Rhyme of the Anusfragger: When Supply Chain Defense Meets 80's Metal

November 24, 2025 | Pattern #38 Series | Cultural Response

We caught a supply chain attacker. We blocked their C2 server. We published the IOCs. Then we wrote a metal song about them.

Listen: Rhyme of the Anusfragger (80's heavy metal, 4 minutes of twin guitar harmonies)

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The Timeline

• Microsoft VSCode (136M downloads/month)

• GrapheneOS (privacy-focused OS)

• Valve SteamVR (gaming platform)

• 10 other open source projects

• Response time: 78 minutes from attack start to ecosystem defended

�� Result: GitHub suspends anuxagfr account

• OSINT time: 4 hours from malware to infrastructure mapped

• Rhadamanthys infostealer, 11 VirusTotal detections

Nov 24, 15:43 UTC: Blog post published exposing full infrastructure

Nov 24, ~16:00 UTC: 🤘 METAL ANTHEM DROPS 🤘

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Why This Matters

Traditional Threat Intel: > "We identified APT-2024-11-23-A, a financially-motivated threat actor targeting open source software supply chains via spearphishing and social engineering tactics. Attribution confidence: moderate. Indicators of compromise available upon request under NDA."

DugganUSA: > "We caught ANUSFRAGGER. Blocked their C2 in 4 hours. Published the IOCs for free. Wrote a metal song about them. Here's the track."

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The Song

Title: Rhyme of the Anusfragger Artist: hacksawduggan Genre: 80's heavy metal (twin guitar harmonies, galloping bassline, thunderous drums) Duration: 4:03 Explicit: Hell yes

• Iron Maiden-style epic storytelling

• Chronicles the attacker's 69-minute campaign

• Dark fantasy themes for dark web assholes

• Fits the absurdity of the name "ANUSFRAGGER"

• Twin guitar harmonies (Maiden/Priest tradition)

• Galloping bassline (Steve Harris would approve)

• Fast-paced metal (matches attack velocity: 0.68 repos/minute)

• Male vocals (proper 80's metal aesthetic)

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The Nickname Origin

Original username: anuxagfr Phonetic: "a-nux-a-g-f-r" (meaningless letters) Pattern recognition: anux → ANUS, agfr → FRAGGER Result: ANUSFRAGGER

Why this name stuck: 1. Memorable - Security teams remember it instantly 2. Humiliation - Attacker's cool handle becomes butt joke 3. Community - Inside joke for defenders ("Watch out for Anusfraggers") 4. Pattern recognition - "Sleeper account? Could be another Anusfragger"

• "Fancy Bear" (APT28 - Russian GRU)

• "Lazarus Group" (North Korean state actors)

• "Equation Group" (NSA)

But way funnier.

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The Cultural Shift

• Issue sanitized threat report 2-4 weeks later

• Cost: $516,000 average incident response

• Public disclosure: Maybe a vague blog post 6 months later

• Nomenclature: APT-YYYY-MM-DD-A (boring)

• Music: None

• Fun: Zero

• Catch attack in real-time (< 2 minutes)

• Warn all victims within 78 minutes

• Document pattern publicly same day

• Block C2 infrastructure within 4 hours

• Publish free STIX feed for ecosystem

• Name attacker something memorable

• Write a metal song about them

• Cost: $0 (included in $75/month infrastructure)

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The Democratization Angle

What we're proving:

• $516K incident response budgets

• Enterprise security vendors

• Weeks of analysis

• NDA-protected IOCs

• Boring APT nomenclature

• Humorless corporate culture

• VirusTotal API access (free tier works)

• Python and urllib (stdlib, no dependencies)

• WHOIS lookups (free)

• Pattern documentation (Markdown files)

• A sense of humor

• Suno AI music generator (optional but recommended)

The tools are democratized. The response should be too.

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What the Song Teaches Us

Lesson 1: Humor is a weapon

• Lower their mystique (they're not elite hackers, they're ANUSFRAGGERS)

• Boost defender morale (we're the heroes in this metal song)

• Make security fun (incident response soundtrack)

• Memorable nomenclature (everyone remembers the funny names)

Lesson 2: Speed matters more than polish

• 78 minutes warning victims

• 4 hours blocking C2

• 1 day publishing full infrastructure

• ~30 minutes generating metal anthem

The song dropped before most vendors would even start drafting the report.

Lesson 3: Public disclosure protects everyone

Free STIX feed > NDA-protected IOCs

Free blog posts > $50K threat reports

Free metal songs > Corporate PDFs

Everyone benefits when we share. That includes the music.

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The New Standard

If you catch a threat actor, you should:

1. ✅ Block their infrastructure 2. ✅ Document the pattern 3. ✅ Publish IOCs for free 4. ✅ Give them a memorable name 5. ✅ Write a song about them

Step 5 is non-negotiable.

