HardHat Command & Control Framework

Presented at DEF CON 31 (2023), Aug. 12, 2023, 2 p.m. (115 minutes).

HardHat is a multi-platform, multi-user, .NET command and control framework written in C# designed to aid in red team operations and penetration testing. HardHat aims to improve the quality-of-life of operators by providing an easy-to-use but formidable C2 framework by incorporating robust features, ease of data access, and modern UI upgrades to a high-level language that is easily extensible.

Presenters:

• Jonathan Owens
  Jonathan Owens is a red team operator on the Adversary Simulation team at SpecterOps, where he conducts advanced offensive engagements, such as red teaming exercises, penetration tests, and tool creation. He enjoys C# development and learning new programming languages with a specific focus on command & control framework and agent development. He maintains a tool repo at https://github.com/dragoqcc.

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