I have been learning offensive and defensive security skills via learning platforms like TryHackMe and HackTheBox for a while now, and am working on my CPTS and CDSA certifications.
I have also been practicing attack methods on HTB’s labs, and will be completing write-ups here to build a security portfolio. Writeups for active machines will remain private until they are retired, in accordance with HTB’s rules.
At the time of writing, I’ve recently reached the “Hacker” rank on HTB, but am always working on improving.
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HackTheBox – Busqueda
This is a quick writeup to illustrate how I gained root access to the ‘Busqueda’ machine in HackTheBox. This is a retired Linux machine of Easy difficulty. Enumeration Our first step, as always, is to scan the IP address for open ports using nmap. This scan revealed 2 services, SSH and HTTP. The HTTP redirection…
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HackTheBox – Environment
This is a writeup to document how I rooted the ‘Environment’ machine in HackTheBox (season 7.5). This was a Linux machine of Medium difficulty. This post will remain private until the machine is in its ‘Retired’ state, in accordance with the platform’s rules. Enumeration First things first, I ran an nmap scan on the domain,…