mandiant/VM-Packages
Nov 2024 – Sep 2025
10 Months active
Languages Used
PowerShellXMLnuspec
Technical Skills
Build AutomationDependency UpdatesDevOpsPackage ManagementReverse Engineering ToolsScripting
vm-packages
PROFILE
Vm-packages
Over ten months, this developer maintained and enhanced the mandiant/VM-Packages repository, delivering over 50 feature updates and regular dependency refreshes. They orchestrated batch upgrades and packaging automation for a diverse VM toolchain, ensuring each package remained current, secure, and reproducible. Their work included scripting in PowerShell and XML, managing nuspec metadata, and implementing robust version control practices. By updating download URLs, checksums, and dependencies, they reduced version drift and deployment risk. The developer also addressed packaging bugs and metadata inconsistencies, improving reliability and maintainability. Their disciplined, traceable approach established a stable foundation for automated, scalable VM deployments.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
96%Features
Repository Contributions
206Total
Bugs
2
Commits
206
Features
52
Lines of code
1,253
Activity Months10
Your Network
4170 people
Work History
September 2025
18 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025: Mandaint/VM-Packages Package Catalog Refresh completed. Updated all VM packages to latest releases, refreshed download URLs and checksums, and aligned dependencies to minimize drift and guarantee a current, tested toolchain. Included a targeted bug fix (bstrings.vm hash) as part of the refresh. Result: reduced deployment risk, improved reliability, and a clear baseline for maintenance and automation.
18 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025: Mandaint/VM-Packages Package Catalog Refresh completed. Updated all VM packages to latest releases, refreshed download URLs and checksums, and aligned dependencies to minimize drift and guarantee a current, tested toolchain. Included a targeted bug fix (bstrings.vm hash) as part of the refresh. Result: reduced deployment risk, improved reliability, and a clear baseline for maintenance and automation.
September 2025
August 2025
11 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for mandiant/VM-Packages: Delivered end-to-end updates to VM packages, consolidating multiple package bumps into a single coordinated release to ensure the package manager fetches the latest stable releases. This included updating nuspecs, download URLs, and checksums to reflect current artifacts and to improve delivery reliability. Implemented fixes to ensure package integrity and reproducibility across the ecosystem.
August 2025
11 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for mandiant/VM-Packages: Delivered end-to-end updates to VM packages, consolidating multiple package bumps into a single coordinated release to ensure the package manager fetches the latest stable releases. This included updating nuspecs, download URLs, and checksums to reflect current artifacts and to improve delivery reliability. Implemented fixes to ensure package integrity and reproducibility across the ecosystem.
July 2025
19 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 20252025-07 Monthly Summary for mandiant/VM-Packages: Delivered a broad VM Package Version Updates Across Tools feature, updating multiple tooling VM packages to their latest stable releases to improve security, stability, and compatibility. The work included bulk version bumps, updates to download URLs and checksums, and alignment of dependencies across the VM suite. A regression was fixed in regcool.vm hash as part of the changes. This effort enhances the security posture, reliability, and ecosystem consistency of the tooling stack for downstream users and CI pipelines.
19 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 20252025-07 Monthly Summary for mandiant/VM-Packages: Delivered a broad VM Package Version Updates Across Tools feature, updating multiple tooling VM packages to their latest stable releases to improve security, stability, and compatibility. The work included bulk version bumps, updates to download URLs and checksums, and alignment of dependencies across the VM suite. A regression was fixed in regcool.vm hash as part of the changes. This effort enhances the security posture, reliability, and ecosystem consistency of the tooling stack for downstream users and CI pipelines.
July 2025
June 2025
11 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025—Delivered a packaging refresh for mandiant/VM-Packages to align 11 VM tool packages with latest releases. Updated package metadata (nuspec versions, download URLs, dependencies, and SHA256 hashes) and fixed a packaging issue (regcool.vm hash). The work improves deployment reliability, security posture, and maintainability across the VM toolchain.
June 2025
11 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025—Delivered a packaging refresh for mandiant/VM-Packages to align 11 VM tool packages with latest releases. Updated package metadata (nuspec versions, download URLs, dependencies, and SHA256 hashes) and fixed a packaging issue (regcool.vm hash). The work improves deployment reliability, security posture, and maintainability across the VM toolchain.
May 2025
13 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2025In May 2025, delivered a comprehensive VM package wrappers update across mandiant/VM-Packages, bumping versions and updating checksums for 12 tools to ensure users receive the latest stable releases and correct packaging metadata. Included a fix for a broken hash in mftecmd.vm to restore integrity. The updates cover arsenalimagemounter.vm (3.11.307), cutter.vm (2.4.1), exiftool.vm (13.29.0), notepadplusplus.vm (8.8.1), pebear.vm (0.7.1), seclists.vm (2025.2), tor-browser.vm (14.5.1), ttd.vm (1-11-506-0), upx.vm (5.0.1), vscode.vm (1.100.0), windbg.vm (1-2504-15001-0), and windows-terminal.vm (1.22.11141.0). This work reduces install issues, improves security posture and reliability, and demonstrates strong release engineering across multiple repos.
