C3: Leveraging the Native Messaging API for Covert Command and Control

Efstratios Chatzoglou, Georgios Kambourakis

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DOI: 10.20944/preprints202502.2263.v1
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@article{allodium:10.20944/preprints202502.2263.v1,
  title = {C3: Leveraging the Native Messaging API for Covert Command and Control},
  author = {Efstratios Chatzoglou and Georgios Kambourakis},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.20944/preprints202502.2263.v1},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202502.2263.v1}
}

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TI  - C3: Leveraging the Native Messaging API for Covert Command and Control
AU  - Efstratios Chatzoglou
AU  - Georgios Kambourakis
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Chatzoglou, E., & Kambourakis, G. (2025). C3: Leveraging the Native Messaging API for Covert Command and Control. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202502.2263.v1

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