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
The Cobalt Strike Trial’s Evil Bit
RFC 3514 proposes an IPv4 flag to allow traffic to flag itself as malicious or not. This RFC’s authors reason that if malicious programs opt
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
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
How do I psexec without an initial Beacon?
Here and there, I’m getting questions that are variants of this post’s title. The inquiry usually goes like this: Dearest Raphael, I do a lot
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
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
Appropriate Covert Channels
As a product vendor, I regularly receive suggestions from my users. It’s easy to break these suggestions up into different categories. One such category would
Cobalt Strike 3.1 – Scripting Beacons
Cobalt Strike 3.1 is now available. This release adds a lot of polish to the 3.x codebase and addresses several items from user feedback. Aggressor
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.