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WiFi: Why-Guess

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Introduction It is common knowledge (hopefully) nowadays that default credentials such as admin/admin are unsafe and should be changed immediately when setting up a service, ...

Linux Privilege Escalation on HTB: A Beginner's Guide

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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 ...

Tackling Web Exploitation Challenges

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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 ...