Behind the Binary Episode 3 is out 🎧 Ryan Chapman - From Software Cracking to Threat Hunting: A Reverse Engineering Story open.spotify.com/episode/6xsX2s…

Great to see Apple quickly patch the MacOS sandbox escape/privilege escalation vulnerability I reported to them. Big thanks to nedwill, Ian Beer, and Ian Beer for all the help :) I'm working on a blog post and hope to release it soon!!

Introducing XRefer: a tool from the Mandiant FLARE team to speed up #malwareanalysis and streamline investigations. Learn more: bit.ly/4iUrvrF

Timezones are hard, FLARE-On is harder! Apologies, challengers – #flareon12 had an unintentional early start. To keep things fair for everyone, we are pausing the competition. We're evaluating the situation and will provide an update around 10 AM ET.

Unfortunately, the #flareon12 unlocked early yesterday and some players got a head start. This will not effect the final standings as deltas will be applied to the player's final solve times (if they finish) to reflect the early access they received.

20 hours into #flareon12 and already over 1240 active players! Four rockstars on challenge 9, two on challenge 8 and dozens on challenge 7.

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Today's #flareon12 stats: over 2700 registered players and 17 finishers. Join the fun at flare-on.com

Huge congrats to the 27 current #flareon12 finishers so far. Good luck to all other players! 3 weeks to go ☺️ flare-on.com

To all #flareon12 finishers: CONGRATULATIONS and please provide your feedback on this year's challenges 🙂

Simpler Access for a Stronger VirusTotal We’re simplifying access to VirusTotal with clearer tiers and flexible options, keeping the platform open, collaborative, and built around our contributors. Read more: blog.virustotal.com/2025/10/simple…

FLARE-VM keeps on evolving, read more about recent enhancements at security.googlecloudcommunity.com/community-blog…

#flareon12 📊 stats of the day: so far only half of players have solved challenge 2 and only 2% have finished all nine challenges. How far can you make it at flare-on.com? Detailed challenge breakdown:

Does this exist? CyberChef integrated in IDA Pro 🧐 #cyberchef #idapro #idachef #cyberpro

Already (almost) halfway through #flareon12! Here's a comparison of current finishers vs. last year (#flareon11). As expected this year is a bit easier (with two challenges less), but still a challenge! Can you solve all levels?