Revisiting the UDRL Part 3: Beacon User Data
The UDRL and the Sleepmask are key components of Cobalt Strike’s evasion strategy, yet historically they have not worked well together. For example, prior to
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
Europol Coordinates Global Action Against Criminal Abuse of Cobalt Strike
Press Release: View Original Europol Announcement 03 Jul 2024 – Law enforcement has teamed up with the private sector to fight against the abuse of
Cobalt Strike Infrastructure Downtime – March 2024
The Cobalt Strike download infrastructure will be down for a short while on Wednesday 13th March for routine maintenance. Work will begin around 15:00 GMT
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 Infrastructure Maintenance – January 2024
We will be making a small change to the Cobalt Strike infrastructure next week. This will not result in any downtime but will affect updates
Out of Band Update: Cobalt Strike 4.9.1
Cobalt Strike 4.9.1 is now available. This is an out of band update to fix an issue that was discovered in the 4.9 release that
Cobalt Strike 4.9: Take Me To Your Loader
Cobalt Strike 4.9 is now available. This release sees an overhaul to Cobalt Strike’s post exploitation capabilities to support user defined reflective loaders (UDRLs), the
Revisiting the User-Defined Reflective Loader Part 2: Obfuscation and Masking
This is the second installment in a series revisiting the User-Defined Reflective Loader (UDRL). In part one, we aimed to simplify the development and debugging
Simplifying BOF Development: Debug, Test, and Save Your B(e)acon
Beacon Object Files (BOFs) were introduced in Cobalt Strike 4.1 in 2020. Since their release, BOFs have played a key role in post-exploitation activities, surpassing