I'm a Tier 2 IT Support & Cybersecurity Specialist based in Georgia, USA. I build production-grade security tools that combine AI-powered threat detection, network monitoring, and automated defense systems.

• 🔭 Currently maintaining Super Monitor v3 — Rust-powered network defense platform
• 🛡️ Running enterprise-grade security stack: Suricata IDS, YARA malware scanning, threat intel feeds
• 🤖 Integrating local LLMs (Ollama/kimi-k2.5) for real-time threat analysis
• 🌱 Deep into OSINT, digital forensics, and purple team operations
• 💬 Ask me about: Rust, Python, network defense, threat intelligence, OSINT, Proxmox homelabs
• ⚡ Fun fact: I run a multi-device network with full packet mirroring and AI-driven anomaly detection

The ultimate self-learning network defense and AI threat intelligence platform — completely rewritten in Rust for memory safety and performance.

Security Hardened:

• ✅ Async/await architecture (Tokio + Axum)
• ✅ Argon2 + JWT authentication
• ✅ 20-30x faster startup, 5x less memory usage
• ✅ All 9 Python vulnerabilities patched

Features:

• 🤖 AI-powered anomaly detection with self-learning baselines
• 📊 Real-time system monitoring (CPU, RAM, disk, network)
• 🔍 Threat intelligence from CISA, KrebsOnSecurity, BleepingComputer
• 🔔 Automated responses: firewall blocking, temperature shutdowns
• 🌐 Interactive web dashboard with real-time charts

Tech Stack: Rust, Tokio, Axum, Askama, SQLx
🔗 https://github.com/shaydz93/super-monitor-v3

Automated cryptocurrency trading systems with n8n workflow orchestration and technical analysis integration.

• cs4: C#/.NET Core trading bot with TAAPI technical analysis
• q3: Python-based bot with advanced risk management

Security Features:

• API keys stored in n8n encrypted credential vault
• No hardcoded secrets (environment variable only)
• Docker containerized deployment

🔗 https://github.com/shaydz93/ai-trading-bot-cs4 (private)
🔗 https://github.com/shaydz93/ai-trading-bot-q3 (private)

Swift-based iOS application for personal security and monitoring.

Tech Stack: Swift, SwiftUI, Supabase
🔗 https://github.com/shaydz93/ShaydZ-AVMo

Python utility for automated system migrations and configuration transfers.

🔗 https://github.com/shaydz93/MigrationTool

Languages:

Security & Defense:

• IDS/IPS: Suricata with 235k+ daily updated threat IOCs
• Malware Scanning: ClamAV + 1,538 YARA rules
• Network Monitoring: Full packet capture, real-time alerting
• OSINT Toolkit: theHarvester, Sherlock, Recon-ng, Shodan CLI
• Forensics: exiftool, binwalk, foremost, steghide

Infrastructure:

• Virtualization: Type 1 and 2 hypervisors with multiple VMs
• Network: Multi-device network with mirrored port monitoring
• Security Stack: UFW, Fail2ban, rkhunter, unattended-upgrades
• AI/LLM: Ollama with kimi-k2.5 for local threat analysis

DevOps:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│         AI Threat Analysis (Ollama)            │
│    Daily 8 AM reports → Telegram alerts        │
└──────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┘
                   │
┌──────────────────▼──────────────────────────────┐
│         Suricata IDS (Real-time)              │
│   235k+ IOCs | Sub-10s alerting | Full mirror  │
└──────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┘
                   │
┌──────────────────▼──────────────────────────────┐
│      Active Malware Protection                  │
│   ClamAV daemon + YARA rules (1,538 rules)    │
│   Real-time file monitoring on /home, /tmp      │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Alerting: Telegram notifications for critical events
Monitoring: 24/7 automated with cron jobs and systemd services
Location: Hypervisor homelab

Host: Debian 13 rolling, x86_64
Network: Tailscale mesh VPN
Virtualization: Type 1 and 2 Hypervisor

Active Projects:

• Digital forensics toolkit development
• Threat intelligence feed automation
• AI-powered log analysis for C2 detection
• Network anomaly detection with local LLMs

Certifications:

• CompTIA A+ (In progress 1201/1202)
• CompTIA Network+ (Planned)
• CompTIA Security+ (Planned)
• And more

We don't just defend — we hunt.

• Code reviews in hex #663399
• Midnight threat hunts fueled by purple tea
• Ultra Dark Purple Mode: activated
• "A bug turned purple on sight of our CI pipeline — and never returned"

• 🌐 LinkedIn: Zachary Mason
• 📧 Email: zacharym@shaydznet.com

"Monitor smarter. Secure better. Deploy with confidence."
— The Dark Purple Team 🖤💜