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Artemis is an open-source modular vulnerability scanner that checks different aspects of a website’s security and translates the results into easy-to-understand messages that can be shared with the organizations being scanned. “The most important…
Successfully exploited a vulnerable Neo4j database via Cypher injection to extract credentials, gain SSH access, and retrieve the user flag. Then leveraged a misconfigured `bbot` binary with sudo rights to set the SUID bit on `/bin/bash`, escalating privileges to root and capturing the root flag. #Cybersecurity #Neo4j #CypherInjection #PrivilegeEscalation #Pentesting #EthicalHacking #InfoSec
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Cervantes is an open-source collaborative platform built for pentesters and red teams. It offers a centralized workspace to manage projects, clients, vulnerabilities, and reports, all in one place. By streamlining data organization and team coordinatio…
I conquered the “Scepter” machine on Hack The Box, a challenging Active Directory exploit! Initially, I cracked weak .pfx certificate passwords using pfx2john and rockyou.txt. After syncing time, I extracted D.BAKER’s NTLM hash via Certipy and used BloodHound to reveal A.CARTER’s password reset privileges, exploiting ESC9 to capture the user flag. Subsequently, H.BROWN’s access to P.ADAMS’s altSecurityIdentities enabled an ESC14 attack, forging a certificate for passwordless authentication. Consequently, P.ADAMS’s DCSync rights allowed domain hash extraction, securing the root flag via Evil-WinRM.
#Cybersecurity #HackTheBox #ActiveDirectory #PrivilegeEscalation #CTF #EthicalHacking
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Exploited exposed credentials in a .git repository to access Backdrop CMS, then used a remote command execution vulnerability (EDB-ID: 52021) for a reverse shell. Escalated to root by leveraging a misconfigured bee binary with sudo privileges, capturing both user and root flags.
#Cybersecurity #HackTheBox #PenetrationTesting #CTF #WebExploitation #PrivilegeEscalation #EthicalHacking #InfoSec #CyberSec #Hacking
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In this Help Net Security interview, Dan DeCloss, Founder and CTO at PlexTrac, discusses the role of exposure management in cybersecurity and how it helps organizations gain visibility into their attack surface to improve risk assessment and prioritiza…
Hack The Box Success: Cat Machine Write-Up Published!
I’ve just published my personal write-up for the Cat machine on Hack The Box. In this challenge, I gained the user flag by exploiting a Stored XSS vulnerability to capture the admin session cookie, followed by an SQL Injection to extract credentials and gain SSH access. For the root flag, I took advantage of a vulnerable image processing script owned by root, crafting a payload to gain a root shell and retrieve the flag. The full write-up dives into each step, the logic behind the attacks, and key takeaways.
#CyberSecurity #HackTheBox #PenetrationTesting #EthicalHacking #CTF #WriteUp #XSS #SQLi #PrivilegeEscalation #InfoSec #CTFWriteup
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In this Help Net Security interview, Chris McGranahan, Director of Security Architecture & Engineering at Backblaze, discusses how AI is shaping both offensive and defensive cybersecurity tactics. He talks about how AI is changing the threat lands…
New Write-Up Published: Haze [Medium | Windows | Active Directory] – Hack The Box
Just released a walkthrough for Haze, a medium-difficulty Windows machine on Hack The Box. Initial access was obtained by exploiting CVE-2024-36991, a local file inclusion vulnerability in Splunk, to extract LDAP credentials. This enabled a Shadow Credentials attack using PyWhisker and Certipy, allowing lateral movement to a high-privileged domain user. For privilege escalation, I utilized Splunk admin access to deploy a reverse shell via a crafted app package. Upon gaining shell access, I escalated privileges to NT SYSTEM by abusing SeImpersonatePrivilege with SweetPotato. This box offers great insight into chained Active Directory abuse and Splunk misconfigurations.
#HackTheBox #RedTeam #ActiveDirectory #Splunk #CVE202436991 #ShadowCredentials #PrivilegeEscalation #SweetPotato #CTF #InfoSec #WriteUp #CyberSecurity
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Even though GenAI threats are a top concern for both security teams and leadership, the current level of testing and remediation for LLM and AI-powered applications isn’t keeping up with the risks, according to Cobalt. GenAl as a threat or a tool (Sour…