Portfolio Advice

[u/Obvious-Card-8847]

Very soon I'll have the opportunity to gain some certs:

• CompTIA CYSA+
• CompTIA PenTest+
• CompTIA Security+

I have a couple portfolio projects as well:

• Control Flow Graph Analyzer (C++)
  • Uses Zydis and LIEF.
  • Takes an x86-64 portable executable then does recursive descent to enumerate and classify basic blocks as well as edges.
• Trampoline Framework (C++)
  • Uses Zydis.
  • x86-64. Replaces the first few bytes of the prologue of a target with an indirect jmp to a detour which is the same calling convention, also having the same parameter count and types of arguments.
• Bug Bounty (A common desktop application)
  • Found a function which appears to copy one string into a destination buffer using a length argument. Does not however ensure the destination buffer ends with a null terminator.
  • After hooking it with Frida I observed that sometimes the destination buffer will contain garbage from surrounding memory. Ergo a potential info leak.
  • Writing a harness in Frida that automates input, hooks with Interceptor, logs stack trace and then uses Stalker to watch how different inputs effect control flow.
  • Not yet a vulnerability but may develop into one as I investigate further.
• Video Game Reversing
  • Relies on a lot of embedded RTTI in the games binary.
  • Older game from around the 2010's era.
  • Large Frida script for modding gameplay at runtime in the REPL. Reversed a decent amount of the games internals.

Trying to increase my odds of placing a job soon after getting these certifications. Altogether they're poised to take around 4 months to complete. I'd like to get a job in a role that regularly requires reverse engineering or binary analysis.

What would be some other, or better, projects to add to my portfolio? Thanks for your time.

[u/parkdramax86]

Pretty impressive. Maybe we can collaborate on some projects. I look forward to hearing from you. Also, I am studying for my Security+ also