general

[neon zealot]

https://tenor.com/view/dungeong-gif-3654754744145897317

[cerulean bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/tiktok-dog-awkward-dog-confused-awkward-confused-dog-gif-2881577801438605193

[neon zealot]

https://tenor.com/view/dungeong-gif-3654754744145897317

how was ur

exam donut

my bud

the verbal one ig

i dont remember

[cerulean bloom]

idk yet

the score hasn't come out

[meager kernel]

@austere sinewping

[cerulean bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/strongly-disagree-gif-5567843869441789696

[devout sail]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/166207328570441728/1450041272289988618/refuse_to_leave_each.mp4?ex=694117ab&is=693fc62b&hm=d6c36cd62c4f806688823e188f81687aec10af6d9433092474df33db98da66a1&

[scenic maple]

you and chronos?

[lofty warren]

[chilly osprey]

how long does the support takes to respond 🙂

[green kite]

please dont randomly tag people

support will reply asap

[chilly osprey]

okay m sorry i wont do that again

and its already been solved m sorry again

[green kite]

dont worry 🙂

[daring crystal]

f

[neon zealot]

i wanna hugthebox

forever

[bronze apex]

Hey how's it going everyone? My name is Justin and just joined.

[winged ridge]

congrats to me! I solved LOSTKEY crypto challenge!!!

[scenic maple]

[remote iris]

guys i got rejected to the job app, what do i do now

keep applying to more?

[scenic maple]

yes

not until you are satified

[remote iris]

should i like apply for smth small?

it's like my first job

first time applying ever

[eternal mango]

I mean don't sell yourself short, but getting a foot in the door is better than nothing

[remote iris]

i guess yeah

i should rly go for OSCP

maybe thats like acc needed, CPTS is getting there

[eternal mango]

Research the company you're applying to, tailor your CV as much as you can towards it without making stuff up, keep it short and sweet and well I guess.. keep trying

What format was your CV like?

[remote iris]

i can show u it in DMs

[eternal mango]

I'm in and out of a task atm I'm afraid

Just dropped in to comment while a build is running

[remote iris]

Ah no worries

[buoyant wyvern]

every keep saying job market is cooked, but i applied for 5 jobs, got one offer (penetration tester), and i rejected it because of the timing, but of course it differs based on region, but still it is not that bad if you try hard

[eternal mango]

I'll try to remember later if you're around

[exotic pendant]

😄

Just spent $50 on lottery tickets

Spend $5 and get a 1 free ticket, so i got 10 free tickets

[eternal mango]

But simple and to the point always worked to me. Tailored covering letter, second page with experience and skills structured towards my role

Again, never lied, just structured them in a way that focused on the role requirements

But I may be out of touch

Last interview was a while ago... and not in security..

[remote iris]

well i explained this:

• i have a personal interest in offensive security
• deep passion in attacking and defending networks
• putting myself in complex challenges always pushes me to work harder and earn knowledge
• expalined sitting in a comfort zone wouldnt do me good and i'd like to try harder
• ensuring im actively monitering and keeping up to date with the industry through news, articles
• like working in a team and problem solving to build a robust secure system
• explained that im working on a project right for secure networks for university

for my CV

nope

let me see

thgey said we wont continue forward with your application, the job role is pentesting but i genuinely offered more by working on defensive solutions like purple teaming

"we are sorry but not able to provide any specific individual feedback"

damn bro

[scenic maple]

the word passion is dangerous to use these days

they filter for those words

[remote iris]

o

[scenic maple]

but maybe i am paranoid

[remote iris]

i probs need actual work experience tbh

[exotic pendant]

and a pizza

Steam RCE still pending

🙁

[remote iris]

u found a steam RCE?

wtf

[exotic pendant]

2nd one i found this month

ye

[remote iris]

wow wtf

what does the rce do?

bro is the king of hacking

[exotic pendant]

run code on peoples machines

[remote iris]

LMFAO

[exotic pendant]

poc i gave valve popped a cmd prompt

[remote iris]

wow wtf

[remote iris]

you're my inspiration

wait whats CRTO 2?

[exotic pendant]

https://training.zeropointsecurity.co.uk/courses/red-team-ops-ii

[remote iris]

damn bro i rly need to get some more certs

[remote iris]

can u do the rce on me i lowkey wanna see it

wrong reply

[exotic pendant]

When thye approve for release

sure

[remote iris]

bet

LMAO

[exotic pendant]

Might do a blog post

[remote iris]

yeah sure i can be used as test example idm

as long as u dont #PWN ME

[exotic pendant]

free pizza money

[remote iris]

bros gonna crypto drain me

and buy 20 other certs

[remote iris]

what is the most difficult one

you've tried here

[exotic pendant]

for certs?

[remote iris]

yeah

whats ur walking flex

[exotic pendant]

All of them pretty easy but i would say osed slightly

[remote iris]

ah

problem is money for me

i wanan go for whats relevant

to offensive security

[buoyant wyvern]

once, you got a job, you can ask them money for certs

and sometimes they provide you with that

[exotic pendant]

Depends on the job and location. Just go on linkedin search for the job you want and see what cert they require

[remote iris]

hmm okok

[buoyant wyvern]

why didn't you do any HTB certs

[exotic pendant]

If someone wants to pay for them

i'll do them

😛

[buoyant wyvern]

dude, they are cheaper than the certs you got

[exotic pendant]

I got most of them free

[buoyant wyvern]

by your work place?

[remote iris]

is CRTO like u can take whenever or does it expire ?

[exotic pendant]

yeah and other places

[remote iris]

cause i will lowkey buy CRTO right now

and study for it

[frigid mountain]

hey ya'll

[remote iris]

sup

[exotic pendant]

No idea

[frigid mountain]

I have 2 days of work to fuck off and then I'm on WFH status for 2 weeks and it's a very liberal wfh

[remote iris]

whats a good one to get>

do i rly need the labs?

or cant i just study off the course

[exotic pendant]

depends on you

[remote iris]

damn bro 405

WHAT IF I FAIL BRO

[frigid mountain]

WHAT IF YOU SUCCEED?

