About Me
Whoami
I’m Jean, known as Wintxx or IamWin in the community. I’m a Systems Engineering student passionate about cybersecurity, pentesting, and red teaming. My ultimate goal in this field is to become OSCE3 certified, and with God’s help, I will achieve it.
Off the keyboard
When I’m not studying, you’ll probably find me:
- Following F1, UFC, and everything related to cars and motorcycles.
- Blasting rock music — huge fan of Metallica, RHCP, SOAD, Nirvana, and Guns N’ Roses.
Certifications
Presented in no particular order.
- Hack The Box Certified Penetration Testing Specialist (CPTS)
- Altered Security Certified Red Team Professional (CRTP)
- INE Security eLearn Junior Pentester (eJPT)
- The SecOps Group Certified Active Directory Penetration Expert (C-ADPenX)
- CyberWarfareLabs Certified Red Team Analyst (CRTA)
CVE / Vulnerability Research
Security advisories I’ve been credited for as part of independent vulnerability research.
| ID | Severity | Product | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-f4rj-vqq4-wvg4 | Moderate | Notepad++ ≤ v8.9.6.4 | shortcuts.xml Macro HMAC Bypass — enables conditional elevated command execution. Co-discovered with Enrique de Clerck. Patched in v8.9.7. |
What will you find here?
On this blog, I’ll be posting my machine writeups, certification exam experiences, research, tool articles, and more. My goal is to document my learning journey and share useful technical content with others who are passionate about this field.
Thanks for stopping by. If anything I share helps you, it was worth it.
“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.”
— Mother Teresa