Elastic Security engineers have developed a more efficient method for detecting network beaconing from Cobalt Strike, a tool often used in cyber intrusions. Researchers Derek Ditch, Daniel Stepanic, and Andrew Pease provide guidance on using Elastic's fleet policy to collect, configure, and analyze Cobalt Strike beacon payloads from endpoints, addressing the challenges posed by the beacon's extensive metadata. Recognizing the complexity and time consumption in identifying persistence mechanisms from advanced threats, the team's analysis offers valuable insights for security analysts and threat hunters, including indicators of compromise (IoCs) to kickstart investigations. The articles aim to ease the identification process for those without an Elastic Cloud cluster by offering a free 14-day trial.