[remote iris]

THEN FUKIN TREATING MYSELF WITH A STEAK MEAL

[buoyant wyvern]

dude, looks like he has a lot of money

[remote iris]

bro i dont even know what to pick

[buoyant wyvern]

first, watch some videos or read articles on the exam and course, then choose

[remote iris]

yeah u right

1 sec

[muted olive]

@exotic pendant think I got heap overflow from usermode ioctl, wanna check?

[exotic pendant]

Sure can send

[remote iris]

wait u gotta learn C to be able to do the hacking stuff in CRTO ?@exotic pendant

i saw a ytoutube vid some guy said u gotta know C

[exotic pendant]

nah CRTO is heavy AD

[remote iris]

yueah i figured

full windows environment right

im a need to study AD more then

ykw im a go buy the course

i can always do HTB labs for AD practice

[vivid flower]

@remote iris im doing CRTO right now and yes its heavy on C and C#. You need to understand low level windows api and syscalls operations and PInvoke

You have CPTS and I have OSCP so i estimate we're at about the same skill level. Feel free to reach out if you're stuck on something

[nimble tundra]

someone help me convince @native plume to use pnpm or bun instead of npm

[supple plume]

@native plume I use bun, you use bun now

[nimble tundra]

thanks bro

[molten bobcat]

The Shai-Hulud 2.0 npm worm: analysis, and what you need to know | Datadog Security Labs https://share.google/6ZQPFD3uKtCf04sPm

[nimble tundra]

this guy will now turn blind and pretend he didn't see this 💀

[native plume]

It also affects other package managers too as far as I know

[frigid mountain]

Shai Hulud is the name of my favorite hardcore band and I got really excited when I saw this and then realized it's nerd shit.

[forest remnant]

ayo, how do these even get into the npm site?

imagine if there was a mass scanner for malicious stuff running around npm, github, gitlab...etc

man its 2025

[supple plume]

best: run bun in a well sandboxed directory with docker on low privileges

[molten bobcat]

Shai Hulud is what the sand worms are called in the novel Dune

[supple plume]

npm triggers the post install scripts

that seems to also be problematic

can be disbled with bun install --ignore-scripts

[molten bobcat]

Supply chain compromise

A dev account gets popped and infects npm packages

People download npm packages, unknowingly spreading the worm

[fossil swallow]

quick question, is it possible to take the cert exam on my 2nd account if I finish the full course on my first account?
I mean after showing the proof that those are my accounts

weird question but still ://

[forest remnant]

you have no access to your first account?

[native plume]

I'm honestly serving static content most of the times, like I have no javascript running server side

[fossil swallow]

I do but it's academic account so I might drop it after some time so I'm just wondering

[native plume]

Maybe if I were to use Nest JS I would

[supple plume]

good

[forest remnant]

you can always link extra emails

[fossil swallow]

will check it out, thx

[eternal mango]

It is not

You will need to take the exam on the account that you have completed the modules on.

You cannot link multiple accounts

[fossil swallow]

ayaya; thx goblin

[forest remnant]

oh so whats the purpose for the secondary email feature in the Account page?

i remember it being there

[eternal mango]

It's to allow you to provide your academic email to gain the benefits from HTB Academy, or to associate with your Enterprise account

It's not for linking to a secondary Academy account

https://help.hackthebox.com/en/articles/9189654-manage-your-htb-account#h_037b83960b

[forest remnant]

my bad, i said accounts instead of emails

[eternal mango]

No worries

[zealous charm]

[elder inlet]

Happy Hanukkah! https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ngpbezrr791tecql8_720.mp4

[static pasture]

Chag Sameach

[molten bobcat]

Hava

Nagila havaaaa

Wow, looking up the gifs for "chair dance" don't provide anything related to Judaism lmaoo

It's all people stuck in plastic chairs trying to dance

https://tenor.com/view/black-dude-on-a-chair-gif-19063319

[meager kernel]

Why does ZAP proxy app look so weird

It's UI is very weird, I cannot understand anything

[supple plume]

yeah... it's like old

[meager kernel]

Burpsuite is much cleaner and easier to understand

[zealous charm]

old but still actively maintained

[scenic maple]

they got money

shit ton of it

[remote iris]

Does anyone know how to actually do bug bounties properly

[meager kernel]

ZAP is made by OWASP no?
Shouldn't they also have alot of money?

[scenic maple]

ask homebrewer

[remote iris]

where is he

[scenic maple]

name one prodcut they sell

[remote iris]

@zealous charm hey broski

[zealous charm]

[meager kernel]

Oh damn that's true

[remote iris]

how to do bug bounty properlyh

[zealous charm]

1. pick platform
2. pick program
3. hack
   ???
   Profit

[remote iris]

well the picking part is hard

[scenic maple]

imo the hard part is not giving up even after finding nothing for days

but one person doesnt get good in one day

either

[zealous charm]

Yup, practicing in lab (HTB, THM, etc) is detrimental to the bug bounty mindset because you know those environments are vulnerable. A crucial skill is assessing a website and looking for anything without knowing if there is anything

[scenic maple]

i usually have 2 ways of telling
1 it looks like from 1990s broken links for privacy policies and html 2 -3 doctype
2 it has file extensions

[forest remnant]

nah, but its solid

[scenic maple]

in all honesty nothing would give experience other than a job

but you could work as a pentester if you get cpts / oscp

[forest remnant]

you can still comfortably apply to jobs requiring mid/2 years imo

Obviously it doesnt teach you everything, that's what CWEE and CAPE (or reading research) are for, but it gives you solid foundations to build upon

yeah

do the official prep list

build your cheatsheets and notes, watch ippsec's videos...etc

[eternal mango]

Totally depends on you tbh

Some have gone on to obtain jobs in the field with just CPTS

But it's very much down to the person, the jobs in their area available to them, and honestly luck

That was meant to be encouragement, maybe it didn't come out quite right

[forest remnant]

what you described is the reality, and you did it really well.

