about
who i am, what i do, why i do it
i'm ashton, a systems engineer and whitehat pentester based in sydney.
by day, i build and secure infrastructure. by night, i break into systems (with permission) to find vulnerabilities before the bad guys do. the rest of the time? probably playing CTFs or tinkering with homelab setups.
what i do
infrastructure
designing scalable cloud architecture, automation pipelines, and containerized deployments
security
penetration testing, vulnerability research, red team operations, and CTF competitions
automation
building tools and scripts to streamline workflows, from CI/CD to custom security tooling
open source
contributing to security projects and sharing knowledge with the community
stack
python, go, docker, kubernetes, terraform, aws/azure, burp suite, metasploit, custom exploit dev, reverse engineering
contact
want to collaborate or just chat about security? hit me up at hello@ashton.com.au or find me on github .