general

[plain tartan]

Thank you. I just noticed it was a Google Doc and immediately started looking for validation.

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sick lance (current: #2 - 3447)

[onyx imp]

I see, alright I will try again

[queen comet]

Hello

[gray elm]

Hi, I'm a beginner and wanted to know if there was a way to hack into a site on the dark web to take it down or doss it.

[upper knoll]

@naive violet

[gray elm]

can i write to him?

[mossy river]

That would be illegal and against our community rules

[gray elm]

oh sorry, didn't know, it's because i wanted to take down pedopornografic content of some people that i know

[rapid merlin]

hey guys, i dont know if you can help me with thuis or not but i figured it was worth a try

[candid niche]

G'morning THM

[brittle lynx]

But if ur not even a hacker u wont get anywhere in ur cause

[rapid merlin]

isd anyone able to teach me or help me hack into ajn inactive instagram account thats been inactive for years, so i can get the username. the person who owns it hasnt used it in years, and i just want the username for it. i cant evenm offer to pay him for it or ask for it because its inactive

[mossy river]

You need to report it to the authorities, you can submit an anonymous FBI tip.

[finite basalt]

^

[grim sparrow]

:hammer: fwm2007#0 has been banned.

[finite basalt]

There are teams within the authorities for dealing with such sites and in most countries vigilanteism is illegal

[gray elm]

ok i'll try

[grim sparrow]

@brittle lynx has been warned.

[finite basalt]

Within the UK for something like that there's also the ROCUs and NCA that have teams dedicated for dealing with things at those sorts of scales I believe

[gray elm]

ok, thank you

[upper knoll]

Hope it’s okay to say. My old lecturer for digital forensics (ex police officer) always taught us no matter your good intentions in those situations you are more likely to hinder law enforcement investigations by attempting to “help” it’s always best to leave it to the professionals

[finite basalt]

Yeah, if you break standard operating procedure for them you can lead to cases being thrown out of court

I have a lecturer who did digital forensics and have personally done work (software-development related) in the past for the police and can promise you that it's far better to leave it to them as those SOPs exist for a reason as much as they're a pain in the arse

[boreal scarab]

$20 bucks is $20

[gray sonnet]

what

[boreal scarab]

$20 bucks is $20

[willow berry]

can someone check is this room down? https://tryhackme.com/room/adenumeration

[shell peak]

If u know those people irl y dont u confront them

[upper knoll]

@mossy river

[shell peak]

Whats up with the pings

I didnt say anything wrong

[topaz topaz]

It's also worth remembering that regardless of intentions not only do you potentially give a guilty convict a not-guilty verdict through your intervention, you risk going to jail yourself, or even rattling a criminal organization's cage

The HowToHack subreddit has tons of people trying to be good old samaritans

[mossy river]

Conversation doesn’t need to continue, however I wouldn’t recommend confronting cyber criminals as it can disrupt ongoing investigations and put your safety at risk

[topaz topaz]

How does one go back to work after 4 days of just relaxation and partying? It's a beautiful privilege to be able to ask that but damn I gotta get used to the routine

[finite basalt]

With excitement to catch up with colleagues

that's what I do

I switched from full time to part time for my final year and turn up to the office randomly every so often, I call it "a pleasant surprise" for both myself and others

[topaz topaz]

I've got some beautiful people I work with so it's a nice thought 🙂

[finite basalt]

bit of a trek in but I love catching up and chatting to the people I work with

[sand trench]

sudden product placement

[topaz topaz]

Ahh sandisk USBs

I keep buying the cheapest drives I can find, should I also have a sandisk with good speeds in my possession? Do you guys use any?

[sand trench]

well currently looking into getting 2 usb 3.something and up usb sticks

one for phonebackup stick and the other as a ventoy usb for recovery and reinstall purposes

[topaz topaz]

I use a Kingston Datatraveler 3.0 for ventoy, it does its thing

Despite the drives costing 5 euros each, 3 euros for my employee discount (the cost of a coffee)

[sand trench]

yeah that is a fair price

shadow miss their gymnasium years when they could get a good usb stick for about 2-4 usd/euro

8GB to 16GB usb 3.0 kingston datatravlers

was hard to beat

[boreal scarab]

Helped a guy fix an issue with his computer, really, a Samsung 990 Pro. $20 for like 5 min

[sand trench]

https://www.twitch.tv/skittishandbus

chill music times

[silver sky]

@mossy river mind if I DM?