[lofty warren]

I have done this module but I don't have any plan to take the exam

[scenic maple]

i mean what can i say ram is very expensive

[fierce vale]

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-to-halt-SATA-SSD-production-leaker-warns-of-up-to-18-months-of-SSD-price-pressure-worse-than-Micron-ending-consumer-RAM.1184896.0.html

[lofty warren]

I will go straight to CAPE instead of CPTS. I'm trying my best for that

[scenic maple]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-death-lol-gif-20542436

[lofty warren]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-try-not-to-laugh-gif-7682731162751353849

[remote iris]

cape would be good but i wanna do CRTO now

im just held back cause 1. price, 2. if i fail im demotivated instantly

[mystic harbor]

Same

[lofty warren]

ive done old CRTO but i dont have any plan for RTO II

[mystic harbor]

[remote iris]

was it hard?

[mystic harbor]

Good night

[lofty warren]

not really

[remote iris]

wow ok

maybe im over thinking

idk

im an overthinker

[lofty warren]

easier than CRTM

[remote iris]

what is CRTM

[remote iris]

do u have link on where to get it?

[lofty warren]

https://www.alteredsecurity.com/gcb

[remote iris]

now when it says "Compromise multiple forests with a minimal footprint."

are u graded on OPSEC

oh dear god

[lofty warren]

https://tenor.com/view/aurora-yup-gif-14026232046542374254

[remote iris]

CPTS was overwhelming

MAN WHY CANT I JUST DO IT MSAN

[eternal mango]

You sound like you're rushing, but yeah don't suggest that

[remote iris]

im always held back

ok breathe innnnn and outttt

@eternal mango i know a good way to boost my confidence, PRO LABSSS

[scenic maple]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gif-27161863

[remote iris]

So would u consider https://www.alteredsecurity.com/gcb to be the toughest

[lofty warren]

yeah i know man. Im planning to take this so clearly, not faster than anything

[remote iris]

actually does anyone know what is the toughest cert

to hold for red teaming?

[scenic maple]

dont u think thats a bad question

[remote iris]

yeah

actruallyu

no such thing

[scenic maple]

then why u asking

[signal mica]

Root access on pentagon

[remote iris]

just wanted to get ur ideas

on what u think is difficult

[remote iris]

LOL

OSED (Exploit Dev): kernel/userland exploitation, custom shellcode, debugging

WTF

yo this is lit

entering a honeypot and seeing "weseeyou.txt"

[eternal mango]

You've gone between like four focuses for learning in the same number of minutes

[remote iris]

LOL

[eternal mango]

I recommend you pick one, and stick with it

[fierce vale]

"Try harder"

[remote iris]

WE GOT TO PUSH OURSELVES

[eternal mango]

Stop trying to see what others believe is best for you, and pick something and see if it is for you

[molten bobcat]

Yeh

[remote iris]

true say

[eternal mango]

You're not just pushing yourself, you're turning yourself in to a hot air baloon

[remote iris]

😭 🤣 🤣

im dead

[molten bobcat]

It's how I found my passion for blue teaming despite everyone saying blue teaming sucks and the constant jokes lol

[lofty warren]

not really, a toughest it same with my dream = OSEE

[molten bobcat]

Turns out I'm pretty good at it

[lofty warren]

[scenic maple]

so does it suck?

[eternal mango]

Stop passing them more acronyms fml

[lofty warren]

my IDA got sucked rn

https://tenor.com/view/snoopy-peanuts-snoopy-and-woodstock-woodstock-sleeping-gif-18030418064086090789

[molten bobcat]

It does not suck

My job is very easy

Everyone complains about it but it might be my like

Hole in my brain

But I can handle infinite cases

I don't care how difficult it is or what severity it's been assigned

I just pick it up and do it

Mental flexibility is important. Switching actions within the beat

[eternal mango]

Whoops

[molten bobcat]

I wonder if I have a short week this week

[exotic pendant]

😄

[edgy pelican]

***Everyone **

**Guys, I want to know if I can learn on Hack The Box for free and complete my path there.???

[remote iris]

bros the grand master of certs

[exotic pendant]

I dont 🙁 but it'll be a quiet week

Lot of new bugs

New bug in Plex and League of Legends

Well the Riot client itself

[west lynx]

Get Started with the HTB Beginners Bible: https://www.hackthebox.com/blog/learn-to-hack-beginners-bible

[eternal mango]

You can learn for free

[raven rain]

can i learn for paid?

[eternal mango]

But a path? Content past initial modules will be paid

[raven rain]

^ if you are enrolled at an educational institution, you are eligible for a massive discount

[eternal mango]

https://help.hackthebox.com/en/articles/7973133-getting-the-student-subscription

Here's a module on Academy to get you started, also https://academy.hackthebox.com/module/77

https://tenor.com/view/knowledge-brain-math-put-english-gif-26697371

[edgy pelican]

aa ok thnx all guys

[edgy pelican]

[granite vault]

🧅

[maiden anvil]

I just rage quit work for my lunch break

because of thousands of annoying ass fkin popups ruining my workflow

[heady sage]

I passed all my finals and classes

[buoyant wyvern]

dude, i have seen this gif like 5 years ago

[buoyant wyvern]

w

[eternal mango]

ok?

[buoyant wyvern]

just saying

[heady sage]

I did it!

[eternal mango]

Accepted?

[cerulean bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/o9iw-lets-go-let’s-go-lets-goo-excited-gif-3252365941055374124

[eternal mango]

Even better

Totally missed that message 🤣

Well done Vader

[scenic maple]

https://tenor.com/view/crunchycat-luna-cat-smirk-smile-gif-9301919548442205824

[cerulean bloom]

lol

everyone is acing their tests

I'm getting more and more worried for mine

[scenic maple]

r u?

[cerulean bloom]

school? yes
standardized testing? I really hope so

I'm stressing even more

https://tenor.com/view/sheldon-stressed-big-bang-theory-breathe-relax-gif-16802344

[remote iris]

does anyone know which one it is to do fortresses

[eternal mango]

You need a higher rank

[remote iris]

oh

[eternal mango]

I think it's Hacker for Fortress?

[scenic maple]

rip

[remote iris]

backl to prolabs then

[rapid badger]

Dont worry after tests come the bills and rent 😉

[remote iris]

how do i achioieve this, do i keep playing normal ctf machines?

