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Abusing variants of legitimate penetration testing tools has become a standard tactic for many attackers seeking to fool security teams. Cobalt Strike is among the attack frameworks used by red teams and cyber specialists should be on the lookout for cyber criminals seeking to exploit it.

Abusing variants of legitimate penetration testing tools has become a standard tactic for many attackers seeking to fool security teams. Cobalt Strike is among the attack frameworks used by red teams and cyber specialists should be on the lookout for cybercriminals seeking to exploit it.

IT security teams are getting a new weapon to detect one of the most popular tools used by threat actors to distribute malware: cracked versions of the Cobalt Strike attack framework. Google has released a set of open-source YARA Rules and their integration as a VirusTotal Collection to help infosec pros flag and identify Cobalt Strike’s components