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Matt Suiche

Cybersecurity Researcher

Hello! My name is Matt Suiche. I am an independent researcher, advisor, and investor. I previously served as the Head of Detection Engineering at Magnet Forensics. Our organization was passionately dedicated to justice and protecting the innocent, a mission we embarked on more intensely after the 2022 acquisition of my cybersecurity start-up, Comae Technologies.

My professional journey began as the Chief Scientist and Co-Founder at CloudVolumes which was acquired by VMware (NASDAQ:VMW) in 2014, before founding Comae. In addition, I’m proud to have initiated the cybersecurity community project, OPCDE.

My life-long fascination with learning and understanding complex systems first led me to cybersecurity. My teenage years were spent immersed in reverse engineering, which ignited a profound curiosity about technology that continues to this day. I’ve since explored various fields including operating systems architecture, programming languages, virtualization, modern web application development, and generative art. Furthermore, I’ve delved into numerous domains such as privacy, surveillance, forensics, blockchain, and community development among others.

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Bob and Alice in Kernel-land - Part 2

It’s been a month since I wrote Part 1 of “Bob and Alice in Kernel-land”. As expected, we saw minimal constructive feedback from vendors, with a few notable exceptions. Sophos provided the most detailed information about their drivers, while CrowdStrike offered valuable insights into their kernel architecture, including the use of Microsoft’s Winsock kernel file transfer. This feature, introduced in Windows Vista+, was designed to replace the outdated Transport Driver Interface (TDI).

Financial Forensics in a fragmented ecosystem

Over the past decade, several cyber incidents have shed light on how SWIFT operates between institutions. In 2017, I covered the vulnerabilities with PASSFREELY and the JEEPLEA SIGINT operations revealed in TheShadowBrokers leaks. Additionally, the 2016 Bangladesh Central Bank Heist, orchestrated by North Korea, offered valuable insights into the workings of international inter-bank SWIFT messaging. Since then, financial messaging standards have undergone significant changes. Legacy standards like ISO 15022 and

Election Security - Friday Review

As the U.S. presidential elections draw closer, the topic of election security is gaining increasing attention. This issue took on added significance yesterday when the current U.S. Vice President and new Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, tweeted the following: Paper ballots are the smartest, safest way to ensure your vote is secure against attacks by foreign actors. Russia can’t hack a piece of paper like they can a computer.