What's New Pussycat: Recent Improvements to Powercat

Presented at BSidesLV 2015, Aug. 4, 2015, 3 p.m. (55 minutes)

Powercat allows testers to accurately replicate a variety of sophisticated command and control techniques used by skillful attackers. Attendees will learn; core functionality, the latest developments, and help determine future project plans.


Presenters:

  • Mick Douglas
    Mick Douglas is the DFIR Practice Lead at Binary Defense Systems, where he assists companies in every phase of recovery from information security incidents. He is also an instructor for SANS where he teaches several different classes at the community level. In his spare time, Mick works on powercat and other PowerShell projects.
  • Luke Baggett
    Luke Baggett is a computer science student working as an intern for Black Hills Information Security, where he does penetration testing, and works on various development projects. In his spare time Luke has worked on powercat, a powershell dnscat client, and some currently unreleased projects. He holds the GSEC, GPEN, and GCIH certifications from GIAC.

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