GRAHAM HELTON

I spend a lot of time thinking about the security of systems in offensive ways. I use this site to share thoughts that might aid others who are working on similar problems.

Job Experience

Red Team Specialist @ Google

Present

Founder @ Low Orbit Security

Present

Security Technical Lead @ /dev/null

Past

Instructor & Course Author (Practical Phishing Assessments) @ TCM Security

Past

Penetration Tester @ risk3sixty

Past

Prior Roles

Junior Client System Engineer, Cyber Security Researcher, IT Intern, Bookkeeper, Grocery store bagger

Side Projects & Tooling

gubble

An open source Go tool designed to audit Google Workspace group settings. It analyzes group membership settings to identify security risks.

USP

An open source Go tool to establish persistence on a Linux system by creating a udev rule that triggers the execution of a specified payload.

MITRE ATT&CK Contributor

Event Triggered Execution: Udev Rules

Kubenomicon

An open source offensive security focused threat matrix for kubernetes with an emphasis on walking through how to exploit each attack.

Dredge

Dredge is a linux command-line tool for finding and logging secrets on a filesystem for manual inspection.

IMDSpoof

IMDSPOOF is a cyber deception tool that spoofs the AWS IMDS service to return HoneyTokens that can be alerted on.

Conference Talks

Title Event Year
Breaching Kubernetes Clusters Workshop [Bare Metal Edition] Red Team Village/Overflow 2025
Red Goes Purple: Executing The Attack Path Red Team Village/DEFCON 2024
WTF is a Kubernete and How Do I attack It? Black Hills Information Security Webcast 2024
Port 22 and You: A Match Made In Shell Bsides Nashville 2024
WTF is a Kubernete and How Do I Attack it? HackSpaceCon 2024
An Investigation of Exploitation by the Certification Federation Antisyphon Snake Oil Summit 2023
Human Memory Management: Techniques for actionable security research Bsides Atlanta 2023
A Tale Of Two Strands Wild West Hackin' Fest 2022

Certifications

KCNA

Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate

GMLE

SANS - GIAC Machine Learning Engineer

GCSA

SANS - GIAC Cloud Security Automation

GNFA

SANS - GIAC Network Forensic Analyst

GCPM

SANS - GIAC Certified Project Manager

GXPN

SANS - GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester

GCED

SANS - GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender

GDSA

SANS - GIAC Defensible Security Architect

GCIA

SANS - GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst

GPYC

SANS - GIAC Python Coder

GSTRT

SANS - GIAC Strategic Planning, Policy, and Leadership

GCIH

SANS - GIAC Certified Incident Handler

GSEC

SANS - GIAC Security Essentials

eCPPTv2

eLearnSecurity Certified Professional Penetration Tester

eJPT

eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester

Security+

CompTIA

Linux+

CompTIA

Network+

CompTIA

A+

CompTIA

Project+

CompTIA

Recent Training

Course Provider Year
Certified Red Team Operator (CRTO) Zero Point Security 2024
Hacking and Hardening Kubernetes Inguardians 2024
Blockchain and Smart Contract Security SANS 2023
Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) OffSec 2023
Breaching The Cloud Antisyphon 2023
Kubernetes Under Siege Antisyphon 2023
Active Defense & Cyber Deception Antisyphon 2022

Education

Masters of Science in Information Security Engineering

SANS Technology Institute - Current

Bachelors of Science in Cybersecurity

University of North Georgia