blackhat-go

BlackHat Go Skill: Security Techniques Knowledge Base

Status: ✅ Production Ready
Source: "Black Hat Go" by Steele, Patten, Kottmann (No Starch Press)
Extended: Chapters 15-37 (macOS, Cloud, Mobile, IoT, SupplyChain, API, Web3, AI, RedTeam, ATT&CK, LLM)
AAIF Integration: MCP-native, AGENTS.md compliant, goose-compatible

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Overview

Structured knowledge base of offensive security techniques implemented in Go:

• 186 Techniques across 37 chapters
• 36 Tools (stdlib + third-party)
• 33 Defenses with effectiveness ratings
• 6 Exploitation relationships
• 103 Passing Tests (including adversarial bisimulation)

AAIF Integration (Agentic AI Foundation)

This skill is designed for multiplayer human-agent security games in the AAIF ecosystem:

Core AAIF Projects Integrated

Project	Role	Integration
MCP (Model Context Protocol)	Agent-tool connectivity	Techniques exposed as MCP tools
goose	Local-first agent framework	Attack chain execution
AGENTS.md	Project-specific guidance	Security context for agents

Multiplayer Game Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    AAIF MULTIPLAYER SECURITY GAME                           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                             │
│   Browser Clients (CatColab + Automerge CRDT)                              │
│   ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐                   │
│   │ Human 🧑 │  │ Agent 🤖 │  │ Human 🧑 │  │ Agent 🤖 │                   │
│   │ Attacker │  │ Defender │  │ Arbiter  │  │ Observer │                   │
│   └────┬─────┘  └────┬─────┘  └────┬─────┘  └────┬─────┘                   │
│        │             │             │             │                          │
│        └─────────────┴──────┬──────┴─────────────┘                          │
│                             │                                               │
│                    WebSocket / MCP                                          │
│                             │                                               │
│              ┌──────────────┴──────────────┐                               │
│              │     Automerge Doc Server     │                               │
│              │  (CRDT Real-time Sync)       │                               │
│              └──────────────┬──────────────┘                                │
│                             │                                               │
│              ┌──────────────┴──────────────┐                               │
│              │     CatColab Backend         │                               │
│              │  (Double Category Theory)    │                               │
│              │  • Reachability Analysis     │                               │
│              │  • Bisimulation Checking     │                               │
│              │  • GF(3) Conservation        │                               │
│              └─────────────────────────────┘                                │
│                                                                             │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Three Worlds for Multiplayer Games

World	Seed	Operator	Game Type	Players
🔴 ZAHN	1069	⊗ tensor	Ungar Games	Attack chain validation
🟢 JULES	69	⊕ coproduct	Bisimulation	Defense equivalence
🔵 FABRIZ	0	⊛ convolution	Both/Neither	Arbiter/Observer

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Chapter Index

Chapters	Domain	Techniques
1-14	Core (Book)	Foundation, Network, Web, Windows, Crypto, RAT
15-24	macOS	TCC, Keychain, Persistence, Kernel, EDR Bypass
25	Cloud	K8s Pod Escape, AWS SSRF, Container Enum
26	Mobile	APK Analysis, Frida, ADB, SSL Pinning
27	IoT	Firmware, MQTT, CoAP, UART, ZigBee
28	Supply Chain	Dependency Confusion, CI/CD Injection, Lockfile
29	API Security	GraphQL, OAuth, JWT, BOLA
30	Web3/Blockchain	Reentrancy, Flash Loans, Wallet Drainer
31	AI/ML Security	Prompt Injection, Model Poisoning, Jailbreaks
32	Red Team Infra	Redirectors, Phishing Infra, C2 Rotation
33	Reconnaissance	Active Scanning, OSINT, Network Gathering (ATT&CK TA0043)
34	Resource Dev	Infrastructure, Capabilities, Accounts (ATT&CK TA0042)
35	Collection	Data Harvesting, Audio/Screen Capture (ATT&CK TA0009)
36	Lateral Movement	Remote Services, Session Hijacking (ATT&CK TA0008)
37	LLM/GenAI	OWASP Top 10 LLM 2025, RAG Poisoning, Prompt Leakage

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NEW: Adversarial Bisimulation Games

The knowledge base includes three game types from gayzip.gay:

Join-Semilattice for Security States

The join-semilattice enables Ungar Games by providing:

1. Partial order on attack/defense states (more compromised > less compromised)
2. Least upper bounds (joins) for combining observations
3. Prerequisite chains as lattice paths (order matters!)

