Cobalt Strike

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2021
Vermilion Strike, a Linux implementation of Cobalt Strike Beacon used in attacks

Researchers discovered Linux and Windows implementations of the Cobalt Strike Beacon developed by attackers that were actively used in attacks in the wild. Threat actors re-implemented from scratch unofficial Linux and Windows versions of the Cobalt Strike Beacon and are actively using them in attacks aimed at organizations worldwide.Cobalt Strike is a legitimate penetration testing tool designed as an attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2021
Hackers spread backdoor after compromising the Mongolian CA MonPass

Threat actors compromised the servers of Mongolian certificate authority (CA) MonPass and used its website to spread malware. Hackers compromised the servers of the Mongolian certificate authority (CA) MonPass and used its website to spread malware, reported Avast researchers. According to the experts, the security breach took place at least six months ago, MonPass was […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2020
The alleged decompiled source code of Cobalt Strike toolkit leaked online

The alleged decompiled source code for the Cobalt Strike post-exploitation toolkit has been leaked online in a GitHub repository. The decompiled source code for the Cobalt Strike post-exploitation toolkit has allegedly been leaked online in a GitHub repository. Cobalt Strike is a legitimate penetration testing toolkit and threat emulation software that allows attackers to deploy […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2019
Threat actors using FrameworkPOS malware in POS attacks

Security experts at Morphisec observed a wave of attacks against point-of-sale (PoS) thin clients using card data scraping malware and the Cobalt Strike beacon. Over the past 8-10 weeks, security experts at Morphisec observed multiple sophisticated attacks targeting PoS thin clients worldwide.  Most of the indicators collected by the experts point to the FIN6 hacking […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2019
A Cobalt Strike flaw exposed attackers’ infrastructure

According to security experts at Fox-IT, a recently addressed flaw in the Cobalt Strike penetration testing platform could be exploited to identify attacker servers. Security experts at Fox-IT discovered that a recently addressed vulnerability in the Cobalt Strike penetration testing platform could be exploited to identify attacker servers. The vulnerability was addressed in Cobalt Strike […]