general

[little saddle]

I am a Muslim too but I have known people are dangerous when offer things for free now a day

[gloomy patio]

didn't get muted

[proper dragon]

How to get crusaded: speedrun edition

[gloomy patio]

ohno goblin typing

[eternal mango]

<@&861185840277487616>

Don't be a dick

[gloomy patio]

oof

fair

anyway before I go, I respect the ethos

[hardy frigate]

Btw if anyone else is desperate for OSINT tools. Try this: https://github.com/blacklanternsecurity/bbot

[little saddle]

Bro got crusaded if I violated something I am sorry

[obtuse fern]

Just dont be a dick about others religions.

[gloomy patio]

Yeah, that's completely fair

[little saddle]

Thank you brother will it work well for my bounty hunting later when I master the basics

[tame plaza]

wassup

[gloomy patio]

well... now that I have some attention:

[little saddle]

Wassup daug

[eternal mango]

They are pre-spawned AFAIK, unless that has changed recently.

Instead of spawn on demand for free/vip

[obtuse fern]

RA is solely for new releases and are pre-spawned up until Wednesday of the week of release (Wednesday they start prepping for the next release, for a [hopefully] smooth transition)

[gloomy patio]

Is it about latency?

[obtuse fern]

No, its about having a pool of pre-spawned machines to even out the playing field

[tame plaza]

any news about physical cert on CJCA ?

[gloomy patio]

gotcha, that makes sense

[obtuse fern]

Instead of rolling the dice on spawning a fresh machine on launch, there's now a bunch of machines ready to be grabbed for use

[gloomy patio]

Thanks

[eternal mango]

Last I heard it is close.

[tame plaza]

nice I'm taking the exam in 3 days

[little saddle]

What kind of machines does it have android in them for test for penetration I once saw a oppo bug bounty hunting gig with good chunk of money on it I am beginner I wanna learn

[obtuse fern]

This sentence made very little sense

[gloomy patio]

He's asking about which boxes feature android

[little saddle]

I meant machines like it has windows for test I once used one

[obtuse fern]

There are no android machines; there are challenges that may have to do with decompiling some apks and stuff

But android generally isnt going to be an OS for a box

[gloomy patio]

there's at least one that I know but it's been retired for years

[obtuse fern]

Youll either see Linux or Windows

Unless you mean the in-browser attack box

[gloomy patio]

Let me find it

[little saddle]

Ohh you guys should add one the Linux distro which has the thougest security feature I forgot its name

[obtuse fern]

Then no, 0 plans afaik to create an android attack box. Im not staff so I can't answer for certain

[eternal mango]

There is Explore https://www.hackthebox.com/machines/explore

And Academy modules

But generally mobile boxes are a pain in the butt

[gloomy patio]

yeah that one

it was

[obtuse fern]

This sounds like you're asking about the pwnbox, which is a whole different conversation entirely

[gloomy patio]

lmao I hated it so much

[little saddle]

Thanks

[little saddle]

I am sorry I am new to this do you have qubes os also

[obtuse fern]

No

The only OS that im aware of that htb has for pwnbox is Parrot and Windows.

[tame plaza]

qubes os pentesting ?

[gloomy patio]

sounds like it

[obtuse fern]

Outside of that you're using your own machine with a vpn connection to do the content

[tame plaza]

[little saddle]

Nahh for basic knowledge qubes for pentesting means months years grinding

[obtuse fern]

Before parrot, HTB used to use kali

[west lynx]

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

[little saddle]

What happened to that

[obtuse fern]

Parrot released, and it falls under HTB :)

[gloomy patio]

fun fact: palinuro started parrot as a joke when he was a kid

[solid moon]

That's all it takes lol

[obtuse fern]

Parrot has been an overall better experience for me, but I also dont want to gamble on an update bricking my vm lol

[little saddle]

Well he was good at coding then like creating distro from Linux kernel

[tame plaza]

qubes is not efficient as pwnbox

its for different use

[gloomy patio]

no, the guy grinded for years to make it this far

[solid moon]

KDE parrot used to be really comfy

[little saddle]

I know

[solid moon]

I haven't tried it since architect edition

[little saddle]

I learned about it when I was searching for secure os

[solid moon]

Qubes takes a lot of resources to run

[tame plaza]

exegol and kali is the best I think

[gloomy patio]

they pretty much gutted kali in the beginning and started maintaining loose compatibility in the early days, as their team grew they took their own way

[tame plaza]

reliable for pentesting

[little saddle]

Yeah but it has best security

[solid moon]

Its great for darknet stuff or for crypto trading you need a lot of RAM tho

I wouldn't use it for pentesting

[little saddle]

It is good I will try that too if I get the chance

[little saddle]

I am using Kali for that I am not using qubes

I have a question are Linux kernel made our of bash or python

[tame plaza]

[gloomy patio]

actual rule #1: security is relative to a threat model, never absolute

[solid moon]

One of my friends who does trading more than me has said they prefer arch for trading. They use endeavorOS

[eternal mango]

We never used Kali

[solid moon]

since latency is an issue

[eternal mango]

The first instance of Pwnbox was driven by Parrot

[little saddle]

Yeah I said best I didn't said unbreakable

[solid moon]

If you're into alts sometimes the only software you can find is in the AUR

[obtuse fern]

In 99.999999% of cases the security hole in an OS is the services running and not the OS itself

[little saddle]

Why not Kali then it is used by hackers

[obtuse fern]

So is parrot, Ubuntu, Arch

[eternal mango]

Because Parrot is part of HTB, and them joining us was why we created the Pwnbox

[solid moon]

Parrot is lower memory footprint than Kali so its better for virtualization

[obtuse fern]

I must have been hallucinating then

[ocean marsh]

@sturdy thistle sir, I’m playing hunt on cachy, thanks for telling me that🫡

[gloomy patio]

ippsec was a kali user, maybe you remember that

[little saddle]

But Kali has best tools set ready to use

[obtuse fern]

I like to sprinkle things in to make people think im AI

[sturdy thistle]

enjoy buddy!

[eternal mango]

End of the day, doesn't matter which distro you use

[obtuse fern]

Kali is Debian Based, just like Parrot. All the tools you find on Kali are available on Parrot

[proper dragon]

"It's not camoflauge, it's evolution."

