Cybersecurity Research & Penetration Testing Writeups | Husain Hakim
Technical security research, SUID privilege escalation, and lab postmortems.
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Security Research & Writeups
Detailed postmortems, CTF walkthroughs, and security tooling technical deep dives. Click on any writeup below to read it directly in this workspace.
Forensics & Reverse Engineering
File Type Identifier: Technical Postmortem
A deep dive into why relying on file extensions is a security flaw, and how I built a custom magic number identifier from scratch.
Network Security & Telemetry
CYBER // SONAR: Technical Postmortem
Reflections on building a tactical intranet telemetry appliance, managing MAC addresses without root privileges, and SQLite concurrent loads.
CLI Tooling & Python
QuickRef: Technical Postmortem
How I built a zero-dependency terminal command reference tool, why raw ANSI beats every pretty-printing library, and what Python packaging actually teaches you about import resolution.
Web Security & Intrusion Detection
Honeypot + IDS + Main Server: Technical Postmortem
A comprehensive technical deep dive into designing a multi-tier honeypot, real-time log-tailing IDS, and contrasting vulnerable vs. hardened web services.