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      <title>💡 Upcoming Projects 💡</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Cyber Defense Sim 🕹️</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>A practice cyber range built on Gymnasium to train and evaluate defensive RL agents and practice incident response.</description>
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      <title>CyberSOCEval: A Surprising Lesson from the Malware Reasoning Benchmark</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/blog/cybersoceval-reporting/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Exploring how input structure affects LLM reasoning in cybersecurity, using JSON, TOON, Graph, and Markdown representations.</description>
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      <title>Allowance Revoker 💸</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/allowance-revoker/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/allowance-revoker/</guid>
      <description>A Monad wallet-security tool for discovering active ERC-20 allowances and ERC-721 collection approvals, assessing exposure, and revoking them.</description>
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      <title>OOM-TUI 📟</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/oom-tui/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>An evidence-first terminal console for investigating Linux Out-of-Memory incidents.</description>
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      <title>Inside ORACLE: How AVA Triages Alerts Like a Senior Analyst</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/blog/inside-oracle-hypothesis-driven-triage/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>An inside look at AVA&amp;rsquo;s hypothesis-driven triage framework: how it reasons like a senior analyst across six stages, and gets sharper with every alert it sees.</description>
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      <title>Cyber LLM Benchmark Hub: A Home for Measuring AI in Cybersecurity</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>A central place to compare cybersecurity LLM performance across tasks, domains, and models. The hub brings together 35 benchmarks, 78 models, and 10 categories.</description>
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      <title>Cyber LLM Benchmark Hub 📊</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>A comprehensive platform for evaluating and comparing Large Language Model (LLM) performance across over 30 specialized cybersecurity benchmarks.</description>
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      <title>tie-hunt 🎯</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/tie/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Predicts associated MITRE ATT&amp;amp;CK® techniques from observed adversary behavior using WALS matrix factorization.</description>
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      <title>MITRE ATT&amp;CK Python Toolkit 🛡️</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/mitre-python/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/mitre-python/</guid>
      <description>A comprehensive collection of Python scripts simulating MITRE ATT&amp;amp;CK techniques for security testing, education, and research.</description>
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      <title>Stammbaum 🌳📜</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/stammbaum/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:38:19 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/stammbaum/</guid>
      <description>Desktop genealogy application built with Electron.</description>
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      <title>Aegis Forensics  📦</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/aegis-forensics/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:38:19 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/aegis-forensics/</guid>
      <description>AI-powered digital forensics agent that runs in a secure disposable cloud sandbox.</description>
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      <title>AI Security Repo  🥷</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/ai-sec-research/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:38:19 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/ai-sec-research/</guid>
      <description>A collection of resources related AI Security.</description>
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      <title>Console IR  🖥️</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/console-ir/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 19:38:19 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/console-ir/</guid>
      <description>A terminal-first incident investigation console for real-time OCSF event ingestion, enrichment, and AI-assisted case management.</description>
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      <title>GenAI Cyber Security Repo  🗃️</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/gen-ai-cyber/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 19:38:19 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/gen-ai-cyber/</guid>
      <description>A curated collection of LLM‑based resources for cyber security</description>
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      <title>Skills Tracker 📈</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/skills-tracker/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/skills-tracker/</guid>
      <description>A Skills Tracker Application to track your skills and reach your goals</description>
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      <title>Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers for Cyber 🧩</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/mcp-open-source/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/mcp-open-source/</guid>
      <description>A Langgraph CTI agent that leverages a MCP client to connect to MCP Servers</description>
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      <title>Neural Malware Detector 🕷️</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/neural-malware-detector/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/neural-malware-detector/</guid>
      <description>A Flask web app leveraging both Random Forest and RNN models to detect malware in uploaded files.</description>