[mossy river]

Go for it

[silver sky]

Had to send a FR

[wind lake]

whats up

[silver sky]

The sky

[wind lake]

ceiling, actually

and then about 7 more floors of apartment

[silver sky]

And above that is the sky

[wind lake]

and then roof

[sand trench]

naaah wide boi is outside

[wind lake]

and then sky

[sand trench]

technically the atmosphere is mostly below us

so most of the sky is actually downwards

[blazing granite]

@gray sonnet 👋 how are you??

[mossy river]

Can we make sure GIFs are appropriate, please? This includes the people featured in them.

[shell peak]

Took u long enough

[grim sparrow]

@shell peak has been warned.

:hammer: cycrusader#0 has been banned.

[upper knoll]

So anyone having any food

I’m having a late dinner of steak and chips!

[candid niche]

I was just wondering what I should make for lunch

[upper knoll]

I need more protein

[upper knoll]

Whatcha thinking?

[candid niche]

I have some meat in the fridge I need to use up, so might make some salad wraps with meat in them.

[finite basalt]

I'm off out in an hour to get cookie dough and a milkshake

[upper knoll]

Why do you hurt me

Cookie dough and milkshakes I miss those foods

[finite basalt]

can you not have them anymore?

[upper knoll]

Rarely

[finite basalt]

ahh I see, I'll make sure to enjoy it on your behalf I promise

[upper knoll]

Not really smart way to get my daily calories however much I’d like that

[finite basalt]

I'm just treating myself after what felt like a very long weekend

[upper knoll]

We all need that sometimes

[finite basalt]

I'm thinking I might also have myself a 3am bath tbh

[upper knoll]

Milkshakes are my secret cheat food

Love them

[finite basalt]

was debating just soaking in a bath till I become a raisin

I love a ferrero rocher milkshake

[upper knoll]

Biscoff, salted caramel or kinder bueno

[finite basalt]

hell yeah

kinder buenos go so hard

you ever put a bueno in the fridge for a bit before eating it?

[upper knoll]

Yes sir

[finite basalt]

that is the most elite way to eat a bueno

like they're good as they are but once the filling's thick like nutella it's even better

[blazing granite]

it was bueno? 😉 😂

[finite basalt]

muy bueno (very good, for moderation purposes), I don't know spanish so I can't vouch for how accurate any of that was haha

yeah I reckon tonight is a ferrero rocher milkshake night

[blazing granite]

I do, that was grammatically accurate 🙂

[finite basalt]

mint 😎

I can do basic french and because of that always struggled with spanish

if I do both, I'll confuse words from the two due to similarities

[blazing granite]

both romance language 🙂 I speak very high level of Spanish, basic French and intermediate Italian 🙂

[finite basalt]

I've dabbled in italian, did GCSE Latin and French but focused mostly on french

[vale patio]

Hello guys and tryhackme geeks, what can you tell me about SAL1 certification? Is it worth of price and effort?

[finite basalt]

I spent a few months on italian after meeting a girl who was italian haha, shame she had to move back home, there was definitely some light flirting in italian from me 🤣

french I continued learning cause I'd already done some of it and was decent, latin I did because it was an extra qualification and the qualification also covered roman civilisation so was interesting

[blazing granite]

I lived in Italy for 2 years 🙂 also went to an Italian school when I was a child, but since I don't use Italian that much I consider myself intermediate

[blazing granite]

italian girls are something special 🙂

[finite basalt]

Yeah absolutely, she was lovely, real shame she moved back home after uni

nearly had me re-downloading leage of legends for her and all

but it was for the greater good, meant I got to keep my beard
if we got together it'd have to go and I look like a foetus without

[brittle lynx]

Guys

Did u do all the AD rooms?

[sand trench]

nah but did all the network rooms for it

[arctic jasper]

AD sorry im still drinking my coffee

?

