Cobalt Vs Carbide Drill Bits: What Are They Good For & How Do They Compare?

Cobalt and carbide drill bits are both good for drilling through metal. Carbide bits are more durable, though, and can drill ...
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Cobalt Strike & Metasploit Tools Were Attacker Favorites in 2020

Cobalt Strike and Metasploit were the offensive security tools most commonly used to host malware command-and-control (C2) servers in 2020, researchers report. Researchers with Recorded Future's ...
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This is how the Cobalt Strike penetration testing tool is being abused by cybercriminals

New research shows how Cobalt Strike is being weaponized in campaigns deploying malware ranging from the Trickbot banking Trojan to Bazar. On Wednesday, Intel 471 published a report exploring the ...
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Stealthy Cyber-Campaign Ditches Cobalt Strike for Rival 'Brute Ratel' Pen Test Tool

In a fresh campaign that takes a page from the advanced persistent threat known as APT29, hackers are shifting away from the Cobalt Strike post-exploitation toolkit, instead embracing Brute Ratel C4 ...
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Vulnerability exposes location of thousands of malware C&C servers

A vulnerability in a tool used by cyber-criminal gangs is now helping researchers expose the locations of thousands of malware command-and-control (C&C) servers. The vulnerability --now patched since ...