// SecurityState represents a point in the attack/defense lattice
type SecurityState struct {
    TechniquesExecuted []string  // Attack surface
    DefensesActive     []string  // Protection layer
    RiskLevel          int       // Cumulative risk (0-10)
    Compromised        bool      // System compromised?
}

// Join computes least upper bound
joined := lattice.Join(state1, state2)
// - Techniques: UNION (more attacks)
// - Defenses: INTERSECTION (only surviving defenses)
// - Risk: MAX

Ungar Game (Order Matters)

In Ungar Games, attack chains must respect prerequisites:

game := NewUngarGame(kb)

// WRONG ORDER - will fail!
game.AttackerMove("tcp-proxy")  // Error: requires tcp-port-scan first!

// CORRECT ORDER (Ungar constraint satisfied)
game.AttackerMove("go-concurrency")   // No prereqs
game.AttackerMove("tcp-port-scan")    // Requires go-concurrency ✓
game.AttackerMove("tcp-proxy")        // Requires tcp-port-scan ✓

Bisimulation Game (Order Agnostic)

Two security states are bisimilar if the Attacker cannot distinguish them:

bisim := NewBisimulationGame(kb, state1, state2)
if bisim.AreBisimilar() {
    // Defender wins: states are observationally equivalent
    // For every attack in state1, Defender can match in state2
}

GF(3) Conservation

Every round maintains GF(3) trit conservation:

Attacker move: trit = -1 (attack)
Defender move: trit = +1 (defend)
Arbiter verify: trit = 0  (balance)
─────────────────────────────────────
Sum ≡ 0 (mod 3) ✓

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AAIF Committee Participation Skills

How to Succeed on Technical Committees

This skill includes patterns for effective participation in AAIF and similar open source governance:

1. MCP Technical Steering Committee (TSC)

Key responsibilities:

• Protocol specification evolution
• Security model review
• Interoperability testing

Success patterns:

# AGENTS.md for MCP TSC Participation

## Context
You are participating in the MCP Technical Steering Committee.

## Decision Framework
1. **Backward Compatibility**: Never break existing MCP servers
2. **Security First**: All changes reviewed for attack surface
3. **Minimal Specification**: Only specify what's necessary
4. **Reference Implementation**: Changes must have working code

## Voting Protocol
- Lazy consensus for minor changes
- 2/3 majority for breaking changes
- Binding votes from TSC members only

## Communication
- Use GitHub Issues for proposals
- RFC process for major changes
- Weekly sync calls (recorded)

2. goose Maintainer Best Practices

Agent framework governance:

# AGENTS.md for goose Contribution

## Architecture Decisions
- Local-first: Never require cloud by default
- MCP-native: All tools exposed via MCP
- Extensible: Plugin architecture for custom tools

## Review Checklist
□ Does this work offline?
□ Is the MCP interface clean?
□ Are there integration tests?
□ Is the documentation updated?

## Release Process
1. Feature freeze (2 weeks before)
2. RC testing with AAIF members
3. Changelog review
4. Tag and publish

3. Cross-Foundation Coordination

Working across AAIF, LF AI & Data, CNCF:

# Multi-Foundation Participation

## Overlapping Interests
- AAIF: Agentic AI protocols (MCP, AGENTS.md)
- LF AI & Data: ML infrastructure (PyTorch, ONNX)
- CNCF: Cloud native (Kubernetes, envoy)

## Coordination Patterns
1. **Joint Working Groups**: Propose cross-foundation WGs
2. **Specification Alignment**: Ensure MCP works with CNCF networking
3. **Shared Governance**: Learn from CNCF's graduated project model

## Committee Meeting Preparation
- Read agenda 24h before
- Prepare 1-2 specific proposals
- Identify blocking issues early
- Follow up in writing within 48h

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Multiplayer Security Exercise Examples

Example 1: Browser-Based CTF with Human + Agent Teams

Setup: CatColab diagram with attack/defense morphisms

// CatColab model for security game
const securityGame = {
  theory: "th_bisimulation_adversarial",
  objects: [
    { id: "initial", type: "SecurityState" },
    { id: "compromised", type: "SecurityState" },
    { id: "defended", type: "SecurityState" }
  ],
  morphisms: [
    { id: "tcp-scan", src: "initial", tgt: "initial", type: "Attack" },
    { id: "ids-deploy", src: "initial", tgt: "defended", type: "Defense" },
    { id: "exploit", src: "initial", tgt: "compromised", type: "Attack" }
  ]
};

