Missing in Action: Armitage on Kali Linux
As you may know, the highly anticipated Kali Linux is now available. If you’ve fired it up, you may notice it’s missing a familiar tool.
HOWTO Integrate third-party tools with Cortana
One of the goals of Cortana is to give you the ability to integrate third-party tools and agents into Armitage and Cobalt Strike’s red team
Deprecation Notice: Metasploit source checkouts will NO LONGER update over SVN – Move to Git
The official home of the Metasploit Framework’s source code has been github for a while now. Ever since the move to Git, Rapid7 has operated
A Vision for Distributed Red Team Operations
Last year I gave a talk on Force Multipliers for Red Team Operations. In that talk, I elaborated on my search for capabilities that make
Getting Started with Armitage and the Metasploit Framework (2013)
So, I just realized there isn’t a modern tutorial on how to start Armitage and take advantage of it. There’s the documentation, but my documentation tries
Tactics to Hack an Enterprise Network
In June 2012, I released Cobalt Strike, a commercial penetration testing package that picks up where Armitage leaves off. Cobalt Strike is a direct expression of what I
One Shot, One Kill – An Intelligent Web Drive-by Exploit Server
One of my favorite features in Cobalt Strike is the system profiler. This web application digs deep into your browser to discover the client-side applications
My exploits can beat up your exploits
TL;DR Rapid7 wrote a blog post claiming that their exploits are better. I think the Metasploit Framework’s coverage is fine, but some other vendors do
How to Milk a Computer Science Education for Offensive Security Skills
Recently, a poster on reddit asked how to get into offensive security as a student studying Computer Science. Before the post was removed, the poster expressed
Hacking like APT
Lately, I’ve seen several announcements, presentations, and blog posts about “hacking like” Advanced Persistent Threat. This new wave of material focuses on mapping features in