Sam

Security consultant · Pentest Partners · North West England

Husband, father and security guy with a soft spot for industrial control systems, hardware and radio. I break things, mend things, and, sometimes, I even write about it. Views my own.

New writing · 5

Most recent work - published on the Pentest Partners blog.

One SSID To Rule Them All

Aug 2026 · Pentest Partners

How a corporate Wi-Fi SSID misconfig broke OT segmentation.

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EN 303 645 is the baseline, not the finish line for IoT security

Jul 2026 · Pentest Partners

The IoT security standard, and where it falls short.

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SERIES · HACKING BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY

Part 1

Aug 2025 · Pentest Partners

Getting started hacking BLE key-finder tags on a budget.

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Part 2

Aug 2025 · Pentest Partners

Budget BLE hacking with Sonoff and Nordic dongles.

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Part 3

Sep 2025 · Pentest Partners

Using Nordic dev kits to hack BLE devices.

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Writeups · 5

CTF/box walkthroughs and exploit-dev deep-dives. Mostly old but still relevant.

ZH3RO CTF Baby ARM ROP Challenge [pwn]

Jul 2022

A walkthrough that's walking through a walkthrough

HTB Reg Walkthrough [pwn]

Aug 2021

Make a move into binary exploitation CTFs and challenges

HTB Business CTF Writeup

Jul 2021

Employee Manager PWN Challenge

Writing Shellcode

May 2021

A Workflow for solving shellcode challenges

Mr Robot

Oct 2019

Capture The Flag Walkthrough

Guides · 6

Approachable explainers - passwords, getting started, building a lab. These are becoming dated, but I've kept them here for posterity cringe and enjoy...