[little saddle]

Yeah they all came from the same thing

[solid moon]

Most of those tools don't matter at the learning level

[pseudo bluff]

Kali is heavier and you are not using all those tools

[little saddle]

Yeah

[obtuse fern]

A good portion of whats ready on Kali is also ready on Parrot

[solid moon]

Only when you try pentesting as a job

[ocean marsh]

Most people just install a debian distro and install the tools they actually use after some time

[little saddle]

So should I switch

[ocean marsh]

Dont worry about distros

[solid moon]

Depends on what you wanna do

[ocean marsh]

Just hack

[gloomy patio]

distro wars are over 😮

[obtuse fern]

My general advice, try different ones in a vm until you find one that you feel comfortable with

[little saddle]

I use a Dell which doesn't have a gpu

[obtuse fern]

Ok and?

Also most intel cpus ship with integrated graphics, youll be fine

[little saddle]

It has corei 7 8th gen with 16 gb ram

[gloomy patio]

all I use is a laptop from 2018, you'll be okay

[obtuse fern]

Plenty of overhead for a vm

[solid moon]

It could run Qubes

❤️ my x230

[sturdy thistle]

how much rum does your x230 has

[little saddle]

How much python do I need for running script

[obtuse fern]

I used a shitty razer blade stealth 2016 running my vm off an external hard drive. (It had like 8 GB of ram) until recently

[ocean marsh]

I always hacked with a mac that has 8gb of ram, dw much about specs

[solid moon]

16 oz

[obtuse fern]

https://tenor.com/view/disney-movies-pirates-of-the-caribbean-potc-quotes-gif-14851121

[real schooner]

1 python

[turbid goblet]

rum on a sunday?

[ocean marsh]

The worst part is having 250gb

Thats shit

[gloomy patio]

razer blade 2018 here, I love that lil turd

[little saddle]

Yeah but my windows 11 has eaten all my storage

[solid moon]

I wouldn't run qubes on less than 16

[little saddle]

I also have that

[sturdy thistle]

damn i have 8

[ocean marsh]

U sure?

[solid moon]

Mine is barely enough for 2 appvms

[obtuse fern]

Just start fucking around with python; I started learning with "automate the boring stuff" but honestly think of a project and use google to learn what you need for it

[solid moon]

But it works for simple things

[sturdy thistle]

i could run it on host sys

[solid moon]

Can't beat the containerization for crypto safety though

[pseudo bluff]

It really depends what you use it for and if you’ve already built a Kali set up, no need to build a new one

[little saddle]

Which field is your specialty

[solid moon]

Plan to get hacked

[little saddle]

Thanks I will use the kali

[gloomy patio]

sir are you a crypto millionarie?

[obtuse fern]

Don't have a specialty atm. Im a novice programmer in a handful of languages. I know enough to look at code and go "that dont look right"

[gloomy patio]

if sonwhere do you live?

[solid moon]

No but my friend is/was

[little saddle]

Nah I am already hacked

[turbid goblet]

marcie whats ur job

[gloomy patio]

whatnyear were you born and what's theblast 4 digits of your cc?

[solid moon]

Fun fact my current car was bought with Milady NFT's

[gloomy patio]

lmao goat

[obtuse fern]

Yapping on discord (job search is rough, generally if you dont see me here assume im either sleeping or applying for jobs)

[turbid goblet]

rip yeah the job market is ass

can confirm

[solid moon]

It was a gift from my bitcoin baron friend. But he held ICP all the way to the bottom and is broke now

[gloomy patio]

oof

so... march 13 amirite

[solid moon]

Yee

[little saddle]

That's true with us only learning on hack the box will it give certificate

[obtuse fern]

I get paid in .0000000000000000001 boondollars per message

[solid moon]

I'm just grinding man finished all the coursework for CRTO and getting my sec+

[turbid goblet]

ur a pro hacker why r u getting sec+

[obtuse fern]

The certifications require you to pass their exams. They're practical and require not only knowing what to do, but also a report to demonstrate your knowledge

[little saddle]

I am so hacked that I have become unhackable

[solid moon]

Because nobody's hiring and I would even take a government job

[little saddle]

Yeah what's I am talking about I need exam like that

[solid moon]

Just for compliance

[obtuse fern]

Free reading online

[hoary dawn]

Aye

[turbid goblet]

but to get pro hacker didnt u need to hack a lot of machines?

[hoary dawn]

Haha

[turbid goblet]

like should u be able to get oscp at that level

[solid moon]

I've done pentest and vuln research before the job market is just bad

I already have oscp

[terse dirge]

Certs are expensive bruh

[turbid goblet]

sec + is dog shit is all im sayin

[little saddle]

You are guts you left Griffith and become a hacker

[gloomy patio]

I don't think I ever got over 70% completion

[solid moon]

You're right but govt jobs require it

[turbid goblet]

oh i see

[gloomy patio]

but that was years and years ago

idk now

[solid moon]

Even though I certmog everyone

[terse dirge]

People need it for gov jobs because they're dod compliant or whatever

[proper dragon]

just hack them and leave your resume in top secret files

[turbid goblet]

didnt know that, TIL

sec + is easy

u prob dont even need to study lol

[little saddle]

Yeah I think so because government work is tracking activity

[proper dragon]

you'll get a callback if you do this, 100%

[solid moon]

Its pretty easy I did a blind practice test and got a 70%. Its mostly vocab

[proper dragon]

they might even do an on the spot interview

[little saddle]

Yeah with a gun on my head

[solid moon]

They just want you to know all the terms and standards

[proper dragon]

It's a teambuilding exercise

[terse dirge]

No. There's some niche fields in cyber for gov jobs or working for government contacting companies

[little saddle]

That's great then we don't have that here in Pakistan

[azure remnant]

cyber dome

[little saddle]

What cyber dome like the eazy e song

[eternal mango]

Videodrome is a better film

[azure remnant]

Wait is it a thing

[frail nymph]

I'm deadass thinking of opening a HTB branch in my uni

[azure remnant]

Waaaa

[obtuse fern]

Don't play dumb

[frail nymph]

My major is cybersecurity engineering and our materials are literally naming different type of keyboards

[little saddle]

No exactly it is like chrome dome

[azure remnant]

I meant to say go on

[frail nymph]

I don't use htb academy much but it's way better than THM

[azure remnant]

Dunno if this even means something

[obtuse fern]

To hack the computer you must know the computer

[frail nymph]

I know bro but like what does naming keyboards has to do with 12 yrs old russian kids already at your kernel

[little saddle]

Basic thing if you don't you are cooked

Right

[frail nymph]

You'd be surprised how many people major cybersec in uni and still don't know how to make a file on windows

[obtuse fern]

Building off fundamentals is how you become better than the skids you think are in your kernel

[frail nymph]

Ahahah

[little saddle]

I agree

[frail nymph]

I don't mind optimism

[obtuse fern]

Its not optimism

[frail nymph]

i think you guys have a way for collaborations with unis no?

