Cobalt Strike 4.10: Through the BeaconGate
Cobalt Strike 4.10 is now available. This release introduces BeaconGate, the Postex Kit, and Sleepmask-VS. In addition, we have overhauled the Sleepmask API, refreshed the
Introducing the Mutator Kit: Creating Object File Monstrosities with Sleep Mask and LLVM
This is a joint blog written by William Burgess (@joehowwolf) and Henri Nurmi (@HenriNurmi). In our ‘Cobalt Strike and YARA: Can I Have Your Signature?’
Cobalt Strike and Outflank Security Tooling: Friends in Evasive Places
This is a joint blog written by the Cobalt Strike and Outflank teams. It is also available on the Outflank site. Over the past few months
Cobalt Strike and YARA: Can I Have Your Signature?
Over the past few years, there has been a massive proliferation of YARA signatures for Beacon. We know from conversations with our customers that this
Behind the Mask: Spoofing Call Stacks Dynamically with Timers
This blog introduces a PoC technique for spoofing call stacks using timers. Prior to our implant sleeping, we can queue up timers to overwrite its
Writing Beacon Object Files: Flexible, Stealthy, and Compatible
Our colleagues over at Core Security have been doing great things with Cobalt Strike, making use of it in their own engagements. They wrote up
A Deeper Look Into the Max Retry Strategy Option
A complementary strategy to the Host Rotation Strategy was introduced to Cobalt Strike 4.5. The max retry strategy was added to HTTP, HTTPS, and DNS
Create a proxy DLL with artifact kit
DLL attacks (hijacking, proxying, etc) are a challenge defenders must face. They can be leveraged in a Red Team engagement to help measure these defenses.
TeamServer.prop
Following the 4.4 release, you may have noticed a warning message when starting your teamserver: The missing file is optional and its absence does not
Cobalt Strike DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2021-36798)
SentinelOne discovered a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Cobalt Strike. The bug (aka Hotcobalt) can cause a denial of service on a teamserver by using