Red Team Data Collection
In 2011, I participated in an exercise. The exercise ran for 60 hours straight, forcing the red team to work in shifts. The event was
Red Team Training at BlackHat USA
Before developing Cobalt Strike, I conducted interviews with several penetration testing practitioners. I wanted to dig into their process, the tools they used, the gaps
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
Reverse Meterpreter Connect-backs through a Compromised Host
<update 03:30pm> I’ve had some feedback that this post describes a concept that is too basic to put into blog form. I can see where this
Reverse Port Forward through a SOCKS Proxy
I had a friend come to me with an interesting problem. He had to get a server to make an outbound connection and evade some
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
Schtasks Persistence with PowerShell One Liners
One of my favorite Metasploit Framework modules is psh_web_delivery. You can find it in exploits -> windows -> misc. This module starts a local web
Scripting Beacons and Deploying Persistence
One common Cobalt Strike feature request is an API to script the Beacon payload. Doing this right is a big project and it requires some
Scripting Matt Nelson’s MMC20.Application Lateral Movement Technique
This is a short blog post with a long title. A few weeks ago, Matt Nelson published Lateral Movement Using the MMC20.APPLICATION COM Object (there’s
Session Passing from Cobalt Strike
Session passing is using one payload to spawn another payload. Sometimes, the payloads are from the same toolset. Other times, they’re not. Session passing options