INDEPENDENT SECURITY & ENGINEERING LAB

GHOST BREACH / LEARN · SECURE · BUILD · DEFEND

Penetration testing.
Embedded engineering.

Find the weaknesses in your web app. Build the firmware behind your device. Get clear evidence, practical fixes, and a handoff your team can use.

Defined scope. Direct technical communication. Evidence at handoff.

ghost@breach: ~/projectFULL-SPECTRUM

$ whoami

ghostbreachh — offensive security & embedded systems lab.

$ cat capabilities.txt

Manual API testing. Rust tooling. Native ESP-IDF C. Low-power hardware.

$ sys --status

[OK] AppSec[OK] Infrastructure[OK] Embedded
APPLICATIONSWeb & API security
INFRASTRUCTUREHardening & readiness
DEVICESHardware & wireless
FIRMWAREEmbedded C & IoT
CERTIFICATIONS / SECURITY & GOVERNANCE
ISO/IEC 42001 Lead AuditorISO/IEC 27001 AssociateCRTOMCisco CEH

A clear scope. A useful outcome.

Choose the problem you need to solve. Timing and deliverables are agreed after scoping.

Pricing follows scope and milestones. A written proposal confirms fees, exclusions, and support before work begins.

Offensive Security Indicative: 1–2 Weeks

Web, API & SaaS Penetration Testing

Find access-control gaps, authentication weaknesses, and business-logic flaws in your application.

  • OWASP Top 10, REST/GraphQL API & multi-tenant SaaS testing
  • Prioritized findings, reproducible evidence & remediation guidance
  • Patch retesting, with scope and window agreed in the proposal
Scope Penetration Test
Defense, Cloud & GRC Indicative: 1–2 Weeks

Infrastructure & governance readiness

Review cloud access, server configuration, and security processes. Map gaps to a practical hardening plan.

  • Network segmentation, pfSense & cloud access reviews
  • ISO 42001 (AI governance) & ISO 27001 readiness assessments
  • Email authentication, detection rules & configuration review
Scope Hardening Audit
Hardware & RF Security Indicative: 1–3 Weeks

Hardware Security & Wireless Auditing

Understand the interfaces and wireless behavior of devices within an explicitly authorized test scope.

  • 802.11 Wi-Fi, BLE 5.0 & Sub-GHz frame inspection & fuzzing
  • UART/SPI/JTAG interface probing & firmware binary extraction
  • Network isolation & rogue access point detection
Scope Hardware Audit
Embedded Engineering Indicative: 2–4 Weeks

Custom Embedded Firmware & Turnkey IoT

Develop firmware, profile power use, and document the build so your team can reproduce and maintain it.

  • ESP-IDF C, FreeRTOS & persistent device configuration
  • Measured sleep and active-current profiling
  • BOM, reviewed pin mappings & documented flashing tools
Scope Firmware Build

Measured Project Benchmarks

Concrete results from low-power audio engineering and concurrent Rust reconnaissance.

ESP32-E + RT9080

Deep-sleep draw

>99.6% ↓

Clock-isolated sleep and amplifier shutdown in The Stadium Blueprint reference build.

Reference idle and deep-sleep current, logarithmic scale ESP32-E and RT9080 reference build: 45,000 microamps idle; 10 to 150 microamps in deep sleep. The x-axis runs from 1 to 100,000 microamps on a logarithmic scale.1101001k10k100kReference idle · 45,000 µADeep sleep · 10–150 µA
Log scale in µA: equal spacing represents a 10× change.

45 mA reference idle → 10–150 µA deep sleep. Calculated reduction: 99.67–99.98%.

Inspect the reference build ↓
SPECTRE / 9-PHASE PIPELINE

Reconnaissance elapsed time

−60%

Concurrent Rust orchestration reduces initial triage time against the project’s sequential workflow.

Normalized elapsed time. The improvement applies to the project comparison, with the same intended discovery workload.

Explore SPECTRE ↗
100+Lab environments completed
1.5+ yrsProject standby estimate
10+ YARAAegis detection rules

Flagship projects. Concrete engineering.