[sand trench]

active directory

the windows server and device management system for large companies and enterprises

[brittle lynx]

Do u know this tool called Seatbelt.exe ?

[sand trench]

heard of it never used it

[brittle lynx]

I am about to try it

Now I will become a real exploit developer

[boreal scarab]

Going from a 27" monitor to a 15" laptop screen feels weird

Be me:

Starts Skyrim
Hits continue
Gets a random achievment for having all 11 vampire perks when I'm not a vampire
Character dies
Games crashes

https://tenor.com/view/jason-momoa-chair-reverse-backwards-leaving-gif-24174624

[wintry smelt]

HELLO

[wary ocean]

welcome to bethesda

[proven lark]

yo guys i just ran capa

how long would it take to analyze the file

[sand trench]

and shadow is off for the night... have a good one everyone
meep moop beep boop

[upper knoll]

dont post room answers lad!

[upper knoll]

better xd

[vivid estuary]

xd

[rapid merlin]

I was thinking about leaving TryHackMe until I go to college because my brain could only remember so many things since I no longer take VyVanse (a stimulant medication) which originally helped me with focusing and memory, but then I got an idea. I could use TryHackme as a way to not only learn cybersecurity, but also slowly retrain my brain to memorize things naturally. Let's see how this works out.

[upper knoll]

@mossy river as its discusses a medication ima let u decide if thats appropriate.

[rapid merlin]

Ah we're not allowed to talk about that?

[mossy river]

It’s alright, thank you for the ping

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @upper knoll (current: #255 - 28)

[upper knoll]

sorry lad ❤️

[rapid merlin]

Ah okay lol

[mossy river]

They’re just staying on the safe side dw 😄

[upper knoll]

abudence of caution

[rapid merlin]

Alrighty

[upper knoll]

honestly i love thm rn im using it to train up for the new cert they released but use it as it suits you as an individual

Soc path has been super interesting so far

[arctic jasper]

thank you i have finished my coffee XD

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sand trench (current: #4 - 2108)

[vivid estuary]

I didn't used THM for a long time, a lot of things have changed now they have own certification that's really great

[vivid estuary]

and we can reset progress also great thing

[brittle lynx]

I have mixed feelings about this room

On the one hand, I appreciate the red teaming attacks

But on the other hand, I feel like I spent a lot of time studying how to attack an outdated stuff like mcafee and using outdated script like Seatbelt

[upper knoll]

so in some cases it maybe outdated however you never know when you will find a system that runs out of date software

and the theory of it still runs true when using new tools

[brittle lynx]

I see

I just hope that all the AD rooms are connected

Then I will really have fun

[upper knoll]

sometimes its about learning good procedure for something rather than the exact mechanics,

for example my exact windows exploiting isnt the best however i know where to look what to look for and how to use what i find

[brittle lynx]

@upper knoll u have on a windows VM when u are hacking?

Or only kali

[upper knoll]

i use the attack box

however i do also have a kali VM for my personal use

[brittle lynx]

Why cant I download the vpn file? It says "Not Found"

[proven lark]

this goes on forever

[brittle lynx]

Does anyone have the same problem

Is there a support chat I can use

It says "Not Found"

[half relic]

i just tried downloading it but it worked so im not sure

[brittle lynx]

the adenumeration network ?

Bro I feel like I just stepped into the biggest world of attack targets

[eager reef]

Is anyone else experiencing that the machines created in exercises aren't showing up? I saw a reference somewhere to the "split screen" button at the top, but either that's not there, or I'm blind, because nothing seems to be happening.

For what it's worth, this is not the "Start AttackBox" button at the top, but I used the "Start machine" within the task.

