nerdymark's Software Engineering & Cybersecurity Blog

Welcome to my digital homestead - a curated collection of projects, writeups, and experiments in Python, cybersecurity, and creative coding.

Here you'll find CTF writeups covering Azure OAuth privilege escalation, AWS S3 multi-service exploitation, Kubernetes SSRF attack chains, Terraform state poisoning, Go malware reverse engineering, and supply-chain compromises on GitHub Actions runners. You'll also find side projects like the Pokemon Sleep Roster Analyzer, an RDP/VNC network scanner, a LinkedIn feed analyzer powered by Gemini, and word-puzzle solvers for Wordle and Hardle. Plus notes on building this Flask site, migrating to AWS, Bluesky cross-posting, and running a personal AI robot out of my garage.

I'm Mark LaCore - Software Engineer by day, Raspberry Pi tinkerer by night. 25 years of turning caffeine into code, 20+ years of playing guitar, and a growing collection of CTF trophies. Explore the posts below, browse the CTF writeups, or drop me a line.

README: drop App Store paragraph, add lang to fenced code block Co-Authored-By:... 

File: README.md
 open "$HOME/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/NerdymarkScreenSaver/dist/Nerdym
 ## Project layout
-```
+```text
 screensavers/
 ├── project.yml                              xcodegen spec → generates .xcodeproj
 ├── build.sh                                 sign / notarize / DMG pipeline
 screensavers/
 ## Distribution
-Distributed as a notarized DMG from <https://nerdymark.com/screensavers>. Not on the Mac App Store (Apple employees' personal projects ship from their own sites by policy).
+Distributed as a notarized DMG from <https://nerdymark.com/screensavers>.
 ## License
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