THE RESEARCH WING / EST. IN CURIOSITY

Inside the digital
underground.

Explore the remote-access era through the Blackshades, DarkComet, and NanoCore exhibits. One browser. No real targets.

● BROWSER-CONTAINED / SYNTHETIC SYSTEMS
01 / BLACKSHADES

Blackshades Exhibit ↗

A fictional desktop, interactive tools, source images, and the history of the Blackshades case in one exhibit.

Control room + history NEW / CLASSIC + LEGACY

DarkComet Exhibit ↗

A Windows-style control room with interactive tools, fictional systems, and a defender timeline.

Two editions NEW / TWO CAMPAIGN REPLAYS

NanoCore: The Invoice Trail ↗

Follow an invoice lure into a fictional control room, interrupt the chain, and inspect the source images.

Eight plugin workspaces 04 / SHELL COLLECTION

The Shell Museum ↗

Six source-informed web interfaces. Original ASCII art, OneShell, and a p0wny terminal with a mock Ubuntu filesystem.

Interactive collection 05 / BELOW THE SURFACE

OneRootkit Exhibit ↗

Compare a fictional Linux inventory with a concealed view. Explore the experimental Vala project through an original visual exhibit.

Interactive inventory comparison 06 / THE FORUM ERA

dark0de Museum ↗

A curated visual archive with 97 distinct screenshots across forum life, programming, technology, and historical interfaces, plus a sourced timeline.

97 distinct artifacts 07 / THE DEVICE FLEET

Mirai Exhibit ↗

Inspect twelve fictional IoT devices, replay an incident, and compare containment choices in an original graphical museum interface.

Fleet inventory + incident replay08 / THE STRESSER INTERFACE

vDOS Exhibit ↗

A screenshot-inspired dashboard with fictional sessions, activity tables, a local replay clock, and two visual themes.

Interactive reconstruction
Independent educational project. All lab hosts, processes, and network events are fictional.