About
I'm d4edalvs — a security researcher and engineer working across binary exploitation, reverse engineering, and security architecture.
This site is where I document what I'm learning and researching: how systems break at the memory level, how to reverse and analyze binaries, and how to design and defend systems against the same techniques.
What I write about
Most of what I publish comes from hands-on work: pulling apart binaries, walking through exploitation primitives, and the architecture and detection decisions that make those attacks harder. I try to write the explanations I would have wanted earlier.
Expect long-form deep dives (memory layout, exploitation, mitigations), shorter research notes on things I'm investigating, and the occasional practical guide that trades comprehensiveness for actionability.
Focus areas
Why this site exists
Most security content online skews toward either vendor marketing or dense academic papers. There's less in the middle: clear, technical writing that actually explains how things work.
This site is my attempt to fill that gap — field notes and deep dives that connect offensive technique with defensive understanding, written to be genuinely transferable.
Ethics and responsible research
This site is for education, research, and defensive understanding. Exploitation techniques are explained so readers can understand, detect, and prevent them.
Anything hands-on assumes systems you own or are explicitly authorized to test — labs, CTFs, and responsible disclosure. Don't use it against systems you don't have permission to touch.
The views expressed on this site are my own and do not represent my employer.