Planting C4: Cross-Compatible External C2 for All Your Implants

Name: Planting C4: Cross-Compatible External C2 for All Your Implants
Description: Scott Taylor's DEF CON 33 talk introduces C4—Cross-Compatible External C2—a framework for building command-and-control infrastructure that operates as an intermediary between diverse red team implants

Scott Taylor

DEF CON 33 · Day 3 · Main Stage

Scott Taylor's DEF CON 33 talk introduces C4—Cross-Compatible External C2—a framework for building command-and-control infrastructure that operates as an intermediary between diverse red team implants

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Scott Taylor's C4 framework solves the multi-C2-framework transport fragmentation problem with a universal external C2 adapter — a small C stub on the implant side, a relay with per-framework plugins, and transport plugins that decouple covert channel implementation from C2 framework selection.