https://www.atomicmaya.me A blog talking all things infosec, IoT, development and personal en-us VSCode Development Information Security IoT OSINT Cybersecurity https://atomicmaya.me/assets/content/main/synth.jpg https://www.atomicmaya.me https://atomicmaya.me/post/2025/2025_12_17%2Bonce-more-to-bsides-london/index.html going to bsides london to help out and hang out https://atomicmaya.me/post-2025-10 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2025/2025_11_15%2Bthings-ive-been-up-to/index.html just a rapid fire series of small updates https://atomicmaya.me/post-2025-09 Sat, 15 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2025/2025_09_27%2Breturning-this-silly-little-blog-to-the-era-of-small-internet/index.html maya is making things less "big tech" https://atomicmaya.me/post-2025-08 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2025/2025_08_31%2Bwhy2025-a-dutch-hacker-camp-experience/index.html once more, maya was in a field, and somehow helped the internet spawn there https://atomicmaya.me/post-2025-07 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2025/2025_07_12%2Ba-semester-in-review/index.html going over some of the shenanigans i have been up to in the last few months :) https://atomicmaya.me/post-2025-06 Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2025/2025_05_27%2Ba-trip-to-montreal/index.html i went to montreal to spend some time somewhere very different, and to revisit my past https://atomicmaya.me/post-2025-05 Tue, 27 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2025/2025_04_29%2Bhack-glasgow/index.html i went to glasgow to help out some friends with their new conference :) https://atomicmaya.me/post-2025-04 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2025/2025_03_22%2Ba-world-on-fire/index.html i rant about the state of the world, and how it affects my community https://atomicmaya.me/post-2025-03 Sat, 22 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2025/2025_02_21%2Bmaya-does-an-infrastruktur/index.html maya has decided that it should make its internet closer to home, maybe in a closet. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2025-02 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2025/2025_01_09%2Bmaya-went-to-38c3/index.html maya goes to congress again, volunteers a bit (this surp... this joke is getting old), and has a fun time. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2025-01 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2024/2024_12_23%2Bbsides-london/index.html I went to a conference and did some volunteering! (this surprises no one) https://atomicmaya.me/post-2024-08 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2024/2024_10_15+bsides-newcastle/index.html I went to a conference and got given things to do! (this surprises no one) https://atomicmaya.me/post-2024-07 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2024/2024_08_24+defcon32-new-experiences/index.html I went to DEFCON32 and volunteered. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2024-06 Sat, 24 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2024/2024_08_15+pnw-adventures/index.html Maya decided to go on a pre-DEFCON visit to the US West Coast. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2024-05 Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2024/2024_07_27+startup-whiplash-at-steelcon/index.html One of my rants, this time with extra punch, sure to give whiplash. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2024-04 Sat, 27 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2024/2024_06_30+electromagnetic-fields/index.html I went to a field near Ledbury. Oh, and so did 3000 or so other hackers! https://atomicmaya.me/post-2024-03 Sun, 30 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2024/2024_04_18+whoops-thats-some-pii/index.html I stumbled onto the database of a lumber/building materials buying group in Canada. A tale of responsible disclosure. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2024-02 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2024/2024_01_02+new-year-new-stuff/index.html A few changes to this blog. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2024-01 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2023/2023_12_31+i-went-to-c3-congress/index.html Chaos Congress, the perfect place for this chaos goose to end the year. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2023-14 Sun, 31 Dec 2023 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2023/2023_12_13+speaking-at-bsides-london/index.html BSides London! (I failed the "Maya don't speak at a BSides challenge" again) https://atomicmaya.me/post-2023-13 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2023/2023_10_20+making-this-blog-easier-to-deploy/index.html Blogging, on the move? https://atomicmaya.me/post-2023-12 Fri, 20 Oct 2023 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2023/2023_10_15+its-been-3-years/index.html 3 years, 54 blog posts, a bit of a brain dump. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2023-11 Sun, 15 Oct 2023 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2023/2023_09_30+attending-bonclesides/index.html I went to Newcastle upon Tyne to attend and speak at a conference. I ended up also winning second place at the CTF. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2023-10 Sat, 30 Sep 2023 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2023/2023_08_21+i-went-to-c3camp/index.html Chaos Computer Camp, or how a bunch of hackers and makers in a field in Germany make for quite a cool event! https://atomicmaya.me/post-2023-09 Mon, 21 Aug 2023 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2023/2023_08_20+i-went-to-defcon-31/index.html I have once more been graced with the opportunity to head to Vegas, for one of the worlds' largest hacker conferences. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2023-08 Sun, 20 Aug 2023 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2023/2023_07_12+javascript-war-crimes-at-steelcon/index.html Maya is back - with a vengeance - to teach people about JSFuck. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2023-07 Wed, 12 Jul 2023 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2023/2023_05_11+a-phishing-expedition/index.html I somehow got involved in analyzing a phishing kit that was making the rounds... So let's talk about its technical aspects. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2023-06 Thu, 11 May 2023 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2023/2023_04_12+yet-another-new-job/index.html I have a new job, and am leaving academia. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2023-05 Tue, 4 Apr 2023 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2023/2023_03_09+revamping-my-bsc-project/index.html I made a program to visualize Dominant Language Constellations in 3D, to digitize a process done until then with sticks and papier maché. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2023-04 Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2023/2023_02_17+gender-paradigm-shift/index.html Gender identity! A fun topic, and my personal stake in it. