David Moraes
Developer and security researcher.
Professional experience
Independent projects and research
Self-directed | 2022 - Present
Building personal tools and research projects focused on systems programming, offensive security, reverse engineering, and self-hosted infrastructure while documenting findings through technical writeups.
Silly projects
Vigil
Cross-platform activity tracker with local SQLite storage, terminal dashboard, heatmaps, and multi-device sync over the network.
Kme-Debugger
Linux debugger built around ptrace for stepping through, inspecting, and analyzing ELF binaries at runtime.
Undead Space
Full-stack web project covering backend API development, CI/CD pipeline setup, server deployment, and production infrastructure management on a live VPS.
kme-btcrs
Toy blockchain built from scratch to study peer-to-peer networking, consensus, cryptographic primitives, and Bitcoin-inspired protocol design.
Blog / Writeups
Technical writeups on malware analysis, reverse engineering, Active Directory exploitation, CTF walkthroughs, and infrastructure topics.
cv-boot-loader
Bare-metal bootloader written to understand x86 startup, real-mode execution, memory layout, and the transition from firmware to software.