01 / 03ACTIVE
BlackBerry Research
Reverse engineering legacy BlackBerry platforms, documenting findings, and preserving the technical history of devices that shaped mobile security.
WilliamsonSecurity Solutions
Independent security research / est. 2024
Looking closer
at what's
already there.
Williamson Security Solutions is an independent practice exploring the intersection of legacy technology, reverse engineering, and practical security.
research_log.txt● live
01 / observe the system
02 / document the edge cases
03 / share what we learn
status: activeWSS_001
[ 01 / selected work ]
Research in progress.
A living archive of investigations, tools, and observations. Updated as the work develops.
02 / 03ONGOING
General Security Audits
Practical security reviews focused on attack surface mapping, configuration analysis, and clear, actionable reporting.
03 / 03UPDATING
Field Notes & Tooling
Small utilities, experiments, and notes built along the way — shared to make technical research more accessible.
[ 02 / lab journal ]
What I've done.
Where it stands.
A transparent snapshot of the work behind the projects — and the next technical questions I'm working through.
01 / completeddocumented
Built the research base
I've built a public BlackBerry 10 research archive covering QNX internals, bootloader behavior, eMMC dumps, device connection tooling, and session-by-session findings.
Output: public GitHub archive / 20 research sessions
02 / currentin analysis
Passport conversion research
The Passport is currently in a red-blink, non-bootable state after driver-forensics work. The Classic remains rooted, bootable, and recoverable; the next focus is the no-desolder Passport path.
Now: analysis + evidence capture
03 / collaborationdocumented
Systemwide root access
I helped Oleksandr at bb10.root.sx extend root access to systemwide processes through pre-rooted autoloaders v3, building on the BB10 root and autoloader work.
Output: collaboration / published work
Read the write-up 04 / currentin progress
Classic Android Runtime upgrade
I am working on upgrading the Android Runtime within QNX from version 4.3 to version 11, documenting compatibility, constraints, and integration paths as the work progresses.
Next: runtime compatibility testing
05 / ongoingresearching
QNX platform archaeology
I am mapping QNX services, boot components, device storage, and platform tooling so future findings can be reproduced instead of lost to undocumented legacy systems.
Focus: systems mapping / repeatable notes
06 / activebuilding
Tools for repeatable reverse engineering
I am turning one-off discoveries into scripts, documentation, and practical workflows for inspecting legacy devices, preserving evidence, and sharing useful results.
Next: publish tools alongside findings
[ 03 / collaboration ]
System-Wide
Root Access.
A BlackBerry 10 root research milestone completed in collaboration with Oleksandr at bb10.root.sx.
Read the technical write-upBlackBerry 10 / root researchmilestone reached
Root privileges are no longer limited to SSH sessions.
The work helped extend root access to system-wide processes using u_root and __root. This functionality is disabled by default and is intended for controlled research and development environments.
Contribution
Insight that helped make system-wide access possible.
Status
Published milestone / continuing analysis.
Special thanks to Oleksandr for documenting the implementation and for the collaboration.
[ 02 / services ]
Investigate.
Assess.
Understand.
Focused technical work for unfamiliar systems, security questions, and difficult problems. Projects are scoped individually based on the system, access available, and research required.
Security investigations
Independent investigation of suspicious behavior, unexpected network activity, authentication issues, and technical root causes.
Findings report + evidence
Security assessments
Practical reviews of websites, applications, and small-business infrastructure, including attack-surface and access-control testing.
Prioritized report + remediation
Reverse engineering
Analysis of firmware, binaries, protocols, legacy platforms, and proprietary software when documentation is not enough.
Technical documentation + artifacts
Technical research
Independent research into unusual systems, legacy technology, proprietary protocols, and questions that do not fit a standard assessment.
Research report, tooling, or proof of concept
Have something unusual?
Security architecture questions, remediation guidance, technical troubleshooting, or a problem that does not fit neatly into a predefined service. Get in touch and we can scope it together.
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