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
Cobalt Strike 2015: An Offensive Platform is Born
It’s hard to believe we’re at the end of 2015 and on to 2016. I’ve now had a product on the market for three and
Revolutionary Device Detects Mimikatz Use
I see mimikatz as one of the most significant collections of offensive capability available today. Because there’s so much capability, folks are often interested in
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 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
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
Cobalt Strike 2.4 – A Pittance for Post-Exploitation
Cobalt Strike 2.4 is now available. If you use Beacon for post-exploitation, you’ll find a lot to like in this release. Here’s the highlights: Post-Exploitation Jobs
Scripting Beacons and Deploying Persistence
One common Cobalt Strike feature request is an API to script the Beacon payload. Doing this right is a big project and it requires some
How I tunnel Meterpreter through Beacon
I write so many blog posts about Beacon, I should just give up and call this the Beacon blog. Beacon is Cobalt Strike’s post-exploitation agent