I’m an MSc in Computer Science and Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico. Currently a PhD student at the Security & Privacy Research Unit at TU Wien. I am interested in Computer Security, Reverse Engineering and all things low-level. In my free time, I play CTF competitions (Capture The Flag) and try to learn as much as I can about my main interests: Binary Exploitation, Reverse Engineering and Web Security.
I have always been fascinated by computers and started programming at age 16, while in high school and have been doing it ever since. At first, I was most interested in Game and Graphics Programming as well as developing projects for the Arduino.
At the end of my first year in university I discovered Cybersecurity and the world of Capture The Flag (CTF) competitions and I was instantly hooked! Who doesn’t want to be a “hacker”, right?
I am a member of the Security Team @Técnico student group/CTF Team and take every chance I get to play the competitions and improve my skills.
Experience
From January to November of 2019 I was a Java Developer at the Computer and Network Services of Instituto Superior Técnico.
During this time, I worked on the SmartSigner project helping with technology migrations and integration of new features.Gave two lectures STT internal lectures about the Glibc’s Heap basics and how to exploit it.
Played for STT in both online and on-site finals including CSAW’20 and PRO CTF FINALS - HITB+
Member of team Portugal in the European Cyber Security Challenge 2021, where we achieved Portugal’s best ranking to date.
Co-author of ICISSP 2022 paper Systematic Analysis of Programming Languages and Their Execution Environments for Spectre Attacks
Co-author of S&P 2023 paper WebSpec: Towards Machine-Checked Analysis of Browser Security MechanismsWebSpec (arxiv)(to be published in May 2023)
Technical Skills
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