Europol Cracks Down on ‘Pirates’ Abusing Cobalt Strike

Authorities have severed access to some 600 IP addresses known to abuse the
notoriously efficient Cobalt Strike hacking tool, dealing a new blow to
cybercrime.

Law enforcement in Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and the
United States joined the private sector to fight the abuse of the popular
penetration testing tool Cobalt Strike.

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A threat emulation program, Cobalt Strike helps IT professionals discover and
address vulnerabilities and system misconfi