Hardware
Electronics · IoT & IIoT · Network infrastructure
Electronics Engineer · Cybersecurity Engineer
Reverse engineering the technology beneath the surface, from hardware to malicious code.
Donnie here, electronics engineer and cybersecurity professional who enjoys figuring out how things work beneath the surface. That curiosity has taken me from analyzing malware and reverse engineering suspicious code to uncovering security gaps in applications.
I approach security from the ground up, connecting the logic of electronics with the behavior of software. My work spans malware analysis, reverse engineering, network design and analysis, SAST, and application security, while my interest in AI and mathematics keeps me exploring how complex systems learn, make decisions, and break.
THE ART OF UNDERSTANDING
Complexity, decoded.
Follow the signals. Recover the structure.
An engineering perspective on cybersecurity
Three domains. One connected security problem.
Devices run software. Software increasingly integrates AI. I bring these perspectives together to understand behavior, assess risk, and strengthen the systems at their intersection.
Software
Binary analysis · Scripts & source code · SAST · AppSec
AI
AI security · Integration risks · Security automation
Featured Projects
Selected work with practical security outcomes.
Project summaries covering analysis workflows, architecture, and engineering decisions.
Automated Malware Triage Workbench
Case StudyAn analyst-focused triage environment that reduces the time required to classify suspicious binaries and scripts.
PythonYARAGhidraFlaskDocker
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Static Code Analysis Engine for Security Detection
Case StudyA rule-driven code analysis engine for identifying risky patterns and surfacing high-value security findings early.
PythonSemgrepCodeQLGitLab CIDocker
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IoT Threat Simulation and Analysis Lab
Case StudyA contained research environment for emulating IoT threats, observing device behavior, and validating security hypotheses.
PythonZeekSuricataDockerMQTT
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The engineering Lab
Explore a question. Follow the evidence.
Interactive experiments in understanding code, investigating alerts, and recognizing unexpected signals.
EXPERIMENT 01
Recover the behavior
Follow bytes through machine instructions to a decision you can verify.
EXPERIMENT 02
Investigate the alert
Connect events, examine evidence, and walk through a simulated incident.
EXPERIMENT 03
Find the unexpected
Explore sensor signals, mathematical thresholds, and the cost of false alarms.
AI & Mathematics
Curiosity is part of the method.
I enjoy finding patterns, working through mathematical problems, and understanding how intelligent systems arrive at decisions. My electronics background makes signals and systems a natural place to explore those questions.
In security, that curiosity becomes practical: reason through uncertainty, test assumptions, and make the limits of a model visible.
Explore signals and anomalies →OBSERVE → MODEL → QUESTION
|x − reference| > τ
Small experiments. Inspectable assumptions.Research
Notes from the analysis desk.
Investigations, technical talks, graduate research, and methods for turning analysis into defensive work.
Reverse Engineering5 min readSep 7, 2026
Recovering Behavior from a Compiled Binary
Follow a compiled program from header checks and a checksum loop to byte order and a threshold decision, then test the recovered explanation.
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Reverse Engineering6 min readMar 12, 2026
Reverse Engineering Obfuscated JavaScript
A workflow for profiling obfuscated JavaScript, simplifying AST structure, recovering behavior, and converting findings into useful defensive output.
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Malware Analysis4 min readMar 6, 2026
Malware Analysis Walkthroughs
A structured workflow for moving from suspicious sample intake to evidence, behavioral conclusions, and defensive output.
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Full notes, references, and encyclopedia contributions live on the dedicated research page.
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Contact
Let’s discuss your next security challenge.
For cybersecurity engineering roles, Application Security projects, reverse engineering work, or technical collaboration, email me directly or prepare a draft below.