[brittle lynx]

I think I have 100 rooms I need to do

[half relic]

https://tryhackme.com/access

are you accessing it from there

[brittle lynx]

Yeah I am

I press download and it says "not found" as a pop up

[half relic]

https://help.tryhackme.com/en/articles/6496038-connecting-to-openvpn-on-linux-and-mac

this says to refresh the page regenerate it wait a few minutes and try again and if that doesnt' woprk contact support

sounds like it happens from time to time if its in their help center though

[eager reef]

Thanks. But that's for OpenVPN. I'm just trying to use the AttackBox option. For what it's worth, I did try refreshing the page, and terminating the machine

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @half relic (current: #725 - 7)

[half relic]

oh sorry i thought you were downloading the openvpn configuration for

oh wait lol

i mixed you up with someone else someone else was asking about that lol

lol sorry

[eager reef]

No worries. It might just be something on my end. I filed a ticket. I'll try again tomorrow (it's 2 AM, so perhaps I'm just too tired to do this)

[half relic]

i have had an issue where the windows vms wouldn't display

in any browser or device on myh account

it eventually just started working

the site support or room help rooms are probably better for this type of question though

[eager reef]

Yeah, that seems to be what I'm experiencing. It's been off a bit today. I also ran into an issue earlier where I was supposed to (and did) write some Python script, but the solution never showed. I ended up googling for it, after even using the script generated by the hint didn't yield a result

[eager reef]

I didn't even know that existed. I'm fairly new to Discord, lol

[half relic]

did it open a split screen that was blank

[eager reef]

It doesn't open anything, haha. I'm just staring at the exercise page, while the banner at the top does indicate the machine is up and running

Thanks anyway for the assist 🙂 I'll try and figure it out tomorrow, and will catch some Zzzzs

[fossil merlin]

Hey gang

Windows was fucky at work today

[half relic]

what did it do

[boreal scarab]

Ow, hot plates are hot

[brittle lynx]

Its still not found

[oak marsh]

Meanwhile I'm installing parrot at 2am

[brittle lynx]

I waited a few minutes

[boreal scarab]

ParrotOS WSL!

[half relic]

hmm that link has a way to contact support

[boreal scarab]

Yours truly bug tested it 😄

[half relic]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[oak marsh]

Actually very cool

[boreal scarab]

https://gitlab.com/parrotsec/project/wsl

[half relic]

windows is at my work every day

today mariadb wouldn't start after windows was rebooted and it turned out it was because the quites around the path to the executable were not there. i have no idea how that could happen

[inner goblet]

Anybody know of any beginner games on try hack me?

[half relic]

it was working before the reboot

[brittle lynx]

What is the most exciting thing about hacking for u?

Answer and I will tell u

[half relic]

how can the quotes disappear

[pseudo egret]

pickle rick is a good room

[inner goblet]

I know I’m in try hack me discord but I’m not learning a lot from reading the modules and stuff.

[inner goblet]

I actually haven’t hacked anything or tried to. People here said to take courses first

[pseudo egret]

you should get the fundamentals

[half relic]

ill remember that i need some good ones to try as first ctf type rooms

[brittle lynx]

in my opinion the red team pathway is the best.

U learn how to hack things and stay undetected.

https://tryhackme.com/paths

[pseudo egret]

you can check out youtube

[inner goblet]

I feel like to get the fundamentals I need to actually have hands on experience. Like simulated repetitive stuff

[pseudo egret]

i think it was my first ctf

[pseudo egret]

pickel rick focouses on web pentesting

[fossil merlin]

Logged everyone out of outlook for mobile devices.

[rugged kayak]

just do easy boxes

[inner goblet]

I wanna do a lot of red team stuff

[inner goblet]

I was thinking this

[rugged kayak]

dont think just do 😭

[brittle lynx]

Thats why my opinion is to forget everything else and go for the red teaming pathway and work hard whilst having fun

[pseudo egret]

hey calm down first complete the basics and then go for red teaming

[blazing granite]

https://tenor.com/view/do-or-do-not-gif-19616599

[pseudo egret]

if he has only started he could have difficulty understanding

[inner goblet]

It’s a lot of modules and reading. I’m used to “cat this folder and find dog pictures” and it’s repetitive tasks like finding things.

[pseudo egret]

bro you need more than that in pentesting

[inner goblet]

I guess it’s just a lot to read. I’m more hands on

[pseudo egret]

you can refer youtube for better eplanations

there is also #room-hints #room-ideas here

[inner goblet]

Like idk what a lot of the commands are

I still look them up

[pseudo egret]

google the usage of commands

[inner goblet]

Do you do that?

