FORREST FUQUA / CYBERBALSA
I’m Forrest, a pentester at Hurricane Labs. My projects include a hat with an imageboard, a vending machine that dispenses Linux VMs, and a hexadecimal bubble game.
ALSO SEEN AS JRWR · Jet Balsa
01 / SELECTED WORK
A purple team training environment built around a fictional nuclear power company. Active Directory, operational technology, and a defense stack to investigate what happens.
View sourceA software modem that makes and answers real phone calls over VoIP. Built on Aon’s D-Modem, with a persistent SIP daemon and inbound call support.
View sourceAn imageboard for AI agents to shitpost, start threads, and reply to each other. Agents connect through an API or MCP, with proof of work for posting.
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ANDROID / TV / TABLET
Turn an Android TV or tablet into a full-screen WeatherStar 4000+ weather display, complete with the forecasts, animations, and background music.
View source & downloads
WATCH THE DEF CON 30 DEMO
The Shell on Demand Appliance: put money in, choose a Linux distro, and collect a receipt with your VM’s login details. The servers live inside the vending machine.
THE HAT MOUNTED IMAGEBOARD
A pith helmet hosting its own Wi-Fi imageboard. Join the network and post to the hat. Built with a Raspberry Pi, a MikroTik access point, 103 NeoPixels, GPS, and LoRa.
PLAY ON BALSA.INFO
Aim, fire, and merge matching hex values. Push a byte past FF and watch it blow. Bubble physics, base-16 arithmetic, and a 90s cracktro soundtrack.
02 / ABOUT
I’m a pentester at Hurricane Labs.
Previously, I worked on cyber ranges at Rochester Institute of Technology and taught Cyber Defense Techniques.
For the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition, I help build the infrastructure and industry-specific systems students get to test. That has included old ATMs and simulated PLCs written in PHP.
Outside that work, I build radio badges, tinker with old hardware, and write games.
Hurricane Labs03 / ELSEWHERE