Cobalt Strike 4.10: Through the BeaconGate
Cobalt Strike 4.10 is now available. This release introduces BeaconGate, the Postex Kit, and Sleepmask-VS. In addition, we have overhauled the Sleepmask API, refreshed the
Introducing the Mutator Kit: Creating Object File Monstrosities with Sleep Mask and LLVM
This is a joint blog written by William Burgess (@joehowwolf) and Henri Nurmi (@HenriNurmi). In our ‘Cobalt Strike and YARA: Can I Have Your Signature?’
Cobalt Strike and Outflank Security Tooling: Friends in Evasive Places
This is a joint blog written by the Cobalt Strike and Outflank teams. It is also available on the Outflank site. Over the past few months
Behind the Mask: Spoofing Call Stacks Dynamically with Timers
This blog introduces a PoC technique for spoofing call stacks using timers. Prior to our implant sleeping, we can queue up timers to overwrite its
User Defined Reflective Loader (UDRL) Update in Cobalt Strike 4.5
The User Defined Reflective Loader (UDRL) was first introduced in Cobalt Strike 4.4. to allow the creation and use of a custom reflective loader. This
Sleep Mask Update in Cobalt Strike 4.5
The Sleep Mask Kit was first introduced in Cobalt Strike 4.4 to allow users to modify how the sleep mask function looks in memory in order to defeat static signatures that identified Beacon. This
A Deeper Look Into the Max Retry Strategy Option
A complementary strategy to the Host Rotation Strategy was introduced to Cobalt Strike 4.5. The max retry strategy was added to HTTP, HTTPS, and DNS
Cobalt Strike DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2021-36798)
SentinelOne discovered a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Cobalt Strike. The bug (aka Hotcobalt) can cause a denial of service on a teamserver by using