[little saddle]

What is unis

[frail nymph]

Slang for universities

[obtuse fern]

Most hacker kids are skids that found a MaaS website and think they're hot shit, meanwhile you're dualhooked

[frail nymph]

True

[cosmic island]

I got the VIP+ for the labs, do I still not have access to the VIP machines?

[little saddle]

Ohh I am a dropout

[eternal mango]

https://www.hackthebox.com/higher-education

[frail nymph]

Thanks

[eternal mango]

Me too

[frail nymph]

Why did you dropout

[obtuse fern]

Should still have access to the vip machines

[eternal mango]

3 times

[little saddle]

Ohh how did you got here then

[eternal mango]

By learning

[obtuse fern]

He had a drink with a friend and said fuck it

[cosmic island]

trying to open one and it's all locked with no IP

[obtuse fern]

Try downloading a new vip+ vpn

[cosmic island]

ok

[little saddle]

Ohhhh well pleasent enough better then mine I guess

[obtuse fern]

G0b, you should totally create a niche position to hire me in /s

[little saddle]

Are you not working in hack the box

[frail nymph]

Agreed most cybersec nerds tend to not care about academics in general

But I wanna get masters

[eternal mango]

I'm mostly self taught, shit GCSE's, dropped out three times because the curriculum and most of the tutors didn't care, so I just kept learning as I did best, by myself with research, experimentation and socialising

[frail nymph]

Cause why not

[eternal mango]

Why not indeed

[alpine pumice]

i'm self taught as well which is why i know nothing

[obtuse fern]

Ugh I just remembered I need to fuck around on academy to find the new endpoints to download the vpn from

[eternal mango]

Some do better with the traditional way of learning through courses and degrees

Some learn better by driving themselves

How you get to the point of competency doesn't matter

Each to their own

[frail nymph]

I'm actually trying to mix both, my department is nice enough to actually have a grasp about HTB

[little saddle]

Well same here they taught me nothing of this stuff stuff that could give me a way out of this country

[obtuse fern]

The academy 2.0 update broke my tools

Because fancy js stuff is cool I guess

[frail nymph]

It would be amazing if we implement HTB studies in our uni cause my professor whom I suggested to liked the idea

[frail nymph]

I dislike the new ui

The pervious one was nice enough

Modern even

[obtuse fern]

It was running on old stack stuff and was becoming a technical debt

[eternal mango]

There was much more to the new Academy design than visuals

[obtuse fern]

No

[eternal mango]

Exactly

[eternal mango]

Hehehe, if I could I would

[frail nymph]

I see

[little saddle]

Ohhhh that's bad they should hire you as a instructor

[obtuse fern]

I keep trying to get hired by htb, but they fear i would be too powerful and keep shutting me out at the gates

[frail nymph]

Real

[obtuse fern]

I technically do this as a side gig atm

[little saddle]

That's bad you are pretty good at this stuff

[eternal mango]

Curry and film time, nn ❤️

[obtuse fern]

Nah, im average; plenty of stuff im aware of that I dont knoe

[little saddle]

Well good by teaching others make your knowledge better

[obtuse fern]

I only scratch the surface of windows and Linux stuff

[little saddle]

It is a ocean either you swim in it and die by not breathing or stay at the surface

You scratch the sea surface while I am at the Beach and that is progress

Bye

[azure remnant]

im the taxi guy on the street

[proper dragon]

you can die in the ocean in many ways

not just suffocation

[azure remnant]

U can die by a tsunami

Or by drinking from it 🗣️

[proper dragon]

plastic too

[azure remnant]

Or by a jet stream of ocean water

[proper dragon]

you can get hit by a boat

[azure remnant]

Or by

🗣️

[obtuse fern]

Im the boat, sealife hate to see me coming

[azure remnant]

I never stood on a beach

I fear that place

Dosent look fun

[proper dragon]

too many women at beaches

too scary for me too

[azure remnant]

[proper dragon]

and sunlight

[azure remnant]

Im surprised how people who work in ships stay for weeks in seas

I wont do it for 100$k monthly

Not even a million

I'd die by anxiety the next day

[turbid goblet]

i could do it if they have uber eats out there

[latent oak]

My father in law works on a boat

Very hard job

[azure remnant]

Yes

[proper dragon]

I'd be ordering the krusty krab every day

[latent oak]

He can eat fresh crab every day (that’s what he fishes)

[turbid goblet]

no lobster?

lobster is the better crustacean

[proper dragon]

become a maritime hacker
steal data buoy data streams

[obtuse fern]

Isn't it wild how lobster used to be the peasant food and now its come to be rich food

[proper dragon]

the opposite happened with vanilla flavoring

[turbid goblet]

tbf no king out there fishing himself

[cosmic island]

Restarted re-downloaded and still don't have access to the VIP boxes with VIP+ membership, sent a message to customer help, chat bot said wait for an email response

[alpine pumice]

It's the weekend, limited support. You'll have to wait for a response.

[eternal mango]

Which machine are you trying to access?

[cosmic island]

explosion or preignition,

[turbid goblet]

arent those starting point?

[proper dragon]

out of curiosity, is the consensus in here that AI is a threat to jobs or will it just make the skill gap even larger

[cosmic island]

it looks like i can access vip and vip+ on retired machines

[cosmic island]

yes i'm new

[turbid goblet]

those sound like starting point

thats a different cpn

vpn

[eternal mango]

The last spawn attempt was a few hours ago

They are connceted to the Starting Point VPN already

[turbid goblet]

oh sorry

[eternal mango]

All good

[cosmic island]

what does that mean?

