Category: Adversary Simulation

All aboard the internship – whispering past defenses and sailing into kernel space

Previously, we have already published Sander's (@cerbersec) internship testimony. Since this post does not really contain any juicy technical details and Sander has done a terrific job putting together a walkthrough of his process, we thought it would be a waste not to highlight his previous posts again. In Part 1, Sander explains how he … Continue reading All aboard the internship – whispering past defenses and sailing into kernel space →

Unmanaged file searching with Filesearcher.exe

During our red team engagements, we are often reliant on a command and control infrastructure. Typically these infrastructures are capable of loading .NET assemblies in memory, which gave me the idea of coding a filesearcher assembly. This was partially invented because of a CTF event I was participating in which had me hunting several file … Continue reading Unmanaged file searching with Filesearcher.exe →

What’s in a name? Thoughts on Red Team nomenclature

In my previous post, I promised to expand on the distinction between adversary emulation, adversary simulation, red teaming, and purple teaming, or at least how I tried to distinguish these terms in a way that made sense to me Emulation and simulation; I've heard both terms used interchangeably to refer to the same type of … Continue reading What’s in a name? Thoughts on Red Team nomenclature →