BloodHound data collection, aka Sharphound, is quite a complex beast.
When giving BloodHound workshops, the part where I get the most questions is
always data collection.
How is the BloodHound data collected? What methods do what? Who am I talking
to? How do I fly under the radar?
These are all very relevant questions when you think about it.
After all, the rest is just a gorgeous UI sitting on top of a cool data model,
but the only bit of BloodHound code that ever touches the targeted network is
SharpHound. And so questions about it should be mandatory.
Now even thought I’ve been working with BloodHound for quite a while, there is
always this moment where I have to check before answering… (I feel the older I
get, the quicker I understand, but the less I remember… but that’s another story
I guess…)
Arrroooo… Bloodhound Crew!! Heard the news? CypherDog 4.0 is out and it’s full of new features…
Now a couple of you might be thinking “Hey there, wait a minute… didn’t CypherDog 3.0 come out not that long ago..??”, and I am happy to see some of you are paying attention…
Indeed, when Bloodhound 3 came out, I quickly updated CypherDog 2 to CypherDog 3 to be compatible with it.
But Bloodhound 3 is compatible with neo4j 3 and 4, however the neo4j REST API has been deprecated in neo4j 4 and CypherDog 3 relied on it.
Long story short, CypherDog 4.0 is a full rewrite compatible with the new neo4j 4 HTTP API, and since I was refactoring the whole thing, I added some cool new features to the tool.
The idea was to be able to do more with less keystrokes, and to do it server-side…
And so I made a meme.
With the current situation, it’s not easy to find the right angle to start this blog post, so I won’t even try… but with Troopers cancelled, my Bloodhound workshop went down the drain, and I didn’t get a chance to meet or catch up with all of you and share my latest BloodHound adventures. So I decided to write a quick post to share all this…
As you might have heard, BloodHound 3 was released last month, so I thought it was time to update the Dog Whisperers Handbook.
It’s basically a quick intro to BloodHound and Cypher, with a lot of links to resources for further learning.
You can download the latest version here. Hope you enjoy it.
SadProcessor here, happy to be back on the Insinuator to share with you some of my latest BloodHound adventures and experiments…
TL;DR Well too bad for you…
Before diving into a bit of code and some BloodHound data manipulation,
I would like to thank the BruCon Crew for having me over last week for BruCON0x0B.
I had the pleasure of delivering a 4h BloodHound & Cypher workshop in the lovely city of Gent [in a fantastic training room], and I am pleased with the interaction & feedback I had with the attendees.
I was also very happy to see almost as many Blues as Reds in the room [as well as regular security folks!!], all together having a play with BloodHound & Cypher.
Back from Holidays, you started the year well motivated to make the world a safer place.
However, sitting at your desk today you realize nothing really changed since last year, and you are surfing the web, feeling a bit blue, trying to avoid that pile of emails waiting for you and wondering how you could gain some visibility on your domain in order to better defend it.
No worries, emails can wait a bit longer. All you need is some fresh air and something cool to keep your defensive mind motivated for the year, and I might have just what you need; so put on your shoes and let me take you on a 15 minute Cypher walk with a cool blue dog…
Generally speaking, I’m more of a Cat type of guy, but I have to say I really love BloodHound. And if you do too, you are in for a treat…
Last week, the ERNW InsightActive Directory Security Summit took place in Heidelberg. (More Info)
For this occasion, @Enno_Insinuator asked me if I would like to deliver a BloodHound Workshop, and of course I accepted the challenge…
We had a full class, I had a blast training it, and I hope the trainees enjoyed it as much as I did.
But that’s not all…
Another part of the deal was that I had to write a Training Guide that we would then share with the Community (aka you).
So here it is, fresh from the Heidelberg press and available for download: