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
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.
My Cobalt Strike Scripts from NECCDC
I just returned from the North East Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition event at the University of Maine. A big congratulations to the winners, Northeastern University,
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
A Quick Guide to Bug Reports
One of the hardest parts of being a developer is working with bug reports and support requests disguised as bug reports. Some people write very
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