building-red-team-c2-infrastructure-with-havoc

name	building-red-team-c2-infrastructure-with-havoc
description	Deploy and configure the Havoc C2 framework (teamserver, HTTPS/HTTP/SMB listeners, Nginx redirectors, and Demon agents) with malleable traffic profiles and OPSEC-hardened infrastructure for authorized red team operations. Use when standing up or hardening Havoc C2 infrastructure for a written, authorized adversary emulation engagement.
domain	cybersecurity
subdomain	red-teaming
tags	["havoc-c2","command-and-control","red-team-infrastructure","post-exploitation","adversary-emulation","demon-agent"]
version	1.0
author	mahipal
license	Apache-2.0
nist_ai_rmf	["GOVERN-1.1","MEASURE-2.7","MANAGE-3.1"]
d3fend_techniques	["File Metadata Consistency Validation","Certificate Analysis","Application Protocol Command Analysis","Content Format Conversion","File Content Analysis"]
nist_csf	["ID.RA-01","GV.OV-02","DE.AE-07"]
mitre_attack	["T1071.001","T1573.002","T1583.001","T1090.002","T1105","T1055"]

Building Red Team C2 Infrastructure with Havoc

Overview

Havoc is a modern, open-source post-exploitation command and control (C2) framework created by C5pider. It provides a collaborative multi-operator interface similar to Cobalt Strike, featuring the Demon agent for Windows post-exploitation, customizable profiles for traffic malleable configurations, and support for HTTP/HTTPS/SMB listeners. This skill covers deploying production-grade Havoc C2 infrastructure with proper OPSEC considerations for authorized red team engagements.

When to Use

• When deploying or configuring building red team c2 infrastructure with havoc capabilities in your environment
• When establishing security controls aligned to compliance requirements
• When building or improving security architecture for this domain
• When conducting security assessments that require this implementation

Prerequisites

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or Debian 11+ (for Teamserver)
• Kali Linux 2023+ (for Client)
• VPS providers: DigitalOcean, Linode, or AWS EC2 (minimum 2GB RAM, 2 vCPU)
• Domain name aged 30+ days with valid SSL certificate
• Written authorization for red team engagement

Architecture

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    HAVOC C2 ARCHITECTURE                      │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                               │
│  ┌──────────┐     ┌──────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐ │
│  │  Havoc    │────▶│  HTTPS       │────▶│  Target Network  │ │
│  │  Client   │     │  Redirector  │     │  (Demon Agent)   │ │
│  │  (Kali)   │     │  (Nginx/CDN) │     │                  │ │
│  └──────────┘     └──────────────┘     └──────────────────┘ │
│       │                   │                                   │
│       │           ┌──────────────┐                            │
│       └──────────▶│  Havoc       │                            │
│                   │  Teamserver  │                            │
│                   │  (Ubuntu VPS)│                            │
│                   │  Port 40056  │                            │
│                   └──────────────┘                            │
│                                                               │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Step 1: Install Havoc Teamserver

# Clone the Havoc repository
git clone https://github.com/HavocFramework/Havoc.git
cd Havoc

# Install dependencies (Ubuntu 22.04)
sudo apt update
 apt install -y git build-essential apt-utils cmake libfontconfig1 \
    libglu1-mesa-dev libgtest-dev libspdlog-dev libboost-all-dev \
    libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev \
    libsqlite3-dev libbz2-dev mesa-common-dev qtbase5-dev qtchooser \
    qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev-tools libqt5websockets5 libqt5websockets5-dev \
    qtdeclarative5-dev golang-go qtbase5-dev libqt5websockets5-dev \
    python3-dev libboost-all-dev mingw-w64 nasm


 teamserver
go mod download golang.org/x/sys
go mod download github.com/ugorji/go
 ..
make ts-build


make client-build