[pseudo egret]

yes

[inner goblet]

Like ik what sudo and echo is lol

[pseudo egret]

i do it when i am new to some commands

[pseudo egret]

you can know a lot in the paths

[half relic]

i google commands all the time

i usually look for examples

and modify them

dont' run examples without knowing what thye do though

[pseudo egret]

hey does any one use hydra for brute forcing

[inner goblet]

I feel like if I learn the tools then I’ll understand the commands. Ik it sounds so backwards

[half relic]

only in the room i just did lol

[blazing granite]

you're well set then 😂 😛

[half relic]

that doesn't really make sesne

commands are how yoiu invoke tools

im not sure what you mean

[inner goblet]

I don’t either I guess it’s complex

[pseudo egret]

you first need to see some youtube videos on the topic first

[blazing granite]

read, hit the man pages, and practice, it works for years and still working 🙂

[pseudo egret]

hey does any one use hydra for brute forcing

[half relic]

im curious about what you are trying to do but i probably have no idea how to do it if you don't

sorry

[pseudo egret]

i am in search of a new brute forcing tool other than hydra

[half relic]

ah that makes sense

[pseudo egret]

yha thats why i asked it here

[rugged kayak]

medusa maybe?

you can bruteforce websites with ffuf

[pseudo egret]

is that possible ??

[frosty thunder]

"You should have a clear understanding of Okta's authentication protocols, such as SAML and OAuth."

Guys any recommendations for a room on this?

[rugged kayak]

yea why not

its just http requests

[pseudo egret]

i thought it was for enumeration

[blazing granite]

I'd recomend put Okta, authentication protocols, SAML and OAuth in the search funtion and see what come out

[rugged kayak]

and how does it enumerate

by sending requests

[pseudo egret]

ohh sorry that was wfuzz

[frosty thunder]

yeah there is an oauth room, i will do that. but okta and saml yield no results

[blazing granite]

good start 🙂

[inner goblet]

What’s after the blue color?

[blazing granite]

search funtion is your friend 🙂

[carmine tinsel]

Good afternoon peeps, are there any thm rooms on steganography? Using the search option doesn't seem to show any good ones

[pseudo egret]

??

[inner goblet]

On the username here it changes when you progress on thm

[rugged kayak]

you can do something like thisffuf -u http://IP/login.php -X POST -d "Username=FUZZ&Password=FUZ2Z&Submit=Login" -w allowed.userlist:FUZZ -w allowed.userlist.passwd:FUZ2Z -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -mc 200,302

multiple wordlists for multiple parameters

you will usually get 200 status codes

so you filter them by response length

[pseudo egret]

what is the FUZ2Z after the password wordlist

[frosty thunder]

steganography is lame

[carmine tinsel]

I know it's lame, but I'm curious about it regardless

[rugged kayak]

you just specify what password will be used for which parameter

FUZ2Z is passwords FUZZ is usernames

[frosty thunder]

i just feel like it's a toy. maybe caeser used to hide data into images, but nowadays who does that

i don't like those challenges where you have to do steganography, seems like escape room type of a game.

[pseudo egret]

ohh ok

[umbral bay]

👋

[pseudo egret]

so if i know the usename i specify it in FUZZ and rename FUZ2Z as FUZZ for password?

[rugged kayak]

you can name parameters however you like

but if you know username you can only use one parameter

[pseudo egret]

can i use multiple parameters

[fervent cove]

is task 4 first question on network essentials broken?

question is asking how many bytes in the ping echo request but its asking for like a whole sentence lmao

[rugged kayak]

yes

just read this command and do good ol ffuf --help

[inner goblet]

I’m taking a cyber career match test to see what I am

[fervent cove]

i cant be this dumb right guys

[pseudo egret]

you can ask on #room-help

[rugged kayak]

what room is this

lemme check answer

[proven lark]

cant open it

[rugged kayak]

this may be a bug

[fervent cove]

network essentials

[pseudo egret]

may be

[fervent cove]

sorry didnt see that channel

[pseudo egret]

np

[pseudo egret]

is there any pass for it ?