[cerulean bloom]

thats in like 7-8 years

[eternal mango]

The ranking calc is documented

[molten bobcat]

Oh honey you're asking strangers on the internet to be able to read AND do math?

A high bar to clear

[proud moth]

man I wish i never studied math

first of all gambling is not fun anymore, second of all you just get a free existential crisis per day

[molten bobcat]

I've always been like this

[lofty warren]

did you remember 'bout Djiktra?

[proud moth]

aw hell nah

[lofty warren]

thats right

[proud moth]

but honestly i consider that more computer science

[cerulean bloom]

djikstra?

you mean the shortest path finding algorithm?

[lofty warren]

the easiest & fastest of algorithm

[proud moth]

math is somewhat more about proofs and structures

[heady sage]

What’s funny about my classes is that I barely expected to pass it

[scenic maple]

bro was ahead of his time

[eternal mango]

Going out to celebrate Vader?

[cerulean bloom]

real lol

[proud moth]

what u doing in college aren't you like a super hacker or something already?

why are you not in the NSA

[heady sage]

Nah my mommas gonna cook me something nice to celebrate

Which is its own reward

[lofty warren]

i swear, i hate math. But i need to learn it, for some random cases

[scenic maple]

you might be ahead of your time then

[winged ridge]

did anyone try to solve gamepwn challenges?

[random haven]

how to get support?

[proud moth]

i also did, then I studied complex analysis

[lofty warren]

https://tenor.com/view/absolute-cinema-raccoon-absolute-cinema-gif-17862327649353748812

[west lynx]

https://help.hackthebox.com/en/articles/5986762-contacting-htb-support

[buoyant wyvern]

i think it is better to ask here #challenges

[proud moth]

in fact, that's probably one of the best benchmarks, take a look at complex analysis and if you don't like it there's no chance you will like math in general

[molten bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/clair-obscur-expedition-33-esquie-gigachad-giga-chad-gif-14216933344151116792

[heady sage]

I’m not

[proud moth]

oh, you are not in college then?

[rapid badger]

You can enjoy geometry, LA, combinatronics etc.
Sure I guess if you want to be a "serious" mathematician you prob need it

[proud moth]

the beauty of complex analysis is that it's a mix of all those things

[rapid badger]

I am sure it does 🙂

[molten bobcat]

I really

Really hate

[heady sage]

I’m not some super hacker

I’m average at best

[molten bobcat]

When customers create threat hunts for "our Internet has been slow lately"

[proud moth]

bruh

[molten bobcat]

That's not indicative of anything

A lot of people aren't in college when it comes to cybersecurity

It's a very "learn from experience" field

[exotic pendant]

😄

[heady sage]

Look at frost

[heady sage]

He didn’t go to college

[exotic pendant]

I gotta buy a new monitor mount

[molten bobcat]

Frost has a very large amount of hands on experience

[proud moth]

we can only compare ourselves to human beings, Frost is not one of those

[exotic pendant]

I have large hands apparently

[random haven]

how to contact support?

[molten bobcat]

You do yes

[west lynx]

https://help.hackthebox.com/en/articles/5986762-contacting-htb-support

[jaunty pulsar]

does it come with the monitors?

[west lynx]

https://help.hackthebox.com/en/articles/5986762-contacting-htb-support

[molten bobcat]

Here

And by here I mean the link I posted

[exotic pendant]

im going to put the middle on above the center

so i can do 5 monitors

[proud moth]

OMG insane build drop

[buoyant wyvern]

have you ever used OLED monitor

[molten bobcat]

Hey this leaks Solace dude

[proud moth]

this is what a master's desk looks like

[molten bobcat]

It's literally on your left monitor kek

[proud moth]

i have the same jellyfish astronaut wallpaper btw 😄

[heady sage]

My dad made me French toast!

[exotic pendant]

there

[exotic pendant]

noone can read that blur

[molten bobcat]

Sick edit lmao

[exotic pendant]

[molten bobcat]

True

[proud moth]

what a legend

[molten bobcat]

You never told me what PS2 games are on your desk

I think that's guitar hero?

[exotic pendant]

yeah guitar hero , xmen and sponge bob

[molten bobcat]

Nice

God I'm so good

[exotic pendant]

my kid was going through old games

[molten bobcat]

I keep all my PlayStation 2 stuff here

[heady sage]

MGS3 my beloved

[scenic maple]

whats bro doing in discord help center

[molten bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/ocelot-metal-gear-solid-3-metal-gear-solid-metal-gear-solid-δ-snake-eater-adamska-gif-17224591882763115211

[exotic pendant]

Acidently bumped it

[heady sage]

Probably reporting a discord bug

Oh

[exotic pendant]

when installing the new monitor

😄

I got a new Riot and Plex bug tho

RCE in both

[rapid badger]

DMC3

[molten bobcat]

Peak recognizes peak

[heady sage]

Report something on discord

[proud moth]

bro is not from planet earth

[exotic pendant]

i did

I also got a pending electron bug

that hits discord also

[eternal mango]

Bloody hell

[muted olive]

monster

[heady sage]

You should see @muted olive

[heady sage]

He’s reporting shit I haven’t even thought of

[muted olive]

yeah

[proud moth]

frosto is the hacker she tells you to worry about, and fast too

[molten bobcat]

I fixed my network yesterday

Still beyond proud of myself

[exotic pendant]

I got a bucnh of other pending bugs atm

[proud moth]

i woke up yesterday, very proud

[exotic pendant]

a few microsoft

[molten bobcat]

I used to never be able to do things like this

[heady sage]

@eternal mango we got to catch up

[molten bobcat]

I need either a hoodie or a coffee. Hmm

I'm cold

[heady sage]

How’s your boyfriend @molten bobcat

Hope he’s doing well

[exotic pendant]

He's good

[heady sage]

Not you weirdo

[proud moth]

lmaoo

[muted olive]

wdyt of the thing I sent you?

