Cybersecurity & Hardware Engineering

Abek
Khokhar

Specializing in physical hardware through embedded systems, security, and software. Designed end to end under one label.

Work in progress
P3 · NFC In Progress
Encrypted NFC Payment Terminal

Authenticated payment terminal built on a Pi Zero 2W. AES mutual authentication, randomized UIDs, EMV transaction logic. Housed along MTA Subway train model with a green/red indicator light.

Progress45%
HardwareNFC · RFIDAES CryptoEmbedded LinuxPi Zero 2W
P1 · Red Team In Progress
Cyber Homelab Environment

Ready to deploy red team tool built from a Raspberry Pi 5 8GB, 512GB NVMe, custom 3D printed housing running Kali Linux, WiFi 7, fully wireless. Used against a self-built homelab simulating a real office environment: Windows 10, Active Directory, ethernet-connected. Both sides of the attack documented.

Progress40%
Offensive SecurityActive DirectoryKali Linux3D PrintedPi 5
P2 · AI In Progress
Self Hosted A.I

A fully offline personal AI system deployable through Linux and macOS. Four specialist models routed by task type. A compounding memory system built from weekly journal entries. Online compatibility with live data through sanitized open APIs. Every piece of personal data stays on your own hardware, permanently.

Progress25%
OllamaLLMRAG · ChromaDBPrivacyRTX 3070
P4 · Infrastructure Queued
Private Cloud Storage

Physical cloud storage built on repurposed enterprise hardware using NVMe drives in RAID, SODIMM RAM and Nextcloud with full encryption at rest, accessible from anywhere via VPN. No third party holds the data. No terms of service on your own files.

Progress5%
NextcloudRAIDSelf-HostedEncryptionWireGuard
Credentials in progress
CompTIA A+
Hardware · OS · Troubleshooting
Readiness · In Progress40%
// project coverage
P3
90%
P1
85%
P4
70%
CompTIA Network+
Networking · Protocols · Infra
Readiness · In Progress25%
// project coverage
P1
95%
P4
80%
P2
55%
CompTIA Security+
Security · Crypto · Threats
Readiness · In Progress15%
// project coverage
P3
95%
P1
90%
P2
65%
Background

Build it.
Break it.
Rebuild it better.

Eight years of development and assembly from component level. Custom PCs, Workstations, Handhelds, Security Hardware.

I build it, break it, and rebuild it better.

Currently studying Computer Information Systems with Cybersecurity track at Baruch College, New York. My education and personal work runs on passion.

These projects seed from curiosity. What would it be like to have your own A.I? What if I could make my own payment terminal? What if I can have my own cloud storage as a form of digital real estate? What if I can make my imagination real and put it in my hands?

Currently
Junior, Baruch College · CIS / Cybersecurity
GPA
3.888 · Dean's List
Focus
Cybersecurity & Hardware Engineering
Credentials in progress
CompTIA A+ · Network+ · Security+
Location
New York City, USA
Languages
English · Urdu · Spanish · Punjabi · Arabic · Hindi
Evil Avenue

The label is
the work.

Evil Avenue is my form of expression. It roots from the values of asymmetry, to see that perfection is the enemy of complete, to recognize the power to break your own limits.

It spans across art, music, fashion, hardware, software, psychology, and philosophy itself.

8+
Years building at component level
NY
New York City · building · available
Contact

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Find the work.

Projects are documented as they develop. More information linked below.