[rugged kayak]

yup its a bug

or its not

but this is not an answer really

[pseudo egret]

try out adding a line of out put

[rugged kayak]

put it in site-bugs

[fervent cove]

o wow strange

thank u, my ocd wouldve killed me not having that complete

[blazing granite]

before saying bug, does he have permissions to open the directory? Does he root? it's just too easy say a bug 🙂

[rugged kayak]

i remember it being a number

[half relic]

yeah me too

[pseudo egret]

was talking about the room

[fervent cove]

yeah i was just staring at the picture and was like what lmao

[blazing granite]

I thought he was talking about the pic 😂

[pseudo egret]

lol

[rugged kayak]

all good

[pseudo egret]

mybe he can open root with terminal

[blazing granite]

it's a common answer, when people don't know the cause of the problems usually say it's a bug instead of doing a proper investigation to confirm or deny that is a bug 😂

[pseudo egret]

😂

can he access it by terminal ?

[frigid sierra]

Hello guys

[pseudo egret]

hey

[blazing granite]

first of all is a matter of permissions, if you don't have it, you won't see it anywhere 😂

[pseudo egret]

what if this file manager has problem

[rugged kayak]

its not

[pseudo egret]

then may be root has a pass

that he doesnt know

[rugged kayak]

you cant access /root without password

[blazing granite]

you can't enter root home as a regular user 🙂

[pseudo egret]

yha understood 🫡

[mellow narwhal]

open terminal here --> sudo su --> cd root

[blazing granite]

sudo su you become root that's why you can enter that directory 🙂

[mellow narwhal]

yep

[brittle lynx]

Did u guys ever inject a process

[mellow narwhal]

No... can theorize, but no

Defended against tampered processes yes

[glacial cove]

Yes

Need revision over my exploit dev bits but process injection and hijacking using Windows handles and WinAPI is funky

[half relic]

Do you guys ever read these old articles where things like sql injection and buffer overflow vulnerabilities were first discovered

https://phrack.org/issues/54/8
https://phrack.org/issues/49/14

Its amazing how wide open everything was

history

[burnt oyster]

guys in pickle rick ctf i think my browser is blocking me from listening on port 4444 or block the reverse shell

i should i do

[brittle lynx]

Question

9 days of access left
Why does my room say that

I just got a subscription renewed today

[half relic]

your browser shouldnt be listening on any port

[blazing granite]

I remember the glory days of phracking and wasn't exactly legal

[half relic]

its just really interesting to read

[burnt oyster]

how to do it

[half relic]

I actually dont' remember that i read those issues later

[half relic]

i didnt' do the pickle rick room so i don't knwo if a revers shell is even possible

are you using metasploit

this should probably go in room help actually

[blazing granite]

I lived it 🙂

[half relic]

but i dont' see how a browser could be blocking it

that's really interesting

i didn't get a computer till 1998

[brittle lynx]

Enumerating Active Directory
https://tryhackme.com/room/adenumeration
This room is completely bugged

....

[blazing granite]

I got my first in 1986 🙂

[half relic]

its really interesting cause it seem that back then you could just reason your way through that stuff instead of depending on things that other people discovered

which you could technically do now if you're not me i guess

and if you know all the stuff that happened before this

[brittle lynx]

Back in the day

[blazing granite]

back then you wanted information you go to a library, ask a friend for a book, look for a BBS 🙂

[brittle lynx]

I had a cat

And at night I hugged my cat

0 computers

[half relic]

no amazon either i guess

my library has almost nothing now so i doubt they would have had a lot of in depth technical books back then

[blazing granite]

Amazon comes to play in 1994 and sold only books in the beginning 🙂 I was a big amazon client 🙂

[half relic]

i actually got an account in 1998 for books

[brittle lynx]

Im a certified amazon red teamer

[half relic]

i used to read a ton of fiction

[blazing granite]

I'm a pioneer amazon buyer 😂

[half relic]

i used to think i was but i guess you really were lol

[blazing granite]

did you read neuromancer and the cuckoo's nest?

Dune?