[alpine pumice]

AI is just a tool like any other tool. It will benefit people who know how to use the tool.

[eternal mango]

That you're connected to the Starting Point VPN. Last spawn from you I see was a number of hours ago. Could you try spawning it again?

[cosmic island]

how do I do that? are directions somehwere.. I'm autistic so things need to be spelled out for me.

[eternal mango]

The same place that you spawned it the last time

[cosmic island]

I don't know what you mean by 'spawn'?

[eternal mango]

https://app.hackthebox.com/machines/Explosion?sort_by=created_at&sort_type=desc

Spawn == launch an instance of the target machine

[worthy cargo]

Spawn == superhero!

[hardy frigate]

Guys I was just thinking to myself "I bet companies would pay for dark web scans and exposure assessments"

[worthy cargo]

https://giphy.com/gifs/high-quality-highquality-spawn-TRyrbQvh1x4lO

[hardy frigate]

And then someone contacted me on Linkedin Asking if I can conduct Dark Web scans for them

[cosmic island]

the start machine button is greyed out

[ionic berry]

How do You Do

[worthy cargo]

Check your system time

Sometimes you can't start a box if the time mismatches

[ionic berry]

How many gooners here

[worthy cargo]

the fuck is a gooner?

[ionic berry]

Its like uhm

like me

gooner

[worthy cargo]

That was a non-answer

[zealous charm]

[lyric torrent]

Not sure if this is the right channel to ask But I have a question. I'm creating a VM in VMware and this message appears: "Enable side channel mitigation for Hyper-V enabled host". Should I leave this option enabled? Or is it better to disable Hyper-V along with Memory Integrity in Windows so that this doesn't appear in VMware and I can use it in native mode? Or what do you recommend? and also, does all of this really matter?

[worthy cargo]

What does hyperv have to do with vmware

I'm not following

I use linux as my desktop and virtualbox as my hypervisor

[worthy cargo]

Probably ask in #homelab-sysadm

General is not a good place

[lyric torrent]

I'm kinda beginner so in all of this so I have the same question

Thanks!

[turbid goblet]

who watching tiptotip china

[ionic berry]

like GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH

https://tenor.com/view/headbang-rock-on-beavis-and-butt-head-gif-14586906

LAK A GOOOOOOOOOOOOONAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH

:rockon:

[eternal mango]

It's just a warning, but TLDR it's a warning that the mitigations for such vulnerabilities are not enabled

[ionic berry]

https://tenor.com/view/lion-sigma-alpha-how-bro-felt-after-saying-that-sigma-lion-gif-13957304746104521882

[turbid goblet]

are u ok?

[ocean marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/embed-fail-dame-da-ne-yakuza-embed-fail-again-dame-da-ne-embed-fail-again-gif-21449144

[eternal mango]

Hyper-Gut literally just Google enable side channel mitigations vmware

[turbid goblet]

i cant wait until i get hacker so i can join in on this meme

[eternal mango]

It's aprt of group policy I presume

but I now nothing

[ocean marsh]

Hacker rank unlocks gifs?

[latent oak]

Really?

[turbid goblet]

i think

https://tenor.com/view/sleepy-bed-time-boo-tired-exhausted-gif-746433071964221246

[ocean marsh]

Oh damn

[turbid goblet]

oh wait

[latent oak]

lol

[ocean marsh]

I think it unlocks images

[eternal mango]

https://giphy.com/gifs/wake-up-system-of-a-down-serj-tankian-74e5YIHDbqWT6

[latent oak]

HOW YOU HACK DIS?!?

[eternal mango]

I only know how to hack DEEZ

dawn

Ok well jokes aside.. DNS servers can be accidentally configured in a such a way to be vu lnerable to cetain poinsoning attacks, transfer

Your question is very vague - do you have any further contenxt @latent oak

Or was that a joke 🤣

[proper dragon]

what's a good config to use to get comfy with common cybersecurity tools?

I have a spare laptop to mess with

pretty good with linux; I use arch as my daily btw

[latent oak]

https://tenor.com/view/alientheoristtheorizing-att-gif-21578720

[eternal mango]

There are numerous security realted distribtuons which come with a healthy amount of applications and tools

Parrot, and Kali are the two most popular

[latent oak]

@eternal mango i keed

[eternal mango]

I'd recommend running an distribution like that which is meant for testing etc to be run within a VM, that wy you can snapshot and roll back if you screw something up, and in addition it's relatively isolated from your host OS @proper dragon

[eternal mango]

So.. not only can I tell bad jokes very well, but also fall for sarcasm as easily

[proper dragon]

do you recommend any VMs? I used to use parallels on ios but it is costly

[eternal mango]

I just mentioned two

[turbid goblet]

templeOS for the shits and giggles

[eternal mango]

Evil

🤣

[eternal mango]

Besides, you don't NEED parallels

You could use VirtualBox

[proper dragon]

you mentioned two OSes 🙁

[eternal mango]

Yeah, scroll up and look at what I said

Wait..

Maybe that was before your originaly mesage lol

The tow most popular distributions pre-loaded with security toolings are Parrot and Kali

https://parrotsec.org/download/

https://kali.org/get-kali/

[latent oak]

Kali is great, I ran it as a VM for years

I also have it on my proxmox now

[proper dragon]

I get it now, thanks for the help

[lyric torrent]

Thank you Boss! just read some info about it

[eternal mango]

Must.. resist.. urge.. to jump in to conversation with a crpto scammer

Must behave

https://giphy.com/gifs/twitch-emotes-twitch-twitchemotes-ueYaauTJto3QE9gCjL

[proper dragon]

do it

https://tenor.com/view/emperor-palpatine-smile-star-wars-revenge-of-the-sith-ian-mcdiarmid-gif-12276403864815224151

[turbid goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-embed-fail-ryan-gosling-cereal-embed-failure-laugh-at-this-user-gif-20627924

yay that was my first time

[lyric torrent]

You meant virtualizers?

[eternal mango]

Nah, I got better things to do with my time, like watching 80s scifi gold

I did mention VirtualBOx and VMware..

[latent oak]

I’m watching The Phoenician Scheme

[eternal mango]

Gues I should..

shout louder next time

[lyric torrent]

Ye, Gobling mention those 2 but your host is IOS?

[eternal mango]

Do you recommend it?

