"Control," she said, a new edge in her voice. "They're asking for DNS resolution. I can spoof the response. I can give them a dead end. Or I can give them a trap."
Thirty-seven minutes later, the request came. cobalt strike request
That was the worst part. Watching. Leila knew the playbook. If she cut the network cable, the Beacon would go dark, and the attacker would know they'd been found. They'd pivot, burn the infrastructure, and try a different way in next week. The only way to truly kill the threat was to let it live, just long enough to understand its mission. "Control," she said, a new edge in her voice