{"id":20,"date":"2025-07-02T20:50:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berky.uk\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2025-07-09T22:12:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T21:12:31","slug":"cyber-security","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/berky.uk\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have also been practicing attack methods on HTB&#8217;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&#8217;s rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of writing, I&#8217;ve recently reached the &#8220;Hacker&#8221; rank on HTB, but am always working on improving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/berky.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-1024x819.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/berky.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/berky.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/berky.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-768x615.png 768w, https:\/\/berky.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image.png 1061w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template has-background has-ast-global-color-4-background-color is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-183 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cyber-sec\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-ast-global-color-4-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure style=\"height:250px;\" class=\"aligncenter wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/berky.uk\/?p=183\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:250px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/berky.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot_2025-09-14_11_40_25-e1757846508977.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"HackTheBox &#8211; Busqueda\" style=\"height:250px;object-fit:contain;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/berky.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot_2025-09-14_11_40_25-e1757846508977.png 534w, https:\/\/berky.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot_2025-09-14_11_40_25-e1757846508977-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-ast-global-color-4-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/berky.uk\/?p=183\" target=\"_self\" >HackTheBox &#8211; Busqueda<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This is a quick writeup to illustrate how I gained root access to the &#8216;Busqueda&#8217; machine in HackTheBox. This is<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/berky.uk\/?p=183\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-86 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cyber-sec\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-ast-global-color-4-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure style=\"height:250px;\" class=\"aligncenter wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/berky.uk\/?p=86\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:250px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/berky.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-08-180806.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"HackTheBox &#8211; Environment\" style=\"height:250px;object-fit:contain;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/berky.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-08-180806.png 485w, https:\/\/berky.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-08-180806-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-ast-global-color-4-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/berky.uk\/?p=86\" target=\"_self\" >HackTheBox &#8211; Environment<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This is a writeup to document how I rooted the &#8216;Environment&#8217; machine in HackTheBox (season 7.5). This was a Linux<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/berky.uk\/?p=86\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been learning offensive and defensive security skills via learning platforms like TryHackMe and HackTheBox for a while now, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/berky.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/berky.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/berky.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berky.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berky.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/berky.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202,"href":"https:\/\/berky.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/berky.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}