objective-see / objective-see/BlockBlock

Feature Request: Switch the Virustotal target depending on parent process

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Description

There's been quite a few times where I've gotten a BlockBlock notification about backgroundtaskmanagementd parent adding a new startup entry, I click the VirusTotal button and it shows me the detection status of the parent instead of the new startup process.

It'd be quite nice if there was some logic that would swap the target depending on the parent process, I know that backgroundtaskmanagementd is legitimate but I'm interested in the status of the new startup entry.

I really love BlockBlock, thanks so much to all the folks at Objective-See for building it and releasing it for free :-)

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Research direction

Start by tracing the VirusTotal button handling and how the notification records its parent process and new startup process; the payload names no files or tests. Done means the button selects the new startup process for VirusTotal when the parent is the reported legitimate process, while preserving the appropriate target in other cases.

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Assessment

Tech stack
objective-c
Domain
security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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