Inspect the tooling, hardware decisions, and measurable results behind the lab.

Offensive toolingProject notes

SPECTRE & Aegis — Recon & Detection Engineering

A nine-phase asynchronous Rust recon engine, paired with Aegis incident simulation, forensic artifacts, and custom detection rules.

-60%Recon elapsed time
9 phasesRust orchestration
10+ YARADetection rules
RustPythonYARA
Technical notes
  • SPECTRE: Nine stages from scope and host discovery to a consolidated report. Concurrent Rust execution produced the supplied 60% reduction in initial recon elapsed time.
  • Aegis: A controlled incident simulation with DFIR artifacts, synthetic telemetry, and 10+ custom YARA rules. Public repositories are linked below.
Embedded engineeringReference build

The Stadium Blueprint — Bluetooth Audio Subsystem

An ESP32-E audio build with dual MAX98357A I2S amplifiers, RT9080 power regulation, persistent pairing, and low-current standby.

10–150 µADeep-sleep draw
1.5+ yrsStandby estimate
Dual I2SMAX98357A audio
ESP32-EMAX98357ART9080ESP-IDF C
Technical notes
  • Audio & state: Dual MAX98357A I2S amplifiers, hardware mute sequencing, AVRCP volume synchronization, and NVS reconnect state in native ESP-IDF C.
  • Power & handoff: ESP32-E + RT9080 regulation, 10–150 µA deep-sleep profiling, a project standby estimate of 1.5+ years, BOM, pinout, and offline flashing instructions. Standby depends on the cell and active duty cycle.
Hardware & wirelessLab platform

REAPER — ESP32-S3 Wireless Lab Toolkit

Native ESP-IDF C on ESP32-S3-N16R8, with a 2 MiB PSRAM PCAP ring and structured JSON-RPC control over USB-OTG.

ESP32-S3N16R8 platform
2 MiBPSRAM ring buffer
TinyUSBJSON-RPC control
Embedded CWi-Fi / BLEUSB control
Technical notes
  • Capture engine: 2 MiB PSRAM ring buffer with PCAP-NG framing, packet inspection, and binary export.
  • Control interface: TinyUSB CDC-ACM over USB-OTG, with JSON-RPC commands for the companion interface. ESP32-S3-N16R8 provides 16 MB flash and 8 MB PSRAM.
InfrastructureDefensive lab

Segmented Network Defense & Traffic Analysis

A compact multi-port 2.5GbE firewall and local traffic-analysis platform for isolating test devices and investigating captured telemetry.

2.5 GbEMulti-port network
Local AIPCAP triage
pfSenseVLAN enforcement
pfSenseVLANsLocal PCAP analysis
Technical notes
  • Segmentation: Multi-port 2.5GbE networking with pfSense and explicit VLAN/firewall policy separating untrusted lab devices.
  • Local telemetry: Python/Scapy capture analysis and local AI-assisted PCAP triage. External network connectivity is described explicitly rather than as an air gap.

See what useful documentation looks like.

An illustrative security finding and a reference ESP32-E / MAX98357A build excerpt, with client identifiers omitted.

ILLUSTRATIVE SECURITY FINDINGTenant isolation

1. Explain the finding

An authenticated request can access a record belonging to a different tenant because the lookup omits tenant ownership.

CONTEXT
Authenticated account in tenant AThe caller is signed in; the record belongs to tenant B.
CAUSE
Lookup uses only the record IDThe data query lacks the authenticated tenant boundary.
IMPACT
Unauthorized cross-tenant readRecord the exposed fields and affected scope before assigning severity.

2. Connect the fix to the cause

Illustrative handler fragment. Trusted authentication middleware supplies the tenant; application-specific role and object permissions still apply.

// Scope the record to the authenticated tenant.
const record = await db.records.findFirst({
  where: {
    id: req.params.id,
    tenantId: req.auth.tenantId
  }
});
if (!record) return res.sendStatus(404);
return res.json(toPublicRecord(record));

Retest: allowed tenant, different tenant, unauthenticated caller, and every route or method that exposes the record.

