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Phil Stokes

Phil Stokes is a Research Engineer at SentinelOne, specializing in macOS threat intelligence, platform vulnerabilities and malware analysis. He began his journey into macOS security as a software developer, creating end user troubleshooting and security tools just at the time when macOS adware and commodity malware first began appearing on the platform. Phil has been closely following the development of macOS threats as well as researching Mac software and OS vulnerabilities since 2014.
JokerSpy Unknown Adversary Targeting Organizations With Multi Stage MacOS Malware 5
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JokerSpy | Unknown Adversary Targeting Organizations with Multi-Stage macOS Malware

Phil Stokes / June 28, 2023

JokerSpy appears to be part of a larger campaign that is likely targeting more organizations than currently known. Learn how to detect it and stay protected.

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Automating String Decryption And Other Reverse Engineering Tasks In Radare2 With R2pipe By Phil Stokes 1
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Automating String Decryption and Other Reverse Engineering Tasks in radare2 With r2pipe

Phil Stokes / June 21, 2023

Learn how to drive radare2 with r2pipe for automated binary analysis, string decryption and other common reversing tasks.

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macOS 14 Sonoma | Toughening up macOS for the Enterprise?

Phil Stokes / June 8, 2023

What's new in the latest macOS upgrade? Take a tour around some of the enhancements as Apple looks to make macOS better suited for the workplace.

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Radare2 Power Ups Delivering Faster MacOS Malware Analysis With R2 Customization 5
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Radare2 Power Ups | Delivering Faster macOS Malware Analysis With r2 Customization

Phil Stokes / May 31, 2023

Learn how to customize radare2 with user-defined aliases, macros and functions for faster and easier binary diffing and analysis.

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Geacon Brings Cobalt Strike Capabilities To MacOS Threat Actors 1
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Geacon Brings Cobalt Strike Capabilities to macOS Threat Actors

Phil Stokes & Dinesh Devadoss / May 15, 2023

An uptick in malicious macOS payloads contain Cobalt Strike Beacons written in Go and derived from a Chinese open-source repository.

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Atomic Stealer | Threat Actor Spawns Second Variant of macOS Malware Sold on Telegram

Phil Stokes / May 3, 2023

A macOS infostealer being sold on Telegram, Atomic Stealer has a second variant that appears primed to target users directly on YouTube.

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LockBit Ransomware: Protect Your macOS Today

Phil Stokes / April 18, 2023

Discovery of a macOS variant of LockBit has caused alarm, but how serious a threat is it? We explore the malware and the threat of ransomware on Apple Macs.

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Session Cookies Keychains SSH Keys And More 7 Kinds Of Data Malware Steals From MacOS Users 8
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Session Cookies, Keychains, SSH Keys and More | 7 Kinds of Data Malware Steals from macOS Users

Phil Stokes / March 22, 2023

Stealing data from Mac devices can unlock the door for both financially-motivated cybercrime and espionage. Learn how recent macOS malware does it.

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Hunting for Honkbox | Multistage macOS Cryptominer May Still Be Hiding

Phil Stokes / March 1, 2023

A cryptominer that uses the Invisible Internet protocol, Honkbox variants could still be evading some detection solutions.

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macOS Payloads | 7 Prevalent and Emerging Obfuscation Techniques

Phil Stokes / January 30, 2023

Get a closer look at the payloads threat actors use to deliver malware on macOS from hidden scripts to Go binaries and obfuscated Cobalt Strike.

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