Windows Security Engineering/Software Development, Vulnerability Analysis, Malware Analysis & Response, Reverse Engineering, Remote Infrastructure.
- Vulnerability Research: Windows Internals, Windows Kernel, Vulnerability Research, Zero-Day Research, Exploit Development, Crash Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, PVR, CVSS, CWE, Responsible Disclosure
- Windows Internals & Platform Security: Windows API, Win32/Native API, User/Kernel-Mode Debugging, PowerShell, Event Tracing for Windows (ETW), Active Directory (AD), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), Component Object Model (COM), Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF), Driver Verifier, Extended Page Tables (EPT)
- Reverse Engineering & Binary Analysis: IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, Radare2, WinDbg, Frida, Static Analysis, Dynamic Analysis, Disassembly, PE/ELF Analysis, x64 Debugging
- Malware Analysis & Response: Malware Analysis, Behavioral Analysis, Threat Analysis, Incident Response, Process & Memory Analysis, Sandbox Analysis
- Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE/EDR), Kaspersky Next Optimum (EDR), YARA, Sigma, MITRE ATT&CK®, KQL, Threat Hunting, Splunk, ELK
- Languages: C++, C, Rust, x64 Assembly, C#/.NET 9, Python, JavaScript, PowerShell, Batch (CMD), SQL, Three.js, KQL, WebGL
- Software Development: Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, Regression Testing, Visual Studio, VS Code, RustRover
- Secure Infrastructure: Internal Networks, RBAC, 2FA/MFA, SSO, Encrypted Data Handling, Rate Limiting, Reverse Proxy, CSRF & Session Management
- Virtualization & Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, LXD, libvirt/QEMU, Tailscale
- Linux: AIDE, Suricata,
strace,nftables, Cockpit - Cloud Security: AWS IAM, Hetzner, Vultr
- Networking: Cisco Packet Tracer, Fortinet, Windows Firewall, UFW, pfSense, Wireshark
- Security Frameworks: SOC 2, OWASP ASVS, NIST CSF 2.0
Certificate IV in Cyber Security · Harvard CS50x · CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+)
Contact:damon@ryftenius.com



