diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d0dc08b..439a04e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,20 +1,31 @@ # Laika -Laika is a simple botnet stack for red teaming. It allows authenticated communication across a custom protocol with generated key pairs which are embedded into the executable. +Laika is a simple botnet stack for red teaming. It allows authenticated communication across a custom protocol with generated key pairs which are embedded into the executable (only the public key is embedded in the bot client ofc). Some notable features thus far: -- [X] Lightweight, the bot alone is 270kb (22kb if not statically linked) and uses very little resources. +- [X] Lightweight, the bot alone is 270kb (22kb if not statically linked with LibSodium) and uses very little resources. - [ ] Uses obfuscation techniques also seen in the wild (string obfuscation, tiny VMs executing sensitive operations, etc.) - [ ] Simple configuration using CMake - [X] Setting keypairs (`-DLAIKA_PUBKEY=? -DLAIKA_PRIVKEY=?`) - [ ] Obfuscation modes -## Why 'Laika'? +## Why? -During the soviet space race, [Laika](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika) was the first dog in space; however shortly after died of asphyxiation and overheating of the shuttle. Take whatever you want from this information. +It's a fun project :) + +## Would this work in real world scenarios? + +My hope is that this becomes complete enough to be accurate to real botnet sources seen in the wild. However since Laika uses a binary protocol, the traffic the bot/CNC create would look very suspect and scream to sysadmins. This is why most botnets nowadays use an HTTP-based protocol, not only to 'blend in' with traffic, but it also scales well with large networks of bots where the CNC can be deployed across multiple servers and have a generic HTTP load balancer. + +I could add some padding to each packet to make it look pseudo-HTTP-like, however I haven't given much thought to this. ## Configuration and compilation +Make sure you have the following libraries and tools installed: +- CMake (>=3.11) +- LibSodium (static library) +- NCurses + First, compile the target normally ``` @@ -30,5 +41,9 @@ Now, generate your custom key pair using `genKey` Next, rerun cmake, but passing your public and private keypairs ``` -rm -rf build && cmake -B build -DLAIKA_PUBKEY=997d026d1c65deb6c30468525132be4ea44116d6f194c142347b67ee73d18814 -DLAIKA_PRIVKEY=1dbd33962f1e170d1e745c6d3e19175049b5616822fac2fa3535d7477957a841 && cmake --build build +rm -rf build &&\ +cmake -B build -DLAIKA_PUBKEY=997d026d1c65deb6c30468525132be4ea44116d6f194c142347b67ee73d18814 -DLAIKA_PRIVKEY=1dbd33962f1e170d1e745c6d3e19175049b5616822fac2fa3535d7477957a841 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel &&\ +cmake --build build ``` + +Output binaries are put in the `./bin` folder \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/lib/include/lconfig.h b/lib/include/lconfig.h index 46670f6..d9cbbd5 100644 --- a/lib/include/lconfig.h +++ b/lib/include/lconfig.h @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ #define LAIKA_VERSION_MINOR 1 /* keys */ -#define LAIKA_PUBKEY "40d5534aca77d1f5ec2bbe79dd9d0f52a78148918f95814404cefe97c34c5c27" -#define LAIKA_PRIVKEY "90305aa77023d1c1e03265c3b6af046eb58d6ec8ba650b0dffed01379feab8cc" +#define LAIKA_PUBKEY "997d026d1c65deb6c30468525132be4ea44116d6f194c142347b67ee73d18814" +#define LAIKA_PRIVKEY "1dbd33962f1e170d1e745c6d3e19175049b5616822fac2fa3535d7477957a841" #endif