[supple plume]

hi chat

[ocean marsh]

How do you feel?

[ocean marsh]

Echoes hiiii

[supple plume]

I've been hunting a bug for about 12 hours I didn't get it but almost

[turbid goblet]

disapointed

[supple plume]

I am so close

critical vuln

[supple plume]

hi!

[ocean marsh]

You got this king

[supple plume]

I feel like I can do it but I need to sleep

like someone says... let me fetch it rq

[latent oak]

I like it… it’s odd… but my wife is not feeling it

[supple plume]

@zealous charm

[latent oak]

So I guess I’ll watch it on my own

[supple plume]

so time to sleep

[latent oak]

I watched Bugonia last week

That was pretty good

is sleep important in hacking?

Sleep(5)

Well, is it?

[eternal mango]

Odd is good, added to the list, cheers!

[proper dragon]

"Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care,
The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast."

[latent oak]

To sleep, perchance to dream

[zealous charm]

Some might say that sleep is the most important hacker skill

[high elk]

anyone experience flag not being accepted to website? I reset and stopped machine multiple times. user.txt is always the same regardless of reset & is refused by app.hackthebox.com. full 32 character flag I dont think this is skill issue but rather a bug

[west lynx]

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

[eternal mango]

Which machine?

Damn

Or that

😄

[molten bobcat]

Also this

[high elk]

overwatch

u got any thoughts goblin?

[supple plume]

Can't sleep

To much hacking stuff in my brain

[proper dragon]

Zeigarnik effect

[supple plume]

Fuck zergiaingk

[proper dragon]

Agreed

hate that guy

[supple plume]

I was reverse engineering a binary from the target and I found a bug in a js dependency that has nothing to do with the target

[eternal mango]

I do not I'm afraid.the flags seem to be rotating correctly, and the flag you're submitting is not the one by default in the base image (prior to rotation)

[supple plume]

Validates a url host by split @ [1]

Like if I couldn't send 2 @

[high elk]

sent tkt in maybe after a day or two it will reset

[zealous charm]

@_@

[eternal mango]

You can reset it yourself

The flag you're using is from like 12 hours ago @high elk

[high elk]

ive reset and stopped multiple times, but flag remains the same. for what it is worth. i can also still evil-winrm in on the rotated ips after reset

[proper dragon]

Why is Mr. Robot and Who Am I? both laden with themes of schitzophrenia?

[high elk]

10.129.12.0/24 earlier. gave it around 6 hours and now im on 10.129.13.0/24

[eternal mango]

I'd advise moving this discussion to #boxes

oor

[high elk]

all good it worked lol

[west lynx]

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

[cosmic island]

@eternal mango can you check my account status and see if there is an issue, having issues with every box i try.

[high elk]

thanks man

[eternal mango]

No, sorry. Please reach out to support

[turbid goblet]

goblin on overtime

[eternal mango]

I have very limited access

[jagged storm]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-chat-cat-couch-crawling-crawl-gif-27214040

[frigid mountain]

I got this game Metal: Hellsinger. It's a rhythm based shooter where you get points and power ups for hitting enemies in time with the music. The soundtrack is packed with big names in metal and heavy music. I played the demo and am installing the full game now.

[eternal mango]

Looks fun 🙂 Will add it to the list, just playing through Split Fiction with the little one

[frigid mountain]

😄

[eternal mango]

Still gotta go back and finish the rest of the Everspace 2 dlcs too

Woe is me

Playing through that has got my controller accuracy massively up

[worthy cargo]

I poop too much...
And then I get tired.

[little gull]

Guys I want to setup my laptop with linux but I don't know which distro I should use

I used parrot and ubuntu a lot

[eternal mango]

https://giphy.com/gifs/buzzfeed-poop-prank-i-pooped-my-pants-on-camera-oz6L440bdRS6vi0k00

[worthy cargo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yDkkeIMrBk

[turbid goblet]

bros

[proper dragon]

I would say theres an extreme irony in learning cyber security with an Uncle Ted profile picture but it actually makes perfect sense

[turbid goblet]

i want taco bell but uber eatsed 5/7 days of this week so far

should i go 6/7

wait for the meme 6 7

[proper dragon]

rip intestines

[little gull]

Ironic isn't it?

[hushed escarp]

need help with john the ripper please 🙏 https://discord.com/channels/473760315293696010/1487954170844807219

[eternal mango]

No need to spam, if someone can help, they will

[hushed escarp]

alrighty lo siento

[turbid goblet]

john is easy to use

just google it

[little gull]

I was thinking about arch too

Heard u can learn a lot about linux overall using arch

[hushed escarp]

I went to google first I promise

[worthy cargo]

He's using debian 13 trixie, and that has a very old outdated version of john and hashcat both

so that might be the problem

I read his issue

[hushed escarp]

ah flip alright

[proper dragon]

time to play cs2 to remind myself how much I hate shooters

[jagged storm]

It depends how much you want to fix your OS.

[hushed escarp]

let's go gambling!!!!!

[little gull]

well I'll deffinietly will be using this laptop mainly for ctf for about a year

I'll see how much I like ctf

[jagged storm]

You'll want to do any of that in a VM anyway. If you're looking at your main OS, you probably want something stable.

[little gull]

Debian maybe

[proper dragon]

install gentoo

[rapid badger]

@little gull tell me about the industrial revolution senpai

[little gull]

Disaster

[proper dragon]

for who

[turbid goblet]

what about the neolithic revolution

[jagged storm]

Debian is rock solid

[little gull]

For my VM I should just go with kali right?

Or parrot

[proper dragon]

that seems to be the consensus

[jagged storm]

Try both and decide. I prefer Kali just because I prefer the default packages

[little gull]

alr thanks for help

[hardy frigate]

Hey guys

Looking for that one OSINT nerd in the corner

Can u teach me ur ways

[jagged storm]

There is an OSINT module

[hardy frigate]

Did u do that module

[jagged storm]

Yes

[hardy frigate]

Ok rat

[terse dirge]

being good at osint is just being good at cyber stalking

[worthy cargo]

Randy Walters is son of a bitch, whoah oh

oh

that's why I fucked his wife and got filthy rich, whoah oh

oh

fix my door, fix my door

stop stealing my dough, stop stealing my dough

stop disconnecting my video

I can't get this damn song out of my head

Afroman kicks ass

[somber ermine]

w

[turbid goblet]

hi owen

was it ur bday

[somber ermine]

in december lol

[somber ermine]

whats up kamigold

[proper dragon]

"Don't hate the hacker, hate the distro. Someone quote that."
-aw0ken

[iron galleon]

doesn't even make sense lol

[gaunt gale]

“Don’t hack the hatter, hack the server. Someone don’t quote me exactly.”
-aw0ken

[gaunt gale]

Yes it does. You live in la la land where cars require oil unless they run on something else.

