Talk to your children about Payload Staging
Time to time, I find myself in an email exchange about payload security and payload staging. The payload security discussion revolves around Beacon’s security features.
What is a stageless payload artifact?
I’ve had a few questions about Cobalt Strike’s stageless payloads and how these compare to other payload varieties. In this blog post, I’ll explain stageless
Session Passing from Cobalt Strike
Session passing is using one payload to spawn another payload. Sometimes, the payloads are from the same toolset. Other times, they’re not. Session passing options
HOWTO: Port Forwards through a SOCKS proxy
Recently, I’ve had multiple people ask about port forwards with Cobalt Strike’s Beacon payload. Beacon has had SOCKS proxy pivoting support since June 2013. This feature
Raffi’s Abridged Guide to Cobalt Strike
This blog post is a fast overview of Cobalt Strike. I assume that you are familiar with Meterpreter, Mimikatz, and make use of Offensive PowerShell in
Cobalt Strike 3.3 – Now with less PowerShell.exe
The fourth release in the Cobalt Strike 3.x series is now available. There’s some really good stuff here. I think you’ll like it. Unmanaged PowerShell
User Exploitation at Scale
Some hackers only think about access. It’s the precious. How to get that first shell? I don’t care too much about this. I’m concerned about
Aggressor Script’s Secret mIRC Scripting Past
Aggressor Script is the scripting engine in Cobalt Strike 3.0 and later. If you want to learn more about it, I recommend reading the documentation.
Pics or it didn’t happen…
One of the most important things in a red teamer’s job is evidence. If you can’t demonstrate impact and make a risk real, it’s as
Linux, Left out in the Cold?
I’ve had several folks ask about Linux targets with Cobalt Strike 3.0 and later. Beacon is a Windows-only payload. The big question becomes, how do