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CR1MS0N-Operator/README.md

πŸ‘‹ I'm Darrius Grate β€” @CR1MS0N

Red team operator, security tool builder, reverse engineer.
I build the tools that make offensive security operations faster, stealthier, and more automated.


πŸ›οΈ Three Pillars

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β”‚   πŸ›‘οΈ Red Team Infrastructure     (primary)                  β”‚
β”‚   πŸ€– Active Directory Security (secondary)                  β”‚
β”‚   πŸ”¬ RE & Threat Intelligence     (sustaining)              β”‚
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Building offensive tools, one commit at a time."Below the abstraction."

Veil β€” Red Team Infrastructure

Three-node WireGuard mesh with dedicated Alpine redirector VM (Hermes). NixOS C2 node (Mythic + Poseidon/Apollo agents), Alpine TLS redirector (nginx), Arch edge node (Cerberus). Hub-and-spoke topology built for realistic engagement OPSEC β€” WireGuard-only C2 access, nftables rate limiting, Cowrie honeypot on external SSH, Suricata IDS, Pi-hole DNS sinkhole. Self-hosted service stack: Gitea, Vaultwarden, SearXNG, Caddy TLS.

security-research β€” Container Boundary Research

Analysis of OCI hook execution in rootless Podman deployments. CVE-2025-23266 investigation, threat modeling for GPU-enabled multi-tenant environments. Published whitepaper on container escape primitives and privilege boundary enforcement. Technique library with MITRE ATT&CK mapping: Kerberoasting, AS-REP Roasting, DCSync, Golden Ticket, ADCS abuse.

NightForge β€” Operator Workstation for Red Team & AI Agent Operations

Reproducible Arch Linux workstation built for red team operators and AI agent orchestration. Niri Wayland compositor with scrolling tiling. Quickshell 0.2.1 UI layer: per-screen glassmorphism bar, widget overlay system (ControlCenter, Music, Network, WallpaperPicker, StatusMonitor, Monitor), morph transitions. Matugen dynamic theming extracts Catppuccin Mocha palette from wallpaper. Real-time services: VPN status (WireGuard), Podman containers, MPD media, system health. Operator terminal framework surfaces engagement context, MITRE ATT&CK technique logging, and container status on every shell launch. Rootless Podman profiles (ad, re, web, toolbox) for isolated offensive workflows.

ACLGuard β€” AD ACL Analyzer

C-based Active Directory permission analyzer identifying DACL misconfigurations and privilege escalation paths. CSV/JSON export for integration with continuous assessment workflows. Lightweight single binary with minimal dependencies.


Philosophy

Proactive over reactive. The security industry spends most of its energy responding to incidents that have already happened. I build tooling and research that anticipates adversary behavior β€” counter-reconnaissance, adversary emulation, behavioral baselining, and continuous attack surface validation.

Depth over breadth. One thoroughly understood system is worth more than ten superficially known. Every component in my infrastructure is justified, documented, and manually validated before automation wraps it.

Local-first. Self-hosted toolchain where possible. Gitea, SearXNG, Vaultwarden, Open WebUI on internal infrastructure. Cloud when necessary, local when feasible.

OPSEC-conscious. Lab infrastructure mirrors real engagement constraints β€” WireGuard-only C2 access, dedicated redirector VMs, network segmentation, honeypot layers. Security research should not compromise the researcher.


Certifications & Training

Completed:

  • Active Directory Red Team Specialist (AD-RTS) β€” CyberWarfare Labs, 2025

In Progress:

  • Certified Red Team Analyst (CRTA) β€” CyberWarfare Labs
  • Red Team Operator Specialist (ROPS-RT1) β€” Rogue Labs

Planned:

  • CRT-ID, MCRTA, OCO-AI β€” CyberWarfare Labs (post-CRTA pipeline)
  • BTF, PTF, CPIA, CRT-COI β€” CyberWarfare Labs (long-term track)

Community

  • OWASP Las Vegas β€” Chapter Leader (Dec 2025 – Mar 2026)
  • HackSpaceCon 2026 β€” Volunteer

πŸ“Š GitHub Stats

CR1MS0N-Operator's GitHub stats


Independent security researcher.

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  1. nightforge nightforge Public

    Reproducible Arch Linux red team operator workstation. Niri WM, Quickshell bar, Matugen theming, Podman isolated toolchains.

    QML 3

  2. c4 c4 Public

    C2 Control Center β€” deploy, manage, and destroy multiple C2 frameworks from one CLI

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  3. veil veil Public

    Production-grade red team infrastructure as code. Multi-node WireGuard mesh with NixOS, Alpine, and Arch. Mythic C2, automated threat scoring, nftables-based IPS.

    Shell

  4. ACLGuard-Active-Directory-Permission-Auditor ACLGuard-Active-Directory-Permission-Auditor Public

    A lightweight tool written in C to identify risky permissions in Windows AD

    C