Previously on the War Room, we discussed some basic mail control implementations. Specifically, we looked at simple text records that can be posted to determine what is allowed to send on behalf on the domain. SPF records and DMARC records, when properly configured, can help reduce the chances of someone being able to spoof the domain in a phishing attack. So the next thing we ... READ MORE
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Spam Filter Evasion With King Phisher
It's no secret that phishing is the top attack vector when it comes to external compromise. So when it comes to penetration testing this is a vector that we can not ignore. However, as consultants, we are interacting with different clients and environments almost every week. Much like endpoint protection, there are a multitude of different spam filters and protection controls ... READ MORE
The Basics: SPF and DMARC Records
It is no secret that one of the major attack vectors is phishing. While some of the success of this is due to a lack of user education and awareness, the other side of the coin are missing basic controls. There is no shortage of enterprise level phishing controls out there, Mimecast and Proofpoint for example. However, these are not silver bullets when it comes to protecting ... READ MORE
King Phisher Release 1.12
King Phisher version 1.12 is finally here. One improvement that we are most excited about is King Phisher now utilizes Pipenv to manage it's dependencies. This will greatly improve the stability of the platform moving forward as there won't be any dependency conflicts or bugs from upstream changes. After doing a git fetch and git pull to update King Phisher, you now runsudo ... READ MORE
King Phisher Release 1.10
Today we're proud to announce the next release of King Phisher, version 1.10. This release saw extensive changes under the hood to improve the long term experience. One of the notable changes that users will directly benefit from are multiple tweaks to the email messages sent by King Phisher resulting in lower scores when rated with the popular SpamAssassin engine. This means ... READ MORE
Fire and Forget: Meterpreter Automation
Throughout the past year I have been conducting routine phishing assessments for a client. For their final test of the year, our point of contact wanted something consequential for those who fell for this phish... Something 'kinetic' if you will. They requested a 'Blue Screen of Death' approach, to which I ultimately opted for a less potentially destructive method. I would send ... READ MORE
CSRF on Anonymous Forms
Using CSRF on Anonymous Forms This article will focus on linking CSRF vulnerabilities with phishing attacks to extend the lifetime of your captured credentials. Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities on anonymous forms are often ignored or overlooked, but when combined with a credential-harvesting phishing campaign it extends the life of your captured credentials. ... READ MORE
Termineter 1.0
Termineter Version 1: Come With Me If You Want To Pwn... Almost six years after its initial release, RSM has published version 1.0 (and shortly thereafter a couple of bug fixes) of its Open Source Smart Meter Penetration Testing Framework dubbed "Termineter". The framework has been an integral part of the Smart Meter assessment portion of the RSM AMI testing methodology and ... READ MORE
2017 FOSS Contributions
We here at RSM heavily rely on the Open Source tools that are available from the information security community. Like many penetration testing and research teams we rely on gems such as the Metasploit Framework, Responder, and Empire. We like to support to give back to the community and help others like us by contributing to these projects as well as by releasing and ... READ MORE
Quick Reference: Empire Persistence Modules
During a penetration test you may find yourself in a situation where your foothold in the network is tenuous and you need to establish persistence. Such as when your only foothold is on a workstation, the end of day is quickly approaching, and the user may shutdown their system. In these cases you'll likely have to save something to the hard disk, but what type of persistence ... READ MORE