13 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2025In May 2025, delivered a comprehensive VM package wrappers update across mandiant/VM-Packages, bumping versions and updating checksums for 12 tools to ensure users receive the latest stable releases and correct packaging metadata. Included a fix for a broken hash in mftecmd.vm to restore integrity. The updates cover arsenalimagemounter.vm (3.11.307), cutter.vm (2.4.1), exiftool.vm (13.29.0), notepadplusplus.vm (8.8.1), pebear.vm (0.7.1), seclists.vm (2025.2), tor-browser.vm (14.5.1), ttd.vm (1-11-506-0), upx.vm (5.0.1), vscode.vm (1.100.0), windbg.vm (1-2504-15001-0), and windows-terminal.vm (1.22.11141.0). This work reduces install issues, improves security posture and reliability, and demonstrates strong release engineering across multiple repos.
May 2025
April 2025
58 Commits • 18 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 (Month: 2025-04) — Mandated deliverables centered on refreshing the VM catalog, stabilizing version metadata, and enabling repeatable, secure updates across the VM images in mandiant/VM-Packages. Key activity included two major feature batches of VM version bumps, targeted fixes to metadata handling, and broad tooling updates to ensure compatibility and security. The work improves reproducibility, reduces drift across environments, and strengthens the foundation for rapid, safe deployments of future updates.
April 2025
58 Commits • 18 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 (Month: 2025-04) — Mandated deliverables centered on refreshing the VM catalog, stabilizing version metadata, and enabling repeatable, secure updates across the VM images in mandiant/VM-Packages. Key activity included two major feature batches of VM version bumps, targeted fixes to metadata handling, and broad tooling updates to ensure compatibility and security. The work improves reproducibility, reduces drift across environments, and strengthens the foundation for rapid, safe deployments of future updates.
February 2025
13 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly summary for mandiant/VM-Packages: Key features delivered: - Dependency Update Sweep: Updated 14 VM packages to the latest releases across arsenalimagemounter.vm, capa.vm, cygwin.vm, exiftool.vm, fiddler.vm, notepadplusplus.vm, pesieve.vm, pestudio.vm, tor-browser.vm, hollowshunter.vm, ida.plugin.hrtng.vm, systeminformer.vm, and windows-terminal.vm. Included updates to nuspec files, download URLs, and SHA256 checksums to ensure install of the latest stable releases and maintain compatibility. Major bugs fixed: - No major bugs fixed in this period for this repository; work focused on dependency updates and packaging hygiene. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Keeps VM packages current with security patches and stability improvements, reducing drift and compatibility issues for downstream tooling. - Improves build reliability and deployment readiness by aligning all packages to known-good release vectors. - Strengthens security posture by maintaining up-to-date components and verified download integrity. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Dependency/version management across multiple packages - Metadata integrity (nuspec updates), download URL management, and SHA256 checksum validation - Release hygiene with full commit traceability (14 commits, explicit version bump messages) - Cross-package coordination to ensure smooth, interoperable updates
13 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly summary for mandiant/VM-Packages: Key features delivered: - Dependency Update Sweep: Updated 14 VM packages to the latest releases across arsenalimagemounter.vm, capa.vm, cygwin.vm, exiftool.vm, fiddler.vm, notepadplusplus.vm, pesieve.vm, pestudio.vm, tor-browser.vm, hollowshunter.vm, ida.plugin.hrtng.vm, systeminformer.vm, and windows-terminal.vm. Included updates to nuspec files, download URLs, and SHA256 checksums to ensure install of the latest stable releases and maintain compatibility. Major bugs fixed: - No major bugs fixed in this period for this repository; work focused on dependency updates and packaging hygiene. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Keeps VM packages current with security patches and stability improvements, reducing drift and compatibility issues for downstream tooling. - Improves build reliability and deployment readiness by aligning all packages to known-good release vectors. - Strengthens security posture by maintaining up-to-date components and verified download integrity. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Dependency/version management across multiple packages - Metadata integrity (nuspec updates), download URL management, and SHA256 checksum validation - Release hygiene with full commit traceability (14 commits, explicit version bump messages) - Cross-package coordination to ensure smooth, interoperable updates
February 2025
January 2025
23 Commits • 10 Features
Jan 1, 20252025-01 in mandiant/VM-Packages: Delivered three new analysis plugins (ida.plugin.xray.vm, rat-king-parser.vm, uncompyle6.vm), refreshed tooling with latest plugin releases, and upgraded multiple VM definitions (Sharphound, SqlRecon, SystemInformer, Tor Browser, Total Registry, VSCode, Wireshark) plus CapESolo VM added. No major bugs reported; these changes broaden automated analysis capabilities, improve compatibility across the VM pack, and reduce maintenance risk, delivering measurable business value through faster triage, safer upgrades, and fewer manual intervention needs.
