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LaunchDaemon (or LaunchAgent) Hijacking is a MacOS privilege escalation and persistence technique. It involves abusing insecure file/folder permissions to replace legitimately installed, misconfigured LaunchDaemons with malicious code. I first spotted this issue affecting the OSQuery installer but went looking and found multiple other products with the same problem. This isn't a novel technique (it's briefly mentioned in T1543.004) but I was surprised to find it so rarely talked about. Example - Hijacking the OSQuery LaunchDaemon I've already disclosed this issue to the OSQuery team and they kindly let me use it as an example in this post.
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It is written almost everywhere: do not expose the Docker socket on Linux! This is followed by the statement that doing so grants root access to the host. But why? What can be done and how? This is what we are about to explore in this article.
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[AI summary] The provided text outlines various macOS malware campaigns and attacks, including backdoors, supply chain compromises, and multi-stage attacks. Key points include: 1. **RustBucket and BlueNoroff APTs**: These groups have been targeting macOS with backdoors like ObjCShellz, which are written in Objective-C and Swift, respectively. These malware variants communicate with C2 servers to download and execute payloads. 2. **JumpCloud Supply Chain Attack**: DPRK attributed attackers compromised JumpCloud, a zero-trust directory platform, leading to a supply chain attack that affected its customers. The attack involved spear-phishing and deploying payloads like FullHouse.Doored, StratoFear, and TieDye. 3. **Mandiant's Analysis**: Mandiant detailed th...
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For reasons I won't get into, I've been working on a tricky reverse engineering puzzle recently: how to patch the operating system of a 26-year-old synthesizer. To be specific, the Kurzweil K2500, a...
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