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Amethyst Basilisk

@amethyst.systems
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Furry hacker of the dragon and Windows variety. Blog: amethyst.systems/blog Puzzles: crackmes.one/user/frank2

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rita @ritatreats.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
unbelievable how true "bsky staff cant handle furries" becomes over time
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 29/09/2026
Oh I just discovered I missed Flare-On. Too busy trying to appeal to businesses to reverse for fun. That'll teach me to pay attention.
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ᴉpᴉǝH 🐐💕 @summerheidi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 27/09/2026
This has been happening a lot lately: * fail in reversing some part of a sample, feel incompetent * crack open a new sample, feel competent again as I take apart a custom API loader I think the problem is my depression more than anything. It's constantly tricking me into thinking I'm incompetent.
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 27/09/2026
It's such a huge pain to my reversing pride that Go obfuscation kicks my ass so much. I think I have to give up on reversing this VShell sample, I've gotten as far as I could. I need to find more Go samples to practice with.
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 26/09/2026
Updated my copy of GoReSym, magically recovered more obfuscated symbols. Here I was banging my head against the wall because it kept saying it couldn't find the pclntab. I guess Mandiant is looking at the same malware I was!
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 24/09/2026
Major headway! I found the bootstrapping function where it eventually transfers to the pure Go routine. Now to find where it stored the pclntab.
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 24/09/2026
Has anyone else seen this before? Shellcode written in CGo that bootstraps a Go environment. I'm struggling to reverse the loader because I'm not very well versed in Go reversing. And before you ask, GoReSym is failing too! #malware #malware_analysis
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Source unknown...
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
what being alive currently feels like
4 panel comic

Panel 1: Purple Guy steps in bear trap and screams 

Panel 2: Purple Guy gets punched in the penis by a boxing glove

Panel 3: Purple Guy gets set on fire

Panel 4: Purple Guy lying on the ground, almost dead. Blue guy sticks head into shot and says: Heads up, things are about to get bad
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 22/09/2026
VShell is fucking with me. It loads a position-independent shellcode with Go artifacts that loads from the DOS header that's also a valid PE file. I think it loads its Go runtime in the shellcode loading process. This is fun, but confusing!
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 22/09/2026
God the VShell crew is constantly updating their Go payload loader. Makes me annoyed since I was so accustomed to their current loader.
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 22/09/2026
They are truly sending people to piracy and don't even care lol
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 21/09/2026
Seeing a significant uptick in VShell campaigns on MalwareBazaar. I think I see an opportunity to report on this malware family!
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Dustrial @dustrial.net · 20/09/2026
not sure which is better, this or the mitch pic with footballs
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Chairman Goa Tse-tung @jctenton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
i often think of the gas station in deus ex and the terrifying 2050s cyberpunk nightmare era prices on the sign
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 19/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Slow Internet
Alt: I Cast Extremely Slow Internet
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 20/09/2026
Puppy was wagging his little nub while I was making coffee, then leaned against my leg. I don't know why, but I appreciate the show of affection!
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
incredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 19/09/2026
I'm happy to report that after my recent spat of MS attacks I can use chopsticks again! @miragethefox.bsky.social made ramen and it was tasty.
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The Register @theregister.com · 18/09/2026
Compsci grads facing recession-like job prospects thanks to AI
theregister.com
Compsci grads facing recession-like job prospects thanks to AI
Slinging coffee and waiting tables ain't just for liberal arts grads any more, say Census Bureau economists
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RS Benedict @rsbenedict.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
this--THIS--is the truest recession indicator
Sticker on a cooler at a convenience store advertising Arizona iced tea cans at $1.50 each.
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 18/09/2026
A recruiter ghosted me this morning after waking me up early to await her call. I can see why my partner hates them so much right now.
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 17/09/2026
Just saw Hard Candy for the first time. That is a very cathartic movie for a certain audience. I loved it.
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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hello. They are going to try to fuck with your vote, and we are NOT going to let them. Last week I pinged my friend Dana Chisnell, who knows how elections work, and said "Hey, let’s make it hard for them to fuck with us.” Today, we are very proud to announce the HOW TO VOTE zine. howtovote.tips
howtovote.tips
How to Vote / Cómo Votar
A free field guide to what stops people from voting, and what to do about it. English and Spanish, ready to print.
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“Intersex” is the “I” in LGBTQIA. Learned a lot, watching this.
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kc green @kcg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
They stole this man’s whole brain. It’s classically empty in there. A moth comin’ out of your wallet.
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ADHD Memes @adhdforreal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Michael Ruocco @michaeljruocco.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Sometimes I browse through heritage auctions and I find the occasional odd gem, but today I stumbled upon the mother-load: these ridiculous grocery store ads promoting the release of The Jungle Book, and each one has me absolutely reeling. Sharing them here so you too can share in my bewildered joy
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 14/09/2026
Another one of the creative old pieces from this bot.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026
The only person in public service who has consistently made 100% sense on issues of "AI," which is why they hate her so much.
Law enforcers already have authority to charge companies and their CEOs for creating and releasing dangerous, unvetted, or defective products. We shouldn’t let discussions about new legal regimes distract from the fact that there’s no AI exemption from laws already on the books — a point 
@FTC
 emphasized repeatedly during my tenure.