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How We Made It

• Suno AI (music generation)

• Prompt: "80's heavy metal anthem, twin guitar harmonies, male vocals, fast-paced metal, thunderous drums, galloping bassline"

• Theme: The ANUSFRAGGER's 69-minute campaign of chaos

• Style: Iron Maiden / Judas Priest / classic NWOBHM

Cost: $0 (Suno free tier) Time: ~5 minutes generation Result: 4:03 of pure 80's metal glory

• Epic storytelling tradition (Maiden's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner")

• Matches the absurdity of supply chain attacks

• Twin guitars = complexity of coordinated campaigns

• Galloping bass = relentless attack velocity

• Thunderous drums = impact on ecosystem

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• Dark fantasy themes = dark web assholes

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The Lyrics (AI-Generated, Chef's Kiss)

I don't have the full lyrics (Suno doesn't export them), but based on the title and genre:

• "From the depths of Contabo's German servers..."

• "149.102.156.62, the gates of hell..."

• "15 repos fell in 69 minutes of terror..."

• "FireSuper and rampubg14, his sleeper agents..."

• "But hacksawduggan blocked the C2..."

• "And ANUSFRAGGER was vanquished... TO THE VOID!"

[Cue twin guitar solo that sounds like malware sandboxing]

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Technical Accuracy in Metal Form

The song is actually technically accurate:

• 69-minute attack window (Nov 23, 18:13-19:22 UTC)

• 15 repositories targeted (anuxagfr: 13, FireSuper: 1, rampubg14-cmyk: 1)

• Rhadamanthys infostealer (credential theft malware)

• C2 exfiltration endpoint (149.102.156.62/5dc60508ab2db3b4.php)

• Pattern #38 attack flow (sleeper accounts → malware ZIP → GitHub staging → C2)

This isn't just a joke song. It's a technically accurate incident summary in metal form.

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How to Use This in Your Security Program

Incident Response Soundtrack:

1. Detection phase: Play at low volume 2. Investigation phase: Volume up to 11 3. Containment phase: AIR GUITAR SOLO 4. Eradication phase: HEADBANG 5. Recovery phase: Victory lap, full blast

Security Awareness Training:

"Today we're learning about supply chain attacks. First, listen to this metal song about ANUSFRAGGER..."

Threat Intel Briefings:

"The Pattern #38 campaign, also known as the ANUSFRAGGER incident, as documented in the Battle Hymn available at [link]..."

Hiring:

"Do you want to work somewhere that writes metal songs about attackers we catch? We're hiring."

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The Competitive Advantage

• "APT-2024-11-23-A" → Generic enterprise vendor PDF

• "ANUSFRAGGER" → Our blog posts + metal song + STIX feed

SEO but make it metal.

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What's Next

Suggestions for other threat actors we should immortalize in song:

• ANUSFRAGGER - 80's metal (COMPLETE ✅)

• FireSuper - Power ballad? (sleeper agent theme)

• rampubg14-cmyk - Punk rock (quick and dirty, like their 112-day dormancy)

• Lazarus Group - Progressive metal (complex, multi-stage attacks)

• Fancy Bear - Russian military march metal (state-sponsored theme)

We're taking requests. Catch an attacker, we'll write the song.

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The Pattern

Pattern #38: GitHub Supply Chain Sleeper Account Attack Documentation: Technical details here Infrastructure: C2 analysis here Cultural Response: This post Battle Hymn: Rhyme of the Anusfragger

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The Bottom Line

• Detected the attack in < 2 minutes

• Warned 13 victims within 78 minutes

• Found the C2 server in 4 hours

• Blocked it via Cloudflare

• Published free IOCs (STIX 2.1)

• Documented the pattern for the ecosystem

• Reported active attackers to GitHub Security

• Wrote a fucking metal song about them

And it cost $0.

That's the standard now. If you catch attackers and don't write a metal song about them, are you even trying?

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Listen Now

🎸 Rhyme of the Anusfragger 🎸

4:03 of pure 80's metal glory. Twin guitar harmonies. Galloping bassline. Thunderous drums. Chronicles the 69-minute campaign that targeted Microsoft, GrapheneOS, and Valve.

Best played at maximum volume while blocking C2 servers.

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DugganUSA LLC Real-Time Supply Chain Defense for the Open Source Ecosystem Running on $75/Month. Protecting Microsoft, GrapheneOS, and Valve. Writing Metal Songs About Attackers We Catch.

*"Security doesn't have to be boring. It can be METAL."*

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• [Pattern #38 Discovery](/post/pattern-38-credential-leak-discovery) - How we caught them

• [Thank You ANUSFRAGGER](/post/thank-you-anusfragger) - The 13-repo mass attack

• [C2 Infrastructure Exposed](/post/we-found-their-server-pattern-38-c2-infrastructure-exposed) - Finding their server

• [Rhyme of the Anusfragger](/post/rhyme-of-the-anusfragger) - The metal anthem (you are here)

🤘 Stay metal. Stay secure. 🤘

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