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      <title>Contact</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/contact/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 19:17:44 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;h1 id=&#34;-get-in-touch&#34;&gt;📬 Get in Touch&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;rsquo;d like to work together or have any questions, feel free to reach out using the form below or connect with me on social media.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;form action=&#34;https://formspree.io/f/mrewggkj&#34; method=&#34;POST&#34; class=&#34;mt-8 mb-12 flex flex-col gap-4 max-w-xl&#34;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;div&gt;&#xA;    &lt;label for=&#34;name&#34; class=&#34;block text-sm font-medium opacity-80 mb-1&#34;&gt;Name&lt;/label&gt;&#xA;    &lt;input type=&#34;text&#34; id=&#34;name&#34; name=&#34;name&#34; required class=&#34;w-full px-4 py-2 bg-transparent border border-black/20 dark:border-white/20 rounded-lg focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 transition-colors&#34;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/div&gt;&#xA;  &lt;div&gt;&#xA;    &lt;label for=&#34;email&#34; class=&#34;block text-sm font-medium opacity-80 mb-1&#34;&gt;Email&lt;/label&gt;&#xA;    &lt;input type=&#34;email&#34; id=&#34;email&#34; name=&#34;email&#34; required class=&#34;w-full px-4 py-2 bg-transparent border border-black/20 dark:border-white/20 rounded-lg focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 transition-colors&#34;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/div&gt;&#xA;  &lt;div&gt;&#xA;    &lt;label for=&#34;message&#34; class=&#34;block text-sm font-medium opacity-80 mb-1&#34;&gt;Message&lt;/label&gt;&#xA;    &lt;textarea id=&#34;message&#34; name=&#34;message&#34; rows=&#34;5&#34; required class=&#34;w-full px-4 py-2 bg-transparent border border-black/20 dark:border-white/20 rounded-lg focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 transition-colors resize-none&#34;&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/div&gt;&#xA;  &lt;button type=&#34;submit&#34; class=&#34;btn-send&#34;&gt;&#xA;    Send Message &lt;span&gt;🚀&lt;/span&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/button&gt;&#xA;&lt;/form&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3 id=&#34;-connect-with-me&#34;&gt;🌐 Connect With Me&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;💼 &lt;strong&gt;LinkedIn:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashfaaq98&#34;&gt;ashfaaq98&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;🐦 &lt;strong&gt;Twitter:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&#34;https://x.com/__ashfaaq__&#34;&gt;__ashfaaq__&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;🛠️ &lt;strong&gt;GitHub:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&#34;https://github.com/ashfaaq98&#34;&gt;ashfaaq98&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3 id=&#34;-academic-profiles&#34;&gt;👣 Academic Profiles&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;🎓 &lt;strong&gt;Google Scholar:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&#34;https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&amp;amp;user=aOkAU6MAAAAJ&#34;&gt;See Citations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;📘 &lt;strong&gt;IEEE Xplore:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&#34;https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/636303930526215&#34;&gt;Browse Author Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;📑 &lt;strong&gt;DBLP:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&#34;https://dblp.org/pid/375/1998.html&#34;&gt;View Publications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
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      <title>About Me</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/about/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 19:17:39 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;👋 Hello! I’m &lt;strong&gt;Ashfaaq Farzaan&lt;/strong&gt;, an &lt;strong&gt;AI Engineer&lt;/strong&gt;. I love building systems that think and adapt by combining AI and cybersecurity to make technology safer for everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;🤖 With a  background in  security,  system engineering, and  Large Language Models (LLMs), I design and develop next-gen AI Agentic systems for security operations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lifelong learning fuels my mission to push the frontier of AI-driven security.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2 id=&#34;-education&#34;&gt;🎓 Education&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3 id=&#34;-academic&#34;&gt;🎖️ Academic&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MSc in Cyber Security &amp;amp; Forensics (Distinction)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Jan 2023 – May 2024&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Third Verdict</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/blog/the-third-verdict/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/blog/the-third-verdict/</guid>
      <description>Exploring the nuances of AI agent decision-making and accountability in autonomous cyber operations.</description>
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      <title>Periscope  🔭</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/periscope/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:38:19 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/periscope/</guid>
      <description>An AI‑enabled system for efficient cyber incident detection and response in cloud environments.</description>
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      <title>Porsha 🫆</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/porsha/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2023 21:52:45 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/porsha/</guid>
      <description>A Python based Digital Forensic Toolkit.</description>
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      <title>SDN-based Load Balancer for SOHO Environments 🌐⚖️</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/sdn/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/sdn/</guid>
      <description>Development of an SDN-based load balancing algorithm that utilizes server bandwidth metrics, implemented on a POX controller and tested in Mininet and Raspberry Pi environments.</description>
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      <title>Enterprise Network Design for Multi-Tenant Data Center 🖧 📐</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/enterprise-network-design/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:38:19 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/enterprise-network-design/</guid>
      <description>A comprehensive design diagram for a multi-tenant data center, focusing on physical and logical topologies, high availability, and disaster recovery using AWS.</description>
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      <title>Autonomous Air Controller 🌡️🏠</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/autonomous-air-controller/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/autonomous-air-controller/</guid>
      <description>An IoT-based system to autonomously control air conditioner settings by monitoring room occupancy, individual body temperatures, and overall room temperature, aiming for enhanced comfort and energy efficiency.</description>
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      <title>Line Following Robot 🤖➡️</title>
      <link>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/line-following-robot/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ashfaaq.dev/projects/line-following-robot/</guid>
      <description>An Arduino-based robot programmed in assembly to autonomously follow a black line path.</description>
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