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
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
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
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
Connection Refused Error in Cobalt Strike
I’ve had several folks write to me asking about the Connection Refused error when they try to use Cobalt Strike. This one: Cobalt Strike 3.0
Named Pipe Pivoting
One of my favorite features in Cobalt Strike is its ability to pivot over named pipes. A named pipe is a way for two programs
Cobalt Strike 2.5 – Advanced Pivoting
I spend a lot of my red time in the Access Manager role. This is the person on a red team who manages callbacks for