Talks and presentations

Tutorial on SSTI and Privilege Escalation

March 07, 2025

Tutorial, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

This tutorial was delivered as a guest lecture in CS544 Intro to Cybersecurity. I performed a real-time walkthrough of exploiting the Hack The Box (HTB) machine “Perfection.” The session focused on leveraging a Ruby-based Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) vulnerability to gain a reverse shell on the target server.

Colloquium Talk on VPN Security

March 07, 2025

Colloquium, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

This colloquium talk was delivered at the University of New Mexico, where I presented my research on the security analysis of Virtual Private Network (VPN) applications. The talk covered various aspects of VPN security, including common vulnerabilities, attack vectors, and mitigation strategies.