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@re.wtf.bsky.social

sr detection engineer @ huntress • malware enjoyer • macOS security https://alden.io

632 Followers  |  410 Following  |  13 Posts  |  Joined: 03.06.2023  |  2.052

Latest posts by re.wtf on Bluesky

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Zooming through BlueNoroff Indicators with Validin | Validin Pivoting through recently-reported indicators to find BlueNoroff-associated domains

Hot on the heels of the researched published by @huntress.com, hunting for Zoom-themed lures from DPRK's #BlueNoroff

💥Learn hunting techniques
💥Leverage new Validin features and data
💥Full, unredacted indicator list (domains, IPs, hashes)

www.validin.com/blog/zooming...

20.06.2025 17:24 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

LMFAO woah woah it's good by comparison! 😭 we take what we can get in macOS land

18.06.2025 21:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Inside the BlueNoroff Web3 macOS Intrusion Analysis | Huntress Learn how DPRK's BlueNoroff group executed a Web3 macOS intrusion. Explore the attack chain, malware, and techniques in our detailed technical report.

excited bc today @huntress.com is releasing our analysis of a gnarly intrusion into a web3 company by the DPRK's BlueNoroff!! 🤠

we've observed 8 new pieces of macOS malware from implants to infostealers! and they're actually good (for once)!

www.huntress.com/blog/inside-...

18.06.2025 20:53 — 👍 29    🔁 19    💬 1    📌 2
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finally got around to rewriting the copy as yara binja plugin! 🥰

has a few quality of life improvements (new formats) and address wildcarding is fixed for ARM! (sorry bout that mac homies) ❤️

it's also now available in the plugin repository! 🔥

github.com/ald3ns/copy-...

15.04.2025 21:39 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
CrushFTP CVE-2025-31161 Auth Bypass and Post-Exploitation | Huntress Huntress observed in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2025-31161, an authentication bypass vulnerability in versions of CrushFTP and further post-exploitation leveraging MeshCentral and other malware.

CVE-2025-2825 or CVE-2025-31161: A vulnerability by any other name is still a threat 😇: We've updated the blog to reflect some new attacker tradecraft observed yesterday

cc @huntress.com @re.wtf @johnhammond.bsky.social

#DFIR #vuln #CVE

www.huntress.com/blog/crushft...

08.04.2025 21:05 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
https://www.huntress.com/blog/crushftp-cve-2025-31161-auth-bypass-and-post-exploitation

pwning my FTP server is a weird way to say you have a Crush on me but okay 🥰

anyways check out our analysis of some CrushFTP CVE-2025-31161 post exploitation activity!

www.huntress.com/blog/crushft...

04.04.2025 21:57 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) Tooling Increasingly an Attacker’s First Choice | Proofpoint US Key findings    More threat actors are using legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools as a first-stage payload in email campaigns.  RMMs can be used for

Published some new research on how RMMs are taking over as a first-stage payload www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/thre...

11.03.2025 15:24 — 👍 35    🔁 17    💬 0    📌 0
a screenshot of the "Languages" section of a GitHub repo, showing 58.8% C, 28.6% JavaScript, and 12.6% Python

a screenshot of the "Languages" section of a GitHub repo, showing 58.8% C, 28.6% JavaScript, and 12.6% Python

nightmare blunt rotation

08.03.2025 06:24 — 👍 37    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 0
Cool mint zyn containers that are CIA branded

Cool mint zyn containers that are CIA branded

BREAKING: DOGE has uncovered that the CIA spent $10,000,000 on zyns and has been feeding them to analysts to increase productivity! 😱

14.02.2025 18:53 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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our network has raised hundreds of dollars to give firefighters the zyn they need to keep protecting LA from the fires. Thank you!!

14.01.2025 21:59 — 👍 19    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1

🫶

09.01.2025 23:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hunt for RedCurl | Huntress Huntress discovered RedCurl activity across several organizations in Canada going back to 2023. Learn more about how this APT operates and how they aim to remain undetected while exfiltrating sensitiv...

reminder to say happy new years to the russian espionage groups in ur network 🥰🇷🇺

@nosecurething.bsky.social, @laughingmantis.bsky.social, and I just dropped a new blog detailing a series of redcurl intrusions across several huntress customer environments 😳

www.huntress.com/blog/the-hun...

