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
Real-Time Feed of Red Team Activity
There are several research projects to collect raw data from red team activity, process this data, and try to turn it into information. In this
Windows Access Tokens and Alternate Credentials
I’d like to call your attention to the humble runas.exe program on Windows. This program allows a Windows user to spawn another program with another
Post-Exploitation Only (Not Really)
During a recent conversation, a friend had mentioned that they saw Cobalt Strike as a post-exploitation only tool. This strikes me as a little odd.
Flying a Cylon Raider
In Season 1, Episode 5 of Battlestar Galactica, Lieutenant Kara Thrace finds herself marooned on a barren planet with a crashed Cylon Raider. To get
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
Migrating Your Infrastructure
I’ve written about infrastructure for red team operations before. Infrastructure are the servers, domains, and other assets that support your ongoing operation against a target
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
Advanced Threat Tactics – Course and Notes
The release of Cobalt Strike 3.0 also saw the release of Advanced Threat Tactics, a nine-part course on red team operations and adversary simulations. This
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