While I was cruising along, taking in the views of the kernel landscape, I received a challenge … 1. Player 2 has entered the game The past weeks I mostly experimented with existing tooling and got acquainted with the basics of kernel driver development. I managed to get a quick win versus $vendor1 but that … Continue reading Kernel Karnage – Part 3 (Challenge Accepted)
Category: Adversary Emulation
Kernel Karnage – Part 1
I start the first week of my internship in true spooktober fashion as I dive into a daunting subject that’s been scaring me for some time now: The Windows Kernel. 1. KdPrint(“Hello, world!\n”); When I finished my previous internship, which was focused on bypassing Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) software and Anti-Virus (AV) software from … Continue reading Kernel Karnage – Part 1
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
Thoughts on the recent Red Team debate
Around the end of November 2019, Florian Roth wrote a much-discussed post about problems he saw with today’s red teaming. I considered writing a blog post to diverge some of my ideas and “respond” to his concerns. However, as is often the case with these types of things, I didn’t get to it at the … Continue reading Thoughts on the recent Red Team debate