MRPH·LAB

SIGNAL ACQUIRED · GRID WITHHELD

Security writing with the lab work to back it up.

I'm Murphy: developer, cybersecurity student, and technical writer. I write hands-on tutorials and deep dives on Node.js security, OSINT tooling, privacy engineering, and RF, and every article is tested on my own hardware before it ships.

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FIELD NOTES / 88.0–108.0

Writing

Tutorials and teardowns with working code. Reproducible on your machine.

  1. TX·01 Hardening a Node/Express API: a working checklist, not a listicle Node.js · Helmet · rate limiting · dependency auditing · 12 min
  2. TX·02 Building an IP-intelligence enrichment pipeline in Python OSINT · APIs · automated triage · rate-limit etiquette · 10 min
  3. TX·03 What a Flipper Zero actually teaches you about defending your own devices RF/wireless · defensive security · demystifying tools · 8 min
  4. TX·04 WebSocket security in Node: CORS was never protecting you Node.js · ws / Socket.IO · CSWSH · origin checks · DoS caps · 12 min

LICENSE & REGISTRATION

Credentials

The paper trail. Statuses are live and this ladder gets climbed in order.

  1. IN PROGRESS

    B.S. Computer Science, Cybersecurity specialization

    University of Phoenix · strong GPA · on track

  2. IN PROGRESS

    ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)

    First rung of the cert ladder

  3. NEXT UP

    CompTIA Security+

    Target: 2026

  4. QUEUED

    CompTIA CySA+

    Analyst track, following Security+

Honors & recognition

  • ACADEMIC President's Letter recipient for outstanding GPA

BENCH INVENTORY

The lab behind the words

Everything I publish is run on real hardware first. No vibes-based tutorials.

Build & ship

Vanilla JavaScript, Node/Express, Socket.io, front-end. Python and bash for automation, scraping, and enrichment pipelines. Linux server administration.

Security focus

Cybersecurity degree in progress. OSINT methodology, privacy & anonymity tooling (Tor, GPG, Whonix), counter-surveillance concepts, RF/wireless with Flipper Zero, all written from the defensive side.

Heavy iron

A dedicated GPU workstation running local AI pipelines for image, video, TTS, and audio generation, producing original diagrams and media for every article. No stock art.

SIDE CHANNEL

Digital Descent

A browser-based hacking simulation I'm building solo: real terminal UI (xterm.js), Node/Socket.io backend, and systems inspired by actual tradecraft rather than movie hacking. In development.

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OPEN FREQUENCY

Commission an article

Editors and dev-tools teams: I take asynchronous commissions for tutorials, security deep dives, and documentation. Clear outlines, working code, delivered on schedule.

[email protected]

or find me on GitHub