A brief collation of my research and investigations from topics relating to CTF (Competitive Cybersecurity), academia, and projects. In no particular order.
Secure Communication (Advanced), a writeup for a pwn (Binary Exploitation) challenge in PolyUCTF2026 that exploits Bun I/O.
Fractional RSA, a writeup for a crypto (Cryptography) Homework Challenge in COMP2633 that exploits an interesting variant of RSA.
My extended essay in mathematics, for the International Baccalaureate regarding modelling RLC electrical filters with differential equations
Throwing a Knife, my exploration for IB Math AA HL into modelling the flight of a tip of a knife in relation to its center of mass.
Cioccolato, a writeup for a pentesting challenge in PolyUCTF2026 that uses CSS injection to exifiltrate a password and then performs privillege escalation through a PAM config
One Click Decryption, a 4&6s (Forensics) and crypto challenge in PolyUCTF2026 that requires breaking through VMware encryption and recovering BitLocker keys from vTPM/NVRAM.
Fire-Drop, a miscellaneous challenge for FirebirdCTF2026 involving archive manipulation, network traffic analysis and password cracking.
More coming soon!