harmj0y

harmj0y

@harmj0y.bsky.social

Researcher @SpecterOps. Coding towards chaotic good while living on the decision boundary. #dontbanequality

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Olraca
@olraca.bsky.social

Failure to deliver on these voter approved projects has put all future expansion at risk. Why would anyone vote for an ST4 package at this point.

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social

Franklin says an amendment to build to Ballard "puts the entire system at risk." Chair Somers says "this amendment... puts at grave risk the entire ST3 package." Astute readers may recall that the package we voted on was the "West Seattle/Ballard light rail extension."

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SpecterOps
@specterops.io

Identity isn’t where you think it lives. At #SOCON2026, @harmj0y.bsky.social & Elad Shamir show how access to tokens, keys, and creds across SaaS, cloud, and CI/CD lets attackers become other identities, and chain those paths into real hybrid compromise.

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Gordon Padelford
@gordonofseattle.bsky.social

The reason Sound Transit 3 expansion exists at all is because of Seattle voters' enthusiasm. And yet all three proposals cut back Seattle lines 🤮

Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social

My initial takeaway from today's Sound Transit board retreat: www.theurbanist.org/sound-transi...

theurbanist.orgSound Transit's Budget-Balancing Ideas All Stop Short of Delivering Rail to BallardAt a board retreat Wednesday, Sound Transit weighed three cost-cutting approaches that all included deferring light rail stations in Ballard and Interbay to a later date when funding allows. Seattle C...

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SpecterOps
@specterops.io

In today's #BloodHoundBasics, @sadprocessor.bsky.social highlights a powerful new feature you might’ve missed: Cypher Selectors for Privilege Zones. Why powerful? Unlike classic objectid selectors, Cypher selectors use complex conditions & can be created before the node exists. 🧵: 1/3

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Andy Robbins
@andyrobbins.bsky.social

Introducing PingOneHound! This OpenGraph extension for BloodHound can help you identify, analyze, execute, and remediate attack paths in PingOne organizations. Read the introductory blog post here: specterops.io/blog/2025/10...

specterops.ioPingOne Attack Paths - SpecterOpsYou can use PingOneHound in conjunction with BloodHound Community Edition to discover, analyze, execute, and remediate identity-based attack paths in PingOne instances.

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HaxRob
@haxrob.net

A relatively unknown but particularly stealthy technique to hide files on Linux hosts. On unhardened boxes, unprivileged users can conceal files from even the root user. Disk content remains in memory, hindering disk acquisition during forensic investigation. (1/7) 👇

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Phillip Wylie
@phillipwylie.bsky.social

Andy Robbins: The Evolution of Bloodhound podcasters.spotify.c...

podcasters.spotify.comAndy Robbins: The Evolution of Bloodhound by Phillip Wylie ShowAbout The Guest:Andy Robbins is the Principal Product Architect at SpecterOps and one of the original 13 founding members of the company. He has a background in pen testing and red teaming and is the co-creator of Bloodhound, a popular open-source tool for attack path mapping in Active Directory environments. Summary:Andy Robbins, the Principal Product Architect at SpecterOps, joins host Phillip Wylie to discuss the evolution of Bloodhound, a tool for attack path mapping in Active Directory environments. Andy shares the origin story of Bloodhound and how it was developed to solve the problem of finding attack paths in complex environments. He explains the graph theory behind Bloodhound and how it visualizes data to help practitioners and defenders understand and mitigate security risks. Andy also discusses the recent release of Bloodhound Community Edition (CE) and the improvements it brings, including faster data ingest, query times, and a friendlier user experience. He highlights the focus on practical attack primitives and abuse primitives in Bloodhound and the goal of making attack paths a non-issue for organizations. Andy concludes by sharing valuable advice for those looking to advance in the industry, emphasizing the importance of understanding and solving real problems and being loyal to people rather than companies. Key Takeaways: Bloodhound is a tool for attack path mapping in Active Directory environments, using graph theory to visualize data and identify security risks. Bloodhound Community Edition (CE) brings improvements such as faster data ingest, query times, and a friendlier user experience. Bloodhound focuses on practical attack primitives and abuse primitives to solve real security problems and make attack paths a non-issue for organizations. Quotes: "If we give people an excellent experience for free, then enough of those people will choose to become paying customers that we have a viable business." - Andy Robbins "The industry as a whole is very young, but the capability of visualizing data problems and data security problems in this way is also relatively brand new." - Andy Robbins "We focus on attack paths or risk that emerges out of a combination of the mechanics of a system, the configurations of that system, and the behaviors of users or identities in that system." - Andy Robbins Socials and Resources: https://twitter.com/_wald0 https://twitter.com/SpecterOps https://specterops.io/ https://bloodhoundenterprise.io/ https://github.com/SpecterOps/BloodHound
harmj0y
@harmj0y.bsky.social

