Signed is a retired Windows machine on HackTheBox, after some initial scanning: └─$ nmap signed.htb -T5 -Pn Starting Nmap 7.95 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2025-12-28 12:21 EST Nmap scan report ...

Imagery is finally retired machine so I can post my write-up. Nmap shows two open ports PORT STATE SERVICE 22/tcp open ssh 8000/tcp open http-alt At the port 8000 we can see web applicat...

Yippee Ki-yay Christmas Tree Decoration Die Hard is my wife’s and my favorite Christmas movie, so this year, inspired by the Ajaxjones project we decided to make our own version. The result was a ...

That was the easiest machine on HTB so far, so this is going to be a quick post. Let’s start with some scanning: └─$ nmap -p- 10.10.11.82 -T5 -Pn Starting Nmap 7.95 ( https://nmap...

Soulmate is the Hackbox machine with two flags to catch. Starting with a regular account in the portal, I tried to register as admin and get in return, maybe it will be useful later. Registering u...

task description You have been contracted by chattr GmbH to conduct a penetration test of their web application. In light of a recent breach of one of their main competitors, they are particularly...

task description At first I didn’t plan to write a post about this academy task, because they are usually trivial, but this one took me some time, and I think it is interesting enough to write abo...

Reconnaissance phase nmap I have started with standard nmap scanning to see port 22 open but with a very recent SSH version without any known vulnerability. ─$ nmap -sV -sC 10.10.11.87 ...

You can find this CTF here https://app.hackthebox.com/machines/Conversor This is my first real CTF and I have chosen it only by the fact that on HackTheBox this machine was currently active and no...

It’s the day after the annual switch to daylight saving time, so even though it’s 23:30 (or 11:30 p.m. for those living in other parts of the world), it feels like it’s already 24:30. The last tim...