Kits, Profiles, and Scripts… Oh my!
If I had to describe Cobalt Strike in one word, I’d say ‘flexible’. There are a lot of options to control Cobalt Strike’s features and
OPSEC Considerations for Beacon Commands
Update January 9, 2020 – This topic is now part of the Cobalt Strike documentation. Head over to the Beacon Command Behavior page for the
Cobalt Strike 3.8 – Who’s Your Daddy?
Cobalt Strike 3.8 is now available. This release adds features to spawn processes with an alternate parent process. This release also gives the operator control
Java Startup Bug in Java 1.8u131
If you recently updated your penetration testing environment, it’s possible you were greeted with a special surprise. Cobalt Strike and its team server will no
Cobalt Strike 3.7 – Cat, Meet Mouse
The 8th release of the Cobalt Strike 3.0 series is now available. The release extends Malleable C2 to influence how Beacon lives in memory, adds code-signing for executables, and gives
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