building solutions to secure worlds. all thoughts / opinions (if at all) are my own. labs @thinkstcanary - prev. founder @deceptiq_ (acq.)
London, England.
Joined April 2022
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Everyone who spends time with macOS VMs knows how tedious the process of actually setting up the VMs is.
Using Apple’s Virtualization.framework directly and AppKit + ScreenCaptureKit for VM display, screenshots and CUA input - you can build a very useful tool to automate a lot of the tedious bits of macOS research.
Now the agent: can download an image, get it setup/ installed/snapshotted, and create a SIP disabled version.
I will never setup a MacOS VM again!
When I was getting started with malware - I praised Zeus and Carbanak (namely Carbanak) as teaching me a lot of what I knew.
I remember spending days just reading through the source and reimplementing stuff to get in the head of the developer.
I'm surprised I never decided to take a different look at it with an LLM.
Well I know what I'll be doing this morning...
as the conversation about prevention and it's _magical wonders_ hits my feed again - I must add:
yes and prevention is ideal, though detection is an absolute must.
I cannot reiterate how much of a godsend this app has become for me (+ using screenlogger as a counterpart to have an agent go figure out what rules I need to set/how to reduce productivity).
it's open source/notarized - if you (like me) like to productivitymaxx or even just understand where your time goes when you use your computer:
INSTALL IT NOW
While I do have a history of writing malware - I've changed my ways!! I promise it is not malware.
github.com/radkawar/screenti…
Everyone who uses Screentime on Mac has been disappointed/knows it sucks.
And with ADHD - I always wished it had a few more features to block the applications that feel like what I imagine crack-cocaine would be like for the brain.
Install Screentime++: github.com/radkawar/screenti…
ALT Screentime++
e.g use YouTube without shorts! or view this beautiful desktop tile..
Everyone who uses Screentime on Mac has been disappointed/knows it sucks.
And with ADHD - I always wished it had a few more features to block the applications that feel like what I imagine crack-cocaine would be like for the brain.
Install Screentime++: github.com/radkawar/screenti…
ALT Screentime++
Everyone who uses Screentime on Mac has been disappointed/knows it sucks.
And with ADHD - I always wished it had a few more features to block the applications that feel like what I imagine crack-cocaine would be like for the brain.
Install Screentime++: github.com/radkawar/screenti…
ALT Screentime++
Linux deserves the same care every other platform gets.
lindm v0.1.0: a self-hosted, open-source MDM for Linux fleets. Your server, your devices.
github.com/radkawar/lindm
You remember seeing it. You don’t remember where.
Screenlogger remembers.
0.2.0 brings a fresh UI, less disk usage, and search powered by local @googlegemma embeddings.
An always-on screen recorder for Mac. Describe what you saw. Find it again.
All on your Mac.
I've open-sourced lindm: a self-hosted MDM for Linux fleets:
- Enroll devices,
- Push profiles with staged rollouts,
- TPM disk encryption with escrowed keys,
- Lock and Wipe,
- OS update windows,
- And remote assistance with user consent.
github.com/radkawar/lindm
Rad retweeted
You can watch the full talk here:
youtube.com/watch?v=dNtqZJmt…
Diaspore can now run itself which is a wild accomplishment.
In the image:
- the playground installs diaspore from PyPI
- compiles a workflow
- pauses it into JSON and resumes it
- all in your browser.
Check it out for yourself...
radkawar.github.io/diaspore/…
Write Python, ship JSON, run it anywhere, sandboxed.
Think WASM but extra steps!
- embed it in Go, Node, Lua or Python
- compile Python without Python
- durable execution across runtimes
Source: github.com/radkawar/diaspore
Playground: radkawar.github.io/diaspore
