High-reputation Redirectors and Domain Fronting
Working on Cobalt Strike, I get some insight into what folks are trying to do with it. Recently, the use of domain fronting for redirectors
Scripting Matt Nelson’s MMC20.Application Lateral Movement Technique
This is a short blog post with a long title. A few weeks ago, Matt Nelson published Lateral Movement Using the MMC20.APPLICATION COM Object (there’s
My First Go with BloodHound
I finally had a chance to sit down and play with BloodHound. This was an item on my hacker todo list for awhile now. In
Cobalt Strike 3.6 – A Path for Privilege Escalation
Cobalt Strike 3.6 is now available. This release adds an API to use third-party privilege escalation exploits with Beacon and extends Malleable C2 to allow
Agentless Post Exploitation
Agentless Post Exploitation is using system administration capabilities to meet post-exploitation objectives, without an agent on the target. It’s just evil system administration. This talk
Cobalt Strike 3.5.1 – Important Security Update
Cobalt Strike 3.5.1 is now available. This release addresses a remote code execution vulnerability in Cobalt Strike. This vulnerability was discovered after a report of
Cobalt Strike RCE. Active Exploitation Reported.
Summary There is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Cobalt Strike team server. A hot fix that breaks this particular exploit chain is available.
Cobalt Strike 3.5 – UNIX Post Exploitation
Cobalt Strike 3.5 is now available. This release adds an SSH client with a Beacon-like interface. This client allows you to conduct post-exploitation actions against
What happened to my Kill Date?
Cobalt Strike 3.4 introduced a Kill Date feature. This is a date that Cobalt Strike embeds into each Beacon stage. If a Beacon artifact is
HOWTO: Reset Your Cobalt Strike License Key
Time to time, I hand out Cobalt Strike license keys to non-customers. Sometimes these are to support an event (e.g., the National CCDC Red Team).