Hi! I'm Varun Rathod, a Computer Science undergraduate at PES University, Bangalore, passionate about building technology from scratch and securing it. My work spans:
- 🔐 Detection Engineering & SOC Tooling
- 🕵️ Cyber Threat Intelligence & Digital Forensics
- 🧵 Systems & Network Programming
- 🛠️ Software Development
- 🤖 Applied Machine Learning (including security‑driven ML)
- 📱 Full‑stack & Mobile engineering
I love understanding how systems work under the hood, experimenting, and constantly pushing into deeper layers of computing.
Languages: Python • C • C++ • Go • Dart • JavaScript • TypeScript • SQL
Web & Mobile: React • Next.js • Flutter • Node.js • Express.js • MongoDB • REST • GraphQL
Systems: Linux • Kernel Modules • Sockets • OS Internals • Networking
Security & AI: Splunk • ELK Stack • Wazuh • Wireshark • Nmap • Burp Suite • Neo4j • MITRE ATT&CK • Threat Detection ML • CTFs
Tools: Git • Docker • FastAPI • Makefiles • Linux CLI
- Building out a personal SOC homelab (Splunk, ELK, Wazuh)
- Network security & ethical hacking
- Threat detection with ML
- Advanced kernel internals
- CTF & vulnerability research