The Fake Interview Trap: Reverse-Engineering a Info-Stealer
Discover how threat actors are using fake technical interviews and weaponized VS Code repositories to deliver a multi-stage Node.js info-stealer and RCE backdoor.
Engineering Log
Ideas, tutorials, and deep dives into Observability, Rust, and Distributed Systems.
Down the Rabbit Hole: How I Reverse Engineered a Multi-Stage Malware Attack
A technical walkthrough of reverse engineering a multi-stage credential stealer targeting developers. Covers IDE execution traps, IP-locked JWT delivery, XOR obfuscation, and a modular Node.js exploitation framework.
The Fake Interview Trap: How I Stopped Hackers from Deploying a Zero-Click Exploit
How a technical interview turned into a live malware analysis and cyber defense. Read my breakdown of a sophisticated exploit designed to steal developer secrets.
Building LSM-Tree Storage Engine in Rust
How I built a key-value storage engine from scratch in Rust, implementing an LSM-Tree with a custom SkipList, Write-Ahead Log, Bloom Filters, and multi-level compaction.