Revisiting the UDRL Part 3: Beacon User Data
The UDRL and the Sleepmask are key components of Cobalt Strike’s evasion strategy, yet historically they have not worked well together. For example, prior to
Cobalt Strike 4.10: Through the BeaconGate
Cobalt Strike 4.10 is now available. This release introduces BeaconGate, the Postex Kit, and Sleepmask-VS. In addition, we have overhauled the Sleepmask API, refreshed the
Introducing the Mutator Kit: Creating Object File Monstrosities with Sleep Mask and LLVM
This is a joint blog written by William Burgess (@joehowwolf) and Henri Nurmi (@HenriNurmi). In our ‘Cobalt Strike and YARA: Can I Have Your Signature?’
Out of Band Update: Cobalt Strike 4.9.1
Cobalt Strike 4.9.1 is now available. This is an out of band update to fix an issue that was discovered in the 4.9 release that
Cobalt Strike 4.9: Take Me To Your Loader
Cobalt Strike 4.9 is now available. This release sees an overhaul to Cobalt Strike’s post exploitation capabilities to support user defined reflective loaders (UDRLs), the
Revisiting the User-Defined Reflective Loader Part 2: Obfuscation and Masking
This is the second installment in a series revisiting the User-Defined Reflective Loader (UDRL). In part one, we aimed to simplify the development and debugging
Simplifying BOF Development: Debug, Test, and Save Your B(e)acon
Beacon Object Files (BOFs) were introduced in Cobalt Strike 4.1 in 2020. Since their release, BOFs have played a key role in post-exploitation activities, surpassing
Cobalt Strike and Outflank Security Tooling: Friends in Evasive Places
This is a joint blog written by the Cobalt Strike and Outflank teams. It is also available on the Outflank site. Over the past few months
Cobalt Strike and YARA: Can I Have Your Signature?
Over the past few years, there has been a massive proliferation of YARA signatures for Beacon. We know from conversations with our customers that this
Cobalt Strike 2023 Roadmap and Strategy Update
I blogged about the Cobalt Strike roadmap in March last year and while the fundamental tenets of our approach to R&D remain unaltered, a lot