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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.
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From the Front Lines | New macOS ‘covid’ Malware Masquerades as Apple, Wears Face of APT

From the Front Lines | 6 minute read
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Apple’s macOS Ventura | 7 New Security Changes to Be Aware Of

Company | 11 minute read
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Use Of Obfuscated Beacons In ‘pymafka Supply Chain Attack Signals A New Trend In MacOS Attack TTPs 1
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Security & Intelligence

Use of Obfuscated Beacons in ‘pymafka’ Supply Chain Attack Signals a New Trend in macOS Attack TTPs

Phil Stokes / May 25, 2022

A new typosquatting attack against the PyPI repository targets enterprise Macs with a distinctive obfuscation method.

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The Art And Science Of MacOS Malware Hunting With Radare2 Leveraging Xrefs YARA Zignatures 11
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The Art and Science of macOS Malware Hunting with radare2 | Leveraging Xrefs, YARA and Zignatures

Phil Stokes / March 21, 2022

In the next part of our series on reversing macOS malware, we dig into identifying reused code across malware samples for hunting and detection.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity – Week 6

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | 5 minute read
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10 Assumptions About macOS Security That Put Your Business At Risk

macOS | 17 minute read
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How SysJoker and DazzleSpy Malware Target macOS

macOS | 9 minute read
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity – Week 4

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | 5 minute read
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity – Week 2

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | 4 minute read
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A Threat Hunters Guide To The Macs Most Prevalent Adware Infections 2022 12
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A Threat Hunter’s Guide to the Mac’s Most Prevalent Adware Infections 2022

Phil Stokes / January 4, 2022

Mac adware is hidden, persistent, and evasive, fingerprinting devices and delivering custom payloads. Learn how to hunt it on macOS.

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