I’m Jared “0xFR0STY” Macias — cyber defender & malware analyst focused on reverse engineering, detection engineering, and DFIR.

Certifications

• CompTIA Security+ — 10/2023
• GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM) — 11/2024
• GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) — 07/2025

Education

• B.S. — Computer Security & Information Assurance, Norwich University — 2021
  Focus: Digital Forensics.
  Highlights: Completed a capstone on IoT forensics. IoT has always been an interesting subject to me in regard to digital forensics that stemmed from the ability to utilize an Amazon Alexa’s audio recording in a criminal case.

• M.S. — Cybersecurity, Norwich University — 2023
  Focus: Digital Forensics & Incident Response.
  Highlights: Completed a capstone on the criticality of grocery supply chains (sparked by COVID-19 and the 2021 Colonial Pipeline incident).

Ongoing Study (select)

• SANS/FOR-series reading + home lab projects
• Platforms: Hack The Box / TryHackMe / CyberDefenders / Security Blue Team / LetsDefend / BlueTeamLabs