Hands-On Red Team Tactics

Configure listeners

For a team server to function properly, you need to configure a listener. But before we can do this, we need to know what a listener actually is.

Just like the handler used in Metasploit (that is, exploit/multi/handler), the Cobalt Strike team server also needs a handler for handling the bind/reverse connections to and from the target/victim's system/server. You can configure a listener by clicking on the headphones-like icon:

After clicking the headphones icon, you'll open the Listeners tab in the bottom section. Click on the Add button to add a new listener:

You can choose the type of payload you want to listen for with ...