Olivia A. Gallucci
Every post on Olivia Gallucci's cybersecurity and lifestyle blog, newest first: Apple security and open source, plus fitness, travel, style, and college life.
- Posts
- 151 from 1 Jan 2019 to 1 Aug 2026
- Posting
- monthly (11 in the last year)
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- personal blog
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2026 9
- iBoot stage (main bootloader) security on macOS
- Low-Level Bootloader (LLB) Security on macOS
- Boot ROM Security on Silicon Macs (M1/M2/M3)
- Signature-based Analysis for Reversing
- Binary Extraction with Visual Tooling
- macOS EDR Telemetry Project: A Framework for Evaluating Endpoint Visibility
- Security & Health: Why I’m Fundraising for Breast Cancer
- macOS Reversing: Bridging Source and Binary with Open Source as a Guide
- DEW #141 – K8s Detection Engineering, macOS EDR evasion, Cloud-native detection handbook
2025 23
- EDR Evasion with Lesser-Known Languages & macOS APIs
- Code Obfuscation Techniques on macOS: Beyond Packers
- Why Packers are Rare and Sus on macOS
- Mach-O Anatomy on Michael Tsai’s blog
- Unlocking macOS Internals: A Beginner’s Guide to Apple’s Open Source Code
- CFI with Clang, macOS, and Clang on macOS
- The Anatomy of a Mach-O: Structure, Code Signing, and PAC
- SECUINFRA’s BSides Vancouver
- Securing.dev by Keith Hoodlet: If I were Eighteen again
- SECUINFRA – BSides Vancouver Schedule
- RVAsec 2025: Our specialist lecture on macOS security at the center
- SECUINFRA’s BSides Buffalo
- SECUINFRA’s RVAsec 2025
- BSides312 Senior Security Researcher, giving a macOS talk
- RVAsec: macOS security and cyber defense in focus
- SECUINFRA’s BSides312 in Chicago
- SECUINFRA’s THOTCON 2025: Cyber excellence meets underground culture in Chicago
- Control Flow Integrity (CFI): User vs Kernel Land
- RVAsec Speaker Announcement
- macOS Internals for Detection Engineers
- Don’t Be a Corporation: Brand Names, Communication, and Slogans
- How to File Annual Reports for Businesses in PA
- Running: Races, Timing, and Tips
2024 28
- Olivia Gallucci’s Global Scholars Journey: Learning beyond the classroom
- Miles for Mac Security: Supporting FOSS and Aspiring Hackers
- Minimum Spanning Trees (MSTs) via Kruskal and Prim
- ASLR, bypass techniques, and circumvention impacts
- Rethinking Breakfast: How Our Mornings Became Dessert Time
- Compilation Phases Explained – Analysis and Synthesis
- How to use ROP to bypass security mechanisms
- Graph Algorithm Basics, BFS, and DFS
- How OS affects binary exploitation
- ACE Chapter 2: The Integrated Fitness Training Model
- How to manipulate the execution flow of TOCTOU attacks
- Tracking DBZ’s Brand Sentiment on Reddit using R
- Visualizing Cancer Trends in Tableau
- Using Greedy and Dynamic Optimization Algorithms
- ACE Chapter 1: Role and Scope of Practice for Personal Trainers
- Alternative Investment Funds: Algorithms as an Occupation
- Using Master Theorem Components and Formulations
- Periodization Models and Training Cycles in Resistance Training
- Recurrence Relations: Describing Efficiency and Optimization
- Gamifying Interview Prep: Puzzles, Games, and Strategy
- From Mile One to a Half Marathon: My Journey in Running
- Recursion: Algorithmic Paradigms, Complexities, and Pitfalls
- RIT: Exploit and Malicious Tool Development Utilizing OSS
- Asymptotic Notation: Big O, Omega, and Theta
- Algorithm Development and Analysis
- IDS Security Using Decision Trees and Neural Networks
- Fine-Tuning LLMs: Pre-Trained Transformers with Python
- 2024 Photoblog
2023 16
- Performing arts terminology and etiquette
- RIT: The Phillip Wylie Show features Olivia Gallucci
- Phillip Wylie Show: Offensive Security, Coding, and Content Creation
- Intigriti’s Bug Bytes 217: How to submit vulnerabilities
- The Importance of Key Rotation
- RIT: Gallucci presents at cybersecurity conferences
- MIPS Assembly: Data, Registers, and Mimicking Scope
- 8 Best VS Code Extensions
- Backpack Essentials: Ergonomic Tips
- Intigirti’s Bug Bytes 199: Hacking LLMs, Bug Chains and Hackers Chat in LA
- JavaScript Bookmarklets: A Tutorial
- LNP: College Student Feature Spring 2023
- DefCamp: Offensive Security, from Taboo to Trending
- Computer Memory and Performance
- What’s Next?: The Story of My Website
- 2023 Photoblog
2022 25
- Instruction Set Architectures and Performance
- Switching Companies: Should you accept a return offer on your internship?
