Let’s talk about pivoting in the context of ethical hacking. In the simplest of terms, pivoting entails moving deeper into a network that we’ve compromised. It’s a technique that allows us to reach parts of the network that would otherwise be inaccessible from our attacker machine. There are many ways…

Sauna is an easy HackTheBox machine which I did as part of the Active Directory 101 track. It tests your skills for AD enumeration and attacks, you’ll have to perform an AS-REP roasting attack and hunt for credentials, and be familiar with tools such as BloodHound and Mimikatz. We’ll start…

MonitorsTwo is an easy HackTheBox machine that tests your ability to enumerate, find and run applicable exploits and escape a container. As usual, we’ll begin with an nmap scan. …

I recently obtained the Practical Network Penetration Tester certification offered by TCM Security and I’m writing this post to tell you about my journey. Background My background has nothing at all to do with IT or cyber security. …

Forest is an easy HackTheBox machine which I did as part of the Active Directory 101 track. It requires that you’re familiar with SMB enumeration, hash cracking, AS-REP roasting, basic AD enumeration and some Impacket scripts. NMAP SCAN I started with a basic nmap scan first just to see which…

Inject is an easy HackTheBox machine which was just retired. …

In this write-up I will go through the steps needed to complete the Brute It CTF on TryHackMe by ReddyyZ. It’s an easy room, where you need to know how to use nmap, gobuster, hydra, and basic knowledge of RSA keys and Linux privilege escalation. We’ll start this challenge with…

In this write-up I will go through the steps needed to complete the RootMe CTF for beginners on TryHackMe by ReddyyZ. It’s a very beginner-friendly challenge, you only need some knowledge of reverse shells and basic Linux Privilege escalation. First, we’re going to start by running a thorough nmap scan.

In this write-up I will go through the steps needed to complete the Linux PrivEsc Capstone at the end of the Linux Privilege Escalation room on TryHackMe by tryhackme and 1337rce. You shouldn’t have any issues with this challenge if you’ve completed the room up to this point. I personally…