its own ISA, PE loader, TLS stack, and software crypto coprocessor in about a week using LLM-assisted development — and what the BYOEE model means for offensive tooling.

Et Tu, Default Creds? Introducing Brutus for Modern Credential Testing

February 2026 · Praetorian Blog

Introducing Brutus, a multi-protocol credential testing tool for penetration testers and red teams. Covers default credential validation, SSH bad key testing, and pipeline integration with modern reconnaissance workflows.

Beyond the Last Mile: How Internet Routing Shapes Red Team Ops

August 2025 · Personal Blog

How Internet routing, peering relationships, and transit providers affect red team operations. Observations from tunneling traffic through web conferencing infrastructure.

Analyzing a Modern Linux Kernel Vulnerability (CVE-2023-0266)

April 2025 · Personal Blog

Deep dive into a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel sound subsystem exploited in the wild against Android devices.