Cobalt Strike 3.0 – Advanced Threat Tactics
Cobalt Strike’s mission is to help security professionals emulate “advanced threat tactics” during their engagements. I’ve executed on this since the product’s 2012 release. Cobalt
Rethinking Reporting for Red Team Operations
Cobalt Strike 3.0 is coming in a few weeks. This upcoming release is the result of a large engineering effort that paralleled my existing efforts
Raphael’s Magic Quadrant
BlackHat is about to start in a few days. I think this is an appropriate time to share a non-technical, business only post. There is
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
WinRM is my Remote Access Tool
One of my favorite blog posts last year was Adversary Tricks and Treats from CrowdStrike. In this post, CrowdStrike details the tradecraft of an actor
Models for Red Team Operations
Recently, I had an email from someone asking for a call to discuss different models of red team operations. This gentlemen sees his team as
How to Pass-the-Hash with Mimikatz
I’m spending a lot of time with mimikatz lately. I’m fascinated by how much capability it has and I’m constantly asking myself, what’s the best
An unnecessary addiction to DNS communication
I regularly hear stories from my users about how they got past a tough situation and had success that they claim was not possible without
2015’s Red Team Tradecraft
“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly
So, you won a regional and you’re headed to National CCDC
The 2015 National CCDC season started with 100+ teams across 10 regions. Now, there are 10 teams left and they’re headed to the National CCDC