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Objective by the Sea v4.0 (2021):
objectivebythesea.com/v4/

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Training: 09/28 - 09/29
πŸ’¬ Presentations: 09/30 - 10/01

πŸ“ Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

Can't wait to see y'all in lovely Maui!! β˜€οΈπŸŒ΄
...more details (venue, registration, etc.) soon!
#OBTS v4.0 Call For Papers now open!

Themes of interest are 🍎-security topics, such as:
βš™οΈ OS internals
🦠 Malware analysis
πŸ› οΈ Tool making & breaking
πŸ› Bug discovery & exploitation

CFP details: objectivebythesea.com/v4/cfp.html
We've selected the newly remodeled beachside Westin Resort & Spa, in Ka'anapali Maui to host #OBTS v4.0πŸ–οΈ 😎

We've also secured a block of rooms at a massively discounted group rate. These will sell out, so don't wait (too long)!

More info / to book: objectivebythesea.com/v4/attending.h… ImageImageImageImage
To improve the conf, we're charging a small corporate attendance fee.

Allows us to:
▫️hire pros to record talks
▫️pay speaker honorariums
▫️and much more!

Don't work at (a for profit) company? or company unable to pay for you to attend? Then attendance fee fully waived πŸ˜‡
β˜€οΈπŸŒ΄ + 😷 Though Hawaii has already hit an 80%+ (partial) vaccination rate for 12yrs+, for the safely of all, we're implementing the following at the conference:

😷 Masks
😷 Proof of vaccination
😷 Attendance capped at ~100 (+speakers)

πŸ“ Read more:
mailchi.mp/c6c0179b0e10/o…
#OBTS v4.0 is now just three weeks away!

And how's our new hand-drawn artwork!? ...which will be available at the conference on t-shirts & swag! πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ Image
Just posted the #OBTS v4.0 schedule - have a peek! πŸ‘€

It's stacked full of epic talks on iOS/macOS internals, bugs, exploits, malware & more ...presented by many of the world's top researchers! πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

objectivebythesea.com/v4/schedule.ht…

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More from @objective_see

15 Sep
⚠️ A new malware campaign is targeting Mac users via sponsored search results & poisoned installers.

πŸ“ Blog post analyzes stealthy trojanization mechanism, 2nd & 3rd stage payloads, and more!

+ samples! πŸ˜‡

Read:
objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x66…

H/T @CodeColorist for discovery! πŸ™
Original discovery: zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/408746101 πŸ™Œ
...and (as always?) LuLu has got you covered 😍 Image
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26 Apr
A massive bug, affecting all recent versions of macOS was actively exploited as an 0day by malware πŸ‘ΎπŸŽ

Read our blog post, #100
"All Your Macs Are Belong To Us"
objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x64…
PoC.gif πŸ”₯
The majority of Mac infections are "user-assisted", which Apple combats via:
βœ…Notarization
βœ…Gatekeeper
βœ…File Quarantine
...these have proven problematic for attackers

But oops, this bug sidesteps all, allowing unsigned (unnotarized) items to be launched ...with no alerts!😭
Read 9 tweets
19 Mar
Today, @SentinelOne published a report on "XcodeSpy", a new macOS malware specimen. πŸŽπŸ‘Ύ

πŸ“ "New macOS malware XcodeSpy Targets Xcode Developers": labs.sentinelone.com/new-macos-malw…

Q: Can our free open-source tools protect you ...with no a priori knowledge of this insidious threat?
When the malicious script in the infected Xcode project is executed and attempts to connect to the attacker's remote C&C server for tasking (via /bin/bash), LuLu will intercept this, and alert you:
If we allow the malicious payload (EggShell), to be downloaded from the server ....when it attempts to persistently install itself as a Launch Agent, BlockBlock will alert you:
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