Gaurav Raj

(thehackersbrain) • Security Researcher & Software Engineer

Offensive Security Researcher & Software Engineer with 8+ years of open-source experience. Specialized in low-level systems programming (C/ASM/Rust), Linux internals, kernel development, and red team operations. Strong crossover between kernel engineering, cloud infrastructure, and full-stack development.

Featured Projects

THBOS (x86-bit)

A minimal x86 operating system that displays CPU information using the CPUID instruction.

CMultibootCPUIDx86BootloaderKernel

Berserk Arch Linux

A bleeding-edge, security-centric distro for hackers, developers, and nerds alike.

Arch LinuxLinuxCI/CDSystem DesignDevelopment

CHIP-8 Emulator

A from-scratch CHIP-8 virtual machine implementation focused on understanding low-level emulation concepts.

RustOpcodeSDL2QEMUMemory Management

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Featured In & Recognition

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Netflix - Gyeongseong Creature (S2E1)
HiddenWave audio steganography tool featured in netflix hacking series production for covert communication scenes. LSB encoding in WAV files used for cyber warfare visualization.
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UCSB netUnicorn Research - Network Security ML Platform
Exploit development patterns and vulnerability research methodologies referenced in "In Search of netUnicorn" paper for ML-based network security experiments.
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IRJMETS Journal Vol. 7, Issue 5 (May 2025)
HiddenPNG and HiddenWave cited in "Steganography in Multimedia" paper (Ref [12]). LSB techniques, PIL/NumPy implementation, and cryptographic data concealment methods.