Greg Linares (Laughing Mantis)
@Laughing_Mantis
20+ yrs in Infosec. Malware Influencer. I turn Malware into Art and Music. Art @MalwareArt. 4x Pwnie Nominee. 𝕍𝕏. GameDev. Autistic.
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 laughingmantis.bandcamp.com/album/vx-part-1
Every day, the line between cyber and physical erodes. We aren't just patching boxes anymore. We're now a thin veil between vulnerable people and real-world harm. If you're in this field and still pretending this is just about PII, payment data, or HIPAA... you're a liability
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Sharing my fave "food you make when you're poor or high AF" dessert dish: Get 2 @eggo waffles & your choice of ice cream Toast those waffles up & let them cool so they are warm but not hot Put your ice cream in-between both like a sammich Eat over a plate Enjoy 👨🍳👄
We’ve started seeing Crux ransomware, which seems to be related to / affiliated with BlackByte ransomware (maybe?). Since we haven’t really seen anything about them, we wrote up a bit of info: huntress.com/blog/crux-rans…
The most remarks I've had about my episode has been about my hatred any ruby The next time I'm drunk in a bar in a foreign country I'll explain more
Hearing Ruby is 1 of 2 lines in the sand you have when accepting work had me in tears since I listened to this podcast right after listening to DHH on the Lex Fridman podcast talk about how coding in Ruby is poetry.🤣
Truly humbled to share I had the honor of being a guest on the legendary @DarknetDiaries. We talked about some wild stories, the epic screw ups, and others adventures. Really grateful for the chance to tell a few tales and hope it resonates with some darknetdiaries.com/episode/160/
Literally could have just tagged me
I like to imagine that there is a guy at the Pentagon who’s whole job is creating cool mission names, but they don’t tell him the full mission scope, so he just picks two words that sound cool.
Terror cells utilizing video game platforms for communication is hardly new Cells at one point utilized Xbox Live chat to a point where analysts were called in to help identify their abuse and this also happened on various blizzard games for planning activities or signaling.…
I really want to emphasize just how bad ass @birchb0y Stuart and Jonathan were at tearing this apart and performing this analysis Truly some of the most amazing crew I've had the honor of working with
excited bc today @HuntressLabs 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)! huntress.com/blog/inside-bl…
excited bc today @HuntressLabs 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)! huntress.com/blog/inside-bl…
This is my favorite part of our infostealer Tradecraft Tuesday last month... @Laughing_Mantis broke down the data that infostealer variants steal at release vs. post release. youtube.com/watch?v=jIO7cF… Check out the full infostealer event recap here ⤵️ huntress.com/blog/infosteal…
Hey inked infosec friends do your thing
I've been wanting to get a QA themed tattoo incorporating a bug and computer, this is the closest thing I could find as a reference imagine but curious if anyone else had some cute ideas for me 👀
Now Playing: 𝕌𝕨𝕌 𝕌𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 DarkHotel 𝘈𝘗𝘛 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘝𝘰𝘭 3 ⇄ ◁◁ I I ▷▷ ↻ ━━●━━━━━━━━ ♥︎ A Tribute of love to DarkHotel / Tapaoux APT ♥︎
All these accounts out here talking big jokes about the bringing back VB6 experience and UI Meanwhile I actually was the VB6 malware guy in the 90s and early 2k.
Looks like @BlueHatIL talks are online now, so here’s my talk for anyone who wanted to learn about the latest episode of KASLR and couldn’t make it: youtu.be/Dk2rLO2LC6I
I haven't talked much about Smite this year because I've been really focused on my personal life However I think both, us as a community AND HiRez should use this as a great opportunity to wipe the slate clean of each other and reset. I still ❣️Smite with my whole soul
I hate San Fran Reset the Skrillex timer again