And where 1 + 1 does not equal 3

Because in the real world, logic doesn’t work

Grow up

[iron galleon]

there always be some 80 iq shit going on here

[worthy cargo]

BRo

You grow up

[gaunt gale]

I’m joking

[worthy cargo]

Don't you know

[gaunt gale]

Jeez

[worthy cargo]

1x1=2

silly billy

[gaunt gale]

Lmao

Haha

[worthy cargo]

A little Terence Howard in da heezy

[gaunt gale]

I’m Professor Howard the Heezy yes

And so are you

[worthy cargo]

yo yo yo

check THIS out

Eggzy is in da house

[gaunt gale]

Ok

[turbid goblet]

wait

i just had a crazy revelation

all animals come from eggs

thank you eggzy u changed my life

[worthy cargo]

even mammals come from eggs

[gaunt gale]

Yes

Except not chickens

[worthy cargo]

Chickens are stupid

[gaunt gale]

Not as stupid as humans

[worthy cargo]

chickens don't do cybersecurity

[turbid goblet]

out of context tht looks wrong im deleting it

[proper dragon]

they pentest what do you mean

[somber ermine]

you havent seen the same chickens i have

[gaunt gale]

Yes agreed. Eggzy is unaware of cluckster the master hacker

And nerdcore artist

[somber ermine]

i keep at least 6 chickens on my desk when im pentesting instead of ai

[gaunt gale]

That’s what smart people do

[worthy cargo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlOe9_Z5BBU

[unique thicket]

how can i see the overall sections in a certain path?

same as the old UI

[shy wedge]

hello there

guys where do i find the update payment in hackthebox academy ? i cant seem to find it

[scenic maple]

https://academy.hackthebox.com/app/billing

[worthy cargo]

https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/leakbase-admin-arrested-in-russia-over.html

[turbid bloom]

where's harry?

or merlin?

oh wait merlin's dead

but harry gotta be somewhere

[turbid bloom]

👀

[cosmic island]

@eternal mango figured it out

[sharp shuttle]

damn why claude gatta have that voice 🥺 👉 👈

[next thicket]

Hey everyone

[ocean marsh]

sup

jfc

how fast was that

i got scared

https://klipy.com/gifs/jojo-bizzare-adventure-kars-jojo-1

[rapid swallow]

whats the best VPS service that dont stop ur engagament

?

[ocean marsh]

meoware

[ocean marsh]

damn still no CAPE results for you?

[rapid swallow]

NAHHHHHHH MANNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

yeah some services retrict use of virtual machine etc

[hardy frigate]

I just got crapped on for working on a sunday

[night sundial]

When you guys started did you feel lost on most boxes? I feel the “easy” boxes are hard for me knowing when/where to pivot. If so, did you just power through and read writeups and learn by following along or did you just struggle with a box until you could find it out on your own?

[somber ermine]

is there any alternative to using a VM or local install if my pc is super slow my kali vm is always at 100% cpu

[rapid swallow]

never had issues with it?

[somber ermine]

vps/rdp? if so do you have any you would recommend

[hardy frigate]

Try using an ubuntu VM its lighter

[somber ermine]

in this economy

thank you

[ocean marsh]

but i like head

[terse dirge]

Just install Linux as your host and use docker containers for stuff like Kali

[ocean marsh]

damn bro

how many days left

[terse dirge]

I personally use parrot containers because I'm too lazy to install certain tools

[somber ermine]

alr thank you

[ocean marsh]

you use kali headless?

[somber ermine]

thats why i use kali

[cerulean bloom]

1 year

[terse dirge]

I use the container image for HTB stuff

[cerulean bloom]

@austere sinew stay safe and stronggg

[somber ermine]

okok

[terse dirge]

It's easier to spin up a new environment like that because there's no persistence and you can just set up volumes

[rapid swallow]

6 days left

[ocean marsh]

I receive results on my 21 day

after messaging support 2 times

oh i see

[cerulean bloom]

wdym why

[ocean marsh]

why

[terse dirge]

Windows server headless is wild

[ocean marsh]

In some months it will be 2 years since I started hacking

https://tenor.com/view/cat-scream-gif-9259936078829692831

https://klipy.com/gifs/kryonax-skull

I'm going to brutally murder you

[terse dirge]

MS offers headless windows versions that aren't server?

[ocean marsh]

wow

I need a job to buy more certs

jobjobjob

https://klipy.com/gifs/frieren-cry-frieren-beyond-journeys-end-3

ayo

ceald is tripping

ceald only reacted with a fire emoji when you send the image

ok bro

I see how things work ceald

dw

https://tenor.com/view/67-67-meme-cat-cat-meme-balloons-gif-15884246815804905231

[plush zodiac]

Hi, how does the ranking system work? I finished one of the active machines but wasn't promoted, how does that work?

[ocean marsh]

Promotions may take some time to update

[plush zodiac]

Ah... ok, thank you

[ocean marsh]

zumi is evil

[plush zodiac]

Ok, wait here

[ocean marsh]

garrissus secius

[plush zodiac]

I know baby

byebye

[ocean marsh]

how much for 1 hour zumi

jfc that's maldev price with john hammy discount code

[rapid swallow]

it sucks u work so hard for it, but this wait makes it less worthy in a sense

like i dont even care about CAPE that much

anymore

im doing OSEP rn

[ocean marsh]

yeah I feel you

[ocean marsh]

gl

I'm paywalled after I finished CAPE

[raven nebula]

Guys, are you having problems in spawning machine?

[ocean marsh]

Doing free stuff no3w

[raven nebula]

i am having problems

[static burrow]

chat is learning js backend worth it

[ocean marsh]

hell nah

[raven nebula]

it keeps loading

[ocean marsh]

slayyy zumi

period

[raven nebula]

js is the best language

[static burrow]

i think it will be beneficial to my entry into app sec

[ocean marsh]

@lusty forum

[static burrow]

typescript is

[ocean marsh]

I regret pinging wyv

sorry wyv

[obtuse fern]

Typescript is js...

