I’ve been working through some online hacking labs lately to sharpen my skills. While working through the lab I encounter a configuration file that contained a user account and what seemed to be an...
Conquering Goliath as a CCDC Blue Teamer
Overview I’ve been participating in the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition for the past six years previously as a Blue Team competitor and more recently as Red Team member. I’ve participated as ...
Processing Ideas and Taking Smart Notes
Summary I absolutely love bookmarking just about everything from youtube videos, technical documentation, github repos, blogs, articles, ect. Since I’ve started completely over with a fresh new hom...
Working on Remote Projects with Visual Studio Code
I really like using Visual Studio Code when it comes to working on both Windows and Linux projects, but the issue is that there are times when Im working on a project in a VM and don’t have a deskt...
Downsizing My Home Lab
Since my last homelab update Ive moved into a new apartment. I decided not to move my entire server rack with me to my new place due to several reasons. One of the main reasons was due to cost of p...
Refined Home Lab Network
In my previous home lab build I enjoyed setting up and building small labs for pentesting, but I also enjoyed hosting a ton of open source apps. It got to the point where I had so many self hosted ...
Productive Applications and Tools
Summary When I’m working on a pentest and have a lot of windows open it tend to get cluttered. Then I spend time trying to finding what I need and lose focus or waste time. The past couple years I...
Exploit Exercise Protostar Stack Series
Exploit Exercises Protostar Stack Series In this series I will solve each of the seven levels of in from exploit exercises protostar. You can find more info about the challenges here. I will show ...
Pivoting with Chisel
Summary Recently I’ve completed the Hack The Box Dante Pro Labs and really enjoyed it. One of the most crucial pieces to being successful in the lab is understanding how to pivot properly. So I wan...
HTB Dante Pro Lab and THM Throwback AD Lab
Summary Over the course of a couple months I’ve been really busy with school and trying to finish my undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Engineering, but I managed to squeeze in some time ...