pentest-c2-operator

What This Skill Does

The pentest-c2-operator is a specialized OpenClaw AI agent skill designed for professional cybersecurity assessments and Red Team simulations. It facilitates the creation, deployment, and monitoring of Command and Control (C2) infrastructure within strictly defined, authorized boundaries. By automating the lifecycle of C2 simulations—from initial infrastructure provisioning to persistence testing and post-exploitation alerting verification—this skill enables security teams to validate their defensive stacks against realistic adversary behaviors. It enforces strict adherence to industry frameworks including PTES, OWASP WSTG, NIST SP 800-115, and MITRE ATT&CK, ensuring that every simulated action is mapped to known threat tactics. The skill requires a rigorous validation process, starting with scope verification, and mandates a '--i-have-authorization' flag for any destructive or active engagement, preventing unauthorized testing.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your OpenClaw environment, execute the following command via the CLI:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/0x-professor/pentest-c2-operator

Ensure that your environment has the necessary Python dependencies installed and that your API keys for infrastructure providers are configured. The skill automatically fetches necessary schemas from the shared autonomous-pentester repository to maintain consistency across reporting artifacts.

Use Cases

• Adversary Emulation: Rigorously test your Security Operations Center (SOC) detection capabilities by simulating specific MITRE ATT&CK techniques related to Command and Control (TA0011).
• Infrastructure Audit: Verify if your cloud or on-premise infrastructure successfully triggers alerts when common C2 heartbeat or domain fronting patterns are deployed.
• Persistence Validation: Measure the effectiveness of endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions in catching persistence mechanisms, such as scheduled tasks or registry modifications, commonly associated with long-term C2 access.
• Continuous Security Testing: Automate the auditing of defensive gaps in environments where infrastructure changes frequently, ensuring that new deployments do not bypass existing monitoring controls.

Example Prompts

1. "Perform a dry-run C2 simulation against the scope defined in scope.json, focusing on beacon persistence techniques."
2. "Execute the c2_operator script against target 192.168.1.50 with authorization flag enabled and output the findings to report.json."
3. "Evaluate the current network infrastructure for potential detection gaps based on the latest C2 persistence mechanisms identified in our last audit."

Tips & Limitations

• Safety First: Always use the --dry-run flag initially. The skill performs actual security testing, which can disrupt live systems or trigger automated security blocks if not carefully managed.
• Scope Definition: Maintain highly granular scope.json files. The agent will strictly reject any actions that deviate from these parameters.
• Resource Cleanup: While the skill provides modular reporting, ensure you manually decommission infrastructure or use associated cleanup scripts to avoid leaving behind stale assets that could be exploited by real-world adversaries.