Happy Friday! @tifkin.bsky.social and I are happy to announce that we have cut the release for Nemesis 2.0.0 - check out the CHANGELOG for a (brief) summary of changes, and dive into our new docs for more detail! We're extremely proud and excited for this release github.com/SpecterOps/N...

github.comGitHub - SpecterOps/Nemesis: An offensive data enrichment pipelineAn offensive data enrichment pipeline. Contribute to SpecterOps/Nemesis development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Jonas Bülow Knudsen
@jonas-bk.bsky.social

I publish two blog posts today! 📝🐫 First dives into how we're improving the way BloodHound models attack paths through AD trusts: specterops.io/blog/2025/06... Second covers an attack technique I came across while exploring AD trust abuse: specterops.io/blog/2025/06... Hope you enjoy the read 🥳

specterops.ioGood Fences Make Good Neighbors: New AD Trusts Attack Paths in BloodHound - SpecterOpsThe ability of an attacker controlling one domain to compromise another through an Active Directory (AD) trust depends on the trust type and configuration. To better map these relationships and make i...

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Phillip Wylie
@phillipwylie.bsky.social

Sean Metcalf: Active Directory Security podcasters.spotify.c...

podcasters.spotify.comSean Metcalf: Active Directory Security by Phillip Wylie ShowSummary   In this episode of the Phillip Wylie Show, Sean Metcalf, an expert in Active Directory security, discusses his journey into cybersecurity, the evolution of Active Directory and Azure AD, and the common mistakes organizations make in cloud security. He emphasizes the importance of security assessments over penetration testing and shares insights into Trimarc's unique approach to security assessments. Sean also highlights the significance of scripting in security roles and discusses the future of Active Directory in hybrid environments. The episode concludes with information about Trimarc's new product, Trimarc Vision, aimed at enhancing Active Directory security.   Takeaways   Sean Metcalf has assessed environments with up to 960,000 users. Active Directory security is often overlooked in organizations. Many organizations are making the same security mistakes in the cloud as they did on-premises. Security assessments are crucial for identifying potential vulnerabilities. Trimarc uses proprietary tools for in-depth security assessments. Scripting knowledge, especially in PowerShell, is beneficial for security professionals. Active Directory is not going away anytime soon due to legacy applications. Organizations should conduct security assessments every couple of years. Trimarc's assessments provide actionable insights for improving security. The new Trimarc Vision product aims to enhance Active Directory security monitoring.   Sound Bites   "It's been quite a year." "I saw something change in the URL." "We're the identity experts."   Chapters   00:00 Introduction to Active Directory Security 03:33 Sean Metcalf's Hacker Origin Story 06:20 The Evolution of Active Directory and Azure AD 09:31 The Importance of Specialization in Cybersecurity 12:30 Active Directory Security Challenges 15:39 The Role of Security Assessments 18:26 Comparing Trimarc and Bloodhound 20:56 Understanding Active Directory Security Assessments 22:35 Getting Started in Active Directory Security 25:30 The Importance of Scripting in Security 34:43 The Hybrid Environment: On-Prem vs Cloud 37:23 Trimarc's Unique Services and Assessments 40:17 Frequency of Active Directory Assessments 42:21 Introducing Trimarc Vision   Resources https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanmmetcalf/ https://x.com/PyroTek3 https://www.linkedin.com/company/trimarcsecurity/ https://x.com/TrimarcSecurity https://www.trimarcsecurity.com/ https://adsecurity.org/    

