Typos in tweets should be expected. Tweets and opinions are my own. Threat Analyst @Mandiant @Google Cloud Advanced Practices 🦅

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Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?
Farewell to Suleiman al-Obeid, the 'Palestinian Pelé'. A talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times.
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🔥new blog detailing 0day exploitation of Ivanti appliances as well as newly observed malware families tracked as PHASEJAM and DRYHOOK. We also detail activity related to the previously observed SPAWN malware ecosystem tied to China nexus cluster UNC5337. cloud.google.com/blog/topics…
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This is Frontline Intel Operations in action #FIO
🚨 #IvantiConnectSecure VPN Zero-Day (CVE-2025-0282) actively exploited since Dec. 2024! Learn about our initial investigations: bit.ly/4gOYzja #Cybersecurity #ZeroDay #ThreatIntel
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Is 2024 the year of the takedown? Volt Typhoon’s & Fancy Bear’s botnets, BlackCat, LockBit, BreachForums, Endgame, the Snowflake hacker, Scattered Spider members… the list goes on The feds have been on a roll lately 🫡
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We are generally way too overconfident in understanding adversary intent in cyberspace. Activity is straightforward, attribution is tricky and intent is often opaque and relies on organizational politics and bureacracy inside organizations.
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"We believe this is the first public example of an AI agent finding a previously unknown exploitable memory-safety issue in widely used real-world software." googleprojectzero.blogspot.c…
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Mandiant has been tracking #GOOTLOADER, an obfuscated #JavaScript downloader, since 2021. Explore its infection chain and detection strategies in our latest blog post. Stay informed! 👉 bit.ly/3YyRzPB #Malware #Cybersecurity
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Check out my new blog breaking down #GOOTLOADER malware and how it has evolved this year. #GoogleCloud #Mandiant #Malware googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/…
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G'day everyone. The RooCon crew is very excited to make a RooCon24 keynote announcement! We will have @stvemillertime deliver a keynote about the state of the cyber and why it's not all bad news. He'll also discuss the evolution of threat actors' tradecraft over last 10 years.
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Go ahead, MAGA. Spin it. Why are 23 Nobel Prize winning Economists wrong and you’re right?
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Great technical post on LummaC2 obfuscation and how to deobfuscate samples through symbolic backward slicing: cloud.google.com/blog/topics… 🫸🫷 @cPeterr and Nino!
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DPRK's UNC5267 operations have expanded greatly over the past few years. It is essential to be proactive and detect them in your environment. These operations directly fund North Korea by diverting the paychecks they obtain back to the regime. cloud.google.com/blog/topics…
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“Malware distribution groups are tricky to look at as a collective, so let’s narrow it down to some of my *least* favorites…” See ya next week, @mWISEConference 🫶🏼 #mWISE2024
🔔 1 week to go until the @mWISEConference in Denver! Security pros, gear up for advanced strategies, threat intel, and expert insights. Don’t miss out—register now! 👉 bit.ly/3Xl0kMD #mWISE2024
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🆕🚨 analysis from @Google on APT42 activity against 🇺🇸 and 🇮🇱. A ton of work from folks over the past few months dedicated to protecting users disrupting campaigns, and making life hard for the actors. More to come! blog.google/threat-analysis-…
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🚀 Dive into our latest blog to see how Gemini 1.5 Flash is changing malware analysis! Tested with 1,000 files from @virustotal, it processes each in just 12 seconds. Get fast, accurate reports! ⚡️ Read more: bit.ly/3SsOLRC #MalwareAnalysis #Gemini #AI
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Great progress from the @googlechrome team imposing cost on infostealers. With the recent #UNC5537 campaign targeting Snowflake customers, this is a timely addition to Chrome. Enhanced protection and detection will likely force infostealer devs to rewrite their malware.
With Chrome 127 on Windows, we're introducing enhanced encryption to protect sensitive data, starting with your cookies🍪! This helps protect your personal information and keeps your online accounts secure from hackers. Read more about this protection: security.googleblog.com/2024…
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