Apply learned skills to probe malicious emails and URLs, exposing a vast phishing campaign — Cover Image Background by BiZkettE1 on Freepik TryHackMe | Snapped Phish-ing Line Task 1: Challenge Scenario Premise Setup Disclaimer Based on real-world occurrences and past analysis, this scenario presents a narrative with invented names, characters, and events. Please note: The phishing kit used in this scenario was retrieved from a real-world phishing campaign. Hence, it is advised…

You found a secret server located under the deep sea. Your task is to hack inside the server and reveal the truth — Cover Image Background by BiZkettE1 on Freepik TryHackMe | Agent Sudo You found a secret server located under the deep sea. Your task is to hack inside the server and reveal the truth.tryhackme.com Task 1: Author note Welcome to another THM-exclusive CTF room. Your task is simple, capture the flags just like the other CTF room. Have Fun!

Learn the basic tools and techniques used in vulnerability assessment and exploitation in a gamified manner — Cover Image by vector_corp on Freepik Description As with the other two, this challenge is geared toward the beginner. It is however different. Added a few more steps and a new skill set is required. Still being the realm of the beginner I must add. The same as the others, there’s…

Learn the basic tools and techniques used in vulnerability assessment and exploitation in a gamified manner — Cover Image by vector_corp on Freepik Description This Kioptrix VM Image is an easy challenge. The object of the game is to acquire root access via any means possible (except actually hacking the VM server or player). The purpose of these games is to learn the basic tools and techniques in…

Learn the basic tools and techniques used in vulnerability assessment and exploitation in a gamified manner — Cover Image by vector_corp on Freepik Description This Kioptrix VM Image is an easy challenge. The object of the game is to acquire root access via any means possible (except actually hacking the VM server or player). The purpose of these games is to learn the basic tools and techniques in…

DHCP the protocol that enables automatic assignment of IP addresses to hosts on a network — Banner graphic by Freepik For a device to be able to communicate with other devices (on LAN and Internet) it needs to have an IP Address. IP addresses are unique numeric identifiers that are used to identify devices on a network. IP addresses based on how they are assigned are…

Overview of NAT the private IP to public IP translator — What is NAT? NAT stands for Network Address Translation. It is a protocol that is used to map a private IPv4 address to a public IPv4 address. The translation process is performed by a traffic-routing device like a router. …

Exploring DNS the phonebook of the internet — Banner graphic by Vectorjuice on Freepik What is DNS? Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical distributed naming system for devices on the internet. It is used for translating domain names to IP Addresses. DNS is like a phonebook for devices on the internet. A phonebook is used to map a name (contact)…

Learn the dark arts of understanding regular expressions — Regex (also called Regular Expression or RegExp) is a sequence of characters that can be used to find or match patterns in text. Regexes are made up of special characters (meta-characters) that allow to define complex patterns in a terse and concise manner. Regexes has a broad range of real…