IDA-Style Highlighting in VS Code

As I work through Zero Day Engineering training, I have been spending more time reading large open-source codebases from a vulnerability-research perspective. One small thing I kept missing from IDA Pro is the highlight feature: select a token, and instantly see the other matching occurrences nearby. It is simple, but…

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From Firmware to Full Systems: Why I'm Studying Penetration Testing

I've spent years working with embedded systems in a security context, and I love it. There's something uniquely satisfying about exotic architectures, soldering (or occasionally releasing the magic smoke when things don't go as planned), and the bridge between software and the physical world. Watching systems break in completely unexpected…

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