January 2025
23 Commits • 10 Features
Jan 1, 20252025-01 in mandiant/VM-Packages: Delivered three new analysis plugins (ida.plugin.xray.vm, rat-king-parser.vm, uncompyle6.vm), refreshed tooling with latest plugin releases, and upgraded multiple VM definitions (Sharphound, SqlRecon, SystemInformer, Tor Browser, Total Registry, VSCode, Wireshark) plus CapESolo VM added. No major bugs reported; these changes broaden automated analysis capabilities, improve compatibility across the VM pack, and reduce maintenance risk, delivering measurable business value through faster triage, safer upgrades, and fewer manual intervention needs.
December 2024
11 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 (2024-12) monthly summary for mandiant/VM-Packages: Key feature delivered: Visual Basic Decompiler Lite (vb-decompiler-lite.vm) added with install/uninstall scripts and metadata (commit 9dd56657faedf47080cbb2e94ce25cd2e60aa973). Bulk maintenance: updated 10 VM packages to latest published versions (capa.vm updated to 8.0.0/8.0.1; exiftool.vm 13.6.0; hayabusa.vm 2.19.0; notepadplusplus.vm 8.7.4; putty.vm 0.82.0; sharphound.vm 2.5.9; sqlrecon.vm 3.8; systeminformer.vm 3.1.24333; tor-browser.vm 14.0.3). Commits included: 7ae79362c6531b689ae8aa0b8028b7615ea21192; 5e9be6e75b72a523cdda1f595e36c2b36a30c406; 5e457019edb0cfe52c819872aabfba031f784d5d; ed9a8fb894f5adf525ef9ed5f56537948ed1f379; 72273e7b79b11cd607349bd37874735f423591b6; 89c9e3e66a0bd50af53d73013d5b280b89087763; 262585dbaef3a41251a52c1ec5f9cc7fc3359e82; 0f8244469a05672e34d9daacb5664befee71ba22; b79cc28a808fa81d5d2d99d71cb0d9e65ee338af; e9620eb3cc4d66759a940ca5b903e2956523151e. These updates improve security, compatibility, and maintenance. Major bugs fixed: None explicitly documented in this data; however, installation/packaging flows stabilized through updates. Overall impact: broadened toolset, improved security posture, reduced dependency risk, and better support for VB decompilation workflows. Technologies/skills demonstrated: packaging automation, dependency management, version pinning, installer/uninstaller script development, metadata management, cross-repo coordination.
11 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 (2024-12) monthly summary for mandiant/VM-Packages: Key feature delivered: Visual Basic Decompiler Lite (vb-decompiler-lite.vm) added with install/uninstall scripts and metadata (commit 9dd56657faedf47080cbb2e94ce25cd2e60aa973). Bulk maintenance: updated 10 VM packages to latest published versions (capa.vm updated to 8.0.0/8.0.1; exiftool.vm 13.6.0; hayabusa.vm 2.19.0; notepadplusplus.vm 8.7.4; putty.vm 0.82.0; sharphound.vm 2.5.9; sqlrecon.vm 3.8; systeminformer.vm 3.1.24333; tor-browser.vm 14.0.3). Commits included: 7ae79362c6531b689ae8aa0b8028b7615ea21192; 5e9be6e75b72a523cdda1f595e36c2b36a30c406; 5e457019edb0cfe52c819872aabfba031f784d5d; ed9a8fb894f5adf525ef9ed5f56537948ed1f379; 72273e7b79b11cd607349bd37874735f423591b6; 89c9e3e66a0bd50af53d73013d5b280b89087763; 262585dbaef3a41251a52c1ec5f9cc7fc3359e82; 0f8244469a05672e34d9daacb5664befee71ba22; b79cc28a808fa81d5d2d99d71cb0d9e65ee338af; e9620eb3cc4d66759a940ca5b903e2956523151e. These updates improve security, compatibility, and maintenance. Major bugs fixed: None explicitly documented in this data; however, installation/packaging flows stabilized through updates. Overall impact: broadened toolset, improved security posture, reduced dependency risk, and better support for VB decompilation workflows. Technologies/skills demonstrated: packaging automation, dependency management, version pinning, installer/uninstaller script development, metadata management, cross-repo coordination.
