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  • Silencing Cylance: A Case Study in Modern EDRs

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    As red teamers regularly operating against mature organisations, we frequently come in to contact with a variety of Endpoint Detection & Response solutions. To better our chances of success in…

  • External C2, IE COM Objects and how to use them for Command and Control

    Feb 15th, 2019

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    Background Cobalt Strike 3.6 introduced a powerful new feature called External C2, providing an interface for custom Command and Control channels. Being a fan of custom C2 channels I started…

  • Macros and More with SharpShooter v2.0

    Feb 13th, 2019

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    ActiveBreach

    In March 2018 we released SharpShooter, a framework for red team payload generation. We followed up with further updates and new techniques in June. Like many offensive tools, the framework…

  • Abusing Office Web Add-ins (for fun and limited profit)

    Jan 22nd, 2019

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    ActiveBreach

    Background The Office add-ins platform allows developers to extend Office applications and interact with document content. Add-ins are built using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, with JavaScript being used to interact…

  • ActiveBreach, powered by Ethereum Blockchain

    Jan 2nd, 2019

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    No matter where you turn, it’s hard to miss just how much of an effect the Blockchain has had on our daily lives. Being the backbone of the digital currency…

  • SharpPack: The Insider Threat Toolkit

    Dec 17th, 2018

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    Introduction We recently performed an Insider Threat red team engagement, posing as employees within the company. We were provided with all the benefits of a regular employee (except salary :))…

  • Cisco AMP – Bypassing Self-Protection

    Oct 26th, 2018

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    ActiveBreach

    Sometimes when you are in the middle of an engagement, you will come across a hurdle which requires a quick bit of research, coding, and a little bit of luck….

  • AppLocker CLM Bypass via COM

    Sep 27th, 2018

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    ActiveBreach

    Constrained Language Mode is a method of restricting PowerShell’s access to functionality such as Add-Type, or many of the reflective methods which can be used to leverage the PowerShell runtime…

  • Serverless Red Team Infrastructure: Part 1, Web Bugs

    Sep 10th, 2018

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    ActiveBreach

    During a red team engagement, it is often beneficial to have the ability to quickly and programatically deploy infrastructure. To date, most existing literature has focussed on deploying the server…

  • Advisory: CVE-2018-7572 – Pulse Secure Client Authentication Bypass

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    Overview Title: Pulse Secure Client Authentication Bypass Version: Pulse Desktop Client 9.0R1 and 5.3RX before 5.3R5. Researcher(s): Nassar Amin, Ricardo Ramos, Russel Crozier and Dominic Chell Disclosure Date: 01-03-2018 Public Disclosure…

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