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An Interview with Armitage and Cobalt Strike developer Raphael Mudge

2012-11-14/0 Comments/in The SecurityOrb Show/by admin

I had the opportunity to interview Raphael Mudge (@armitagehacker) the creator of Armitage and Cobalt Strike and the founder of Strategic Cyber, LLC.

Windows 8 to get first ‘critical’ security update

2012-11-12/0 Comments/in Vulnerability, Windows Security/by SecurityOrb_Staff

Windows 8, available publicly for two weeks now, is getting its first security update Nov. 13. It includes three critical updates; Windows 8 RT, for Microsoft’s Surface tablet, has one critical update.

An Interview with Armitage and Cobalt Strike developer Raphael Mudge

2012-11-14/0 Comments/in The SecurityOrb Show/by admin

I had the opportunity to interview Raphael Mudge (@armitagehacker) the creator of Armitage and Cobalt Strike and the founder of Strategic Cyber, LLC.

Windows 8 to get first ‘critical’ security update

2012-11-12/0 Comments/in Vulnerability, Windows Security/by SecurityOrb_Staff

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An Interview with Armitage and Cobalt Strike developer Raphael Mudge

2012-11-14/0 Comments/in The SecurityOrb Show/by admin

On November 14, 2012, I had the opportunity to interview Raphael Mudge (@armitagehacker) the creator of Armitage and Cobalt Strike and the founder of Strategic Cyber, LLC.

Armitage is a free GUI add-on to Metasploit while Cobalt Strike is penetration-testing software focused on threat emulation.

To learn more about the Armitage and Cobalt Strike products you can visit the links below:

Armitage – http://www.fastandeasyhacking.com
Cobalt Strike – http://www.advancedpentest.com

If you have used or tried Armitage and/or Cobalt Strike, please share your experiences with us below

About Raphael:
Raphael Mudge is the founder of Strategic Cyber LLC, a Veteran-owned business that creates software for red teams. Raphael created Armitage for Metasploit®, Cortana, and Cobalt Strike. His work made the cover of the Linux Journal, was seen on the Fox sitcom Breaking In, and is used by security professionals all over the world. Raphael speaks and writes on security topics and provides red team support to many Cyber Defense competitions across the country.

Windows 8 to get first ‘critical’ security update

2012-11-12/0 Comments/in Vulnerability, Windows Security/by SecurityOrb_Staff

The vulnerabilities could allow a hacker to execute malicious code remotely on systems that aren’t protected. You can learn more here. You can make sure you get the updates by setting your computer to automatically accept updates from Microsoft.

There will be other updates too, for other versions of Windows, including Windows 7, Vista and XP, as well as for Internet Explorer.

Meanwhile, security firm Bitdefender said Friday in its own testing that Windows 8, using Microsoft’s own Windows Defender anti-malware protection, was “prone to infection” by 15 percent of the 100 malware “families most used by cyber criminals this year.”