Why is rundll32.exe connecting to the internet?
Previously, I wrote a blog post to answer the question: why is notepad.exe connecting to the internet? This post was written in response to a generation
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
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 3.2 – The Inevitable x64 Beacon
Cobalt Strike 3.2, the third release in the 3.x series, is now available. The 3.2 release focuses on fixes and improvements across the Cobalt Strike
Interoperability with the Metasploit Framework
Cobalt Strike 3.0 is a stand-alone platform for Adversary Simulations and Red Team Operations. It doesn’t depend on the Metasploit Framework. That said, the Metasploit
Cobalt Strike 2015: An Offensive Platform is Born
It’s hard to believe we’re at the end of 2015 and on to 2016. I’ve now had a product on the market for three and
Cobalt Strike 3.1 – Scripting Beacons
Cobalt Strike 3.1 is now available. This release adds a lot of polish to the 3.x codebase and addresses several items from user feedback. Aggressor
Appropriate Covert Channels
As a product vendor, I regularly receive suggestions from my users. It’s easy to break these suggestions up into different categories. One such category would