Claude-Red skills

Comprehensive persistence tradecraft for authorized red team engagements covering Windows and Linux mechanisms. Windows techniques include registry Run/RunOnce keys, scheduled tasks, WMI event subscriptions, DLL search order hijacking, COM object hijacking, Startup folder drops, service creation, Security Support Provider (SSP) DLL injection, and Active Directory persistence (AdminSDHolder abuse, DCShadow, Golden Ticket, Silver Ticket, Skeleton Key, SID History injection). Linux techniques include cron and at jobs, systemd timers and services, SSH authorized_keys injection, shell profile backdoors (.bashrc/.bash_profile), PAM module backdoors, LD_PRELOAD hijacking, kernel module rootkits, web shells, and Git hook abuse. Provides operator-ready command sequences for SharPersist, Impacket ticketer, schtasks, sc.exe, crontab, and systemctl with OPSEC considerations for each method. Maps to MITRE ATT&CK T1547 (Boot or Logon Autostart), T1053 (Scheduled Task/Job), T1546 (Event Triggered Exe

Social engineering attack techniques beyond email phishing for authorized red team and physical penetration testing engagements. Covers pretexting methodology (persona creation, authority and urgency psychological triggers, rapport building), vishing (voice phishing via caller ID spoofing, IVR system exploitation, VoIP infrastructure setup with Twilio/Asterisk), smishing (SMS-based phishing, carrier gateway abuse, short code impersonation), physical social engineering (tailgating and piggybacking, RFID badge cloning with Proxmark3, lock picking and bypass, dumpster diving for sensitive documents), USB drop attacks (Rubber Ducky keystroke injection, Bash Bunny multi-vector payloads, O.MG cable covert implants, BadUSB firmware attacks), watering hole attack planning and execution, and OSINT-driven targeting (LinkedIn harvesting, organizational chart reconstruction, employee pattern analysis). Integrates with the Social Engineering Toolkit for attack automation, Proxmark3 for RFID/NFC clo

Systematic bug identification methodology: source code review patterns, black-box testing strategies, taint analysis, dangerous function hunting, data flow tracing, and automated scanning setup. Use for code audits, bug bounty triage, or building vulnerability identification pipelines.

LoRaWAN and sub-GHz (433 / 868 / 915 MHz) attack methodology — LoRaWAN ABP/OTAA join attack, network/session key reuse, frame counter replay, downlink injection on TTN/Helium-style networks, sub-GHz protocol replay (KeeLoq garage doors, fixed-code remotes, TPMS spoofing, smart plug telemetry), HackRF / RTL-SDR / Flipper Zero workflows, signal analysis with Inspectrum / Universal Radio Hacker, and reconstruction of proprietary packet formats. Use for LoRaWAN deployments (smart cities, asset tracking, industrial telemetry), or any wireless device using the unlicensed 433/868/915 MHz bands (garage openers, doorbells, IoT sensors, RC equipment).

Race condition (TOCTOU) testing checklist: identifying timing windows, Burp Suite Turbo Intruder, Last-Byte sync technique, rate limit bypass, double-spend attacks, and concurrent request exploitation. Use for web app race condition testing or bug bounty time-of-check-to-time-of-use bugs.

Command and Control framework deployment, configuration, and operational tradecraft for red team engagements. Covers Cobalt Strike (malleable C2 profiles, Beacon types HTTP/HTTPS/DNS/SMB, Beacon Object Files for in-memory execution, sleep and jitter tuning, named pipe pivoting), Sliver (implant generation across mTLS/WireGuard/DNS transport, operator multiplayer mode, armory extensions), Mythic (agent ecosystem with Apollo/Poseidon/Medusa, C2 profile configuration, translation containers), Havoc (Demon agent with sleep obfuscation via Ekko/Zilean, indirect syscalls, dotnet inline execution), Metasploit (msfvenom payload generation, multi/handler staging, Meterpreter post-exploitation modules), redirector architecture using Apache mod_rewrite and Nginx, domain fronting through CDN providers, DNS-based C2 for restrictive network egress, and TLS certificate management for infrastructure OPSEC. Tools: Cobalt Strike, Sliver, Mythic, Havoc, Metasploit Framework. Aligns to MITRE ATT&CK T1071

Windows security boundary taxonomy and attack surface enumeration: kernel/user boundary, sandbox boundaries (LPAC, AppContainer), COM/RPC boundaries, hypervisor boundary, trust level transitions. Use when planning privilege escalation paths, sandbox escapes, or understanding Windows security architecture.

WAF bypass techniques checklist: encoding bypass (URL/HTML/Unicode/double encoding), case variation, comment injection, HTTP header manipulation, chunked encoding, IP rotation, timing attacks, and payload obfuscation per WAF vendor. Use when WAF is blocking payloads during web app tests.

