Sick Codes
Contract Security Researcher Hardware Penetration Testing, Governance, Risk, Automation, Hacking
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolSick Codes is an independent security researcher and freelance developer based in Melbourne with six years of professional experience specializing in hardware penetration testing, security governance, risk, and automation. He maintains high-profile open-source projects—collectively tens of thousands of GitHub stars and over a million Docker pulls—including Docker-OSX, where he built automation, Kubernetes Helm charts, and serial generation tooling used for macOS VM workflows. As a contract security consultant he advises on ISO 27001, incident response, and security posture for organizations of varied size, and has multiple CVE disclosures to his name. His daily toolkit spans low-level reverse engineering (IDA, Ghidra, radare2), embedded platforms (ESP32, STM32, many Android/iOS devices), and cloud-native tooling (Docker, Kubernetes). Notably, he combines hands-on exploit research with production-oriented automation—scripts and build pipelines that scale reproducible security testing. He is open to contractor roles and frequently surfaces in media and advisories for vulnerability research.
5 years of coding experience
The University of Melbourne
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (21)
docker10
scripting10
bash10
build-system10
opencore10
dockers10
cicd10
automation10
script10
sh10
automations10
shell10
container9
macos8
kubernetes7
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
sickcodes/Docker-OSX
Jun 2020 - Jan 2023
Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near native OSX-KVM in Docker! X11 Forwarding! CI/CD for OS X Security Research! Docker mac Containers.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:20 reviews, 346 commits, 144 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Sick primarily contributed to the automation and configuration of the Docker-OSX project. They implemented a Kubernetes helm chart, demonstrating proficiency in container orchestration. They also developed a script to generate unique machine values, including the generation of config.plist and boot disk images for OpenCore, showcasing their skills in scripting and build automation. Furthermore, the user worked on integrating tests and automatically pushing images to Docker Hub.
containerskvmosxx11security-research
sickcodes/osx-serial-generator
Mar 2021 - Nov 2022
Mac Serial Generator - Generate complete sets of Serial Numbers for OSX-KVM, Docker-OSX and of course, OpenCore.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:70 commits, 24 PRs, 51 pushes in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Sick focused on automating the build and deployment process for the project. Their commits show a deep understanding of shell scripting and build systems. The user refactored and improved existing scripts, as well as improved the logic of generating serials. They also made changes related to the build process of boot disks for the project.
serial-numberskvmosxserialdocker
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