Farel

SECURITY RESEARCH & EXPLORATION

Farel.

Cybersecurity Graduate Student

Hardware, firmware, reverse engineering & binary exploitation.

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01 / SELECTED WORK

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A LITTLE CONTEXT

Curiosity at every layer.

I’m a cybersecurity graduate student exploring the boundary between hardware and software through hands-on security research.

02 / AREAS OF FOCUS

Skills & Expertise.

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Physical interfaces

Hardware Security

UART · SPI · Logic analysis

Overview

Investigating the physical interfaces and trust boundaries of a device.

Tools & techniques

UARTSPILogic analysisBoard inspection

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Device internals

Firmware Analysis

Binwalk · Filesystem extraction · Ghidra

Overview

Understanding firmware structure, filesystems, and device behavior.

Tools & techniques

BinwalkFilesystem extractionGhidraLinux

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Binary analysis

Reverse Engineering

Ghidra · GDB · Assembly

Overview

Connecting compiled code to the behavior of a program.

Tools & techniques

GhidraGDBAssemblyStatic & dynamic analysis

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Memory & mitigations

Binary Exploitation

GDB · pwntools · C

Overview

Studying memory corruption and mitigations in controlled lab environments.

Tools & techniques

GDBpwntoolsCMemory-safety analysis

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Connected devices

Embedded and IoT Security

Threat modeling · Protocol analysis · Wireshark

Overview

Exploring device architecture, communication, and embedded trust boundaries.

Tools & techniques

Threat modelingProtocol analysisWiresharkEmbedded Linux

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Research environment

Linux and Security Tooling

Linux · Bash · Git

Overview

Using a reproducible Linux environment to inspect and understand systems.

Tools & techniques

LinuxBashGitDebugging

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Scripts & workflows

Programming and Automation

Python · C · Bash

Overview

Building small, focused tools to make analysis more repeatable.

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PythonCBashCLI development

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03 / THE JOURNEY

Experience.

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04 / CONTINUED LEARNING

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