Incorporating New Tools into Core Impact
Core Impact has further enhanced the pen testing process with the introduction of two new modules. The first module enables the use of .NET assemblies,
Infrastructure for Ongoing Red Team Operations
Recently, I’ve had several questions about how to set up infrastructure for long running red team operations with Cobalt Strike. This is an ideal use
Insomni’hack 2026
One of the world’s largest in‑person CTF competitions, drawing participants and experts from around the globe. It began as a modest hacking competition in 2008
Interactive Cortana Programming
Cortana is the scripting engine built into Armitage and Cobalt Strike. It’s based on my Sleep scripting language. Most scripting languages have a REPL (Read,
Interoperability with the Metasploit Framework
Cobalt Strike 3.0 is a stand-alone platform for Adversary Simulations and Red Team Operations. It doesn’t depend on the Metasploit Framework. That said, the Metasploit
Introducing Cobalt Strike Community Kit
What is Community Kit? Cobalt Strike is a post-exploitation framework designed to be extended and customized by the user community. Several excellent tools and scripts
Introducing Cobalt Strike Research Labs
Today, we’re launching Cobalt Strike Research Labs (CS:RL), a new Fortra offering that unites the research expertise of the Cobalt Strike and Outflank teams. CS:RL
Introducing Mimikatz Kit
You can now update Mimikatz between Cobalt Strike releases. Updates will periodically be made available to licensed users via the Arsenal as the Mimikatz Kit.
Introducing Morning Catch – A Phishing Paradise
Morning Catch is a VMware virtual machine, similar to Metasploitable, to demonstrate and teach about targeted client-side attacks and post-exploitation. On this virtual machine, you
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?’