Ever heard a ghost story told with a six-string and a command line? 🤠💻👻
Russell Nomer is back with "Persistence," the haunting 5th chapter in the viral MITRE ATT&CK saga. We're swapping synths and distortion for dust and six-strings in this Gothic Americana tale of a threat that just won't die.
This is the sound of a hacker becoming a permanent ghost in the wires, a digital curse that survives every reboot. It’s a slow-burning, relentless stomp that proves even the most modern problems have a soul... a dark one.
From the Rap of 'Recon' to the Industrial Rock of 'Execution,' the journey continues.
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Credits: Track: Persistence Artist: Russell Nomer Released: August 21, 2025 © 2025 Russell Nomer Music. All rights reserved.

Persistence
By: Russell Nomer  Copyright Russell Nomer August 21, 2025 All Rights Reserved
ASCAP Work ID#931639419  ISRC#QT5AM2539419

[[Intro:]
You swept the floors and you patched the holes 
You think you're back in charge, bless your souls 
You can reboot, you can restart, but I ain't goin' far 
I'm etched into the silicon, I'm a permanent scar
[Verse 1] 
In your Boot or Logon Scripts, I write my own name 
In the Autostart Execution, I light a brand new flame 
I'll Manipulate Accounts, or just Create a new face 
Use your old Valid Accounts all over the place
I'll set a Scheduled Task for the dead of the night 
And wait for an Event Trigger to bring my code to light 
[Chorus]
 You can pull the plug, you can change the locks 
But my roots run deep between the processor blocks 
This ain't a visit, son, I'm here to stay 
My Persistence always finds a way 
[Verse 2]
I'll Hijack Execution Flow, bend it to my need 
Through a simple Registry Modify, I go and plant the seed 
In your Server Software Component, I become a part 
Compromise a Host Binary and tear your world apart 
I am a System Process that you can't erase 
A lazy BITS Job running, leaving not a trace 
[Chorus]
You can pull the plug, you can change the locks 
But my roots run deep between the processor blocks 
This ain't a visit, son, I'm here to stay 
My Persistence always finds a way 
 [Bridge] 
Before your OS even starts to load... 
I'm in the Pre-OS Boot, I own the code…
I Modify Authentication, the keys are mine to keep... 
Through External Remote Services, while your admins are asleep... 
[Outro] 
In your Cloud App Integration, I got Exclusive Control... 
I'm a Software Extension, taking back my toll... 
I'm your Office Application Startup, every single day... 
Mess with your Power Settings, come what may... 
With Traffic Signaling, a knock you'll never hear... 
I'm the ghost in the wires... and I'm always... here. 
[End]



Persistence

EXECUTION is LIVE. 💻🔥 The code is running. There is no turning back.
The 4th track in the viral cybersecurity series from Russell Nomer is here. After the rock anthem of "Initial Access," we descend into the dark, mechanical heart of the machine with "Execution."
This isn't just a song; it's the sound of a cyber-attack in progress. We channeled the cold, relentless power of malicious code running on a compromised system into a hard-hitting industrial rock anthem. Feel the pounding beat of the drum machine and the raw energy of distorted guitars as the system is forced to obey its new master.
This is the next chapter in the story that started with the hip-hop of "Recon," the synth-pop of "The Setup," and the rock of "Initial Access."
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Credits: Track: Execution Artist: Russell Nomer Released: August 20, 2025 © 2025 Russell Nomer Music. All rights reserved.

Lyrics
Execution
Copyright Russell Nomer August 20, 2025  All Rights Reserved
ASCAP Work ID#931631539  ISRC#QT5AM2531539


