---
id: 6209
title: "The Complete Guide to Hunting Cobalt Strike – Part 1: Detecting in Open Directories"
source_domain: hunt.io
source_url: "https://hunt.io/blog/guide-hunting-cobalt-strike-part-1-open-directories"
published_at: "2025-11-13T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["threat-hunting", "c2", "cobalt-strike", "attackcapture", "open-directories"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6209"
lang: en
---

# The Complete Guide to Hunting Cobalt Strike – Part 1: Detecting in Open Directories

## Summary

Part 1 of the Cobalt Strike series: using AttackCapture to mine open directories for PowerShell loaders and configs, then pivoting via SSL certificates and fingerprints to map live C2 servers.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hunt.io
- **Published:** 2025-11-13T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://hunt.io/blog/guide-hunting-cobalt-strike-part-1-open-directories
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6209