🛡️ Cybersecurity Research

Current Security Interests

• Ransomware attack vectors and prevention
• Zero-day vulnerability research
• Social engineering techniques
• Supply chain attacks
• Blockchain security

Notable Vulnerabilities (2024-2025)

LockBit Ransomware Research

For educational purposes only - understanding the threat landscape

• Initial infection vectors:
  • Purchasing access from initial access brokers
  • Self-propagation through network shares
  • Spear-phishing with malicious macros
  • Exploiting public-facing RDP services
• Post-exploitation activities:
  • Aggressive data exfiltration before encryption
  • Windows Group Policy deployment for mass infection
  • StealBit data theft tool deployment
  • Volume Shadow Copy deletion to prevent recovery
• IOCs to watch for:
  • Unusual scheduled tasks with encoded arguments
  • WMI and PowerShell for remote execution
  • Large ZIP/RAR archives of sensitive data
  • Connections to known LockBit infrastructure

📝 Note: Downloaded LockBit sample to VM for analysis. Stored in encrypted container (password: L0ckB!t2025!)

🔧 Development Environments

Local Development Setup

• Windows 11 Pro (Work laptop)