MSc Cybersecurity student based in Sweden. I build real-world defensive infrastructure, break things to understand them, and research emerging threats at the intersection of AI and cybersecurity.
I'm Alphonse Joseph, a Cybersecurity MSc student at University West, Sweden. My research focuses on AI-based threat detection, network defense, and hands-on security engineering.
My philosophy: you can't defend what you don't understand. So I build real infrastructure, break it deliberately, analyse the failures, and build better. My Raspberry Pi 5 runs a full enterprise-grade security stack — honeypots, SIEM, IDS/IPS, threat intelligence — all on $100 hardware.
I'm actively seeking opportunities in penetration testing, threat intelligence, and security research. Open to internships, collaborations, and interesting problems.
| Service | Purpose | Category | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pi-hole v6 | DNS-level ad & tracker blocking | Network | 433K+ domains blocked |
| Unbound | Recursive DNS resolver | Network | DNSSEC, no upstream |
| WireGuard | VPN server | Network | DuckDNS endpoint, full-tunnel, UDP 51820 |
| nftables | Stateful firewall | Security | Default DROP, rate limiting, NAT masquerade |
| Fail2ban | Brute force protection | Security | SSH jails, 3600s bans |
| CrowdSec | Collaborative threat intelligence | Security | 15K+ IPs blocked via CAPI |
| Cowrie | SSH/Telnet honeypot | Security | Internet-facing, logs real attacker sessions & commands |
| alphonsejoseph.tech | Portfolio site hardening | Security | DNSSEC, HSTS, CSP, security.txt, Cloudflare WAF |
| Grafana | Metrics & log dashboards | Monitoring | Node Exporter + Cowrie panels |
| Prometheus | Time-series metrics | Monitoring | 30-day retention |
| Loki + Promtail | Log aggregation | Monitoring | Cowrie JSON logs ingested |
| Docker + Portainer | Container management | Infra | v29.3.0, ARM64 native |
| Heimdall | Service homepage dashboard | Infra | All services in one place |
| DuckDNS | Dynamic DNS | Network | Auto-updates every 5 min |
| Flipper Zero | Hardware security testing | Hardware | Momentum firmware |
I'm open to internships, research collaborations, and interesting security projects. Whether you want to talk about home labs, threat intelligence, or just geek out about cybersecurity — reach out.