Kaushal Kauluri

WPA Handshake Capture Automation

- Developed an automated Bash script to streamline the capture of WPA/WPA2 handshakes for network security testing. - Integrated the Aircrack-ng suite to automate network scanning, monitor mode switching, and deauthentication attacks. - Implemented robust error handling and an interactive command-line interface to improve efficiency during penetration testing.

Apache Vulnerability Simulation & Patching (CVE-2021-42013)

- Simulated an Apache web server environment within a Docker container to model a complete attacker-defender lifecycle for a cybersecurity recruitment challenge. - Exploited a mod_cgi path traversal vulnerability to successfully execute a reverse shell on the target system. - Acted as the defending developer by analyzing the exploit mechanics and applying the necessary security patches to remediate the flaw.

KTop - System Health Monitor

- Developed a real-time Python CLI dashboard using psutil to monitor CPU, memory, disk, network metrics, and top resource-hogging processes. - Implemented a smart alerting system with cooldown windows to detect sustained spikes, alongside an auto-rotating historical logging mechanism.

Linux Homelab

- Built a self-hosted Linux server on repurposed hardware, using Cockpit for system and resource management. - Deployed Docker containers for local LLM inference (Ollama) and private cloud storage (FileBrowser). - Configured a Tailscale mesh VPN for secure, private access to hosted services across devices.