About Me/Resume

Biography

I go by the handle “Legoclones”, which I’ve had since a tween when I was VERY interested in LEGOs and clone troopers. I’m a cybersecurity student (both at BYU and for life) and love the challenge that cyber presents. I’m initiative-driven, detail-focused, and highly motivated to learn and contribute to the InfoSec community. I’m technical by nature, which is why I’ve felt naturally drawn to CTFs.

I’m currently a SMART Scholar for the Department of Defense, and am a member of the US Cyber Team which competes internationally in cyber competitions. I also play CTFs with my school team BYU Cyberia, and the international team Project Sekai. Cyber competitions are my bread and butter, and I love pushing myself to improve.

Interests

• Website exploitation
• Offensive security research
• Penetration testing
• Digital forensics
• Password cracking
• FPS games
• Star Wars and Sci-Fi
• Action and military movies
• Soccer

Achievements

• Placed 1st in DEFCON 30’s AppSecVillage CTF
• Published 8 CVEs (CVE-2022-4271, CVE-2023-24261, CVE-2023-31472, CVE-2023-31475, CVE-2023-31476, CVE-2023-31478, CVE-2023-33620, CVE-2023-33621)
• Member of US Cyber Team to represent the United States in ICC 2023 and 2024
• Individually placed 1st in Utah-wide SAINTCON Hacker’s Challenge 2023
• Individually placed 5th/6675 students in NCL Individual CTF in Fall 2022
• Placed 3rd/316 student teams in NCL Team CTF [Experienced Bracket] in Winter 2023
• Placed 1st in 11 cyber competitions
• Placed 2nd in 8 cyber competitions
• Placed 3rd in 7 cyber competitions
• Hosted 8 CTF competitions
• Participated in over 100 CTFs since 2020

Education

• Brigham Young University, Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering (April 2024)
  • Bachelor in Cybersecurity (GPA of 3.70)
  • Academic, Full-Tuition Scholarship
  • Department of Defense SMART Scholar

Certifications

• CompTIA Security+ SY-601
• CompTIA Pentest+ PT0-002
• eLearnSecurity eJPTv1 (Credential ID 3886217)

Experience

• Instructor and Research Assistant, BYU College of Engineering (April 2023 – Present)

  • Designed and taught curriculum for a 500-level University course at Brigham Young University
  • Created and deployed 75 CTF problems for IT&C 515R, titled “Vulnerabilities, Exploitation, and Reverse Engineering”
  • Taught lecture, designed tests, and graded all assignments for 18 students in the IT&C 515R class

• SMART Scholarship Intern, US Army Cyber Command (June 2023 – July 2023)

• Security Engineer and Engineering Team Lead, BYU Life Sciences IT (Aug 2021 – April 2023)

  • Designed, implemented, and containerized secure infrastructure of the largest college on campus
  • Resolved dozens of security threats and incidents across 1000+ servers, labs, and work computers
  • Led a team of 4 student engineers in brainstorming, planning, and accomplishing 40+ projects
  • Documented the processes of creating and maintaining 25+ different projects and services

• Officer, BYU Cybersecurity Student Association (Apr 2021 – Present)

  • Led BYU’s competitive penetration team in weekly training meetings and competitions
  • Created and taught a dozen lessons focused on teaching beginners foundational CTF skills
  • Taught monthly interactive lessons to BYU students about offensive security and penetration testing

Skills & Tools

• General - Linux, Windows, TCP/IP Networking, Virtualization/Docker/Kubernetes
• Programming/Scripting - Python, PHP, SQL, JavaScript, Bash, C, Assembly
• Website/Network exploitation - Burp Suite, Python requests, Nmap, enum4linux
• Penetration testing - Metasploit, Dradis, John the Ripper, Hashcat, Hydra
• Reverse Engineering/Pwn - Ghidra, GDB, x64dbg, Python pwntools, Ropper
• Digital Forensics - Wireshark, Autopsy, Volatility, FTK Imager
• IT Management - Active Directory/Group Policy, WSUS, Ansible