About Me

My name is Ben McDaniel.

Career Interests

• CNO Developer
• Vulnerability Researcher
• Offensive Tool Development
• Malware Analyst

Certifications/Courses (Completed)

• Ret2 WarGames -> Software Exploitation
• SANS GIAC GPEN -> Enterprise Penetration Testing
• SANS GIAC GRID -> ICS/OT Incident Response, Cyber-Threat Intelligence, & Active Defense
• SANS GIAC GICSP -> ICS/OT Security Principles
• Low-Level Academy -> C Programming Fundamentals
• Pwn.College -> Program Security

Certifications (In-Progress)

• Offsec OSED -> Windows User Exploitation (Dec ‘26)
• Offsec OSCP -> Offensive Certified Security Professional (March ‘27)
• MalDev Academy -> Malware Development
• Windows Master Developer -> C/C++ Systems Programming

Topics of Interest

• Reverse Engineering, Binary/Software Exploitation, and Systems Programming.

Join me as I document my journey!

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