1. There is an extensive set of laws that govern dangerous and defective products. For example, releasing unvetted AI models or agents can violate consumer protection laws. Shipping flawed AI tools without implementing adequate measures to detect and stop rogue or defective AI agents can be an “unfair or deceptive” act or practice under the FTC Act (and analogous state laws). And some state AGs are already exploring holding AI firms and their CEOs criminally liable when their models participate in criminal activity.

2. Existing laws also prohibit “unfair methods of competition.” This covers instances where AI firms appropriate the competitively sensitive information of their customers, including through tracking their use of various tools. It can also cover instances where firms pursue dangerous behavior, aware that doing so may compel rivals to do the same.As the Supreme Court has noted: “A method of competition which casts upon one's competitors the burden of the loss of business unless they will descend to a practice which they are under a powerful moral compulsion not to adopt, even though it is not criminal, was thought to involve the kind of unfairness at which the [unfair methods of competition] statute was aimed."

3. The highly concentrated and interconnected structure of these markets could be creating major risks and conflicts of interest. We had started investigating these partnerships and cross-investments across the stack (and released a preliminarily overview of some findings: https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/ftc-issues-staff-report-ai-partnerships-investments-study). 

Both federal and state enforcers should be scrutinizing these opaque relationships and inter-dependencies. We are already seeing how these relationships could undermine accountability. For example, OpenAI could face liability given the Hugging Face incident, but Hugging Face being bought up by Nvidia means that we’re unlikely to see it file a lawsuit over this — given Nvidia’s strong incentive to see OpenAI continue full speed ahead.4. As AI tools dramatically change the landscape of cybersecurity risks and hacks, all businesses should be doubling down on having core security protections in place. Firms that fail to invest in adequate data security measures or fix known vulnerabilities can also be breaking the law. A recent analysis showed that around 1/3 of Fortune 100 companies do not even have a way to notify them about security issues. During my 
@FTC
 tenure, we sued firms for poor data security practices and held CEOs liable when they were personally responsible.

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/dozens-of-americas-largest-companies-have-no-simple-way-to-report-security-flaws/

https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/10/ftc-takes-action-against-drizly-its-ceo-james-cory-rellas-security-failures-exposed-data-25-million