[exotic pendant]

Haven't looked yet

got a few new RCEs

[proud moth]

bro got RCE in every software at this point

[exotic pendant]

that's the goal

[proud moth]

bro can get RCE faster than I can say "RCE"

[exotic pendant]

will prob hit the blox game later

[jaunty pulsar]

bro got 2 when u were typing that message

[muted olive]

hit gym

[proud moth]

frosto btw how old are you? please don't say 17 please don't say 17

[exotic pendant]

30

[proud moth]

holy hell what am I even doing with my life

[lime trout]

from the late 1900's i see

[muted olive]

17 + chinese

[exotic pendant]

The nineteen hundreds

[lime trout]

correct

[jaunty pulsar]

hi unc

[proud moth]

i am 28 and even if I had a couple of lifetimes i could not reach frosto

[exotic pendant]

Makes it feel worse saying born in the nineteen hundreds

[proud moth]

when did you start hacking?

[exotic pendant]

🙁

[exotic pendant]

around age 10-12

I was also a Sr sysadmin at 18

[lime trout]

where u phreaking

[heady sage]

Hi Emma! I passed all my classes for the semester!

[lime trout]

Nice!

congrats

[proud moth]

holy hell

[muted olive]

internship or job?

[molten bobcat]

Lmaooo

[jaunty pulsar]

that's awesome🤩

[exotic pendant]

That was before my time

[eternal mango]

Haha I wish, Frost is way beyond what I can do

[molten bobcat]

Frost fuckin injecting himself into my relationship ig

[eternal mango]

He's a wub wizard

[lime trout]

ah, early 1900's era

[molten bobcat]

Anyway me and my partner are doing very well ❤️

[exotic pendant]

Military

[proud moth]

so you have 20 years of exp already?

[muted olive]

oh navy right?

[jaunty pulsar]

damn that's my age lmao

[exotic pendant]

thats 12-13 years

[heady sage]

That’s wonderful Cloud. Happy to hear it.

[exotic pendant]

of work xp

[exotic pendant]

Yeah

[muted olive]

💪

[proud moth]

ah ok, this will be my third year in pentesting

[green kite]

Hello chat

[molten bobcat]

For work experience for infosec I have about 2 now?

[exotic pendant]

Trying to decide WHICH monitor monunt to get

[eternal mango]

Happy Saturday

[proud moth]

still so far away., 12 years + your talent would be insane

[molten bobcat]

Two years it's been?

[green kite]

Happy Easter

[dry thicket]

Same same

[molten bobcat]

Having professional experience that is

[exotic pendant]

maybe

[winged ridge]

ye afc pd gxk qrn sj wnzqp bzfmyjyo!

[molten bobcat]

I started studying infosec in 2020

[proud moth]

same

[dry thicket]

Ohh

[green kite]

Nice

[proud moth]

started with wikipedia "what is ip"

[dry thicket]

its a lot of years of experience

I started in 2022

[molten bobcat]

I.. broke my own WPA2 password

[muted olive]

looks good

[molten bobcat]

[muted olive]

top one esp

[dry thicket]

I did it too 👀

[proud moth]

bro did all the WiFi modules

[molten bobcat]

Never touched one actually lol

Self taught

[jaunty pulsar]

I started only a year ago in infosec

[green kite]

I just got three separate monitor arms

[molten bobcat]

That and college

[exotic pendant]

oo it's pizza time

[dry thicket]

My college wanted me to not go into shyber

[dry thicket]

looks good

[green kite]

It’s pizza time 24/7

[molten bobcat]

Mine was the opposite actually lol

Professor stopped me after class and told me to focus on cybersecurity

[exotic pendant]

exactly

[dry thicket]

Well now they want me to motivate others to go into cyber lol

[molten bobcat]

And now he's a team lead at the place I work lol

[green kite]

I declare every day pizza day

[jaunty pulsar]

happened to me only 2 weeks ago lol

[molten bobcat]

Listen to them

[eternal mango]

This is a setup a neighbour GAVE AWAY to someone a while ago

[molten bobcat]

Please

[jaunty pulsar]

although technically we're not really being taught cybersecurity yet

[dry thicket]

I was the one who taught my professor what is cybersecurity

[eternal mango]

And I missed it

[molten bobcat]

It literally changed my life lol

[green kite]

Nice

[exotic pendant]

I actually need that

[proud moth]

this is just frosto build

[exotic pendant]

extra monitors = more bugs

[muted olive]

i'll buy you one pizza for every bug I find

[jaunty pulsar]

kinda same here lmao

I told him about htb

[eternal mango]

That is exactly how it works!

[dry thicket]

I told him about thm

[exotic pendant]

brb will review t he code you sent me

[dry thicket]

If I did this, he would have left the college

[molten bobcat]

Actually brutal

[proud moth]

RIP the code

[molten bobcat]

When I graduated my professor left the college too lol

[proud moth]

imagine being the code, but frosto is reviewing you

[green kite]

RIP

[proud moth]

RIP

[exotic pendant]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSmKiws-4NU

[jaunty pulsar]

it's kinda like light yagami looking at potato chips

[exotic pendant]

live action frost code review

[dry thicket]

And especially if its vibecoded RIP

[molten bobcat]

Holy fuck I know what dereferencing a null pointer means

[eternal mango]

That moment when

[dry thicket]

I still did not know that. Im learning browsers currently

[molten bobcat]

I blame all of you, that sentence means fucking nothing to a normal person

[proud moth]

Frosto talking to the entire cybersecurity team of the NSA

[zealous charm]

all those screens just to yap on discord and watch netflix

[eternal mango]

They were a broker

..so they say

But all that matrix, reckon they hax0red

[dry thicket]

Ahh I got it now

[exotic pendant]

😄

[eternal mango]

They did know me from HTB when they moved in

[dry thicket]

thanks for sharing. learnt a new term today

[proud moth]

pi = null; if(*pi == 0) printf("Hello");

[eternal mango]

That was a bit weird

[molten bobcat]

Anyway dereferencing a pointer just means you're resolving to the data the pointer is.. well pointing at

Like turning to a page you saw in the index of a book.

