Linux Privilege Escalation on HTB: A Beginner's Guide
When I first started trying machine labs on HTB (HackTheBox), I struggled a lot with privilege escalation because I only had a very brief introduction ...
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Tackling Web Exploitation Challenges
This year I participated in MagpieCTF 2025 , which hosted many challenges including a web exploitation challenge called Cops Like Ciphers and Cookies . Before ...
The Necessity of Ad Block
According to Charles “Penguinz0” White Jr., “Internet Is Unusable Without Ad Block” on YouTube. Using an ad blocker provides essential cybersecurity protections and enhances privacy ...
CyberSci, Ballot Falsification Write-up
This year's CyberSci competition featured several challenges. I'll cover the first two in the web category and one from the forensics, where the main objective ...
CyberSci, Voter Registry Defence Write-up
This year's CyberSci regionals had several defence challenges which involved patching vulnerable services. Solving these challenges gave us a ton of points and helped us ...
The SAR Approach: Responding to Data Leaks with Integrity
In the world of cybersecurity, you never know what you’ll stumble upon. Sometimes you stumble upon something you shouldn’t have, like a vulnerability in the ...