- Converting High Level Languages to Machine Language
- Junior Black Teaming ISTS: Blockchain Explorer
- Style Tips List
- Understanding Computer Architecture and Development Objectives
- Navigating the Open Source Security Community
- Calendar: Plan for A Successful Semester
- Ultimate Big Sur Trip: One Day on the Road
- Noise Avoidance: Network Scanning with Nmap and Zenmap
- How to Write Professional Emails: Security, Signatures, and Branding
- LNP: College Student Feature
- Changing WordPress Themes: A Security Checkup
- Like My Website?: Here is How I used Open Source Tools to Build It!
- Infosec: Olivia Gallucci: Proof that it’s never too early to follow your passion
- Infosec: Olivia Gallucci: Proof that it’s never too early to follow your passion
- RIT: Computing double major juggles school, work, and clubs
- Design Elements of My Website
- Connecting Angular Apps to MySQL
- Offensive Security Phases and Frameworks
- Sample Git Workflow
- How to create a MySQL Database for Book Inventory Management
- LNP: College Student Feature 2022
- How to Build a Database Server on a Raspberry Pi 4
- Creating a VM for Malware Analysis in VirtualBox
2021 29
- Open Source Malware Tactics and Developmental Trends
- Transfer Credits vs Course Overloads: Which one should you use?
- How to Survive Your Freshman Year at RIT: By a Sophomore Who Did
- Why STEM Majors Take Liberal Arts Classes at RIT
- RIT’s Double-Major Personal Statement: Computing Security and Computer Science
- RIT Students’ Guide for Scoring an Internship Your Freshman Year
- RIT: Student presents at international conference, publishes articles
- How Do Enrollment Dates Work at RIT
- September 2021 Edition of Cyber Defense Magazine
- How to Transfer Credits at RIT
- CDM Gold Optis: Most Innovative and Socially Conscious Technologies at Black Hat
- CDM Silver Optis: Innovative and Socially Conscious Technologies at Black Hat
- CDM Bronze Optis: Innovative Technologies at Black Hat
- CDM: Women in Cybersecurity 2021 Scholarship Winner
- CDM: The Preventable Aspects of the APT40 Microsoft Hack
- LNP: College Student Feature 2021
- How to Double-Major in Computer Science and Computing Security at RIT
- Jon Bauer: Everything You Need To Know About RIT’s Swim & Dive Team
- Richard Ellsworth: How to Walk-On to RIT’s Varsity Cross Country Team
- Enemies of Human Nature: How Copyright and Licenses Can Modulate Perceptions of Freedom
- How to Install TigerOS on a Live USB
- Contributing to Open Source at RIT
- VS Code’s Community Architecture
- FarmBot’s Community Architecture
- Debian’s Community Architecture
- Literature Reviews on Open Source
- Humanitarian FOSS Development Intro
- Prelude: What do you think? An interview with two security students
- 2021 Photoblog
2020 12
- CIA Triad: Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
- RIT Gibson Hall Honors Dorm Photos
- Open Source Security Economics and Ethics
- How I Found My Niche of Professional Attire
- Threat Mitigation in Layers of the OSI Model
- Black Hat Optis Series Judging Criteria
- How to Create A Professional Online Presence
- USB Rubber Duckies: My First Security Project!
- My Common App Essay
- Congressional Award Exploration Write-up on Chinese Culture and Language
- The College Search: Using Time and Spreadsheets to Assess Colleges
- 2020 Photoblog