[tidal wren]

Hi

[eternal mango]

There's use after free too right, which can point to, well.. whever it was pointing to before

[molten bobcat]

Pointers are memory addresses in languages that use them

[eternal mango]

Yus

[molten bobcat]

For anyone who doesn't know what a pointer is

[eternal mango]

It points somewhere

😄

[molten bobcat]

Yeh!

[proud moth]

Lore Accurate Frosto VS The CIA

[muted olive]

if pointer points to invalid memory, BSOD

[molten bobcat]

It points to a section in memory that says "okay my data starts riiiight here"

[muted olive]

ez

[golden sparrow]

Hello everyone,

I’m considering the Gold – Advanced Cyber Security plan ($38/month )

Will I get access to Tier 3 modules if I enroll?

[meager kernel]

I assume that's why my TV was giving BSOD

[jaunty pulsar]

it's sad knowing now that the B in BSOD is now "black" instead of "blue"

[eternal mango]

Depending on how it's passed about, a pointer which is used after being free'd points to memory that is no longer assigned.. which can lead to overwriting the... heap?

or is it stack

[exotic pendant]

Riot bug just got approved

waiting on vendor now

[eternal mango]

Heap I remember was a pain in the arse for me

but stack comes after, heap is before stack I think?

It's been a while

[jaunty pulsar]

I think it is heap no?

[proud moth]

yeah the heap gets polluted

[eternal mango]

Yeah I thought so

[proud moth]

use after free is so so common, especially when people misuse linked lists

[eternal mango]

Then nopnopnopnopnopnopnop

[narrow marsh]

who know it ?

[eternal mango]

🤣 I loved learning about ROP

That shiz was fun

[muted olive]

tv hack

[meager kernel]

Found a bug in valorant?

[eternal mango]

I mean, Gold monthly provides you with a decent amount of cubes to unlock modules

Unlimited Pwnbox.. will give a good taste and flexibility to choose your path

But I'm biased.. someone else should say something lol

With that you get 500 Cubes a month. Tier 3 modules cost 500 to unlock

So yes you'd be able to unlock a Tier 3 module

[supple plume]

wsp

[eternal mango]

When you complete a Tier 3 module, you get 100 Cubes back

[golden sparrow]

So I'll pay 38$ for 1 module ,yes?

[eternal mango]

Per month, yes. That 100 cubes can let you unlock a Tier 2 module

Each month you get another 1000 cubes

[jaunty pulsar]

so it's basically 38$ for 2 modules: 1 T3 and 1 T2

[eternal mango]

The Annual plans unlock modules up to a certain tier, as documented here https://help.hackthebox.com/en/articles/5720974-academy-subscriptions

[jaunty pulsar]

interesting tbf

[eternal mango]

There's a fair bit of free modules also (Tier 0 modules)

You can unlock those without purchase, if you want to get an idea as to what Academy is all about

e.g. https://academy.hackthebox.com/module/77

[molten bobcat]

Gob

Can I nerd out

About something I did

[dusky jacinth]

No

Jkjk

[molten bobcat]

TOO FREAKIN BAD

[dusky jacinth]

Lmao

[eternal mango]

Haha why not

[molten bobcat]

I fixed my wifi network

[eternal mango]

Nerds rule

[molten bobcat]

Last night

[exotic pendant]

😄

[eternal mango]

What was wrong?

[molten bobcat]

I needed a range extender for my 5ghz band

As it has shit coverage

Due to it being.. in my office behind my computer monitors

[eternal mango]

5ghz isn't as good for penetration right?

[molten bobcat]

Correct

[eternal mango]

Nice one 🙂

[molten bobcat]

Higher speeds, lower coverage and penetrative power due to the higher frequency

So I added a range extended right in the middle of the house

It's solved my problems immediately

[eternal mango]

I'm concerned as to how I get such good signal through my house

[golden sparrow]

Okay, I understand
Thank you.

[eternal mango]

I think it's made of paper

[molten bobcat]

And now, I can STREAM MY PS5 AT 60FPS 1080P

[eternal mango]

ooooo

[eternal mango]

How's the latency?

[molten bobcat]

2ms

[eternal mango]

Not shabby at all

[molten bobcat]

Footage from Death Stranding 2 but I was testing it

[eternal mango]

That is sweet

I need to fix my comms cabinet

Last owners screwed up all the connectors

Only two work, and they've both for the downstairs outlets

[molten bobcat]

My previous owners were running an unlicensed daycare and puppy mill out of the house

[eternal mango]

well

I think you win

[molten bobcat]

[eternal mango]

A house we were looking to move into when I was a kid, I didn't like it, it felt off

Turned out previous owner had an accident

I still think you win though

[molten bobcat]

Woof that's a big no from me lol

[eternal mango]

It was weiiiird in there

[molten bobcat]

We've got the place cleaned up from the mess they left so far

Now it's just my cozy house

[eternal mango]

❤️

[molten bobcat]

30% of my furniture is cat related apparently

It's all cat related with a cat I think actually

[eternal mango]

That's.. a pairing

[molten bobcat]

He's got like.. over 5 designated sleeping spots

[supple plume]

omg

[eternal mango]

How many?

Thought you were doggos

[molten bobcat]

I have one

And he is a cat

[eternal mango]

So, not doggo

[supple plume]

I was trying to compare the request sizes on an academy module to see on which one comes the flag and I realized the flag was in all of them

spent 30 minutes xd

[eternal mango]

Yeah, that's not a dog

[molten bobcat]

Not a dog indeed

[supple plume]

nice dog cloud

[eternal mango]

Looks a bit like my daughters cat

[jaunty pulsar]

does it bark tho?

[eternal mango]

A little

[molten bobcat]

No he just runs around at mach 2

Typically directly in your direction so you trip over him

[eternal mango]

Ok nvm doesn't look anything like my daughters cat, apart from the catishness

[molten bobcat]

You saying all cats look the same bub?

For shame

[eternal mango]

I admitted my mistake

I blame memory instead

[molten bobcat]

Hehe

[jaunty pulsar]

we got a cat near where I live which just runs away once she sees me

[molten bobcat]

Now that's a hug

[eternal mango]

Did I tell you about Snik?

