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Jess Williams edited this page Sep 13, 2019 · 2 revisions

The Architecture of the BeEF System

Introduction

The following diagrams and explanations should explain how BeEF works and the different ways you can use it. This page will be updated as new functionality is introduced in each release.

High Level

When a user runs up BeEF currently, there are two components started: the User Interface and the Communication Server. These two components are the base components of BeEF and are discussed below.

Components

User Interface

This is the control interface for using BeEF. From here a user can see all online and offline browsers, run exploits against them and see the results (Pattern 1).

Communication Server

This guy is essential to how BeEF works. The Communication Server (CS) is the component that communicates via HTTP with the hooked browsers.

Usage Pattern 1

This is the most basic usage pattern for BeEF. An attacker simply starts up BeEF (beef.rb) and login directly to the UI. From here the attacker can see which hooked browsers are online and which are offline, all information collected about/from a particular hooked browser and run exploits against online hooked browsers.

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User Guide

I. Introduction   |   II. Basic Utilization   |   III. Advanced Utilization   |   IV. Development   |   V. References

Community

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I - Starting BeEF

  1. Introducing BeEF
  2. Installation
  3. Basics
  4. Troubleshooting

II - Basic Utilization

  1. Configuration
  2. Interface
  3. Information Gathering
  4. Social Engineering
  5. Network Discovery
  6. Metasploit
  7. Tunneling
  8. XSS Rays
  9. Persistence
  10. Creating a Module
  11. Geolocation
  12. Using-BeEF-With-NGROK

III - Advanced Utilization

  1. RESTful API
  2. Autorun Rule Engine
  3. Notifications
  4. Console
  5. WebRTC Extension

IV - Development

  1. Contributing
  2. ActiveRecord
  3. Development Organization
  4. Architecture
  5. BeEF Javascript API
  6. Step By Step Module Creation
  7. Creating a New Extension
  8. BeEF Testing
  9. Browser & OS Compatibility
  10. Database Schema
  11. Development Milestones
  12. Command Module Config
  13. Command Module API

V - References

  1. FAQ
  2. Other
  3. References
  4. Modules
  5. Release Notes
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