The #1 Trait of a Successful Hacker
For some people, programming comes naturally to them. For others, it’s a struggle or something that doesn’t click with the way they think. The same
Covert Lateral Movement with High-Latency C&C
High latency communication allows you to conduct operations on your target’s network, without detection, for a long time. An example of high-latency communication is a
Cobalt Strike 1.49 – HTTP Proxy Authentication? No Problem.
I spend a lot of time on the road in March and April—using my tools. During these months, I take careful notes of the usability
Survival Skills for Small Infosec Vendors
Information Security is a strange field. There are probably few professions with such a wide range of social skills and preferences as the information security
What happens when I type getsystem?
Meterpreter’s getsystem command is taken for granted. Type getsystem and magically Meterpreter elevates you from a local administrator to the SYSTEM user. What’s really happening
Listeners: Cobalt Strike’s Glue Feature
Listeners are Cobalt Strike’s abstraction in front of the Metasploit Framework’s payload handlers. A handler is the exploit/multi/handler module. This module sets up a server that
User Account Control – What Penetration Testers Should Know
UAC is User Account Control. Introduced in Windows Vista, UAC is a collection of technologies that make it convenient possible to use Windows without administrator
Cobalt Strike 03.13.14 – NECCDC Edition
I’m writing this from a New Hampshire Bed and Breakfast where I’ve apparently received the Jacuzzi suite. I’m here for a romantic weekend running psexec
CCDC Red Teams: Ten Tips to Maximize Success
The CCDC season is upon us. This is the time of year when professionals with many years of industry experience “volunteer” to hack against college
Cobalt Strike 02.27.14 – Details Matter
Cobalt Strike 1.48 (02.27.14) is now available. This release is the byproduct of a very intense development cycle. The theme of this release is: details