// Reachability query: Can attacker reach 'compromised'?
const result = await catcolab.subreachability(model, {
  tokens: { "initial": 1 },
  forbidden: { "compromised": 1 }
});
// result: true (forbidden state is reachable)

Example 2: MCP-Based Agent Attack Chain

goose agent executing attack chain:

# goose workflow for security testing
name: attack-chain-validation
description: Validate attack chain ordering via MCP

tools:
  - mcp://blackhat-go/techniques
  - mcp://blackhat-go/defenses
  - mcp://catcolab/reachability

steps:
  - name: Load knowledge base
    tool: blackhat-go/load-kb
    
  - name: Propose attack chain
    tool: blackhat-go/validate-chain
    params:
      techniques:
        - go-concurrency
        - tcp-port-scan
        - tcp-proxy
        
  - name: Check reachability
    tool: catcolab/reachability
    params:
      initial: { "defended": 0, "compromised": 0 }
      forbidden: { "compromised": 1 }

Example 3: Real-Time Multiplayer via Automerge

WebSocket game synchronization:

// Connect to CatColab Automerge server
const repo = new Repo({
  network: [new BrowserWebSocketClientAdapter("wss://catcolab.io/automerge")]
});

// Join security game document
const handle = repo.find(gameDocId);

// Human player makes attack move
handle.change(doc => {
  doc.moves.push({
    player: "human-attacker",
    action: "AttackerMove",
    technique: "tcp-port-scan",
    trit: -1,  // GF(3)
    timestamp: Date.now()
  });
});

// Agent defender responds (via MCP)
const agentResponse = await mcp.invoke("blackhat-go/defender-move", {
  gameState: handle.doc(),
  defense: "ids-ips"
});

// Arbiter verifies GF(3) conservation
const balance = doc.moves.reduce((sum, m) => sum + m.trit, 0);
console.assert(balance % 3 === 0, "GF(3) violated!");

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High-Risk Techniques (Risk ≥ 8)

// From kb.GetHighRiskTechniques(8) - 30+ techniques:
cicd-injection           // Ch.28, Risk: 10, SupplyChain
smart-contract-reentrancy // Ch.30, Risk: 10, Web3
flash-loan-exploit       // Ch.30, Risk: 10, Web3
private-key-extract      // Ch.30, Risk: 10, Web3
k8s-pod-escape           // Ch.25, Risk: 10, Cloud
process-injection        // Ch.12, Risk: 10, Windows
rat-implant              // Ch.14, Risk: 10, Evasion
dependency-confusion     // Ch.28, Risk: 9, SupplyChain
oauth-token-theft        // Ch.29, Risk: 9, API
wallet-drainer           // Ch.30, Risk: 9, Web3
model-poisoning          // Ch.31, Risk: 9, AI

Categories Summary

Category	Count	Chapters	Risk Range
Foundation	4	1	0
Network	12	2,5,6	2-8
Web	15	3,4	2-8
Exploitation	6	9	5-10
Evasion	12	13,14	3-10
Crypto	7	11	2-3
Windows	4	12	4-10
macOS	50	15-24	2-10
Cloud	5	25	3-10
Mobile	5	26	3-8
IoT	5	27	4-8
SupplyChain	5	28	7-10
API	5	29	4-9
Web3	5	30	7-10
AI	11	31, 37	6-9
RedTeam	5	32	4-7
Reconnaissance	6	33	2-5
ResourceDev	5	34	4-7
Collection	5	35	4-7
LateralMovement	5	36	6-8

Key Go Packages by Domain

Core

Package	Purpose	Chapters
net	TCP/UDP sockets	2, 5
net/http	HTTP client/server	3, 4
crypto/*	Encryption, hashing	11
syscall	Windows API	12
debug/macho	Mach-O parsing	15

