Welcome to PentestHacks.

My name is Mauricio Galindo (handle: mzdaemon), and this blog serves as my personal research notebook dedicated to Offensive Security.

Rather than publishing short tutorials, I focus on documenting the technical details behind Windows internals, reverse engineering, malware analysis, exploit development, debugging, and offensive security research.

Everything published here is based on practical experimentation, independent research, security training, or hands-on laboratory work.

Research Areas #

Reverse Engineering
Malware Analysis
Windows Internals
Exploit Development
Binary Exploitation
WinDbg Debugging
Binary Ninja
Ghidra
PE File Format
Windows Native APIs
Red Team Operations

Why this blog exists #

I created PentestHacks to document what I learn while studying advanced offensive security.

Writing detailed technical articles helps me:

deepen my understanding,
organize research,
share knowledge with the security community,
and create practical references that others can reproduce.

I believe the best way to learn offensive security is by understanding how Windows actually works internally.

Philosophy #

I enjoy exploring the internals of Windows and documenting the techniques used by both attackers and defenders.

My goal is to publish content that explains not only how something works, but also why it works.

Technologies #

Some of the tools frequently used throughout this blog include:

Binary Ninja
Ghidra
WinDbg
x64dbg
Visual Studio
Windows SDK
Python
C/C++
PowerShell

Follow the Research #

New articles are published as I continue researching Windows internals, malware analysis, exploit development, and offensive security.

Thank you for visiting PentestHacks.

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