Security on Reese Gerjekian

Final Research Paper

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

CyberApolis Water Breach Report

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Triaging a Suspicious Indicator in One Command

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0700

A lot of security work starts the same way. Something hands you an indicator: an IP out of a firewall log, a file hash off an alert, a domain from an email that did not feel right. Before you can do anything with it you have to answer two questions. Is it bad, and what is it connected to?

The usual way to answer that is by hand, one tab at a time: VirusTotal, then AbuseIPDB, then a WHOIS lookup, then crt.sh, then a couple of blocklists, holding half-loaded browser tabs in your head while you try to form an opinion. It works, but it is slow and easy to do inconsistently, and it falls apart around the third indicator of a busy day.

So I built a command-line tool that does that first pass in one shot. It is called indict. You give it one indicator, it figures out the type, asks every source that fits at the same time, and hands back a single report with a verdict and the reasons under it.

Password Checker in Python

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The program defines a function, password_strength, that evaluates the strength of a provided password based on several criteria: length, presence of lowercase letters, uppercase letters, numbers, and special characters. It returns a string describing the password’s strength as either “Weak”, “Medium”, or “Strong”. When run as a standalone script, the program prompts the user to input a password and then displays the strength assessment of the entered password.

Password strength checker

Random Password Generator in Python

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This program is a Random Password Generator designed to enhance online security. By specifying the desired password length, users can create strong passwords that combine lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and special symbols.

import random
import math

alpha = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
num = "0123456789"
special = "@#$%&*"

# pass_len = random.randint(8, 13) # without user input
pass_len = int(input("Enter Password Length"))

# length of password by 50-30-20 formula
alpha_len = pass_len // 2
num_len = math.ceil(pass_len * 30 / 100)
special_len = pass_len - (alpha_len + num_len)


password = []


def generate_pass(length, array, is_alpha=False):
 for i in range(length):
 index = random.randint(0, len(array) - 1)
 character = array[index]
 if is_alpha:
 case = random.randint(0, 1)
 if case == 1:
 character = character.upper()
 password.append(character)


# alpha password
generate_pass(alpha_len, alpha, True)

# numeric password
generate_pass(num_len, num)

# special character password
generate_pass(special_len, special)

# shuffle the generated password list
random.shuffle(password)

# convert list to string
gen_password = ""
for i in password:
 gen_password = gen_password + str(i)
print(gen_password)