As highlighted in our previous post about the Mythic framework, threat actors are rapidly adopting emerging technologies and frameworks.
A prime example of this trend is AdaptixC2, a relatively new open-source post-exploitation framework that has quickly captured the attention of the offensive security community. Its popularity stems from its open-source nature and high extensibility; the framework supports BOFs (Beacon Object Files) – including asynchronous ones – and features a growing ecosystem of modules, extensions, and third-party BOF collections. Kaspersky researchers are increasingly observing AdaptixC2 in the wild, particularly within APT attacks and ransomware campaigns, which we regularly report on.
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Source: Kaspersky
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