LOTL weekly archive
Oct 15–22, 2026

Thank you,
contributors

Every sample verified, artifact documented, and assumption challenged gives defenders more to work with. Thank you to the researchers and maintainers making living-off-the-land activity easier to understand.

08Community contributors
17Pull requests landed
05Projects advanced
34Public repos reviewed

The contributor ledger

More eyes. Fewer blind spots.

Updated Thursday, October 22, 2026.

EXElement Xu@Element2023H

Project

LOLDrivers

Contribution

Added the Realtek RtsUpx.sys 1.13.0.0 sample, extracted metadata, and distinct references for four published CVEs.

Hhax0r31337@hax0r31337

Project

LOLDrivers

Contribution

Added three NeacSafe64.sys builds and clarified how their reported behavior differs from the older CVE-2025-45737 sample.

JEJose Enrique Hernandez@josehelps

Project

LOLDrivers

Contribution

Added Cisco Talos MANTLEMAZE reporting to the iqvw64e.sys entry, including the published analysis-evasion context.

JEJose Enrique Hernandez@josehelps

Project

LOLDrivers

Contribution

Expanded NSecKrnl.sys references with Reynolds and Warlock ransomware reporting.

JEJose Enrique Hernandez@josehelps

Project

LOLDrivers

Contribution

Added the HeySafe-X heysafe_drv.sys sample and static behavior analysis, separating verified process-termination paths from unsupported submission claims.

MHMichael Haag@MHaggis

Project

LOLDrivers

Contribution

Added libwasys.sys and MonProcessControl.sys samples linked to published KillerLand research, with metadata and static behavior notes.

MHMichael Haag@MHaggis

Project

LOLDrivers

Contribution

Added TrueSight.sys 2.0.2 with sample metadata and static analysis of its process-termination path.

MHMichael Haag@MHaggis

Project

LOLDrivers

Contribution

Added AmdTools64.sys 1.7.16.218 with sample metadata, static physical-memory mapping analysis, and explicit administrator-access requirements.

JOJose Oregon@j-oregon

Project

HijackLibs

Contribution

Documented archive.dll sideloading in Siemens Software Center, with executable hashes and the vendor advisory.

BCBrendan Chamberlain@infosecB

Project

LOOBins

Contribution

Added llms.txt and per-binary Markdown endpoints, plus scheduled broken-link and catalog-coverage scans.

BCBrendan Chamberlain@infosecB

Project

LOOBins

Contribution

Added a sitemap index endpoint at /sitemap.xml for catalog discovery.

BCBrendan Chamberlain@infosecB

Project

LOOBins

Contribution

Fixed the automatic release workflow's race condition so version changes reach main before publication.

NMNounou Mbeiri@CTI-Driven

Project

lolbins-cti driven

Contribution

Rebuilt the catalog around 17 Windows binaries with sourced threat context, embedded STIX and JSON graphs, and KQL hunting queries.

NMNounou Mbeiri@CTI-Driven

Project

lolbins-cti driven

Contribution

Updated the README video link to the new catalog demonstration.

NMNounou Mbeiri@CTI-Driven

Project

lolbins-cti driven

Contribution

Updated the website's video demonstration link to match the refreshed catalog.

Ccyberbuff@cyberbuff

Project

LOLRMM

Contribution

Refreshed dependencies and configured grouped Dependabot updates with three-day release cooldowns and a matching Poetry solver policy.

Ccyberbuff@cyberbuff

Project

LOLRMM

Contribution

Added Ping32 with endpoint artifacts, screen-monitoring capabilities, and references to documented abuse campaigns.

JEJose Enrique Hernandez@josehelps

Project

LOLRMM

Contribution

Clarified the Vicarius vRx role in an INC Ransom intrusion and added executable and code-signing metadata.

JEJose Enrique Hernandez@josehelps

Project

LOLRMM

Contribution

Corrected the Vicarius vRx description to call the embedded payload a Shellter payload rather than a packed executable.

MHMichael Haag@MHaggis

Project

LOLRMM

Contribution

Added VS Code Remote Tunnels with reported abuse, platform-specific persistence artifacts, and detection coverage limitations.

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