[static burrow]

yes but there are differences

[raven nebula]

just typed

[static burrow]

indeed

[ocean marsh]

typescript is js but without types

https://klipy.com/gifs/black-cat-cat-meme-1

not learning that

thank you mr

mr unc

[rapid swallow]

its an expensive field

thats life

[ocean marsh]

it is for sure

[raven nebula]

target is spawning infinitely for some reason

[static burrow]

you need your company to give you an allowance

[ocean marsh]

that only works if you have a job

[static burrow]

[raven nebula]

gate has been opening

[ocean marsh]

close your eyes and ill kiss you, tomorrow I'll miss you

the beatles

john lennon had it coming

[raven nebula]

and then i will hunt you

[static burrow]

also how do i get cert roles in this server

[lusty forum]

whi’m dare ping

[ocean marsh]

/ verifycertification

[south nova]

Target spawning…

[ocean marsh]

a steins gate pfp guy could never hunt me down

[ocean marsh]

thanks for the updates

[lusty forum]

yes, it helps you think how apps run/ what exploits are plausible in code

[south nova]

Ok it finally spawned

[raven nebula]

i watched steins ggate 20+ times, and the last 20 animes i watched was steins gate

[raven nebula]

Me too!

[ocean marsh]

thank you thank you

[static burrow]

backend engineers also get paid hella or so i heard

[ocean marsh]

ever tried steins gate?

[lusty forum]

@ocean marsh sec+ when

[ocean marsh]

never I'm poor I'm broke I dont have money

[raven nebula]

find a new universe

[static burrow]

235 with student discount

[lusty forum]

he’s brazilian it’s prob way more

[static burrow]

unlucky

[ocean marsh]

I dont see any reason for me to study why a fucking wall or a pole is better for security

i hate comptia

[little saddle]

Hey how much time does it take to get from beginner level to master in hacking from HTB

[lusty forum]

[lusty forum]

7

[ocean marsh]

broad question

[little saddle]

Whattt

[lusty forum]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-patrick-something-funnier-than-24-spongebob-squarepants-gif-10206128669611009864

[static burrow]

what do you know about access control vestibule

[ocean marsh]

dude cant even send gifs

[lusty forum]

booooo no perms

[ocean marsh]

lolllll

[lusty forum]

dude doesn’t do web

[little saddle]

Yeah but I want to be able to do bug bounty hunting

[lusty forum]

lmaooo

[ocean marsh]

https://klipy.com/gifs/cat-licking-45

[lusty forum]

just do bug bounty hunting

[austere sinew]

Ty

[ocean marsh]

i'll do you instead

[lusty forum]

i started on bb

[lusty forum]

ayo????

in front of @frosty thistle ???

[little saddle]

Yeah and master others slowly because I need money first then master

[lusty forum]

@austere sinew fakyu

[ocean marsh]

https://klipy.com/gifs/dog-boy-with-boy-hat

[rapid swallow]

yeah

[static burrow]

for Mitnick it only took 5

[ocean marsh]

me need money first too

[static burrow]

yes

[ocean marsh]

who the hell is mitnick

[lusty forum]

you don’t know who kevin mitnick is????????

[static burrow]

his early career was vague interest it only took him 5 years of serious learning

[lusty forum]

(tbh idk either)

[little saddle]

5 month or year

[static burrow]

5 year

[ocean marsh]

no

[static burrow]

he has interviews you know

[ocean marsh]

Damn gang

[static burrow]

im not the one asking to be a master hacker

[lusty forum]

so glad i’m quitting cyber

[ocean marsh]

how much time to be a master baiter

[static burrow]

0 i was born with it

[ocean marsh]

bruhhhhhhh

bozooo

L bozo

[static burrow]

also idk why people shit on sec+ so much its a good foundational cert

[lusty forum]

@ocean marsh quit cyber wit me

[ocean marsh]

NO

NEVER

[ocean marsh]

I'm sure you use a lot of what you learn on actual pentests

all the time

[static burrow]

introduces a wide concept

[lusty forum]

sec+ is useless

[ocean marsh]

nevermind from nirvana?

[static burrow]

for your first programming class do you starting making projects immediately?

[ocean marsh]

fuck yeah bro

you learn by doing

[little saddle]

My search history is cooked my sleep schedule is cooked I am learning Microsoft office with python and side by side HTB

[ocean marsh]

lol

[static burrow]

wrong

[lusty forum]

it feels like a game, a lot of questions are like puzzles or the answer is like “eh i guess if you say so” right

[lusty forum]

yes bro 💀 that’s how you learn programming first

learn fundamentals
spam projects
google if you don’t know things

[ocean marsh]

like you

[static burrow]

you first had to learn the concepts first

[ocean marsh]

old guy

[ocean marsh]

bruh

[little saddle]

Yeah but I need some skills in office like my brother wanted me and it is good to have broad opportunity

[lusty forum]

the concepts i learn was variable assignment if statements and for loops

[ocean marsh]

never used variable assignment

[little saddle]

The office will be finished in 2 weeks

[static burrow]

and concepts like fencepost problem

[ocean marsh]

fecespost problem?

[lusty forum]

i’m a software dev currently and idek what that is

[static burrow]

well the name sounds fancy

[little saddle]

I am gonna learn python with the HTB

[lusty forum]

no

[ocean marsh]

cs50

that david dude

[static burrow]

update i named it wrong

[ocean marsh]

goated

[lusty forum]

isn’t that the shitty harvard thing

[static burrow]

[ocean marsh]

which means you lost the discussion

[static burrow]

indeed

[little saddle]

I am not learning python here I meant with I am learning python on alison

[terse dirge]

Just find something you wanna make in python and do it vro

[lusty forum]

listen…… i just hate python

Golang <3

[static burrow]

dont learn python just learn java

[little saddle]

Why dude it such a cool language

[lusty forum]

i can code in python, i’ve done python golfing too which is hell

[ocean marsh]

because he likes JS, which is miserable

[lusty forum]

whitespaces based syntax is my enemy

[terse dirge]

Because it's object oriented

[sharp shuttle]

what is object oriented?

