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Cyber stuff - professionally ... @Only_Scans, @mal_share, @IST_org
Apr 16 6 tweets 2 min read
Lets take it for a test drive
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Apr 1 5 tweets 3 min read
Three days later, lets catch up together on the #XZBackdoor in #XZUtils .

Current understanding (2024-04-01) is the malicious code creates a backdoor for remote code execution.
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For those looking to get straight to RE: github.com/karcherm/xz-ma…

Image The main channels for updates that I've been following are:
* (High level)
* (Technical)

Both are being regularly updated with analysis in the comments.

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gist.github.com/smx-smx/a6112d…
Jan 10 5 tweets 2 min read
Here's a link to the original write-up from the Beijing Municipal Justice Bureau (SFJ):
sfj.beijing.gov.cn/sfj/sfdt/ywdt8…
Based on the SFJ's description, sender information was recovered from a recipient device. Sender details were stored in a hash form, which SFJ cracked using rainbow tables of phone numbers and email addresses. Image
Oct 6, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
Looks like @socradar crossed a few lines when writing this report.

socradar.io/the-future-of-… I also disagree with the conclusion that it was a honeypot. Damn Vulnerable Linux, cyrpto mining, multiple command attempts for the same action. Looks more like a student learning pentesting and mining on the side.
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May 25, 2022 14 tweets 6 min read
Righto. Lets talk about this data and how to use it. To start, I'm uploading a zip file of all samples as well to allow downloading in bulk. I'll also share out some more parts of this as we go. So, off we go...

🧵(1/14) For background, #CobaltStrike is an "adversary simulation tool" (pentesting tools vs malware sometimes are only philosophically different #FightMe). It is widely used for legitimate security testing, pre-ransomware operations and other malicious threat actors.

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Dec 7, 2019 8 tweets 4 min read
So reading @DrunkBinary's Tweets tonight reminded me of something important - attribution and taxonomy are intrinsically linked. Attribution is about linking and clustering activity - not necessarily doxing and indictments. @DrunkBinary A lot of #ThreatIntel shops have staunchly started heavily pushing the "we don't do attribution" line - when what they really mean is "We don't want to come up with another name for this activity"