Extended

Package	Purpose	Chapters
k8s.io/client-go	Kubernetes API	25
github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.golang	MQTT	27
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum	Ethereum	30
github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5	JWT	29
golang.org/x/oauth2	OAuth 2.0	29
gonum.org/v1/gonum	ML/Scientific	31
net/http/httputil	Reverse Proxy	32
github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei	Vuln Scanning	33
github.com/sashabaranov/go-openai	OpenAI API	37
github.com/pgvector/pgvector-go	Vector DB	37

Defense Effectiveness

Defense	Effectiveness	Mitigates
Hardware Wallet	95%	private-key-extract, wallet-drainer
MFA	95%	credential-harvester, pass-the-hash
SIP Enabled	95%	nvram-persist, dyld-injection
Zero Trust	85%	remote-services, session-hijacking
IMDSv2	90%	aws-metadata-ssrf, cloud-cred-harvest
JWT Validation	90%	jwt-none-alg, oauth-token-theft
EDR	85%	process-injection, rat-implant
Smart Contract Audit	85%	reentrancy, flash-loan-exploit
CI/CD Hardening	85%	cicd-injection, build-artifact-poison
SBOM Verification	80%	dependency-confusion, typosquatting
RAG Guardrails	75%	rag-poisoning, vector-embedding-attack

Usage Patterns

Query by Chapter

kb := LoadBlackHatKnowledge()
ch33 := kb.GetTechniquesByChapter(33) // Reconnaissance
ch36 := kb.GetTechniquesByChapter(36) // Lateral Movement
ch37 := kb.GetTechniquesByChapter(37) // LLM/GenAI

Query by Category

recon := kb.GetTechniquesByCategory("Reconnaissance")
lateral := kb.GetTechniquesByCategory("LateralMovement")
ai := kb.GetTechniquesByCategory("AI")

Ungar Game (Attack Chain Validation)

game := NewUngarGame(kb)

// Execute attack chain (order matters!)
game.AttackerMove("go-concurrency")
game.AttackerMove("tcp-port-scan")
game.DefenderMove("ids-ips")
game.ArbiterVerify()

game.PrintTranscript() // Colored output

Bisimulation (State Equivalence)

s1 := &SecurityState{TechniquesExecuted: []string{"tcp-port-scan"}}
s2 := &SecurityState{TechniquesExecuted: []string{"tcp-port-scan"}}

bisim := NewBisimulationGame(kb, s1, s2)
if bisim.AreBisimilar() {
    fmt.Println("States are observationally equivalent")
}

Validate Attack Chain

chain := ValidateChain(kb, []string{
    "go-concurrency",
    "tcp-port-scan",
    "tcp-proxy",
})

if chain.IsValid {
    fmt.Println("Chain is Ungar-compliant (order respected)")
} else {
    fmt.Println("Errors:", chain.Errors)
}

Build and Test

cd ~/ies/music-topos
go test -v ./...       # Run all 103 tests
go run .               # Print knowledge base summary

CatColab Integration

Double Theory for Bisimulation Games

// packages/catlog/src/stdlib/theories.rs

/// The theory of adversarial bisimulation games.
/// 
/// Object types:
/// - SecurityState: points in the attack/defense lattice
/// - Player: Attacker(-1), Defender(+1), Arbiter(0)
/// 
/// Morphism types:
/// - Attack: state transitions (ordered by prerequisites)
/// - Defense: mitigation deployments
/// - Verify: arbiter checks (GF(3) conservation)
pub fn th_bisimulation_adversarial() -> DiscreteDblTheory {
    let mut cat = FpCategory::new();
    
    // Object types
    cat.add_ob_generator(name("SecurityState"));
    cat.add_ob_generator(name("Player"));
    
    // Morphism types with GF(3) semantics
    cat.add_mor_generator(name("Attack"), name("SecurityState"), name("SecurityState"));
    cat.add_mor_generator(name("Defense"), name("SecurityState"), name("SecurityState"));
    cat.add_mor_generator(name("Verify"), name("SecurityState"), name("SecurityState"));
    
    // Attack chains compose (Ungar: order matters)
    cat.equate(
        Path::pair(name("Attack"), name("Attack")),
        name("Attack").into()
    );
    
    // Defense is idempotent
    cat.equate(
        Path::pair(name("Defense"), name("Defense")),
        name("Defense").into()
    );
    
