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Walkthrough – Legacy (HackTheBox)
This is a walkthrough of the easy box Legacy from HackTheBox. Enumeration nmap I run nmap against the target and get the following output: rustscan I want to check all ports in case there are any unusual ports with services using rustscan next. Clearly this is a Windows machine with open SMB ports, so I…
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Walkthrough – Baby (Vulnlab and Hack The Box HTB)
This is a walkthrough of the machine called “Baby” from Vulnlab: https://www.vulnlab.com/ As of June 2025, Hack The Box HTB has migrated Vulnlab machines onto their lab offerings. Enumeration rustscan enum4linux-ng crackmapexec We run crackmapexec and get some info on the domain of this machine: ldap search With the domain information above from crackmapexec, we…
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My Thoughts on the White House Press Release for Skills Based Hiring
On Monday, April 29, 2024 the White House had a press release on skill-based hiring in the cybersecurity sector titled “Press Release: National Cyber Director Encourages Adoption of Skill-Based Hiring to Connect Americans to Good-Paying Cyber Jobs”. This is a massive development that could have a significant impact on addressing the current talent shortage. You…
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[Announcement] – Hidden Door Security Shop Launches!
The Hidden Door Security Shop is officially open! Forget boring boardrooms, ethical hackers deserve epic entrances. That’s why Hidden Door Security has breached the firewall of fashion with the launch of our online shop! We’re serving up fire tees to rep your cybersecurity prowess. This is just the initial foothold; expect more designs and intel…
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Walkthrough – Blue (HackTheBox)
This is a walkthrough of the easy Windows machine from HackTheBox called “Blue”. Enumeration I run an nmap service scan with the following command and output: If we do a quick Google search of exploits against Windows 7 Professional 7601 Service Pack 1, we can Eternal blue is on the top of the list. Foothold…
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Walkthrough – Data (Vulnlab and Hack The Box HTB)
This is a write up/walkthrough of the machine called “Data” on Vulnlab: https://www.vulnlab.com/ As of June 2025, Hack The Box HTB has migrated Vulnlab machines onto their lab offerings. Enumeration I run rustscan and see port 22 and 3000 open. I see there is a Grafana login on port 3000: I check the Grafana version…
