Blue: A Historic CTF
Getting the flags for the Blue CTF is relatively straightforward once SMB exposure is identified. The more interesting challenge lies in post-exploitation navigation and overcoming Meterpreter quirks.
LazyAdmin: A Beginner CTF Walkthrough
With this CTF we start to move from beginner CTF to intermediate, if only just a little. We will practice a very basic form of attack chaining by using a shell to get an elevated shell.
Bounty Hacker: A Beginner CTF Walkthrough
This week’s CTF is Bounty Hackers. We’ll learn that privilege escalation isn’t all that and AI doesn’t know WTF it is talking about!
Basic Pentesting: A Beginner CTF Walkthrough
The main lesson of Basic Pentesting CTF is that enumeration wins boxes. If you can enumerate users, shares, and services, you’ll guess less.
Pickle Rick: A Beginner CTF Walkthrough
The Pickle Rick CTF is a solid CTF built for beginners and hosted on Tryhackme.com. But what are its most important lessons? Let’s find out!
A Simple CTF: Learn the CTF Mindset
This walkthrough covers my completion of “A Simple CTF” on TryHackMe.com. Learn the basics of OVPN and hacking CTFs!
Hardening Kali Linux: How-To
My notes on hardening Kali Linux.
Tryhackme Breaching AD: “systemd-resolve: command not found”
When attempting the Breaching Active Directory room on Tryhackme.com, do you get the following error: “systemd-resolve: command not found?” This is an error that I came across while developing a livestreaming walk-through for the Breaching Active Directory room (check out the calendar on the cyberspacemanmike.com homepage for more livestreaming events). Early in the hacking exercise,