It is interesting to note that TrockBot and QakBot would install Cobalt Strike to facilitate ransomware infections by ransomware gangs they had partnered with. In the past, this has been followed by ransomware infections. Emotet will install these trojans once it has compromised the system. The botnet has partnered with other threat actors including TrickBot and QakBot, also tracked as QBot. It is not just the seizing of email accounts and distributing the malware to other devices that earned Emotet its feared reputation. This functionality has firmly placed Emotet within the botnet that malware family. The documents abuse the macro’s functionality in these applications to then download and install the malware if the recipient agrees to enable macros.Įmotet can then steal email credentials and access to the victim’s email account to then send more emails carrying the malicious documents, potentially allowing the malware to spread to yet another device.
Historically, Emotet has been spread via malicious Word and Excel documents. Now researchers have seen the Botnet dropping the infamous penetration testing tool Cobalt Strike in an attempt to fast forward ransomware attacks. Since the return of the botnet, it has been incredibly active being distributed in several campaigns. Once you have these things, you’re ready to rock.In November 2021 this publication covered the return of Emotet after law enforcement agencies around the globe worked to cease the malware’s operations by seizing critical infrastructure. Last, you’ll need to grab a trial of Cobalt Strike and install it on the Xubuntu virtual machine above. Next, you’ll want to download the penetration testing lab book. Xubuntu Attack VM with CS dependencies and stuff to support the labs To start, you’ll want to grab the necessary virtual machines:ģ. The Cobalt Strike Pen Testing Lab DVD material is now available for download. If you’re one of those interested parties, then today is your lucky day. I’ve had several requests to put these labs online. It’s a pretty neat set of labs and they don’t take too long to go through. It also covers the client-side attack process in Cobalt Strike. This DVD covers the Metasploit Framework‘s capability to target a server. My primary conference give away is a DVD with a self-contained penetration testing lab.
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