Proud Husband to @sgowens0716 and Father | Offensive Security Engineer | https://xitter.cf/t.co/CQv4PZcuvG

Charlotte, NC
Joined April 2013
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Alright here’s a new blog post for a new macOS malware by @AdamJKohler and I! This was a fun one to reverse: stripped, encoded strings, persistence, and more :) Enjoy!! blog.kandji.io/malware-cucko…
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What have I been doing recently? Working on a 100% automated attack simulation framework for Microsoft Defender 🛡️ called M0rphy (named after Paul Morphy the chess genius) that supports both Linux, macOS and Windows, as well as accidently finding some vulns while doing so!
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🆕🍎My new blogpost @KandjiMDM about how Apple attempts to mitigate some installer script vulnerabilities using "Install Script Actions" and "Install Script Mutations" in the PackageKit framework. blog.kandji.io/apple-mitigat…
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🔊 New blog post about impersonating TCC permissions via Electron apps on macOS Sonoma wojciechregula.blog/post/ele…
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The recent macOS malware which leverages python and ObjC has some pretty cool functionality. How it creates the path for the .py script for killing the NotificationCenter is a fun one so let's dive in: 🧵
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Mythic just got an update! ✨ Check out @its_a_feature_'s latest blog post for a rundown of the updates made in Mythic v3.2, including: ✅ Push C2 ✅ Interactive Async Tasking ✅ Dynamic File Browser Read more! ghst.ly/46zRFsg
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Dropping a quick blog post with a few videos walking through a review of how Gatekeeper looks up Notarization tickets! Calling the endpoint yourself is super quick. swiftly-detecting.notion.sit…
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💺 SwiftBelt A macOS enumeration tool Stealthy: uses Swift instead of CLI tools, avoids pop-ups Checks: * Full disk access * Presence of security tools * Searches for SSH and cloud creds * Browser history * Slack cookies + more By @cedowens #redteam github.com/cedowens/SwiftBel…
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I put all my slides, whitepapers, workbooks, etc... for all of my past workshops and talks on my blog and added links for recordings where available. Now it's all available in a single space. theevilbit.github.io/talks/
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🎉🥁 The wait is over. Please welcome "Dock Tile Plugins" to the persistence club. My new favorite. 🤩 In the blog: 🍎 background and details 🍎 how to create and use 🍎 how to detect 🍎 sample code and binary theevilbit.github.io/beyond/…
Found the coolest macOS persistence ever: 🍎 Not visible and always runs 🍎 No root is required 🍎 Not sandboxed 🍎 Not detected by BTM 🍎 Not detected by BlockBlock and Knockknock 😱
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My Okta for Red Teamers post is up! We look at how Kerberos SSO works, how to intercept credentials via a fake AD Agent, decrypting AD Agent tokens, adding skeleton key's, and even how to deploy a janky SAML IdP server to auth as any user for good measure. trustedsec.com/blog/okta-for…
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During a @Fox0x01 training, Tom found stack smashing protection was broken for GCC AArch64 under a certain (not uncommon) condition. GCC + Arm have fixed it, but lots of exploitable overflows will remain compiled in the wild. Sometimes it is the compiler! rtx.meta.security/mitigation…
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If you missed the BSidesLV talk @AdamTheAnalyst and I gave on TTPForge last week, you're in luck! It's already on youtube, enjoy: youtu.be/H9YqJ1Ry1l8?t=978
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Tomorrow at 9:00 am, I'll have my first @defcon talk. Join me and see how Electron apps installed on Macs can be automatically exploited and abused to get the TCC-protected resources. #Defcon #macos #security
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Introducing RogueSliver. A tool to disrupt offensive campaigns that use the Sliver C2 framework. • Hijack beacons • Send memes to the attacker • Flood C2 servers #DFIR #RedTeam github.com/ACE-Responder/Rog…
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Are you interested in getting involved with a meaningful opensource project? We've still got plenty of work to do on LOOBins. If you're interesting in contributing, check out the backlog here (labeled w/ help wanted): github.com/infosecB/LOOBins/…
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🃏 Stay informed about this macOS enterprise threat 🍎 Key components and indicators of JokerSpy reveal an active adversary deploying novel spyware, cross-platform backdoors, and open-source reconnaissance to compromise organizations with macOS devices. sentinelone.com/blog/jokersp…
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