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Cobalt Strike is a tool developed for ethical hackers, but like many other offensive cybersecurity tools, it has fallen into the wrong hands. This powerful network attack platform combines social engineering, unauthorized access tools, network pattern obfuscation and a sophisticated mechanism for deploying malicious executable code on compromised systems. It can now be used by attackers to deploy advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks against your organization.
In this article you will learn:
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Cobalt Strike is a commercial penetration testing tool, which gives security testers access to a large variety of attack capabilities. Cobalt Strike can be used to conduct spear-phishing and gain unauthorized access to systems, and can emulate a variety of malware and other advanced threat tactics.
White Cobalt Strike is a legitimate tool used by ethical hackers, which carries a price tag of $3,500 per user, it is also widely used by threat actors to launch real attacks against organizations. Some attackers obtain the trial version of Cobalt Strike and crack its software protection, while others may obtain access to a commercial copy of the software.
Cobalt Strike is a threat emulation program that provides the following capabilities:
Cobalt Strike uses Beacon to gain a foothold on a target network, download and execute malicious payloads. It can be transmitted over HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, or the Windows SMB protocol. It can perform low-profile asynchronous communication, as well as real time interactive communication with the Cobalt Strike server.
Beacon can modify its network signature, using C2 profiles to appear as another attacker, emulate the behavior of different types of malware, or pretend to be legitimate traffic.
Beacon provides several commands for executing malicious code on the target machine:
Cobalt Strike servers can be difficult to detect, but older unpatched versions of the software are more visible. You can combine several techniques to identify a Cobalt Strike deployment:
Cynet 360 is a holistic security solution that can protect against the large variety of threat vectors and attack techniques provided by Cobalt Strike software.
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