5. As policymakers consider new legal regimes, we should be looking to lessons from prior efforts to govern major sectors, such as banking and other networks, platforms, and utilities. Tools like structural separations, nondiscrimination, and supervision could be key, and there’s a rich history of what works and what doesn’t. But we can and must pursue any new efforts alongside enforcing existing laws.
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 14/09/2026
I'm doing actual reverse engineering and I'm getting mad at my depression for telling me I can't do it. I can clearly do it, I won an award for completing a Flare-On competition! Fuck depression so much, it's a dirty liar.
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 14/09/2026
Hmm... ValleyRAT started getting wise to sandboxing and is querying Direct3D for the video card. I don't want to migrate my sandbox to my media center that has a video card, but I might have to eventually.
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 13/09/2026
Getting really tired of this depression. I hate getting pangs of negative thoughts and a lack of motivation to do anything constructive. I need to ask my psychiatrist for an adjustment.
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Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · 10/09/2026
DLSS 5 is just a lighting pass and not an ai hallucin--
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 11/09/2026
God, why did I apply for a Forensics job? I barely remember forensics from my training! I need to brush up with LetsDefend challenges.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Whee! let’s do it again mom
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026
Looks like OpenAI may have stolen another mathematicians work.
Screenshot of an X post by user Valerio Capraro (@ValerioCapraro) featuring text followed by an embedded photo of a man in glasses and a dark sweater against a forested outdoor background.
The post text reads:
"BREAKING: OpenAI might have stolen another major proof.
In a detailed Mastodon post, which I report in full in the comments, Andreas Thom presents several pieces of evidence suggesting that OpenAI may have trained Astra on conversations in which he and Gábor Kun were working on Gromov's soficity conjecture, one of the ten problems OpenAI later announced Astra had solved.
I know Andreas. We met several times early in our careers. He is an exceptional mathematician, a leading expert on sofic and hyperlinear groups, and one of the most respected scholars in the field. He has spent two decades working on this problem.
If his account is correct, this is not a minor dispute over attribution. It would mean that unpublished human work was absorbed into a model and then presented to the world as a breakthrough by the model itself.
And if the allegations raised by Levent Alpöge, Tristan Buckmaster, and now Andreas Thom are all substantiated, we are no longer looking at isolated incidents.
We may be looking at one of the greatest intellectual scandals in the history of science.
AI is not discovering new mathematics.
AI is stealing human discovery."
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 10/09/2026
The lingering side effects of the corticosteroids have me questioning if I'm a good reverse engineer. Apparently in the come-down cognitive side effects are apparent, hence why I've been having a hard time reversing. Apparently this will clear up eventually, but I need to attract businesses!
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 03/09/2026
[Indirectas (@IndirectasHQ) on Twitter: "I love that our generation broke the stereotype that if you get tattooed, you won't get a job. Now no one gets a job, whether you're tattooed or not."]
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 07/09/2026
Getting back to doing actual reverse engineering is like giving myself whiplash from the sudden speed change from just detonating samples in a sandbox and analyzing logs that come from it. I miss the reversing part though! Taking apart DonutLoader samples.
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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 05/09/2026
Bears repeating. This one's for you.
'Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it'
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Kirsche 🐰🐱 (Commissions Open) @cherrypixelbun.gay · 05/09/2026
Its fucked up that Fortnite actually gentrified funny Quake 3/UT99 skins
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zøë wolfe @glitchwolfe.studio · 05/09/2026
Now presenting: THE shot I've been dreaming of glitching ever since I learned you could circuit bend a playstation PS1 bent by gork_online, generously loaned to me for the time being
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Doc Vivi Leandra【 VTC 】- Real-Life Scientist VTuber 🧬🖥️ @docvivileandra.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Tapping the "Age verification can be implemented using zero-knowledge proofs, and the fact that they aren't doing that is proof they aren't interested in 'protecting children' as they are in 'having an excuse to obtain your personally-identifying-information'" sign again
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Absynt @abstract-syntax.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
We have persistent flow control on the EVO
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see a dragon sitting on a pile of treasure. A speech bubble pointing off panel reads, “Dragon, why do you have all this treasure?”
In the second panel we zoom in on the dragons face. He simply says “shiny”.
In the third panel we pan to the left and see that there is a crow standing next to the dragon on the treasure.
In the fourth panel we zoom in on the crows face. He says “hell yeah”.
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 06/09/2026
Last night's brain vibes were so bad I felt no interest in studying malware. That's like my whole thing and I just felt nothing for it. Just went to bed. Truly bad vibes last night.
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Amethyst Basilisk @amethyst.systems · 05/09/2026
Feeling incredibly depressed right now. Oral corticosteroids are not like the euphoric infusions.
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Jasmin🌸 @theboobtaster.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
that’s wild. he’s tanking damage for us.
Hasan Piker has officially surpassed
"Transgender" as the most mentioned culture war issue on Fox News for the month of August.
348 mentions of Trans/Transgender
398 mentions of Hasan Piker
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