Field Note // 001

0xG10D

Penetration Testing, DFIR, Malware Analysis & CTF Player

(01) Mission

0xG10D is a cybersecurity student documenting practical learning through penetration testing labs, CTF competitions, reverse engineering, digital forensics, and system hardening.

Primary focus: Web & Network Security, Privilege Escalation & Reverse Engineering, Digital Forensics & Incident Response, CTF & Practical Labs, Kali Linux, Docker, Linux, and security tooling.

(02) Achievement

2026

Digital Dragon CTF 2026 – Final Round

15th Place • Digital Dragon CTF

2026

SunCTF 2026

8th Runner-Up • Sunway Cybersecurity

2026

Digital Dragon CTF 2026 – Preliminary Round

17th Place • Digital Dragon CTF

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(03) Writeups

Sherlock / Forensics Oct 8, 2026

HTB Sherlock RogueOne

“Windows memory forensics with Volatility 3: identifying a malicious svchost.exe, tracing its child shell and C2 connection, recovering the executable, and building an incident timeline.”

DFIR Sep 24, 2026

M57-Jean: Corporate Document Exfiltration Investigation

“DFIR case study on the M57.biz Jean scenario: tracing a leaked employee spreadsheet from FTK Imager acquisition through Outlook PST analysis to a spear-phishing exfiltration timeline.”

Sherlock / Forensics Sep 23, 2026

HTB Sherlock SmartyPants

“Windows Event Log DFIR with EvtxECmd and Timeline Explorer, using Microsoft Defender SmartScreen Debug logs to trace RDP access, tool installs, data theft, and anti-forensic log clearing.”

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(04) Soundtrack

On loop during late-night CTF grinds and writeups.