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
Survival Skills for Small Infosec Vendors
Information Security is a strange field. There are probably few professions with such a wide range of social skills and preferences as the information security
Covert Lateral Movement with High-Latency C&C
High latency communication allows you to conduct operations on your target’s network, without detection, for a long time. An example of high-latency communication is a
The Beachhead
I see egress as one of the biggest pains in the offensive space. If your target has zero egress controls—don’t worry about anything I have
The Access Management Team [Shell Sherpas]
When I participate in an exercise, with multiple target networks and a large red team, I favor splitting the team up into cells. Each cell
Cobalt Strike 2.0 – Malleable Command and Control
I define threat replication as a penetration test that looks like an attack from an APT actor. Assessments that involve threat replication are more than
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
Pass-the-Golden-Ticket with Cobalt Strike’s Beacon
Back in May, I wrote up some impressions about Meterpreter’s Kiwi extension. It’s Mimikatz 2.0, complete with its ability to generate a Kerberos “Golden Ticket” with
Puttering my Panda and other Threat Replication Case Studies
Cobalt Strike 2.0 introduced Malleable C2, a technology to redefine network indicators in the Beacon payload. What does this mean for you? It means you
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