Responsible security research recognized by NASA.
NASA’s Vulnerability Disclosure Policy letter acknowledges independent research and responsible reporting.
OPEN THE RESEARCH RECORDRESEARCHER / BUILDER / INVESTIGATOR
PHANTOM187
Security research.
CTFs. Original tools.
Before the web. Still building what comes next.
Public findings, competition results, and the evidence behind the work. My personal research identity, connected to PhantomBugz.
RESEARCHER / BUILDER / INVESTIGATOR
PHANTOM187IDENTITY: PRESENT
01—06 / THE RECORDEXPLORE THE WORK
01 / BOUNTIES & RESEARCHFOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
WORK. EVIDENCE.
PUBLIC RECORD.
Responsible disclosure and public findings, with the source beside the claim.
02PUBLIC FINDINGS
The platform’s public record.
The PhantomBugz profile currently lists two public findings. Visit the platform for the latest published record.
Checked 26 Oct 2026 · Platform profile metric
VIEW CANTINA PROFILE (opens in a new tab)A rewarded research milestone.
Two audit-competition reports were marked Paid on 9 October 2026. Both payment-status notifications were reviewed privately.
VIEW THE PUBLIC RECORD (opens in a new tab)Bounty approved by Venice.ai.
Vendor confirmation dated 23 October 2026 records an approved security bounty.
ABOUT THE BOUNTY PROGRAM (opens in a new tab)Technical write-ups, severity ratings, and CVE identifiers appear with the relevant disclosure once they can be shared publicly. PhantomBugz disclosure archive ↗ (opens in a new tab)
02 / CTF & NCLCOMPETITION RECORD
PROVEN UNDER
PRESSURE.
Individual results, shared team placements, and practice records, with each season and scope identified.
NCL / FALL 2025
TEAM GAMEDeVry team · National results
12TH
OVERALL TEAM PLACEMENT
Among 4,214 teams1ST
CRYPTOGRAPHY
Team category placement5TH
PASSWORD CRACKING
Team category placement9TH
FORENSICS
Team category placementSource: DeVry University’s Fall 2025 NCL announcement (opens in a new tab), published 9 Dec 2025. All placements shown here are team results.
103RD / 7,876
Standard Student Bracket
2,730 / 3,000 points
Official score report reviewed in the authenticated account on 26 Oct 2026.
READ THE INDIVIDUAL RECORD33RD / 6,445
Practice Game
2,410 / 2,425 points
Season dashboard reviewed 26 Oct 2026. Practice results are excluded from NCL Scouting Reports.
03 / RECOGNITION & CREDENTIALSDOCUMENTED. ATTRIBUTED.
THE RECEIPTS.
Recognition, credentials, research development, and company program milestones.
Vulnerability Disclosure Policy
Recognition of responsible security research, dated 29 December 2025.
VIEW REDACTED LETTER (PDF opens in a new tab)ROCm Certified Associate
Issued 8 October 2026 · Expires 8 October 2028.
ROCm · HIP · AI & HPC application development
VERIFY WITH THE ISSUER (opens in a new tab)NextGen Scholars
Level 3: Leadership. Scholar and Advocate stages completed; Leader development track underway.
NextGen Hispanic Scholars pathway · Student portal reviewed 26 Oct 2026
ABOUT DEVRY SCHOLARS (opens in a new tab)Inception program
PhantomBugz’s application to NVIDIA Inception was approved on 28 July 2026.
Company membership · Issuer approval reviewed privately
ABOUT NVIDIA INCEPTION (opens in a new tab)AWS Activate
AWS confirmed that PhantomBugz’s Activate promotional credits were issued on 24 September 2026.
Company program milestone · Issuer confirmation reviewed privately
ABOUT AWS ACTIVATE (opens in a new tab)GPU cloud support
Lambda confirmed cloud credits applied on 20 August 2026, following PhantomBugz’s NVIDIA Inception benefit application.
Company compute support · Issuer confirmation reviewed privately
ABOUT THE LAMBDA BENEFIT (opens in a new tab)AMD Lab Program
Program participation approved on 6 September 2026 for the AMD-powered learning and building challenge.
Participation record · Approval reviewed privately
VIEW THE PROGRAM PROFILE (opens in a new tab)Project Black Diamond
Faculty-advised quantum and AI security research, including paper preparation and a proposal for quantum-platform testing in 2025.
Research development · DeVry faculty correspondence reviewed privately
Simulation and proposal work; publication and funding are not established by this record.
04 / THE WORKBENCHALWAYS SOMETHING TO BUILD
BUILT WITH
INTENT.
The people, tools, and ideas connected to the work.
01 / THE COLLECTIVE PHANTOMBUGZ
PhantomBugz
My research identity connects to PhantomBugz: the company and collective where the wider work, tools, and public disclosures come together.
ENTER PHANTOMBUGZ (opens in a new tab)02 / THE TOOLALPHA PREVIEW
Zombie Killer
An alpha tool I’m building at PhantomBugz for local process safety in AI-agent workloads: inspect agent health, review evidence, and contain abandoned processes.
EXPLORE THE PROJECT (opens in a new tab)03 / NONPROFIT RESEARCH
Black Diamond Project
My nonprofit work brings research into public-benefit technology: AI safety, cryptographic resilience, privacy, and community safety.
EXPLORE BLACK DIAMOND PROJECT (opens in a new tab)RESEARCH COMPUTE / ACCESS
750 GPU hours allocated on NCSA Delta through ACCESS, approved 11 June 2026 for Black Diamond Project research.
Resource allocation · Issuer approval reviewed privately
ABOUT ACCESS (opens in a new tab)ROOTED INCOMMODORE 64ATARIFLOPPY DISKSXTREE GOLDTHE COMMAND LINE
05 / THE DOSSIERTHE PERSON BEHIND THE WORK
CURIOSITY
DOESN’T EXPIRE.
I was here before the browser became the front door.
I grew up with Commodore 64, Atari, floppy disks, and XTree Gold. The phone-phreaking era was part of the world around early computing. Curiosity meant learning the machine, following the signals, and working things out for yourself.
That instinct stayed. I build, investigate, and keep looking until there is evidence. My work connects hands-on craftsmanship, security research, and original technology—with a choice about how those skills are used.
WE CHOOSE TO PROTECT.
FILE 001 THE NAME HAS A HISTORY.OPEN FILE +
1993
The Phantom stayed.
Phantom reaches back to a game I played in 1993. The name stayed with me as the machines, tools, and work changed. In Phantom187, “187” carries a death motif; the mask gives that symbolism a face.
The ivory mask, dark hood, and repaired cheek are part of that identity. The work behind it is here in the public record.
06 / CONTACT & CONNECTIONSTHE SIGNAL CONTINUES
FIND THE
PHANTOM.
The alias is public. These are the connections behind the work.
01PhantomBugzTHE COMPANY & COLLECTIVE (opens in a new tab)
02GitHubPUBLIC CODE & REPOSITORIES (opens in a new tab)
03GitLabMORE OF THE WORK (opens in a new tab)
04X / @phantombugzUPDATES & PUBLIC SIGNAL (opens in a new tab)
05Twitch / @phantombugzLIVESTREAMS & CHANNEL (opens in a new tab)
06Discord / PhantomBugzCOMMUNITY INVITE (opens in a new tab)
07Black Diamond ProjectNONPROFIT RESEARCH (opens in a new tab)
CONTACT PHANTOM187 / BUSINESS INQUIRIESfounder@phantombugz.com
Reach me through the public PhantomBugz business address.