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Abusing Bias Part One: Infrastructure

ID: eac3949c-355d-54e4-9725-a64b298dd24b

STIX ID: report--eac3949c-355d-54e4-9725-a64b298dd24b

Feed Name: SpecterOps Blog

Date Published: 2019-02-04

Date Updated: 2026-04-30

Author: Kelly Villanueva

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The post examines how building believable social engineering narratives parallels designing covert red team infrastructure, emphasizing creating traffic and artifacts that match expectations. It discusses high-level techniques such as using Cobalt Strike Malleable C2 profiles and HTTP indicators, applying SSL/TLS and web-server rules to appear legitimate, obtaining domain categorization from web-filter vendors, and seeding familiarity to reduce detection—framed as general TTP guidance rather than a specific incident.

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