[Intro:] 
The access is established, the payload is deployed 
A silent little process in the digital void 
The door was just the start, a path I had to pave 
Now I am the master, and this machine's my slave 
[Verse 1]
I'll use a Command and Scripting Interpreter, a shell to do my will 
With PowerShell or Python, I'll make time itself stand still 
A simple double-click, a macro you let through 
My User Execution makes your worst fears come true 
Then Exploitation for Client Execution, a bug inside your apps 
The system's now responding to my carefully laid traps 
[Pre-Chorus] 
The bits begin to flow, the logic starts to wake 
A promise to the system I was born to break 
[Chorus] 
Execution! My code is now alive! 
Execution! Inside your digital hive! 
Execution! No place for you to hide! 
Sixteen methods running with the turning of the tide! 
[Verse 2] 
I'll take the Cloud with Admin Commands, own the hypervisor's keys 
With ESXi Administration, I do just as I please 
Deploy a Container, with my own Admin Command 
Or run Serverless Execution, spreading 'cross the land 
Through Input Injection, I'll make the system bend 
My code is now a process that you can never end 
[Chorus]
Execution! My code is now alive! 
Execution! Inside your digital hive! 
Execution! No place for you to hide! 
Sixteen methods running with the turning of the tide! 
[Bridge] 
I'll set a Scheduled Task to run while you're asleep... 
Use Inter-Process Communication, a whisper in the deep... 
Hijack your System Services... your Software Deployment Tools... 
Use your Shared Modules... your Native APIs... I'm rewriting all the rules... 
And with Windows Management Instrumentation, I have total... control... 
[Outro]
Run.



Execution

Nick Ingolfsland, chief technology officer at Ulteig, talks to F&C reporter Brian Johnson. Ingolfsland talks about how AI and automation are changing the way projects are delivered, the growing importance of cybersecurity, and the future of work in the architecture, engineering and construction industry.

Nick Ingolfsland, chief technology officer, Ulteig

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Privilege Escalation

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Close your eyes. Listen to the network. This is the sound of a digital prayer. 🙏
The MITRE ATT&CK saga undergoes a profound transformation. Russell Nomer's 7th track, "Digital Ghost," reimagines the art of Defense Evasion as a mystical, electronic ritual.
Following the epic metal of "Privilege Escalation," we journey into a cathedral of code. Hypnotic electronic beats and ethereal female whispers are interwoven with powerful Gregorian chants reciting the very techniques of invisibility. Featuring lush atmospheric synths and a haunting flute melody, this track is a unique fusion of the ancient and the futuristic—a New Age anthem for the ghost in the machine.
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Credits: Track: Digital Ghost Artist: Russell Nomer Released: August 22, 2025 © 2025 Russell Nomer Music. All rights reserved.

Digital Ghost
By Russell Nomer
Copyright Russell Nomer August 22, 2025 All Rights Reserved
ASCAP Work ID#931641041	ISRC#QT5AM2541041


[Intro: Lush, atmospheric cathedral-like synthesizer pads swell slowly. The sound of distant, synthesized thunder]]
[Chant]
[[A hypnotic, mid-tempo drum machine beat begins. A deep male choir enters, chanting in a rhythmic, Gregorian style]]
(chanting) Masquerading... Obfuscated Files... Subvert Trust Controls...
[Verse 1]
[[A breathy, ethereal, whispered female lead vocal enters over the beat and pads]]
Breathe across the wires
A polymorphic soul
Erasing all the fires
To take complete control
A digital ghost, a whisper in the hum
For the day my true invisibility has come...
[Hook]
[[A signature, melancholic, and breathy Shakuhachi (Japanese flute) synthesizer melody plays the main theme]]
[Chant]
[[The male Gregorian choir returns]]
(chanting) Indicator Removal... Impair Defenses... Weaken Encryption...
[Verse 2]
[[The ethereal female vocal returns]]
A trusted name, a valid, borrowed face
To leave behind no evidence, no time, no trace
I modify the process, hide inside the known
And on a silent network, I am all alone
[Hook]
[[The Shakuhachi flute melody plays again, perhaps with more layers]]
[Bridge]
[[The beat becomes more prominent. The male chants and female whispers weave around each other]]
(Male whisper) A phantom in the code...
(Female Chant) Hide Artifacts...
(male whisper) ...on a silent, lonely road...
(Female Chant) ...Modify the Registry...
(Male whisper) ...forty-five ways to disappear...
(Female Chant) ...File Deletion...
(Male whisper) ...and prove I was never here...
[Outro]
[[The beat fades out, leaving the lush synth pads, the flute melody, and the final chants, which echo and decay into silence]]
(chanting) Defense Evasion... Defense Evasion... Gone...
[End]



Digital Ghost

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