Academic and technical projects from my MSc in Applied Cybersecurity at Heriot-Watt University, plus professional and community work. Click any project to open the full case study with methodology, tools, outcomes, and GitHub links.
Python tool that automates Vigenère cipher cryptanalysis using the Measure of Roughness statistical method to identify the most likely key length by comparing column-wise MR values to the English text baseline.
Implementation of a public-key cryptosystem using a superincreasing sequence, modular arithmetic, and binary plaintext conversion. Demonstrates key generation, encryption, and decryption with the modular inverse.
Python firewall system parsing, validating, and storing network rules for inbound/outbound/bidirectional traffic in the 10.x.x.x range, with full IP validation and pandas-based reporting.
Controlled forensic investigation covering evidence acquisition, forensic imaging, hash verification, artifact analysis, timeline reconstruction, and professional reporting.
Security monitoring practice using Security Onion and Kibana — alert triage, log analysis, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, threat detection, and incident-style reporting.
Controlled lab reconnaissance covering host discovery, port scanning, service enumeration, and OS fingerprinting using Nmap in an isolated ethical environment.
Java Swing inventory prototype for an auction house, built across 4 incremental stages. Polymorphic CSV loading, JTable GUI, robust corrupted-data handling, and full statistics reporting.
Desktop browser built in C# WinForms with async HTTP requests, regex-based HTML title and link extraction, bookmark management, and persistent browsing history.
3-person group project building a Python app processing Issuu-style tracking logs — country/continent views, browser stats, reader profiles, also-likes Graphviz visualisations, with CLI and Tkinter GUI.
Multi-VM virtual lab with isolated networking for offensive exercises, SOC concepts, forensic workflows, and network testing — fully reproducible from documentation.
Data analysis, AI-assisted advertising concepts, campaign planning, ecommerce support, and digital brand visibility for a luxury cashmere brand across UK, Europe, and US markets.
Contributed to team efforts providing essential groceries and resources to 500+ families during COVID-19 in Islamabad — coordinating logistics, volunteers, and community outreach.