Dense description covering ARP spoofing, LLMNR/NBT-NS/mDNS poisoning, DNS poisoning, MITM attacks, VLAN hopping, DHCP attacks, 802.1X/NAC bypass, IPv6 attacks. Tools: Bettercap, Responder, mitm6, Ettercap, Wireshark. MITRE T1557, T1040. Use when conducting internal network assessments or testing Layer 2/3 attack surface.

Comprehensive red team operations methodology covering full engagement lifecycle from planning through reporting. Addresses engagement scoping and rules of engagement negotiation, multi-tier C2 infrastructure design with redirectors and domain fronting, malleable traffic profiles and beacon tradecraft, OPSEC discipline including attribution avoidance and indicator management, EDR and AMSI evasion techniques using direct syscalls and unhooking, data collection with chain-of-custody controls, and structured reporting with purple team debrief workflows. Covers assumed-breach, external-to-internal, insider threat, and hybrid physical-cyber engagement scenarios with MITRE ATT&CK mapping throughout. Targets operators planning or executing adversary simulation engagements against mature defenders.

IoT and embedded device security testing methodology. Covers hardware reconnaissance (UART, JTAG, SWD, SPI flash, I2C EEPROM, eMMC chip-off), firmware acquisition (vendor portals, OTA capture, flash dump, binwalk extraction), firmware analysis (filesystem mounting, binary triage, hardcoded secrets, default credential discovery), bootloader attacks (U-Boot console, secure-boot bypass, fault injection), runtime attacks on embedded Linux/RTOS (busybox CVEs, MTD writes, /dev/mem), wireless protocol attacks (Zigbee, BLE, Z-Wave, LoRaWAN, Thread/Matter, sub-GHz), MQTT/CoAP/Modbus/BACnet/OPC-UA exploitation, mobile companion app analysis, cloud-IoT API abuse, and side-channel/glitching basics. Use for IoT pentest, smart-home assessment, ICS/OT testing, or embedded vulnerability research.

WPA/WPA2-PSK attack methodology — four-way handshake capture via targeted deauthentication, PMKID attacks (no client required), hcxdumptool / hcxpcapngtool conversion to hashcat hc22000 format, GPU-accelerated cracking with dictionary, mask, and rule-based attacks, vendor default-PSK generators (UPC, Sky, BT, etc.), 802.11r FT key cracking, opportunistic key cache analysis, and signal-level optimization. Use when the in-scope network is WPA/WPA2 Personal — the most common consumer/SMB encryption mode.

Dense methodology covering DNS exfiltration (dnscat2, iodine, dns2tcp), HTTPS tunneling (domain fronting, CDN abuse, legitimate service channels), ICMP tunneling (icmpsh, ptunnel-ng), cloud storage dead drops (S3 presigned URLs, Azure Blob SAS tokens, GCS signed URLs), email-based exfil (SMTP, EWS, draft method), steganography (image, audio, document metadata), encoding/encryption (base64 chunking, XOR, AES), covert channels (custom protocol tunneling, HTTP header encoding, timing channels), and data staging (compression, splitting, encryption). Tools: dnscat2, iodine, dns2tcp, PacketWhisper, chisel, stunnel, icmpsh, ptunnel-ng, steghide, zsteg, OpenStego. MITRE ATT&CK: T1048 (Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol), T1041 (Exfiltration Over C2 Channel), T1567 (Exfiltration Over Web Service), T1029 (Scheduled Transfer), T1030 (Data Transfer Size Limits), T1132 (Data Encoding), T1001 (Data Obfuscation). Use when planning or executing data exfiltration during authorized red team engageme

WPA3 / SAE (Simultaneous Authentication of Equals) attack methodology — transition-mode (mixed WPA2/WPA3) downgrade, Dragonblood side-channel attacks (CVE-2019-9494, 9495, 13377, 13456), SAE auth flooding for AP CPU exhaustion, Hash-to-Element (H2E) timing analysis, group downgrade, and 6 GHz / Wi-Fi 6E spec implications (PMF mandatory, no transition mode allowed). Use when target advertises WPA3-SAE or WPA3-Personal/Enterprise, or operates in 6 GHz where WPA3 + PMF are required by spec.

SQL injection testing skill for offensive security assessments and bug bounty hunting. Covers error-based, UNION-based, boolean/time-based blind, out-of-band, second-order, NoSQL, GraphQL, WebSocket, and JSON-operator SQLi. Includes WAF bypass techniques, database-specific exploitation (MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle), cloud-native attack paths, ORM CVE tracking, and SQLmap automation. Use when performing web application SQL injection testing, database enumeration, privilege escalation via SQLi, or assessing injection vectors in APIs and modern stacks.