December 2024
November 2024
29 Commits • 16 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 (Month: 2024-11) delivered a major VM tooling upgrade across the mandiant/VM-Packages repository. The updates include the addition of Recaf VM and comprehensive version upgrades for 20+ VM definitions, ensuring the tooling stack remains current, secure, and audit-friendly. Key features delivered: - Added Recaf VM to the VM set. - Updated core VM definitions to latest stable releases: Die (3.10), ExifTool (13.3.0), Fiddler (5.0.20245), GHIDRA (11.2.1), Gowitness (3.0.5), Hayabusa (2.18.0), Notepad++ (8.7.1), Snaffler (1.0.184), System Informer (3.1.24318), Tor Browser (14.0.1), VSCode (1.95.2), AzureHound (2.2.1), Chainsaw (2.10.1), CyberChef (10.19.4). - Batch 2 tooling VM upgrades: dnspyex (6.5.1), dokan (2.2.0.1000), fakenet-ng (3.3), goresym (3.0.1), pdbresym (1.3.6), sclauncher (0.0.6), sclauncher64 (0.0.6), seclists (2024.4), sharphound (2.5.8), tor-browser (14.0.2), total-registry (0.9.7.9), vscode (1.95.3), Windows-Terminal (1.21.3231.0), Wireshark (4.4.2). - Each VM upgrade is tied to a dedicated commit, ensuring traceability and enabling safe rollbacks if needed. Major bugs fixed and reliability improvements: - Resolved upgrade conflicts and drift by applying consistent version upgrades across 20+ VM definitions, improving reliability of the VM tooling suite. - Strengthened compatibility between tool versions to reduce incidental breakages in incident response workflows. Overall impact and business value: - Enhanced readiness for security operations with up-to-date tooling across the VM suite, enabling faster, more reliable incident response. - Improved maintainability and auditability through per-VM commits and documented upgrade paths. - Reduced risk associated with outdated tooling and version drift, supporting scalable, repeatable deployment pipelines. Technologies and skills demonstrated: - Release engineering and version management for a large VM catalog. - Batch upgrade orchestration and automation readouts for multi-VM deployments. - Git-based traceability, changelog hygiene, and audit-ready changes across 20+ VMs. - Cross-VM compatibility validation and proactive risk mitigation in tooling ecosystems.
November 2024
29 Commits • 16 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 (Month: 2024-11) delivered a major VM tooling upgrade across the mandiant/VM-Packages repository. The updates include the addition of Recaf VM and comprehensive version upgrades for 20+ VM definitions, ensuring the tooling stack remains current, secure, and audit-friendly. Key features delivered: - Added Recaf VM to the VM set. - Updated core VM definitions to latest stable releases: Die (3.10), ExifTool (13.3.0), Fiddler (5.0.20245), GHIDRA (11.2.1), Gowitness (3.0.5), Hayabusa (2.18.0), Notepad++ (8.7.1), Snaffler (1.0.184), System Informer (3.1.24318), Tor Browser (14.0.1), VSCode (1.95.2), AzureHound (2.2.1), Chainsaw (2.10.1), CyberChef (10.19.4). - Batch 2 tooling VM upgrades: dnspyex (6.5.1), dokan (2.2.0.1000), fakenet-ng (3.3), goresym (3.0.1), pdbresym (1.3.6), sclauncher (0.0.6), sclauncher64 (0.0.6), seclists (2024.4), sharphound (2.5.8), tor-browser (14.0.2), total-registry (0.9.7.9), vscode (1.95.3), Windows-Terminal (1.21.3231.0), Wireshark (4.4.2). - Each VM upgrade is tied to a dedicated commit, ensuring traceability and enabling safe rollbacks if needed. Major bugs fixed and reliability improvements: - Resolved upgrade conflicts and drift by applying consistent version upgrades across 20+ VM definitions, improving reliability of the VM tooling suite. - Strengthened compatibility between tool versions to reduce incidental breakages in incident response workflows. Overall impact and business value: - Enhanced readiness for security operations with up-to-date tooling across the VM suite, enabling faster, more reliable incident response. - Improved maintainability and auditability through per-VM commits and documented upgrade paths. - Reduced risk associated with outdated tooling and version drift, supporting scalable, repeatable deployment pipelines. Technologies and skills demonstrated: - Release engineering and version management for a large VM catalog. - Batch upgrade orchestration and automation readouts for multi-VM deployments. - Git-based traceability, changelog hygiene, and audit-ready changes across 20+ VMs. - Cross-VM compatibility validation and proactive risk mitigation in tooling ecosystems.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness99.8%
Maintainability99.8%
Architecture99.8%
Performance99.6%
AI Usage20.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
PowerShellXMLnuspec
Technical Skills
Build AutomationDependency ManagementDependency UpdatesDevOpsPackage ManagementPlugin DevelopmentPython DevelopmentReverse Engineering ToolsScriptingVersion ControlWindowsWindows Package Management
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