Keunho Kim(rootk1m,gnosis)
Researches IoT and embedded security through Vulnerability Research, Firmware Analysis, Exploit Reproduction, and Automated Exploit Generation.
About
Embedded security researcher performing vulnerability analysis, firmware reversing, exploit reproduction, and exploitability validation across IoT and embedded systems. Rather than stopping at reports, I connect findings to reproducible PoCs, exploit evidence, analysis logs, and response-oriented documentation.
Contributed to discovering multiple CVEs through smart-device vulnerability research, and built practical security analysis experience through an AUTOCRYPT Vehicle Threat Research Lab Red Team internship and an AutoHack 2025 award.
Recently, I focus on structuring vulnerability analysis and exploit generation through Firmware-to-Exploit pipelines, Automated Exploit Generation, and Agentic AI-based security automation.
Experience
Out of Bounds
Researcher
- Zero-day vulnerability research
- Automated Exploit Generation (AEG) development
AUTOCRYPT
Red Team Intern
- Automotive security threat analysis and penetration testing
- Offensive security research targeting vehicle systems
CYAI Lab (Sejong University)
Undergraduate Researcher
- Conducting research on AI-driven security automation focusing on LLM and autonomous agents
- Designed Agentic AI-based ExploitAgent architecture and experiment pipelines
- Paper presentation at KSII Autumn Conference (Best Paper Award)
- Participating in regular seminars analyzing recent APT attack and defense trends
- Personal research MuCamp2: LLM-based APT attack scenario variant generation experiments
Whitehat School 3rd Cohort
Trainee
- Completed advanced Offensive Security training
- Hands-on vulnerability analysis and exploit development
Portfolio
Overview
I perform vulnerability analysis, firmware reversing, exploit reproduction, and exploitability validation across IoT and embedded systems. I contributed to discovering multiple CVEs through smart-device vulnerability research, and work on Firmware-to-Exploit pipelines and Automated Exploit Generation that connect findings to reproducible PoCs and exploit evidence.
Key Achievements
IoT/Embedded Security Research
- Comprehensive security analysis of IoT smart doorbell — discovered 18 CVEs
- Established vulnerability analysis methodology through firmware extraction and reverse engineering
- Contributed to IoT security research community by publishing analysis guides
Automated Exploit Generation Research
- Agentic AI-based ExploitAgent architecture design and autonomous behavior generation research
- SCOUT: AEG-first Hybrid Engine that reconstructs exploitability from ELF and shell-script firmware evidence
- Best Paper Award at KSII Autumn Conference
Automotive Security
- Red Team intern at AUTOCRYPT Vehicle Threat Research Lab
- Won COSS Council Chair Award at AutoHack 2025 automotive hacking competition
- Conducted offensive security research targeting vehicle systems
Security Community Leadership
- President of SSG, Sejong University security club
- Systems hacking lecturer and embedded vulnerability analysis project mentor
- Organization management and activity planning as operations/treasurer
- SCOUT - AEG-First Firmware-to-Exploit Evidence Engine
Core Competencies
Publications
Agentic AI-based Anomaly Behavior Detection Method
Minjun KimJaejun ByunKeunho KimSanghoon ChoJimin LeeInsung HanSungjin ParkTaehoon KimChanghee Choi
LLM-based Security Log Reduction Technique
Jaejun ByunMinjun KimKeunho KimSanghoon ChoJimin LeeInsung HanSungjin ParkTaehoon KimChanghee Choi
Architecture Design and Autonomous Behavior Generation of Agentic AI-based ExploitAgent
Sanghun JoKeunho KimChanghee Choi
Speaking & Community
Talks & Lectures
You Are Not Thinking At All
SCOUT Project Presentation
Community
SSG (Sejong Security Group)
President
SSG (Sejong Security Group)
Projects Department Director
SSG
Embedded Vulnerability Analysis Project Mentor
SSG
Systems Hacking Lecturer & Mentor
SSG
Operations / Treasurer
Certified
Certifications
Awards
SPACE WAR @ ARIES (AI) CTF All Solved 7th Place
HSPACE
AutoHack 2025 COSS Council Chair Award
Kookmin University Future Automotive Division