[ocean marsh]

zumi

[sharp shuttle]

grok what is

[ocean marsh]

zumi is object oriented

[terse dirge]

And indentation makes python kinda bad

[sick gate]

you've got him now

[little saddle]

Python is a interpreter language right

[lusty forum]

yes

[terse dirge]

Yes

[lusty forum]

isn’t golang also technically interpreted

[terse dirge]

No

[lusty forum]

it’s both interpreted and compiled

cause you can do go run without compiling

[ocean marsh]

this guy is a software developer btw

[little saddle]

What is the other type of language when I am learning I will come here for asking questions

[terse dirge]

When you do go run . it still compiles and runs your program

[little saddle]

What they said it is interpreter

[ocean marsh]

salazar92 could you please get me a job

[terse dirge]

Depends. If you want to learn something that's high level and compiled go is the best for it

[little saddle]

I am jobless myself do bounty hunting

[ocean marsh]

[sharp shuttle]

everyone is jobless btw

[lusty forum]

ah go run does compile it compiles and immediately executes a Go program without producing a persistent executable file

[sharp shuttle]

yes

[terse dirge]

🥀 j*b

[sick gate]

jobless johnny

[ocean marsh]

https://klipy.com/gifs/cat-stare-angry-cat

[lusty forum]

@frosty thistle when we quitting our jobs and being homeless

[ocean marsh]

zumi the day I see you

I'm going to punch twhe shit

out of you

[terse dirge]

Me last night

[lusty forum]

yay that means i’m safe

[ocean marsh]

i'm going to shoot you wyv

no

[lusty forum]

barely

[ocean marsh]

you are not safe

[lusty forum]

please!

[ocean marsh]

for being so hot 😩

https://klipy.com/gifs/go-white-boy-go-boy

now im sad

gn

guys

its 0x72 for you

treat me with more respect

little squirt

pipsqueak

minha

[lusty forum]

@frosty thistle do you think any of the 30 jobs i’ve applied to will get back to me

(like 15 are non-tech jobs)

i’ll take 2

[ocean marsh]

infinite money glitch

[lusty forum]

i applied to helpdesk roles

[cerulean bloom]

wat

no

[sharp shuttle]

this is zumi when he goes on ozempic

[ocean marsh]

which game old man

[sharp shuttle]

runescape obviously

[lusty forum]

@frosty thistle play overwatch with me

[cerulean bloom]

old man wat

[warped plank]

And bro wonders why he has no j*b

[cerulean bloom]

[lusty forum]

I HAVE J*B

[warped plank]

[lusty forum]

its just shit

[ocean marsh]

this was a draw btw

[sharp shuttle]

what is that

[lusty forum]

lmao

[ocean marsh]

almost 30k damage

[sharp shuttle]

fortnite?

[ocean marsh]

55 kills

[lusty forum]

wht hero

[ocean marsh]

overwatch, game for dumb ppl

[sharp shuttle]

damn bro you chug jugging

ohhh

cool man

thats a good kd

[ocean marsh]

mccree

[sharp shuttle]

i hope mine is like that before i kick the bucket

[lusty forum]

nice

[ocean marsh]

you can do it brath

[warped plank]

Me when my mates ask me to play overwatch:

https://tenor.com/view/martsio-overwatch-junkrat-fps-high-iq-gif-4947468601971108283

[ocean marsh]

super valid

super super valid

[warped plank]

I ain't playing no aim hero if I have to break my wrist flicking up to a genji ult

[ocean marsh]

old man game

goated game

[warped plank]

https://tenor.com/view/doubt-press-x-la-noire-meme-x-button-gif-19259237

[maiden anvil]

dolphin divers R us 💪 🐬

[ocean marsh]

I used to aim train just to get better at ow during highschool

instead of studying

or doing something with my life

[lusty forum]

guess who i main @ocean marsh

[warped plank]

I did the same but for CS:GO and Valorant

[ocean marsh]

that water sup twink

[ocean marsh]

I was immortal 1 on valorant

shit game

[lusty forum]

rein

[ocean marsh]

never playing again

[warped plank]

I hate horizontal flicking cos I either drop the mouse or punch the wall by accident

(My desk was tiny in highschool)

[ocean marsh]

I'm way better with tracking

[alpine pumice]

is immortal 1 like global elite or something

[ocean marsh]

almost global elite

one behind

[alpine pumice]

get on my level then

[warped plank]

Radiant is like GE

[ocean marsh]

we're trying to flex here to see who's the biggest loser

[warped plank]

I never got out of silver in CSGO

[somber ermine]

GE in csgo is easier than radiant rn espcially on NA

[ocean marsh]

lmfaoo

what is GE

https://klipy.com/gifs/a-624

[warped plank]

Global Elite

[ocean marsh]

oh

[ornate ibex]

Good MOrning

[ocean marsh]

hi tejas

how's cwes

[maiden anvil]

ok sure but what does that actually mean?

[ocean marsh]

no time to waste

[ornate ibex]

still in the attacking common applications module

[warped plank]

Better to start early with portfolio diversification and long term investments rather than web3 and blockchain

[ornate ibex]

I plan to complete it today

[austere sinew]

So… you know chatgpt isn’t a good source of information right?

[ocean marsh]

ohhh that's such a chore man

i dont like this module

[ornate ibex]

Same

[austere sinew]

It’s an echo chamber

To keep you staying

[woven dew]

I just asked

[ocean marsh]

lies, I would like for chatgpt to guide me through life

[austere sinew]

Now you’ve got me wondering if I should ask chatgpt if I should file a complaint over the paramedics I had today

[ocean marsh]

i am degrading

in everything

[austere sinew]

Bruh

[ocean marsh]

https://klipy.com/gifs/chud-fuck

[terse dirge]

I could go for a BBQ pulled pork sandwich rn

[ocean marsh]

I scrolled so much I found a legend

[alpine pumice]

i have an interview tomorrow

[austere sinew]

Good luck!!

[cerulean bloom]

glglgl

[alpine pumice]

ty

[ocean marsh]

gl

[alpine pumice]

i had to go buy a suit, never had one before

protip: buy a suit early so you can get it tailored and shit

[terse dirge]

With like some caramelized onions, coleslaw, and apple cider vinegar based bbq sauce