ROOT@SYSTEM:~$ _

JOSHUA ROBERTS

IT Specialist | Digital Forensics | Class of 2026

> Whoami

root@user:~$ cat profile.txt

Information Technology student specializing in Digital Forensics and Incident Response. Fascinated by the digital breadcrumbs left behind by threat actors. Currently building a lab environment to simulate APT attacks and analyze malware signatures.


> Education: B.S. Information Technology (2026)

> Focus: Cyber Defense, File System Analysis

[ Known_Vulnerabilities / Skills ]

  • > Wireshark
  • > EnCase
  • > Autopsy
  • > Python (Scapy)
  • > Linux / Bash
  • > Volatility
  • > Reverse Engineering

> Research_Papers

Analysis of Malware Signatures

Oct 2024

An investigation into polymorphic code structures in modern ransomware.

Read PDF [PDF]

Network Traffic Anomalies

Feb 2025

Using Wireshark to identify covert channels in TCP/IP packets.

Read PDF [PDF]

> Active_Projects

Python Packet Sniffer

A custom tool built with Scapy to intercept and analyze HTTP headers.

Python Networking
View on GitHub

Disk Image Forensics

Automated script for extracting deleted artifacts from NTFS volumes.

Bash SleuthKit
View on GitHub

> Capture_The_Flag_Log

EVENT CATEGORY CHALLENGE STATUS
HackTheBox Forensics Obscure_File [SOLVED]
PicoCTF 2024 Cryptography RSA_Pop_Quiz [SOLVED]
National Cyber League Log Analysis Server_Breach_01 Rank: Top 10%
TryHackMe Red Teaming Active_Directory [IN_PROGRESS]