A Multi-Method Approach to Identifying Rogue Cobalt Strike ServersRecorded Future·Aug 21, 00:00 UTC · Aug 21, 2025Ransomware57
Identifying Rogue Cobalt Strike Servers: A Recorded Future ApproachRecorded Future·Aug 12, 00:00 UTC · Aug 12, 2025Vulnerability42
Blowing Cobalt Strike Out of the Water With Memory AnalysisPalo Alto Unit 42·Jun 5, 17:24 UTC · Jun 5, 2024Ransomware57
Attackers use domain fronting technique to target Myanmar with Cobalt StrikeCisco Talos·Nov 16, 12:00 UTC · Nov 16, 2021Ransomware57
How to Detect Cobalt Strike: An Inside Look at the Popular Commercial PostRecorded Future·Jun 27, 00:00 UTC · Jun 27, 2025Ransomware57
New campaign uses government, union-themed lures to deliver Cobalt Strike beaconsCisco Talos·Sep 28, 12:12 UTC · Sep 28, 2022Threat actorCVE-2017-019960
New Snort, ClamAV coverage strikes back against Cobalt StrikeCisco Talos·Sep 21, 04:01 UTC · Sep 21, 2020Ransomware57
Microsoft leads effort to disrupt illicit use of Cobalt Strike, a dangerous hacking tool in the wrong handsCyberScoop·Apr 6, 16:00 UTC · Apr 6, 2023Ransomware in the wild60
APT41 likely compromised Taiwanese government-affiliated research institute with ShadowPad and Cobalt StrikeCisco Talos·Aug 1, 12:00 UTC · Aug 1, 2024Threat actorCVE-2018-082460
Cisco Talos Advisory on Adversaries Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health SectorCisco Talos·Oct 30, 21:30 UTC · Oct 30, 2020Advisory42
Live Cybersecurity Webinar — Deconstructing Cobalt StrikeThe Hacker News·Jun 11, 08:17 UTC · Jun 11, 2021Vulnerability30
CobaltSpam tool can flood Cobalt Strike malware serversThe Record·Dec 13, 00:00 UTC · Dec 13, 2022Malware42
A Cobalt Strike flaw exposed attackers' infrastructureSecurity Affairs·Mar 3, 13:17 UTC · Mar 3, 2019Vulnerability30
Operation Morpheus took down 593 Cobalt Strike servers used by threat actorsSecurity Affairs·Jul 3, 18:24 UTC · Jul 3, 2024Threat actor160
China-Nexus TAG-112 Compromises Tibetan Websites to Distribute Cobalt StrikeRecorded Future·Aug 21, 00:00 UTC · Aug 21, 2025Vulnerability42
Manjusaka: A Chinese sibling of Sliver and Cobalt StrikeCisco Talos·Aug 2, 12:00 UTC · Aug 2, 2022Malware55
Unmasking the new persistent attacks on JapanCisco Talos·Mar 6, 11:00 UTC · Mar 6, 2025VulnerabilityCVE-2024-4577160
Microsoft aims at stopping cybercriminals from using cracked copies of Cobalt StrikeSecurity Affairs·Apr 7, 10:38 UTC · Apr 7, 2023Ransomware60
Number of Unauthorized Cobalt Strike Copies Plummets 80%Infosecurity Magazine·Mar 10, 09:30 UTC · Mar 10, 2025Threat actor45
HelpSystems Patch Falls Short, RCE Vulnerability in Cobalt Strike RemainsInfosecurity Magazine·Oct 18, 17:00 UTC · Oct 18, 2022VulnerabilityCVE-2022-42948CVE-2022-3919747
Google seeks to make Cobalt Strike useless to attackersHelp Net Security·Nov 21, 00:00 UTC · Nov 21, 2022Threat actor45
UK’s NCA Leads Major Cobalt Strike TakedownInfosecurity Magazine·Jul 4, 09:30 UTC · Jul 4, 2024Ransomware57
Vermilion Strike, a Linux implementation of Cobalt Strike used in attacksSecurity Affairs·Sep 14, 06:00 UTC · Sep 14, 2021Malware30
Malicious use of Cobalt Strike down 80% after crackdown, Fortra saysThe Record·Mar 7, 19:06 UTC · Mar 7, 2025Ransomware57
SOC files: an APT41 attack on government IT services in AfricaKaspersky Securelist·Jul 21, 08:00 UTC · Jul 21, 2025Threat actor60
Hackers Found Using CrossC2 to Expand Cobalt Strike Beacon’s Reach to Linux and macOSThe Hacker News·Aug 15, 00:00 UTC · Aug 15, 2025Ransomware57
Microsoft Takes Legal Action to Disrupt Cybercriminals' Illegal Use of Cobalt Strike ToolThe Hacker News·Apr 8, 04:44 UTC · Apr 8, 2023Ransomware57
Threat actor ports Cobalt Strike beacon to Linux, uses it in attacksThe Record·Dec 13, 00:00 UTC · Dec 13, 2022Threat actor57
Google provides rules to detect tens of cracked versions of Cobalt StrikeSecurity Affairs·Nov 21, 11:41 UTC · Nov 21, 2022Exploit / PoC45
Global Police Operation Shuts Down 600 Cybercrime Servers Linked to Cobalt StrikeThe Hacker News·Jul 7, 16:50 UTC · Jul 7, 2024Ransomware57
Critical RCE Vulnerability Discovered in Popular Cobalt Strike Hacking SoftwareThe Hacker News·Oct 19, 06:29 UTC · Oct 19, 2022VulnerabilityCVE-2022-42948CVE-2022-3919760
Bug in Cobalt Strike pentesting tool used to identify malicious serversHelp Net Security·Mar 1, 00:00 UTC · Mar 1, 2019Malware42
Uncovering Qilin attack methods exposed through multiple casesCisco Talos·Oct 27, 02:00 UTC · Oct 27, 2025Ransomware57
Additional Entities Targeted by DarkSide Affiliate, TAG-21; Links to WellMess and Sliver InfrastructureRecorded Future·Jul 15, 00:00 UTC · Jul 15, 2025Ransomware57
Cobalt Strike: International law enforcement operation tackles illegal uses of ‘Swiss army knife’ pentesting toolThe Record·Jul 3, 15:25 UTC · Jul 3, 2024Ransomware57
StrikeShark: a new campaign involving a custom SharkLoader and Cobalt Strike BeaconKaspersky Securelist·Jun 24, 14:23 UTC · Jun 24, 2026MalwareCVE-2021-26855CVE-2023-32315CVE-2024-36401+10 CVEs47
Emotet directly drops Cobalt Strike beacons without intermediate TrojansSecurity Affairs·Dec 8, 06:32 UTC · Dec 8, 2021Malware42
Threat actors are abusing MSBuild to implant Cobalt Strike BeaconsSecurity Affairs·Dec 28, 15:56 UTC · Dec 28, 2021Threat actor45