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SpecterOps
@specterops.io

Ghostwriter v6's new collaborative editing feature is 🔥 Alex Parrill & @printingprops.com discuss the new real-time collaborative editing for observations, findings, & report fields, enabling multiple users to edit simultaneously without overwriting each other. ghst.ly/4jVqdvG

ghst.lyGhostwriter v6: Introducing Collaborative Editing - SpecterOpsGhostwriter now supports real-time collaborative editing for observations, findings, and report fields using the YJS framework, Tiptap editor, and Hocuspocus server, enabling multiple users to edit si...

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SpecterOps
@specterops.io

Think NTLM relay is a solved problem? Think again. Relay attacks are more complicated than many people realize. Check out this deep dive from Elad Shamir on NTLM relay attacks & the new edges we recently added to BloodHound. ghst.ly/4lv3E31

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SpecterOps
@specterops.io

In our latest blog post, @xpnsec.com breaks down how SQL Server Transparent Data Encryption works, shares new methods for brute-forcing database encryption keys, & reveals a default key used by ManageEngine's ADSelfService product backups. Read more 👉 ghst.ly/4iXFTyF

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SpecterOps
@specterops.io

It’s time! #SOCON2025 is kicking off now. 🥳 Grab your badge & t-shirt and join your fellow conference attendees for breakfast. Follow along here for today’s schedule of events & use our hashtag to share your own updates!

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SpecterOps
@specterops.io

Accurately see what permissions are exploitable in your AD environment. Chris Thompson discusses a recent update in BloodHound that shows fewer false positives for Owns/WriteOwner edges, & introduces the new Owns/WriteOwnerLimitedRights edges. Read more: ghst.ly/3QORQdF

ghst.lyDo You Own Your Permissions, or Do Your Permissions Own You? - SpecterOpstl;dr: Less FPs for Owns/WriteOwner and new Owns/WriteOwnerLimitedRights edges Before we get started, if you’d prefer to listen to a 10-minute presentation instead of or to supplement reading this pos...

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SpecterOps
@specterops.io

#SCCM forest discovery accounts can be decrypted—even those for untrusted forests. If the site server is a managed client, all creds can be decrypted via Administration Service API. Check out our latest blog post from @unsignedsh0rt.bsky.social to learn more. ghst.ly/4buoISp

ghst.lyDecrypting the Forest From the Trees - SpecterOpsTL;DR: SCCM forest discovery accounts can be decrypted including accounts used for managing untrusted forests. If the site server is a managed client, service account credentials can be decrypted via ...

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SpecterOps
@specterops.io

SlackPirate sets sail again! 🏴‍☠️ In his latest blog post, Dan Mayer intros his new PR to SlackPirate that lets you loot Slack again out of the box, a BOF to get you all the data you need to do it, & how to bee the most active slacker in your group chat. 🐝 ghst.ly/4hgwMIt

ghst.lySlackPirate Set Sails Again! Or: How to Send the Entire “Bee Movie” Script to Your Friends in SlackTLDR: SlackPirate has been defunct for a few years due to a breaking change in how the Slack client interacts with the Slack API. It has a…

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mpgn
@mpgn.bsky.social

So you want to exploit ADCS ESC8 with only netexec and ntlmrelayx ? Fear not my friend, I will show you how to do it 👇 NetExec now supports "Pass-the-Cert" as an authentication method, thanks to @dirkjanm.io original work on PKINITtools ⛱️

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SpecterOps
@specterops.io

Happy #BloodHoundBasics Day! The ability for a principal to reset the password of a user w/o knowing the password of that user can be powerful! Cypher can be used to map out paths from groups to users w/ this ability: MATCH p=(n:Group)-[:ForceChangePassword]->(m:User) RETURN p s/o Jacob Julian

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