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Thierry Tiecheu Tamko — ECE @ AUB · Open Dreams Scholar · Mastercard Foundation Scholar · Co-founder, AUB Cryptography Club · Building toward AI security, hardware exploitation, and network pentesting.

education
B.E. Electrical & Computer Engineering
American University of Beirut  ·  2024 – present
Computer Hardware Systems concentration · AI minor · Co-founder, AUB Cryptography Club
GPA 4.0 Mastercard Foundation Scholar
A-Levels
St. Benedict’s College, Cameroon  ·  2023
Pure Mathematics Mechanics A
Chemistry A
Physics A
Computer Science A
Further Mathematics Mechanics A
roadmap
PHASE 1 · NOW
Foundations
Linux · Bash · Python · C · Networking
PHASE 2 · ~4 MO
Core Security
Network · Crypto · Web · RE · Hardware · CTF
PHASE 3 · YEAR 2+
Specialization
Network pentest · IoT/OT · AI pentesting
languages
// master target
Python Security tooling, exploits, automation
C Vuln analysis, firmware, RE output
Bash Automation, pipelines, glue code
// read + exploit
JavaScript Web exploitation, XSS, DOM attacks
SQL Injection, database security
x86/x64 Assembly Reverse engineering, exploit dev
ARM Assembly Embedded RE, firmware analysis
// upcoming
PowerShell Windows pentest, AD exploitation
toolkit
currently using
on roadmap
// daily drivers
Linux (Ubuntu) VS Code git GitHub terminal SSH VirtualBox WordPress tmux vim nano
// shell & dev
gcc gdb valgrind make pip venv ShellCheck shfmt cron systemd
// network & recon
Wireshark Nmap netcat tcpdump dig nslookup whois traceroute Ettercap bettercap aircrack-ng Snort Suricata
// crypto
OpenSSL CLI Hashcat John the Ripper Cryptopals
// web security
Burp Suite OWASP ZAP sqlmap ffuf nuclei Postman
// reverse engineering
Ghidra pwndbg GEF x64dbg radare2 objdump strings hexedit Volatility 3
// hardware & embedded
binwalk firmware-mod-kit QEMU OpenOCD minicom screen Bus Pirate Saleae Logic RTL-SDR JTAGulator OpenPLC
// exploitation & AD
Metasploit pwntools BloodHound Impacket CrackMapExec mimikatz Rubeus PowerSploit
// AI security & ML
PyTorch Hugging Face Garak PromptBench ART (IBM) CleverHans TextAttack
// CTF platforms
TryHackMe HackTheBox OverTheWire PortSwigger Academy picoCTF crackmes.one
specializations
Network Pentesting
Active Directory exploitation, privilege escalation, internal pentest methodology. The foundation every pentester needs.
IoT / OT Security
Firmware extraction, hardware interfaces (UART/JTAG/SPI), ICS protocols, SCADA. ECE background is the edge here.
AI Pentesting
Adversarial ML, LLM red teaming, prompt injection, model supply chain attacks. Seed project: Glass Eye.
platforms
TryHackMe
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// rooms X completed
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HackTheBox
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HackTheBox Badge
certification pipeline
Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
in progress
LPIC-1 — Linux Professional Institute
queued
CompTIA Network+
queued
eJPT — eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester
queued
OSCP — Offensive Security
long-term
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