Our next macOS Vulnerability Researcher trainings with @gergely_kalman will be:
📆 2026-10-12 - 15: Self-organized, 4 (!!!!) day training (Budapest, Hungary)
📆 2026-11-15 - 17: Objective by the Sea v9 (Hawaii, USA)
More info here:
macosvuln.training/
Lineup for the next (free!) Objective for the We #OFTW is 🔥
📍 Berlin
🗓️ July 30–31, 2026
Join us! 🤩
Only ~2 weeks left to apply:
objective-see.org/oftw/v4.ht…
Stoked that @Rippling has joined our "Friends of Objective-See" program in support of our non-profit foundation 😍
Their support helps our:
🛠️ open-source tools
📚 free #TAOMM books
👨👩👦 community-driven #OBTS/#OFTW events
...continue to grow & thrive!
rippling.com
⏳Only one month left to apply for "Objective for the We" (#OFTW) v4.0
#OFTW is a free 🍏-security event empowering the next generation:
📍 Berlin
🗓️ July 30–31, 2026
More info/to apply: objective-see.org/oftw/v4.ht…
Stoked to announce the #OBTS v9 trainings 🥳
🔗 objectivebythesea.org/v9/tra…
This year we’ve expanded to *six* trainings covering iOS & macOS: malware, threat hunting, reversing, vulnerability research, and more! 🍎🐛👾🔬🛡️
Trainings always sell out, so grab your spot today!
Danke to @heiseonline for the coverage of our upcoming #OFTW v4 event in Berlin! 🇩🇪
heise.de/en/news/Mac-and-iPh…
If you’re a student or getting into 🍎 security, apply to attend this free two-day event ...a few spots are still left!
Super stoked for #OFTW v4! Two days of hands-on training talks for students / those getting into 🍎 security… all free!
A few spots left, so don’t wait to apply!
A big mahalo to @andyrozen and to @HPI_DE for hosting 🙏🏽
Just updated AuRevoir, a simple app we first released in 2018 that dumps and removes Signal (or other messages) cached in macOS’s notification database.
Free and open source, like all our tools 😇
AuRevoir v1.1.0:
github.com/objective-see/AuR…
New guest blog post:
"Catching macOS Stealers in the Wild"
Mahalo to Pablo Redondo Castro, one of our #OBTS student scholars, for sharing his analysis of a recent macOS stealer — one that specifically targeted @objective_see's tools 👀
Read: objective-see.org/blog/blog_…
Apple (copied BlockBlock 👀) and added ClickFix protections… but kept the good stuff private 😤
Reversed xprotectd to see how it really works and emerged with enough detail to build your own (kinda)!
Read: No Paste for You!
objective-see.org/blog/blog_…
Just released: BlockBlock v2.4
🆕 Notarization Mode ('All')
Blocks any non-notarized program (even those w/o quarantine attributes).
🆕 Heuristics for 'ClickFix'
Applies heuristics against pastes into terminals, blocking those deemed suspicious.
objective-see.org/products/b…
Stoked to see our #OBTS scholars crushing it! 🤩
Congrats to Pablo Redondo & Ismael Esquilichi on their recent talk, "macOS XPC Exploiting n-days for !(😄 && 💸)" at Hackon (@hackonurjc)!
Announcing "Objective for the We" (#OFTW) v4.0
A free 🍏-security event empowering the next generation:
📍 Berlin
🗓️ July 30–31, 2026
Mahalo to the Hasso Plattner Institute (@HPI_DE) for hosting & making this possible!! ♥️
🎟️ Invite-only → apply here: objective-see.org/oftw/v4.ht…
Motivated by @moonlock_lab’s recent findings on ClickFix attacks surfacing via Google Search results and even LLMs 🤯, I’ve added basic protection against most of these attacks to BlockBlock 🍎🛡️
Read: “ClickFix: Stopped at ⌘ V”
objective-see.org/blog/blog_…
Our Valentine's Day gift 💝
objectivebythesea.org/v9/ind…
Announcing Objective by the Sea (#OBTS) v9.0:
👩🏻💼 Train: Nov 15-17
👩🏻🏫 Talks: Nov 18-20
📍 Maui, Hawaii, 2026
CFP (talks & trainings) and tickets are now officially open! Hope to see you by the sea 🏝️
Special 🙏🏽 to @andyrozen!!
🎉 A decade of Mac malware research 🎉
Just published our 10th annual “The Mac Malware of <year>” report ...2025 edition!
For each new sample of 2025, covers:
🔎 IoCs 💉 Infection 💾 Persistence 📡 Capabilities ☣️ Samples for download
Dive in 👇
objective-see.org/blog/blog_…
Knock Knock? Who’s there? KnockKnock v4.0 🔍
KnockKnock just turned 10 🥳 and version 4.0 is now out, bringing new features & improvements:
1️⃣ Start at login
2️⃣ Scan comparisons
3️⃣ Better @virustotal integration
4️⃣ New plugin: Shell configuration files
objective-see.org/products/k…