REFERENCE ESP32-E / MAX98357A BUILD EXCERPTFirmware + BOM + pinout

1. Reference pinout & audio hardware

ESP32-E with dual MAX98357A amplifiers and RT9080 regulation. GPIO mappings below are from the supplied build excerpt.

Scroll to inspect every pin and harness column →

Reference ESP32-E / MAX98357A signal routing
Component Signal MCU pin Harness / note
MAX98357A #1 / #2 I2S LRC / word select GPIO 26 Yellow · 22 AWG
MAX98357A #1 / #2 I2S BCLK / bit clock GPIO 25 Blue · 22 AWG
MAX98357A #1 / #2 I2S DIN / audio data Firmware-selected Match data_out_num to the schematic
MAX98357A #1 / #2 SD / MODE control GPIO 14 Orange · check boot/reset mute state
Wake switch RTC deep-sleep wake GPIO 27 Brown · verify wake behavior

The source excerpt does not specify DIN’s GPIO. Use the matching firmware and schematic for that assignment.

2. Native C firmware & offline flashing

The reference package pairs ESP-IDF C source with Windows/macOS/Linux flashing instructions and a bill of materials.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Reference ESP32 build; legacy esptool 4.x syntax
set -euo pipefail
: "${PORT:?Set PORT to the connected ESP32 serial port}"
esptool.py --chip esp32 --port "$PORT" --baud 921600 write_flash -z \
  0x1000 bootloader.bin \
  0x8000 partition-table.bin \
  0x10000 stadium_blueprint_prod.bin

Offsets shown are for this ESP32 reference layout. Match the build’s generated flash arguments when using other images or boards.

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Tools for the whole system

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PILLAR A // SECURITY, TOOLING & GOVERNANCE

Offensive Security & System Defense

Web, API & Business-Logic Pentesting AppSec

Manual BOLA/IDOR hunting, authentication bypasses, SSRF, Burp Suite Pro, Nuclei custom templates, and OWASP Top 10 remediation.

Custom Security Tooling (Rust & Python) Tooling

Concurrent Rust recon engines (SPECTRE), Python/Scapy packet manipulation, adversary emulation (Aegis), and custom YARA rule engineering.

Cloud security & ISO 27001/42001 readiness Defense & GRC

ISO/IEC 42001 AI governance readiness, ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS readiness, pfSense network segmentation, Linux hardening, and SPF/DKIM/DMARC.

Hardware & RF Security Auditing Wireless

802.11 promiscuous sniffing, rogue AP sentries, BLE 5.0 enumeration, firmware binary extraction, and acoustic noise masking.

PILLAR B // SILICON & FIRMWARE

Embedded Systems & IoT Engineering

Native C / C++ & ESP-IDF Architecture Firmware

Register-level peripheral control, FreeRTOS multi-tasking, NVS state persistence, brownout protection, and reproducible builds.

Ultra-Low-Power & Battery Engineering Power

Sleep and active-current profiling, RTC GPIO latching, RT9080 LDO regulation, and LiPo PMIC management.

Digital Audio & High-Speed Buses Interfaces

I2S DMA audio with mute sequencing (MAX98357A), Bluetooth Classic A2DP/AVRCP, SPI/I2C/UART, and TinyUSB JSON-RPC consoles.

Turnkey Manufacturing & Flashing Toolchains Production

Complete US/global BOMs, color-coded wiring schematics, 3D CAD sleds, and 1-click browser/offline esptool flashers.

How Engagements Work

Agree on the scope, stay informed, and leave with a usable handoff.

01

Scope & NDA

Agree on assets, constraints, authorization, confidentiality, milestones, and acceptance criteria.

02

Audit or Engineer

Test, investigate, or build within the agreed scope, with progress updates and clear escalation paths.

03

Verify & Hand Over

Provide evidence, fixes, and reproducible build or test instructions matched to the project.

04

Retest & Support

Confirm the retest window, support period, and any scope changes in the written proposal.

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