    // Attack + Defense + Verify = Identity (GF(3) conservation)
    cat.equate(
        Path::Seq(nonempty![name("Attack"), name("Defense"), name("Verify")]),
        Path::empty(name("SecurityState"))
    );
    
    cat.into()
}

Reachability Analysis for Security Games

// packages/catlog/src/stdlib/analyses/bisimulation.rs

/// Check if attacker can reach compromised state from initial state
pub fn attack_reachability(
    model: &DiscreteDblModel,
    initial: &SecurityState,
    target: &SecurityState
) -> bool {
    // Use existing reachability infrastructure
    let data = ReachabilityProblemData {
        tokens: state_to_tokens(initial),
        forbidden: state_to_tokens(target),
    };
    
    !subreachability(model.into_modal(), data)
}

/// Check if two security states are bisimilar
pub fn check_bisimilar(
    model: &DiscreteDblModel,
    s1: &SecurityState,
    s2: &SecurityState
) -> bool {
    // For every attack from s1, check s2 can match
    let attacks_from_s1 = get_attacks(model, s1);
    let attacks_from_s2 = get_attacks(model, s2);
    
    attacks_from_s1.iter().all(|a1| {
        attacks_from_s2.iter().any(|a2| {
            attack_equivalent(a1, a2)
        })
    }) && attacks_from_s2.iter().all(|a2| {
        attacks_from_s1.iter().any(|a1| {
            attack_equivalent(a1, a2)
        })
    })
}

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AAIF Governance Patterns

Proposal Template for AAIF TSC

# RFC: Bisimulation Game Protocol Extension

## Summary
Add adversarial game semantics to MCP for security analysis.

## Motivation
Security testing requires ordered attack chains (Ungar games) and
equivalence checking (bisimulation games). Current MCP lacks game-theoretic
primitives.

## Proposal

### New MCP Message Types

```json
{
  "type": "game/move",
  "role": "attacker" | "defender" | "arbiter",
  "action": {
    "technique": "tcp-port-scan",
    "prerequisites": ["go-concurrency"]
  },
  "trit": -1 | 0 | 1,
  "state_hash": "abc123"
}

GF(3) Conservation Invariant

Every game round MUST satisfy:

sum(moves.map(m => m.trit)) ≡ 0 (mod 3)

Backward Compatibility

Fully backward compatible - new message types are optional.

Security Considerations

• Attack chains validated against prerequisite graph
• GF(3) conservation prevents game state tampering
• Arbiter role required for state transitions

Implementation

Reference implementation in goose: goose-bisim-game

### Committee Meeting Participation Checklist

```markdown
## Pre-Meeting (24h before)
□ Review agenda and attached materials
□ Identify items requiring your input
□ Prepare 1-2 specific proposals or questions
□ Check for blocking issues needing resolution

## During Meeting
□ Arrive 5 minutes early for tech check
□ Keep comments focused and time-boxed
□ Use "+1" for agreement, don't repeat points
□ Take notes on action items assigned to you

## Post-Meeting (within 48h)
□ Review meeting notes/recording
□ Complete assigned action items
□ Follow up on any blocking issues in writing
□ Update relevant GitHub issues/PRs

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File Locations

music-topos/blackhat_knowledge.go           # Main knowledge base (3200+ lines)
music-topos/blackhat_knowledge_test.go      # 79 tests
music-topos/bisimulation_adversarial.go     # Ungar/Bisim games (600+ lines)
music-topos/bisimulation_adversarial_test.go # 24 tests
plurigrid/asi/skills/blackhat-go/SKILL.md   # This skill (AAIF-enhanced)

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Related AAIF Projects

Project	URL	Integration
MCP	github.com/modelcontextprotocol	Technique exposure
goose	block.github.io/goose	Agent execution
AGENTS.md	agents.md	Context specification
CatColab	catcolab.io	Diagram collaboration

MCP Dev Summit 2026

Next Event: New York City, April 2-3, 2026
CFP Open: Submit proposals for security game presentations
URL: events.linuxfoundation.org/mcp-dev-summit-north-america/

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r2con Speaker Resources

Speaker	Handle	Repository	Relevance
oleavr	oleavr	frida-core	Dynamic instrumentation for mobile/desktop security
oleavr	oleavr	cryptoshark	Self-modifying code analysis
cryptax	cryptax	droidlysis	Android malware automated analysis
cryptax	cryptax	APKiD	Android application identifier (packers, protectors)
iGio90	iGio90	Dwarf	Full-featured Frida GUI debugger