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Abishek Pechiappan
Cybersecurity Student

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I enjoy building practical tools, self-hosting services, and exploring how systems work under the hood.

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India
Open to opportunities
Dubai & India
Available for opportunities
About Me

Cybersecurity Student & Fresher

I enjoy learning cyber security by building practical projects and exploring Linux, networking, and automation through hands-on experimentation.

I run a personal homelab with Linux servers, Docker containers, and self-hosted services, building real-world infrastructure skills through experience rather than theory.

Education
Schooling
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering
Specialization in Cyber Security
2022-2026
IT Intern ExperienceGorica Industries
Project Directory

My Projects

Cybersecurity and automation builds, traced from what I'm working on now back to where it started
Now
  1. Aug 2026#01

    SIEM / Detection Engineering

    Completed

    Wazuh Security Monitoring Lab

    A home SIEM lab built around Wazuh — central manager, indexer and dashboard in Docker, agents on separate endpoints — then proven with controlled attacks rather than left as a running install.

    • Wazuh manager, indexer and dashboard containerised on Docker, with agents enrolled from separate endpoints
    • File integrity monitoring verified end-to-end, from activity on the endpoint through to the dashboard alert
    • Simulated SSH brute-force with Hydra — the manager correlated repeated level 5 auth failures into level 8 and 10 alerts
    • Docker container and network lifecycle events collected as security telemetry alongside OS events
    • Traced an empty dashboard back to a credentials mismatch between Docker components, not the agent
    WazuhDockerLinuxHydraNmap
    Read Report (PDF, opens in a new tab)
  2. Aug 2026#02

    3D Web / Creative Dev

    ActiveAI-assisted

    Scroll-Driven 3D Website Template

    A cinematic single-page site where scrolling flies the camera through a procedurally built 3D room, running from golden afternoon through to deep night. Every piece of visitor-facing copy lives in one config file, so the template can be reskinned without touching any 3D code.

    • Procedural interior — floor, walls, columns, coffered ceiling and skyline built entirely in geometry, no model files
    • GLSL sky that runs afternoon → sunset → twilight → night on scroll, with interior lighting following it
    • Camera travels a spline path; scroll progress lives outside React state so Three.js reads it every frame without re-renders
    • All content driven from a single site.config.ts — no 3D knowledge needed to ship a new site
    Next.js 16Three.jsReact Three FiberGLSLLenisTypeScript
    Live DemoView on GitHub
  3. Jun — Jul 2026#03

    Homelab / Infrastructure

    ActiveAI-assisted

    ServerCTL

    A self-hosted control panel for running a home server from the browser — live system telemetry, Docker management, tunnel visibility and login alerts, all behind one authenticated dashboard.

    • Collector modules pull CPU, RAM, disk, temperature, open ports and Docker state straight from the host
    • Container management through the Docker SDK, with system actions exposed over an authenticated API
    • Reads the cloudflared config to list everything tunnelled from the server and preview each site inline
    • JWT auth with brute-force protection, hashed secrets, backend bound to 127.0.0.1, shipped via Docker Compose
    PythonFastAPINext.jsDockerpsutilJWT
    View on GitHub
  4. Jan 2026 — Present#04

    Cryptographic Evidence

    Active

    ZTI Framework

    A proprietary framework for sealing digital evidence into tamper-evident, self-verifying containers. Designed to prove integrity and chain of custody offline — without relying on any central authority.

    • Cryptographic binding of content and metadata at the moment of capture
    • Field-level tamper detection to isolate exactly what was changed
    • Append-only custody chain that breaks if any event is removed or reordered
    PythonCryptographyDart
    Coming Soon
  5. Jun 2025#05

    Linux Security

    Completed

    Linux Threat Monitor

    Lightweight Linux process monitor that reads live kernel data directly from /proc to detect suspicious activity — specifically root processes running from directories commonly used by malware.

    • Reads /proc/[pid]/comm, status, and cmdline directly from the kernel
    • Flags root (UID 0) processes executing from /tmp, /dev/shm, /var/tmp
    • Displays PID, process name, and privilege level for all running processes
    • Tested against a simulated malicious process running from /tmp
    PythonLinux/proc FilesystemSecurity
    View on GitHub
  6. Feb 2025#06

    Automation

    Active

    Automation

    Personal and homelab automation using n8n — a self-hosted, low-code workflow platform. Building flows that connect services, trigger on events, and eliminate repetitive manual tasks.

    • Self-hosted n8n instance running in Docker on homelab server
    • Workflows for notifications, service health checks, and data sync
    • Automating homelab management tasks across connected services
    n8nWorkflowsSelf-hostedDocker
  7. Oct 2024#07

    Cybersecurity

    Active

    Ransomware Resilience Simulator

    Comprehensive study of ransomware attack lifecycle with focus on simulated attack and recovery. Developed resilience strategies emphasising prevention, detection, and response.

    • Analysed ransomware propagation patterns
    • Designed multi-layer defence strategies
    • Created incident response playbooks
    PythonIncident ResponseForensics
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Technical Arsenal

Skills & Expertise

Languages & Shell

4 languages
Python
HTML / CSS
C++
Bash

Systems & Security

4 systems
GNU GRUB version 2.06
↑↓ to select · Enter to boot
Security
Nmap

Network Scanning • Port Discovery • Service Detection

Wireshark

Packet Analysis • Network Forensics • Traffic Inspection

Homelab & Automation

7 services
Docker
ComposeVolumesNetworks
SSH
Key AuthTunnelingAliases
Wazuh
SIEMAgentsFIM
Tailscale
Mesh VPNWireGuardDDNS
Self-hosted Services
NextcloudUptimeAdmin
n8n
WorkflowsSelf-hostedFlows
Supabase
PostgresAuthAPIs
Languages known:EnglishTamil
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