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Full-stack and security builds, plus the academic and CTF research that came before them. The home page shows a curated selection; everything is here.

11 projects
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Ongoing · TryHackMe & HackTheBox

CTF & Penetration Testing Labs

Active CTF competitor building offensive skills across enumeration, exploitation, and privilege escalation. Currently active on the Junior Penetration Testing path on TryHackMe.

  • Active on Junior Penetration Testing path on TryHackMe
  • Practising manual exploit identification and vulnerability chaining
  • Developing recon, web app testing, and post-exploitation techniques
NmapBurp SuiteMetasploitLinuxWeb Exploitation
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Queen's University Belfast · 2023

ML Attacks on Physical Unclonable Functions

MSc dissertation weaponising GANs against PUF-based hardware authentication. Synthesised challenge-response pairs to train ML attack models against hardware security mechanisms.

  • Demonstrated measurable PUF vulnerability through GAN-synthesised datasets
  • Evaluated attack success rates and proposed countermeasures
  • Advanced hardware-level threat research across ML and cryptography
PythonGANsMachine LearningCryptographyPUFs
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Queen's University Belfast · 2023

Honey Encryption: Brute-Force Resistant Security

Researched Honey Encryption returning fake plausible plaintext on incorrect decryption, blinding brute-force attacks. Proposed a developer API for real-world integration.

  • Designed a developer API for web and cloud application integration
  • Applied DTE encoding to passwords, PINs, and biometrics
  • Mapped use cases across internet banking and cloud security
PythonEncryptionDTEAPI DesignCloud Security
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Queen's University Belfast · 2023

NTFS Digital Forensics: File Recovery on Windows 10

Forensic investigation into deleted file recovery using MFT analysis, slack space, disk imaging, and CLI tools. Applicable to cybercrime investigation and incident response.

  • Analysed MFT entries, slack space, and disk imaging for artifact recovery
  • Compared CLI tools and recovery software for forensic soundness
  • Documented best practices for evidence preservation and breach analysis
NTFSDisk ImagingMFT AnalysisWindows ForensicsCLI Tools
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Queen's University Belfast · 2023

Automated Network Intrusion Response System (AIRS)

Research into automated self-defence for enterprise networks — integrating IDS/IPS detection with an Intrusion Response System (IRS) that delivers pre-configured active and passive countermeasures to contain attackers and restore system health.

  • Classified IRS response models — notification, manual, and automatic (expert, adaptive, associative) — and mapped active vs passive mitigations
  • Evaluated agent-based IDS/IRS architectures: CSM, EMERALD, JiNao, and NetSTAT
  • Assessed weaknesses (false positives, scalability, alert flooding) and future directions in real-time response and risk assessment
IDS/IPSIRSNetwork SecurityThreat MitigationAnomaly Detection
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2026 · Multi-Agent Orchestration · github.com/atharvak161/claude-org-framework

Claude Org Framework — AI Agent Orchestration

A production-grade multi-agent operating system built on Claude Code. 89 role-scoped agents across a full org chart — engineering, security, QA, DevOps, product — each with its own remit, escalation path and sign-off gates. Clone it and run your own AI-powered organisation.

  • 89 role-scoped agents with enforced separation between building, reviewing and shipping
  • Mandatory security and QA sign-off gates before anything reaches production
  • Git hooks and a consistency checker that block policy violations mechanically, not by convention
Claude CodeMulti-Agent SystemsBashGit HooksProcess Design
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2026 · Client-Side Security Toolkit · github.com/atharvak161/cybersec-toolkit

Cybersec Toolkit

A client-side cybersecurity utilities toolkit — encoding/decoding, hashing, JWT/AES/RSA tools, a CyberChef-style recipe chainer, and OSINT lookups. Nothing ever leaves the browser except a few clearly-disclosed public API calls.

  • Encoding, hashing, and JWT/AES/RSA tooling with a CyberChef-style recipe chainer
  • OSINT lookup utilities alongside classic encode/decode and crypto tools
  • Fully client-side — no data leaves the browser except disclosed public API calls
JavaScriptWeb Crypto APIJWTOSINTClient-Side Security
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2026 · Cybersecurity Knowledge Base · github.com/atharvak161/cybersec-vault

The Vault

A fast, fully client-side knowledge base for 248 cybersecurity notes — cloud, GRC, OSCP, and red-team — with an Obsidian-style reader: instant full-text search, a command palette, wiki-style cross-links, an interactive link graph, and backlinks. No backend, nothing leaves the browser.

  • 248 interlinked notes across four tracks with full-text search and a ⌘K command palette
  • Wiki-links, backlinks, an interactive link graph, and a scroll-spy table of contents
  • Fully static and client-side — HTML sanitised with DOMPurify, all assets vendored, zero external calls
JavaScriptMarkdownFull-Text SearchGraph ViewClient-Side
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2026 · Full-Stack · github.com/atharvak161/jobscope

JobScope — UK Job Aggregator

UK job aggregator that filters listings by visa sponsorship status and security clearance requirements — built for candidates who need to know eligibility before they apply. Resume parsing powered by Claude AI.

  • Filters roles by visa sponsorship and security clearance eligibility
  • Claude AI resume parsing for automated candidate-to-role matching
  • IDOR, SSRF, and prompt-injection defences built in from the ground up
Next.js 16TypeScriptPostgreSQLPrisma 7Claude AI
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2026 · Full-Stack · github.com/atharvak161/Blueprint

Blueprint — Project Management Tool

A project management dashboard for tracking tasks, milestones, and team progress. Built as a single-page app with a clean kanban-style interface.

  • Visual project and task tracking with status columns
  • Milestone management with progress indicators
  • Deployed via GitHub Actions to GitHub Pages
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2026 · Full-Stack · github.com/atharvak161/finance-dashboard

Finance Dashboard — Personal Finance Tracker

Comprehensive personal finance tracker for NRI/UK professionals. Tracks income, expenses, investments, debts, and goals across GBP and INR. Includes ROAI analytics, envelope budgeting, bill calendar, SMS transaction parsing, and OLED dark mode.

  • Cross-currency portfolio tracking with real-time ROAI metrics
  • SMS and CSV bank import with auto-categorisation
  • Privacy mode, keyboard shortcuts, and OLED dark mode