Comprehensive lateral movement tradecraft for authorized red team engagements covering credential-based movement (pass-the-hash, pass-the-ticket, overpass-the-hash), NTLM relay attacks (ntlmrelayx with PetitPotam, DFSCoerce, PrinterBug coercion), remote execution protocols (WMI, WinRM, DCOM, PsExec and alternatives), RDP session hijacking, and network pivoting through tunneling tools (chisel, ligolo-ng, SSH tunnels, SOCKS proxies). Provides operator-ready command sequences for mimikatz, crackmapexec/netexec, impacket suite, and evil-winrm with emphasis on OPSEC considerations, SMB signing bypass, and detection evasion. Maps to MITRE ATT&CK T1021 (Remote Services), T1550 (Use Alternate Authentication Material), and sub-techniques. Includes defender-perspective detection guidance for blue team awareness and a rapid engagement cheatsheet for common lateral movement scenarios encountered during internal penetration tests and assumed-breach exercises.

Exploit development operational guide: environment setup, debugging workflow, PoC development lifecycle, writing reliable exploits, using pwntools/pwndbg, heap exploitation techniques, and weaponization considerations. Use when actively developing exploits or setting up an exploit dev environment.

Comprehensive methodology for auditing and exploiting TLS/SSL implementations and misconfigurations across network services and mobile applications. Covers protocol downgrade attacks including POODLE (CVE-2014-3566) against SSLv3 CBC padding, DROWN (CVE-2016-0800) cross-protocol attack leveraging SSLv2 export ciphers to decrypt TLS sessions, and FREAK (CVE-2015-0204) forcing RSA export-grade key exchange. Addresses BEAST (CVE-2011-3389) exploiting CBC IV predictability in TLS 1.0, CRIME (CVE-2012-4929) and BREACH targeting TLS-level and HTTP-level compression oracles respectively, and Heartbleed (CVE-2014-0160) for OpenSSL memory disclosure. Covers certificate validation bypass techniques for applications with improper hostname verification or chain validation, certificate pinning bypass using Frida and Objection for mobile application interception, HSTS bypass via NTP manipulation and subdomain exploitation, TLS 1.3 0-RTT replay attacks against non-idempotent endpoints, mutual TLS (mT

Cross-Site Scripting testing checklist: stored/reflected/DOM/blind XSS discovery, polyglot payloads, CSP bypass, XSS filter bypass, event handler injection, DOM clobbering, mutation XSS, and impact escalation (session hijack, phishing, keylogging). Use for web app XSS testing and bug bounty.

Open redirect vulnerability checklist: parameter identification, bypass techniques (URL encoding, double slashes, CRLF injection, protocol handlers), chaining with OAuth/SSRF, and impact escalation paths. Use for web app testing and bug bounty open redirect discovery.

Speed-optimized offensive checklist for rapid assessment: quick-win vulnerability patterns, fast recon shortcuts, automated scanner configurations, and triage shortcuts. Use for time-boxed assessments, CTF-speed engagements, or initial rapid surface mapping.

Deauthentication and disassociation attacks against 802.11 networks — targeted single-client deauth for handshake capture, broadcast deauth for DoS (with authorization), action-frame attacks bypassing 802.11w (PMF), beacon flooding, mdk4 / aireplay-ng tooling, and rate-limit / PMF-aware operation. Use to coerce client reconnection (handshake capture, evil-twin roaming), as targeted DoS, or to test PMF posture.

Wireless / 802.11 attack methodology for red team engagements and wireless security assessments. Covers monitor-mode setup, WPA/WPA2-PSK handshake capture and PMKID attacks, WPA3 SAE downgrade and Dragonblood, WPA-Enterprise (EAP) attacks (MSCHAPv2 cracking, EAP-TLS cert theft, evil-twin RADIUS), Karma / Known Beacons / Mana evil twin attacks, captive-portal phishing, KRACK and FragAttacks, WPS Pixie Dust, deauthentication and disassociation attacks, rogue AP construction (hostapd-mana), 802.1X bypass, MAC randomization defeat, BLE/Zigbee/IEEE 802.15.4 sidebands, and Wi-Fi 6/6E/7 considerations. Use when scoping wireless pentest, war-driving an estate, or testing corporate wireless segmentation.

Business logic vulnerability testing for web/mobile/API engagements. Covers workflow bypass, state machine violations, multi-step process abuse, price/quantity/discount manipulation, currency confusion, coupon stacking, refund/chargeback abuse, race conditions on logic boundaries, parameter tampering for hidden flows, role/tenant boundary violations, time-of-check vs use, anti-automation defeat, fraud-detection evasion, and subscription/quota abuse. Use when scoping an application after surface-level OWASP Top 10 has been covered, or when the asset is a transactional/marketplace/fintech/e-commerce/SaaS app where logic flaws produce direct financial impact.