[molten bobcat]

I don't recall

[eternal mango]

She went full flop

🙁

[molten bobcat]

I'm sorry to hear that

[frigid mountain]

yes I'm aware

[eternal mango]

She seemed happy enough, but they're good at hiding their issues

[molten bobcat]

My guy Tidus is only a year old

[eternal mango]

She lasted a year with me

Anyway, no more pets for a bit

[molten bobcat]

I understand

[supple plume]

[molten bobcat]

Just know lots of animals need love and you have lots more love to give

[eternal mango]

Trying to find this evil photo of her cat

[molten bobcat]

[eternal mango]

Look at that smiiile 😄

[scenic maple]

😼

[cerulean bloom]

what does flop mean in this sense

[molten bobcat]

Passed away.

[cerulean bloom]

ah, sorry to hear that

[eternal mango]

Ahhhh there's the one

[molten bobcat]

Hehe what a stare

[eternal mango]

I think I was 2 seconds away from death there

[molten bobcat]

You would be if the eyes were round

[eternal mango]

But cat and dog are fine 🤣

When I turned 40, I became slightly allergic to cats..

Thanks body

[jaunty pulsar]

pov: you got crisps in class

[eternal mango]

I need a translator

[supple plume]

chat

poll here

[jaunty pulsar]

what language sir?

[supple plume]

I have 800 cubes btw

and all the month still

to study

[eternal mango]

I just didn't understand what you meant, sorry

[jaunty pulsar]

oh lol

I meant my mates when I got crisps in class stare at me that way asking for some lol

[eternal mango]

Ohhhhh

Gotcha 😄

[meager kernel]

Do it

[pearl spruce]

It is good that life contained another creations

[eternal mango]

This is GPT's attemp at "round eyes and attack mode" @molten bobcat

I almost spat my drink out

[supple plume]

but I only have 800 cubes and it should lasta month

although this module is crazy

[eternal mango]

Looks like a Khajiit in Morrowind

[meager kernel]

Use the cubes

[supple plume]

I also know SSRF via DNS rebinding

already

[meager kernel]

Do you know everything in the module?

[supple plume]

mmm

[pearl spruce]

Didn’t try beta 2.0?

Looks sick tho 🔥

[supple plume]

maybe 60%

[jaunty pulsar]

I learned new things just looking at this pic lmao

[supple plume]

ahhahahaahha

[supple plume]

but it;s good to double check what I know

aright Ill take this one

[jaunty pulsar]

especially CSWH lol

[supple plume]

and the other half looks dope

[meager kernel]

Still worth it IMO

[eternal mango]

Huh, that's all DNS rebinding is?

For some reason I had it hyped up in my head

[meager kernel]

What tier is it?

[jaunty pulsar]

3 based on its price

[eternal mango]

Can see how useful it is mind

[meager kernel]

I see

[supple plume]

I have experience with DNS rebinding but hey it's still exciting and I will probably learn things that I don't know

[meager kernel]

I would love to study the module too

[eternal mango]

If you learn one thing, the day was a success

[meager kernel]

Perhaps someday

[supple plume]

my day is already a success then 🔥

[meager kernel]

@supple plume give me your HTB account, I need to learn some stuff

[jaunty pulsar]

same tbh

I only need to add one more 0 to my cubes to afford it

[supple plume]

Install arch linux first

[meager kernel]

Why Arch specifically?

[eternal mango]

Suffering

[pearl spruce]

More 0 in the bank would be better tho

[molten bobcat]

Christ

[meager kernel]

I already installed Debian and I'm using it with XFCE

[jaunty pulsar]

yeah ur right but I said 1 just to afford it lol

[molten bobcat]

Ugh. I'm still cold

I never put on a hoodie because work distracted me

[eternal mango]

..but a strole along a river, the summer breeze blowing petals in your hair

[jaunty pulsar]

I got 60 but I'm tackling a module rn

[supple plume]

vro XFCE omg

[eternal mango]

Arch is like... the GEESE are approaching

I assume

[supple plume]

among all the options you got the rat

[molten bobcat]

I just use whatever operating system gets the job done

[meager kernel]

What?
You have a problem with ricing, and now you hate XFCE too? Atleast it's a DE and not a WM

[eternal mango]

Is it really that difficult though, Arch?

[meager kernel]

I was used to it cause of Kali

[molten bobcat]

Difficulty is relative

[supple plume]

It's absolutelly not

[jaunty pulsar]

same here kinda lol

[meager kernel]

Same, windows gets the job done so I usually daily drive it. With Kali in VM

[jaunty pulsar]

I still use kali 2024.3 lol

[eternal mango]

Same, but WSL instead of Kali

No wait

NO

[molten bobcat]

I had a coworker who put a metal thermos in a microwave and stared blankly at the object when it started billowing black smoke and exploding. So y'know. Maybe some people are just naturally stupid

[eternal mango]

No more OS wars

[meager kernel]

What if something breaks? Would WSL not affect host machine too?

What's the advantage of WSL over VM though?

[eternal mango]

It could, but if I had to do an engagement or anything, I'd use a VM

[meager kernel]

Genuinely curious, not starting wars

[eternal mango]

WSL is my dev environment

[meager kernel]

Ah fair enough

I feel VM is more convenient for me

[supple plume]

1. boot a flashdrive
2. run the archinstall script, choose desktop distro and system packages
3. learn the basic pacman commands to update stuff and maintain the system
4. enjoy arch

[jaunty pulsar]

thermos in microwave is old-fashioned. microwave in oven is better lmao

[supple plume]

that's how hard it is

[wise plank]

[molten bobcat]

???

[eternal mango]

Fair enough

Kinda feels like you've pulled the trousers off of an end boss

[jaunty pulsar]

sorry again I forgot to give context lol

[molten bobcat]

Have you put a microwave in an oven before?

[jaunty pulsar]

one of my friends thought of inserting a microwave in an oven once

[molten bobcat]

I mean

That's dumb

[wise plank]

Yes it cookes faster

[eternal mango]

No, that's dumb

[meager kernel]

I think you missed a couple of steps
Like how you have to install all tools cause Arch is barebones
And how installing something wrong can lead to OS breaking

How you tried changing the timezone in your Arch while solving an AD machine with me in VC and it fucked your system?

