---
id: 8133
title: "Databases and Clouds: SQL Server as a C2"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/adversary-simulation/databases-and-clouds-sql-server-as-a-c2/"
published_at: "2018-05-25T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["cloud", "red-team", "c2", "powershell", "azure", "database", "sql-server", "sqlc2"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8133"
lang: en
---

# Databases and Clouds: SQL Server as a C2

## Summary

Scott Sutherland releases SQLC2, a PowerShell PoC using SQL Server, including Azure SQL, as both controller and agent for C2, blending into permitted *.database.windows.net traffic on port 1433.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2018-05-25T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/adversary-simulation/databases-and-clouds-sql-server-as-a-c2/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8133