EPISODE · Mar 18, 2019 · 1H 12M
2019-010-Zach_Ruble-building_a_better_cheaper_C2_infra
from BrakeSec Education Podcast
Shout-out to Thomas… Tried to meetup while at SEA comic-con Patreon Log-MD Hacker's Health - Ms. Roddie is at TROOPERS (Ms. Berlin?) 4 podcasts? SpecterOps Training / workshopCon - https://www.workshopcon.com/events Zach Ruble- @sendrublez C2 infra using Public WebApps TARCE - Teaching Assistant RCE(?) - they run your code every week, don't check for backdoors before running it... C2 Basics Local HTTPd server (bashfile) Python scrapes web server 3 components -Servers -Communication channels -Malware and client - 3 Requirements of a C2 -victim receives commands -Vic executes -Send results back Web server serving a static file Malware on machine scraping site with python requests and executing it as commands. Crontab @reboot State change = change the text field https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-state-hackers-use-britney-spears-instagram-posts-to-control-malware/ https://uwbacm.com/ Long haul/short haul server Long haul - regain persistence Short haul - sends commands to victims Slack as C2 - Blends in to the Env Send and receive messages Using Real Time Messaging API https://3xpl01tc0d3r.blogspot.com/2018/06/how-to-use-slack-as-c2-sever.html https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-27137-8_24 https://glitch.com/ Https://github.com/bkup/SlackShell Reddit as a C2 "Reddit Rising" Glitch.com Serverless platform Using Google search results as Would Google Algos see odd behavior of hundreds of hosts searching for the same thing? Log file analysis? How can we protect against this? C2 News (If we go short) : https://www.zdnet.com/article/outlaws-shellbot-infects-servers-for-monero-mining Automating OSINT https://twitter.com/jms_dot_py http://www.automatingosint.com/blog/ Check out our Store on Teepub! https://brakesec.com/store Join us on our #Slack Channel! Send a request to @brakesec on Twitter or email [email protected] #Brakesec Store!:https://www.teepublic.com/user/bdspodcast #Spotify: https://brakesec.com/spotifyBDS #RSS: https://brakesec.com/BrakesecRSS #Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/BDSPodcast #iTunes Store Link: https://brakesec.com/BDSiTunes #Google Play Store: https://brakesec.com/BDS-GooglePlay Our main site: https://brakesec.com/bdswebsite #iHeartRadio App: https://brakesec.com/iHeartBrakesec #SoundCloud: https://brakesec.com/SoundcloudBrakesec Comments, Questions, Feedback: [email protected] Support Brakeing Down Security Podcast by using our #Paypal: https://brakesec.com/PaypalBDS OR our #Patreon https://brakesec.com/BDSPatreon #Twitter: @brakesec @boettcherpwned @bryanbrake @infosystir #Player.FM : https://brakesec.com/BDS-PlayerFM #Stitcher Network: https://brakesec.com/BrakeSecStitcher #TuneIn Radio App: https://brakesec.com/TuneInBrakesec
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