09.01.2025 23:11 — 👍 18    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1
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#100DaysofYARA day 1 - the Amos stealer is regularly evolving and updating its obfuscation techniques

You know what isn't changing?

the dylibs it depends on and the entitlements it requests from the OS. Combined, they give us excellent signal

github.com/100DaysofYAR...

01.01.2025 16:36 — 👍 16    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0
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Trying Out Binary Ninja's new WARP Signatures with IPSW Diff'ing Binary diff'ing is pretty complex, but being able to apply markup from one binary to another is quite powerful. Binary Ninja's new WARP extends previous efforts, using SigKit, to quickly identify libr...

Binary diff'ing is hard. But it's super powerful to apply markup from previous reverse engineering efforts to a new binary.

Binary Ninja is switching up how they match function signatures with WARP.

www.seandeaton.com/binary-ninja...

#binaryninja #reverseengineering #ghidra #ida #decompiler

27.12.2024 13:07 — 👍 25    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

i gotta step up my whitepaper game smh, my dad is doin numbers

21.12.2024 05:15 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
#OBTS v7.0: "Stealer Crossing: New Horizons" - Alden Schmidt & Stuart Ashenbrenner
YouTube video by Objective-See Foundation #OBTS v7.0: "Stealer Crossing: New Horizons" - Alden Schmidt & Stuart Ashenbrenner

Our talk from @objective-see.bsky.social is now available online. Check out @re.wtf and I yap about macOS infostealers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv6A...

18.12.2024 18:36 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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since I'm cold and missing #OBTS I wanted to reflect on what
@jacoblatonis.me and Tomas have gifted us with the YARA-X Macho module

the OG YARA macho parsing left a lot to be desired, and the new YARA-X ver has all sorts of goodies

12.12.2024 20:26 — 👍 19    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 0
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this holiday season

13.12.2024 03:16 — 👍 17    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1

following the recent cleo ITW exploitation, @huntress.com has released our analysis of the full post exploitation chain 🚀

the final java based implant framework is really neat and includes a custom C2 protocol 🔥

huntress.com/blog/cleo-soft…

12.12.2024 04:14 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

hotties only want one thing and its the operation triangulation exploit chain

09.12.2024 18:02 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Yesterday I got to present with the 🐐 @re.wtf. Such a blast talking thru infostealers and the telenovela that they’ve become. #OBTS really is the best, chillest conference out there. Excited for a second day of talks 🤓🍎

06.12.2024 20:22 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

🍎🤝🔥

06.12.2024 03:20 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

we cookin' for #100DaysofYARA 🤝🔥

27.11.2024 16:41 — 👍 20    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Reverse Engineering iOS 18 Inactivity Reboot Wireless and firmware hacking, PhD life, Technology

How does the new iOS inactivity reboot work? What does it protect from?

I reverse engineered the kernel extension and the secure enclave processor, where this feature is implemented.

naehrdine.blogspot.com/2024/11/reve...

17.11.2024 21:42 — 👍 282    🔁 107    💬 12    📌 11
A redacted view of the SafePay onion website hosting information about compromised machines

A redacted view of the SafePay onion website hosting information about compromised machines

Directory listing from the attacker's onion site

Directory listing from the attacker's onion site

Apache Server info page

Apache Server info page

🧵Today’s blogpost focuses on a newer ransomware variant named SafePay. Needless to say, ransomware sucks. When this new variant appeared, it gained our attention. 👀

Let’s dig into what happened and what makes it tick ⬇️:

15.11.2024 03:29 — 👍 36    🔁 12    💬 2    📌 1

I wrote a post on the realities of cloud & webserver ransomware. Check it out to see some of the toolsets & frameworks that can be used for these attacks.

14.11.2024 21:30 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
https://www.huntress.com/blog/its-not-safe-to-pay-safepay

some huntress homies cooked a blog on a new ransom group called safepay

RE was fun until we realized it was ripped lockbit code 💀😭 imagine not being able to write your own ransomware, true skill issue smh

some funny opsec fails too, watch ya status

www.huntress.com/blog/its-not...

14.11.2024 19:38 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

thrunting thractors w thrintel

11.10.2023 20:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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