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Research Update for src/macos-hardening/macos-security-and-privilege-escalation/macos-bypassing-firewalls.md

This PR contains automated research updates including:

• Latest security vulnerabilities and attack vectors
• Updated techniques and tools
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• Additional references and resources

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Research update for HackTricks content

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Summary of changes:

• Added new technique section showing how QUIC + Encrypted Client Hello can evade NE-based hostname filtering, with practical Chrome and cURL HTTP/3 examples for exfil.
• Documented macOS 15 “Sequoia” Network Extension crash instability leading to fail-open/closed states and provided a UDP flow stress PoC plus monitoring commands.
• Kept existing content intact while appending two fresh, relevant references.

References used:

• https://www.securityweek.com/cybersecurity-products-conking-out-after-macos-sequoia-update/
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/network-protection-macos

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