Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)
@Laughing_Mantis
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20+ yrs in Infosec. Malware Influencer. I turn Malware into Art and Music. Art @MalwareArt. 4x Pwnie Nominee. 𝕍𝕏. GameDev. Autistic.
San Francisco, CA
Joined February 2014
My malware generated & cyberpunk themed album 'VX' is now live & the first 200 downloads are free I hope you all enjoy, it has been quite a ride making this album Huge shout out to @vxunderground whose massive malware collection was a huge part of this https://t.co/bCAq9eUjv0
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Oh! So that's what all the shadow IT devices were doing while I was there Checks out
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🚨BREAKING: Colorado Online Censorship Label Law HALTED in NetChoice Lawsuit DENVER–Today, a U.S. District Court granted NetChoice’s request to temporarily halt Colorado’s censorship law that would have compelled online businesses to display government-mandated "warning"
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My Halloween costume is just gonna be a floating Sora watermark
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Now Playing Mammals ♡ Slop That Work ♡ ♡ UwU Underground ♡ ──────⚪────── ◄◄⠀▐▐ ⠀►► 6:66 / 7:4455 ───○ 🔊
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As someone who did this 10 years ago I am sure these types of attacks are far more widespread and under reported.
Cyberattack on Paris Natural History Museum in July disabled alarms and monitoring - leading to physical theft. In September, thieves exploited the vulnerability "opened" by the cyberattack. They calmly cut through doors with angle grinders and used blowtorches to open display
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My prayers have been answered
the ruby ecosystem is melting and no one knows why
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Go listen to the latest UwU Underground singing ghost stories inspired by Lazarus, iSoon, Sinaloa Cartel, Arid Viper, and DarkHotel APT groups
OUR LATEST ALBUM APT TALES VOL 3 "GHOSTS IN THE WALLS" IS OFFICIALLY OUT NOW! https://t.co/423pFrH1oF
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Additional info on the Fancy Bear kit being reported on. Cheers to @Laughing_Mantis for writing backdoors so good that APTs plagiarize it. https://t.co/4mBI2jNY34
kroll.com
Kroll has observed GONEPOSTAL malware used in an espionage campaign attributed to KTA007 (Fancy Bear, APT28). Read more
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Shoutout to Sandworm aka APT28 and Unit 74455 for implementing my exact Cordyceps backdoor plugin system for Outlook that I wrote in 2017. Right down to the email triggering mechanism, command system and injection. https://t.co/vjc6yVCnIL
prezi.com
#HushCon #Hushcon Next Gen Office Malware Introductions About Us Greg Linares (@Laughing_Mantis) Principal Software Architect At Cylance Inc. About Me You've Probably Seen Me Reverse Patch Tuesday Or...
Check out our new post!! Analyzing NotDoor: Inside APT28’s Expanding Arsenal https://t.co/l68CLPVzSW
#APT28
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More and more Ransomware groups moving over to pure extortion groups because DLP products are so bad should be a huge red flag across the entire industry that we really should fix that problem yesterday
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A “clean Carfax” doesn’t always mean a clean history. It doesn’t guarantee your car was problem-free — it only reflects what’s been reported. With @Hyundai vehicles, some major warranty repairs — like engine replacements, oil-consumption tests, or transmission work — may not
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For the people asking who intended targets were: The cases I knew were Crypto dev/investors/influencers Fintech Medtech
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... lead to websites [and a phone] number that would*
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Is this mental health ad actually a front for fortinet?
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https://t.co/5HR0HJl7ok Several years back I encountered a threat actor that would mimic your local ISP including delivering targeted ads that would display your ISP + numbers to call for support that eventually would result in a physical hardware implant delivery campaign. The
As I mentioned last week Insider Threat at the ISP is a very real thing I can confirm that I have seen similar attacks at the mobile provider, ISP, data Center, and cloud provider levels in the last 3 years
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Might start making more of these K-pop Music Videos Sync'd to Random Techno Music Videos for the lulz https://t.co/EV4CXnNPcK
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Lately I've noticed that vulnerabilities are being used now more than ever as a means to destabilize platforms and shift allegiance to other products Right now crypto adjacent app, AI platforms and browser rise/falls are following vuln disclosures to the point that these
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stoked after @yarden_shafir and @Laughing_Mantis great talk about vulnerable drivers here at @Sikkerhetsfest
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Fuzzing project is going fuzzingly. 192 total potentially vulnerable drivers identified. This is great news for vulnerable driver enthusiasts. This is horrific news for vulnerable driver abolitionists. Pic unrelated
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Oh you know... Just hanging out with a full sized Nile crocodile, anacondas, a komodo dragon and some mambas in a random basement in Helsinki NBD
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Surprise Community Exclusive @Defcon Drop! UwU Underground Sinaloa [In The Walls Remix by @Laughing_Mantis] APT Tales Vol 3 1:26 ────── 4:14 ↻ ⊲ Ⅱ ⊳ ↺ #ARG #Music
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