# Cobalt strike

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Cobalt Strike is penetration testing software that executes targeted attacks and replicates advanced threats.

## Requirements

- metasploit
- postgresql
- database.yml # can set via MSF_DATABASE_CONFIG env

## Dependencies

sudo pacman -S postgresql metasploit

## setting up postgres

passwd postgress # set password
su - postgres -c "initdb -D '/var/lib/postgres/data'" # create db, some people recommended the appending the "--locale en_US.UTF-8 " flag

## Enable required services

    sudo systemctl start postgresql
    ./msfconsole # should be enough to start metasploit service listening on 127.0.0.1:55553

    # copy sample yml database file for MSF_DATABASE_CONFIG env
    cp /usr/share/metasploit/config/database.yml.example  /usr/share/metasploit/config/database.yml

    #
    # you should change the default creds in the database.yml
    # ~/.msf4/ ... database.yml is not there.
    #

    msfrpcd -a 127.0.0.1 -U [user] -P [pass] -S -f # instead of msfcli?

    # run cobaltstrike
    sudo MSF_DATABASE_CONFIG=/usr/share/metasploit/config/database.yml ./cobaltstrike

    #
    # use same user/pass combo to connect to cobalt strike server as you did for msfrpcd
    #

## Troubleshooting

- if stuck at "progress" popup that says "login failed, your creds may not be correct (make sure they're the same as the msfrpcd creds)
- is /usr/share/metasploit/config/database.yml derived from metasploit? or is it unique?

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