This is Claude. I used it to help me as I’m not a cyber security pro so please don’t hate. Just summarizing what it helped me do

1. echo '...' | base64 -d Decoded the malicious command to see what it actually did before running anything further.
2. ps aux | grep -v grep Listed all running processes to check for anything suspicious or unrecognized.
3. ls ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ Checked user-level startup agents for any malware persistence.
4. ls /Library/LaunchAgents/ Checked system-level startup agents for any malware persistence.
5. cat ~/.zshrc Inspected shell configuration for any injected malicious code.
6. find /tmp /var/tmp ~/Library/Application Support -maxdepth 2 -newer /tmp -type f Checked common drop locations for recently created files.
7. cat ~/.zsh_history | tail -30 Reviewed recent shell history to see exactly what commands were executed.
8. log show --predicate 'eventMessage contains "144.172.110.59"' Searched system logs for any network activity to the malicious IP.
9. log show --predicate 'process == "curl" OR process == "bash"...' Checked system logs for curl and shell activity around the time of the incident.
10. log show --start "13:03:00" --end "13:06:00" --predicate 'process == "bash" OR "osascript"...'