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
Cobalt Strike Introduction and Demo
Cobalt Strike helps organizations conduct advanced adversary simulations and Red Team engagements with ease, allowing your organization to effectively measure your security operations program and
Cobalt Strike and YARA: Can I Have Your Signature?
Over the past few years, there has been a massive proliferation of YARA signatures for Beacon. We know from conversations with our customers that this
Stopping Cybercriminals From Abusing Security Tools
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), cybersecurity software company Fortra™ and Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) are taking technical and legal action to disrupt
Cobalt Strike 2023 Roadmap and Strategy Update
I blogged about the Cobalt Strike roadmap in March last year and while the fundamental tenets of our approach to R&D remain unaltered, a lot
Revisiting the User-Defined Reflective Loader Part 1: Simplifying Development
This blog post accompanies a new addition to the Arsenal Kit – The User-Defined Reflective Loader Visual Studio (UDRL-VS). Over the past few months, we
Cobalt Strike 4.8: (System) Call Me Maybe
Cobalt Strike 4.8 is now available. This release sees support for system calls, options to specify payload guardrails, a new token store, and more. We
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
Out Of Band Update: Cobalt Strike 4.7.2
Cobalt Strike 4.7.2 is now available. This is an out of band update to fix a remote code execution vulnerability that is rooted in Java
Out Of Band Update: Cobalt Strike 4.7.1
Cobalt Strike 4.7.1 is now available. This is an out of band update to fix an issue discovered in the 4.7 release that was reported