Why I Migrated from Jekyll to Astro — Introducing Website V6
I did a major revamp of this website, rewriting it from scratch with Astro and Tailwind after outgrowing my old, dated Jekyll setup.
Markus Toran - Security Researcher and Software Developer
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👋 Welcome
Photography of Markus Toran in Rio
Hello! I'm Markus Toran, a security researcher and more.
In my free time, I enjoy hiking, board games, CTF, and experimenting with new programming languages. Feel free to connect with me!
Where I come from
I went to school inKarlsruhe, first to theHelmholtz-Gymnasiumand later to theCarl-Engler-Schule, graduating there in 2018.
After school, I studied computer science at theKIT. I completed my bachelor's degree in November 2021 with a thesis about verification of fairness properties for seat apportionment methods. During my master's, I focused on IT Security. I wrote my master's thesis about IT Security and User Experience in the domain of Digital Identities.
After uni I worked as a security consultant at Secorvoin Karlsruhe. Currently, I am working as a researcher atFraunhofer SIT in Darmstadt.
Where I'm going
I hope my work will contribute to a more secure digital future.
📄 Published Papers
Selected peer-reviewed publications and other published work.
- Markus Toran, Bettina Ballin, Marc Miltenberger, Steven Arzt · SVM Workshop at ICSE 2026 · 2026
⭐ Featured Posts
Check out these highlighted posts from the blog.
📝 Recent Posts
I blog about computer science and security, music, and random thoughts. You can vote on blog post proposals here: /vote-blog-post
Since my last post on banking I got to try out new services and old ones changed a little.
Die #GPN24 war anstrengender als erwartet. Am Ende hat vieles geklappt, aber es hätte auch einfacher und besser sein können. Überanstrengung optimiert nur einen Zielparameter; man sollte das eigentlich Wichtige nicht vergessen und es nachhaltig erreichen.
Here's a list of songs I like to listen to currently:
After my own personal asset labels were made in Inkscape, I created a web-based label designer to make it easier to create and print labels. You can try it out here.
Short Backrooms review: I liked it overall, still a horror film.
Since my last post, the Rayhunter project has made significant progress.
2025 has been a mixed year for me. The Good times were pretty good, but the bad times were so bad.
I gave a talk on CRA (Cyber Resilience Act) at GPN 22 in German. It was a while ago, but if you want to know a thing or two about CRA, check it out!
The challenge "pls respond" from LakeCTF involved analyzing a network capture file containing SMS messages. Inside the messages are animations, IMelody and wireless vector graphics.
When designing my own website, I drew inspiration from various other people's websites. Here are a few that stood out to me:
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📰 Feeds
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🌐 Follow in the Fediverse
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🛠️ Technical Information
This website is developed in Astro. This blog post explains the current implementation.This previous blog post explains the setup from 2019 - late 2025.
The website is hosted on Netlify.
💬 Get in Touch
Feel free to reach out to me for any inquiries, collaboration opportunities, or just to connect.
Contact me about anything where you believe I can make a meaningful contribution, also I am always happy to meet new people.
Send me an email with your personal blog and I will check it out.