Hi, I'm Isabelle! I am a current sophomore double majoring in Computer Science
and Economics at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. I plan on working in
Quantitative Finance or Cybersecurity in the future.
Outside of school, I enjoy reading, the game Cyberpunk 2077, gardening,
and multimedia art (ranging from physically drawing to using software like Blender or
TouchDesigner). I also participate in various CTF competitions and on CTF platforms. I've published a
few writeups on my other site isabelle.wiki.
New updates coming soon!
This past summer, I worked as a Network Infrastructure Systems Administration Intern, and
I am continuing that work as well as a Quant Trader Internship part-time this fall.
I am on track to graduate with a Bachelors of Science through the college of Literature, Science, and
the Arts in the spring of 2028.
Relevant Classes:
EECS 280 - Introductory Data Structures + Algorithms
EECS 203 - Discrete Mathematics
MATH 214 - Applied Linear Algebra
As for extracurriculars, I am a part of Michigan Quantitative Computing, Michigan Hackers, SPARK Electric Racing,
and Wolvsec.
Current Coding Projects:
VCS - simple version control system written completely in Fortran
Reincarnation - python based cross-platform file recovery script; identifies and restores deleted jpg and png
files on external or internal drives
XEN Editor - fully featured text editor written in C and C++; a
modification of the 1000 line text editor by antirez
Hardware Projects:
BadUSB - created from two USB module rp2040 dev boards
BLE NRF Sniffer - created from a regular rp2040 pico
Pwnagotchi - headless, powered off a portable phone charger, created from a raspberry pi 0w
Debian Web Server - built off a raspberry pi 5, hosts my i2p writeups site as well as XMPP over i2p
Void Linux Server - built off a raspberry pi 400, purpose to be determined
Wifi Mango-apple - diy wifi pineapple built from a GL.iNet Mango v2 router and a USB wifi adapter
(using openwrt firmware and a pineapple image)
Custom KVM Switch - schmatic and PCB designed in KiCAD (WIP)
Interests:
Hardware Hacking, Steganography, RF + SDR Devices, Forensics
Please reach out through one of the above for my email (if I add it here I end
up with spam from web scrapers) or fill out the form below
Isabelle Befidi | CC BY-NC-ND | 2024-4L