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2023-03 Fri, 17 Feb 2023 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2023/2023_02_16+going-to-bsides-cymru/index.html BSides Cymru, or why I went to hang out with a bunch of trans and queer folk in Wales https://atomicmaya.me/post-2023-02 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2023/2023_02_15+msc-fun/index.html Explaining the conspicuous disappearance of my Internet self. (ish) https://atomicmaya.me/post-2023-01 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2022/2022_12_20+going-to-bsides-london/index.html BSides London, one of the UK's biggest BSides events, and the friends that were made along the way. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2022-12 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2022/2022_11_17+going-to-korea/index.html A big university trip halfway around the world. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2022-11 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2022/2022_10_15+beercon4/index.html BeerCon4, a cybersecurity event! (but at a trade show???) https://atomicmaya.me/post-2022-10 Sat, 15 Oct 2022 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2022/2022_09_30+travelling-to-scotland/index.html I attended a wedding in Scotland, and met up with some of my friends! https://atomicmaya.me/post-2022-09 Fri, 30 Sep 2022 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2022/2022_08_30+heading-for-defcon/index.html DEFCON30! All the shenanigans, all the hackers, all the bad luck? https://atomicmaya.me/post-2022-08 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2022/2022_07_29+heading-to-amsterdam-and-going-to-mch/index.html I attended MayContainHackers 2022, and got into some shenanigans! https://atomicmaya.me/post-2022-07 Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2022/2022_05_15+winning-the-wavegame/index.html I went to Paris for the WaveGame competition, and we ended up winning! https://atomicmaya.me/post-2022-06 Sun, 15 May 2022 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2022/2022_05_15+building-a-raspi-private-web-server/index.html Building a Raspberry Pi private web server! https://atomicmaya.me/post-2022-05 Wed, 04 May 2022 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2022/2022_04_26+running-the-digital-overdose-conference-again/index.html Going behind the scenes of the second iteration of the Digital Overdose Conference. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2022-04 Tue, 26 Apr 2022 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2022/2022_02_18+starting-a-new-job/index.html Going into a bit more detail about what I'm currently working on! https://atomicmaya.me/post-2022-03 Fri, 18 Feb 2022 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2022/2022_01_29+knight-ctf-2022-all-writeups/index.html Dissecting various challenges at 2022's KnightCTF, from cryptography and programming to reverse engineering. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2022-02 Sat, 29 Jan 2022 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2022/2022_01_15+catching-covid/index.html I managed to catch COVID, here's my story about it. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2022-01 Sat, 15 Jan 2022 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2021/2021_11_25+speaking-at-conint/index.html Communities, the Internet and OSINT, how do they mix? https://atomicmaya.me/post-2021-24 Thu, 25 Nov 2021 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2021/2021_11_15+happy-birthday-to-this-blog/index.html I have kept this blog alive for 1 year! https://atomicmaya.me/post-2021-23 Mon, 15 Nov 2021 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2021/2021_10_11+digital-overdose-official-writeup-3-c4/index.html Official developer writeup for the challenge 'C1 - I think this should be C4' that was created for the Digital Overdose Autumn 2021 CTF https://atomicmaya.me/post-2021-22 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2021/2021_10_11+digital-overdose-official-writeup-2-a-lying-cake/index.html Official developer writeup for the challenge 'A door by any other name' that was created for the Digital Overdose Autumn 2021 CTF https://atomicmaya.me/post-2021-21 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2021/2021_10_11+digital-overdose-official-writeup-1-outage/index.html Official developer writeup for the challenge 'Outage - The usual suspect' that was created for the Digital Overdose Autumn 2021 CTF https://atomicmaya.me/post-2021-20 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2021/2021_08_31+enumerating-the-lightshot-cdn/index.html How I went from the premise of an open CDN to exploiting it as a proof of concept. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2021-19 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2021/2021_07_20+the-2021-halfway-mark/index.html Going over the timeline for the last few months, seeing what has been accomplished. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2021-18 Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2021/2021_04_29+digital-overdose-conference/index.html Speaking a bit more about my experiences surrounding and during the Digital Overdose Conference. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2021-17 Thu, 29 Apr 2021 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2021/2021_04_20+central-infosec-ctf-python/index.html This is a write-up of the "07. Reversing: Code Analysis (CIS-WEBSRV01)" series of challenges in the context of the Central Infosec CTF. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2021-16 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2021/2021_04_20+central-infosec-ctf-hack-the-static-hard/index.html This is a write-up for the hardest of the "14. Web Exploitation: Advanced (CIS-WEBSRV01)" series of challenges in the context of the Central Infosec CTF. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2021-15 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2021/2021_04_20+central-infosec-ctf-hack-the-maze-hard/index.html This is a write-up for the hardest of the "13. Web Exploitation: Games (CIS-WEBSRV01)" series of challenges in the context of the Central Infosec CTF. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2021-14 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2021/2021_04_20+central-infosec-ctf-all/index.html This is a recap of my participation in the Central Infosec CTF with "Advanced Persistent Team". https://atomicmaya.me/post-2021-13 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2021/2021_03_07+much-ado-about-passwords/index.html Going over various (non-)solutions people use to store their passwords and the appeal of password management solutions. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2021-12 Sun, 07 Mar 2021 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2021/2021_02_26+tracelabs-ctf-with-hacksouth/index.html A write-up on my participation in the TraceLabs OSINT CTF. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2021-11 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 18:00:00 GMT https://atomicmaya.me/post/2021/2021_01_08+whatsapp-privacy-policy-changes-analysis/index.html Reviewing the changes coming Feb. 8th 2021 to the WhatsApp privacy policy and their effect. https://atomicmaya.me/post-2021-4 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:00:00 GMT