User Exploitation at Scale
Some hackers only think about access. It’s the precious. How to get that first shell? I don’t care too much about this. I’m concerned about
User Account Control – What Penetration Testers Should Know
UAC is User Account Control. Introduced in Windows Vista, UAC is a collection of technologies that make it convenient possible to use Windows without administrator
Use Cobalt Strike’s Beacon with Veil’s Evasion
The Veil Framework is a collection of red team tools, focused on evading detection. The Veil Evasion project is a tool to generate artifacts that
Use Armitage and Cobalt Strike on Amazon’s EC2
James Webb has an interesting blog post on how to use Armitage to manage a pen test through Amazon’s Elastic Computing Cloud. He does a
Two Years of Fast and Easy Hacking
Today marks the two-year anniversary of the release of Armitage. My goal was to create a collaboration tool for exercise red teams. I wanted to show
Training Recommendations for Threat Emulation and Red Teaming
A few weeks ago, I had someone write and ask which training courses I would recommend to help setup a successful Red Team program. If
Tradecraft – Red Team Operations Course and Notes
A few days ago, I posted the YouTube playlist on Twitter and it’s made a few rounds. That’s great. This blog post properly introduces the
The Threat Emulation Problem
There are a lot of people who talk about threat emulation. Use our super-duper-elitesy-neatsy-malware to emulate these tactics in your network. I say stuff like
The Post Exploitation Team
I often get asked about red team skills and training. What should each team member know how to do? For exercises or long running attack
The Origin of Armitage’s Hail Mary Mass Exploitation Feature
Several times now, an author has introduced Armitage, and the main value add to the hacking process that they emphasize is the “devastating” Hail Mary attack.