[molten bobcat]

Cooking fast most fucking assuredly does not mean cooking well

[wise plank]

I have no time for well

[molten bobcat]

Enjoy eating carbon then

[jaunty pulsar]

in a house with destroyed ceilings

I wonder how big the explosion would be tbf

[supple plume]

1 it's in the archinstall scrip, 2 if you don't isntall stuff the wrong way, everything is good and 3 yes, you learn the command, make an alias and next time you have the ease of an alias and the aqcuired knowledge

[meager kernel]

Be honest, doesn't stuff in your OS break once in a while?

[eternal mango]

Kinda liked building up my testing snapshot from a terminal ages ago

[molten bobcat]

Nah I'm just saying in general if you apply too much heat, food burns and when food burns it breaks down into carbon

[eternal mango]

It had just what I wanted

[supple plume]

last time was in september but I already knew how to deal with it

[molten bobcat]

That's what the black stuff is when you burn something

[eternal mango]

Then I had to go and spoil it all

by saying something stupid like

AUTOMATE IT

[meager kernel]

I'd still prefer to go with a more stable distro IF I ever daily drive linux

[jaunty pulsar]

yeah I do have experience in burning my food lmao

[molten bobcat]

As much as I'd love to make muffins at 3000 degrees F for 5 seconds that isn't going to do anything

[jaunty pulsar]

especially rice

[supple plume]

arch is pretty stable tbh

check it out

[meager kernel]

[molten bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/firaja-joshua-rosfield-ultima-fire-ffxvi-gif-15603088886795843003

Hang on guys let me make some popcorn:

[supple plume]

yeah, what is unstable is you installing shit on it

[eternal mango]

Well hello

[meager kernel]

Is that Expedition 33?

[jaunty pulsar]

wait wha-

[molten bobcat]

Final Fantasy 16 actually

[meager kernel]

Ah

I saw E33 won game of the year this time

[jaunty pulsar]

it won like 50% of the awards this year lol

[molten bobcat]

Deserved

That game made me feel things

[meager kernel]

How is it an indie game though?
They're ex-ubisoft employees with years of experience and they had so many studios backing them up with alot of money

[jaunty pulsar]

I wouldn't have been surprised if it won best sports game

[meager kernel]

It's also a turn based game, so not my cup of tea

[nimble tundra]

guys tell me your name 💀

[molten bobcat]

Cloud

[supple plume]

my name is an echo of itself

[molten bobcat]

I don't care how much money or effort went into it, it is a work of art that you'd immediately recognize as such playing it for exactly 45 minutes lol

[jaunty pulsar]

Ah19

[meager kernel]

I was hoping for a new God Of War release but alas

[jaunty pulsar]

I really wanna try it but I got no time to play

[molten bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/renoir-expedition-33-gif-10783623067192732951

Life keeps forcing cruel choices.

[jaunty pulsar]

I got like 11 exams this month and the finals right after

[meager kernel]

Oh also they made Hogwarts Legacy free on Epic Games

[molten bobcat]

They did indeed

🪄

[meager kernel]

That's great actually

[jaunty pulsar]

red dead 2 will be free too at the end of this month

[molten bobcat]

Red dead redemption received a 60fps update

[meager kernel]

You're talking about the leaked list right? Of all epic free games
It's most probably fake

The list mentions terraria which isn't in Epic Games launcher in the first place

It takes away the credibility of the list

[jaunty pulsar]

epic's turkish account had words to say on that on insta

[meager kernel]

Send the post link

[molten bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/death-stranding-2-on-the-beach-thumbs-up-dollman-fatih-ahkin-gif-18204327730827719073

[meager kernel]

If RDR2 does become free then it would be great tbh

[molten bobcat]

God I love more kojima crazy slop

[supple plume]

time to learn the crazy stuff

cya chat

[meager kernel]

Anyway it's late
Gonna go sleep

[supple plume]

good night

[jaunty pulsar]

shit they deleted it I think

[eternal mango]

Awh man

I missed RDR2?

[jaunty pulsar]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSPABLyCJa0/?igsh=MWQ1MzU5bHl1YTltNw==

[eternal mango]

?

[jaunty pulsar]

it's a post from epic's turkish account asking the public concerning the "fake" free games list

[fierce vale]

I use Windows btw

[eternal mango]

Windows gang

🤣

[jaunty pulsar]

same (for now lol)

[obtuse fern]

can confirm

[jaunty pulsar]

there was another funny reel they sent but I think they deleted it

[obtuse fern]

as far as why you shared it

no idea

[jaunty pulsar]

context:

[obtuse fern]

ah ok

¯_(ツ)_/¯

don't speak the language so no idea what it says anyway

[jaunty pulsar]

same lol

[eternal mango]

I run Arch btw

[root@ITX ~]# uname -r
6.6.114.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

Wait hang on a sec

[jaunty pulsar]

well actually I barely do but I forgot most of the words

[eternal mango]

😄

I mean it's Linux, it's a terminal, there's a package manager

[obtuse fern]

i used google translate

so it looks like they didn't confirm or deny the list, just posted for engagement

[frigid mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/snatch-5-minutes-turkish-five-minutes-gif-15391474809629176455

[jaunty pulsar]

I guess we'll wait until thursday to confirm whether or not the list has some truth in it or not

[heady sage]

Willys Wonderland the movie is funny as fuck

[eternal mango]

https://tenor.com/view/snatch-gif-18666417

[supple plume]

@meager kernel see how easy it is

[eternal mango]

I don't need more than a terminal tbh hahah

If I wanted to go full rice I imagine there are a few more steps

[supple plume]

me neither

goblin

you can use my terminal with that xd

this

https://github.com/echoesofwhoami/echoes-bash-prompt

I made it easy to install/remove

[eternal mango]

Noice 🙂 I will check it

Ta

[supple plume]

you get the bash prompt + the colors

and aliases

I could have added more but idk

vro 0 = localhost

dayum

[jaunty pulsar]

the more you know lol