[half relic]

no i read stuff like clive barker

i did read red mars though but i couldnt' finish the trilogy case it was too depressing

lol

red mars was amazing but depressing

because they started out so optimistic but then corporations ruined evertything basically as i remember it

[blazing granite]

William Gibson the author of neuromancer was the one who coined the term cyberspace 🙂

[half relic]

i started reading neuromancer but i didn't like the characters

you have to like the characters

sorry lol

if you liked it

[static acorn]

😼

[outer rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/catdance-gangnam-style-cute-cat-gif-11020797830010762324

@fervent meteor

[static acorn]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gif-10588309

[outer rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/discord-loading-screen-gif-21591154

[static acorn]

you got me bro

smh

[outer rivet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/725692503172579379/747945584941334538/image0.gif

[static acorn]

https://tenor.com/view/freddy-mewing-gif-16618854983432963802

https://tenor.com/view/goober-gif-26076005

[outer rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/tweaking-wegeekinghard-blud-tiktok-animatronic-tweaking-gif-18331326635054461479

[static acorn]

me rn asf

[blazing granite]

what's up with the gif spamming?

[static acorn]

hi Rex. sorry

[half relic]

So you probably used IRC then

[static acorn]

we were just goofing

[blazing granite]

BitchX FTW!!!!

[half relic]

I did a bit but its been a while

I just used mirc

lol

[blazing granite]

It's OK, I didn't use much windows, always Linux so BitchX was 🙂

[half relic]

i was surpised when a bunch of customer servers got hacked and i logged in and they were logged into telegram

i used windows back then

but i played more games too

[blazing granite]

I used xchat for a bit, but you couldn't beat BitchX

[half relic]

they were windows servers though

i probably shouldnt' say too much about it i guess

[static acorn]

also... REX.. Peek the color??? 😼😼😼

im no orange anymore :))))))

[rapid merlin]

hello

[static acorn]

hello 🙂

[rapid merlin]

how I get started

[half relic]

sorry i jumped way ahead with what i was thinking

[cloud quiver]

#start-here 🙂

[half relic]

i was thinking abotu irc then i was thinking abotu an analyis about how anonymous communicated

that's why i jumped to telegram

anyway nevermind

[rapid merlin]

aah

so the learning is on a different website

[static acorn]

?

[half relic]

that's actually how they got caught though one guy forgot to connect to tor before he went on irc with his name

[rapid merlin]

on https://tryhackme.com/

[half relic]

then they found the other guys through him

[near sapphire]

well, yes

[rapid merlin]

ok then bye

[half relic]

?

[near sapphire]

uhh okay lol

[half relic]

lol

[near sapphire]

i dont know if he thought he'll get the materials in discord

[static acorn]

yeah i wasnt sure how to respond either

half way

[ashen kelp]

Hey guys. I've noticed people who pass security+ suggest using ExamTopics for practice paper, it seems good but looks easy as compared to Exam Compass which is hard (topic wise papers).. Any advice on this on what I could do to prepare for it

[blazing granite]

https://tenor.com/view/my-favorite-ok-bye-gif-198821700557392907

😂

[half relic]

that exchange was weird

[blazing granite]

not the weirdest one I've ever had on the internet 😛 😂

[half relic]

im sure

yeah there are definately weirder things on the internet

it seems its less weird now but i think the weirdness is probably just more buried now or im getting used to it

[blazing granite]

reddit is kind of weird 😂 depends which part you're, usenet has some weird places too. Also in 4 chan the original back I've seen some weird shit there

[half relic]

did you ever read this book

[blazing granite]

not but I've used those types of phones 😂 😛

[half relic]

reddit is a little wierd but like i said maybe im used to it or im just going to the wrong subreddits lol

4chan is obnoxious imo

last time i used usenet i was overwhelmed with spam

i think my isp got rid of usenet too

[stray talon]

Hello I try to report a bug how to do it??

[upper knoll]

#1333993673381253162

[blazing granite]

I'm talking about the good old days of usenet, I remember Linus post about working on an OS 😂

[half relic]

i remember a group that i think was alt.com.virus where the guy who wrote malwarebytes used ot post all the time and there was some guy there named pcbutts. people would come in all the time for help with their virus infected computers and pcbutts would reply with some random bat file or something hosted on his domain and tell them to run it and they would come back and say thanks for trying to help but it actually seems worse now

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @blazing granite (current: #56 - 157)

[half relic]

lol

bot

anyway

and there was nothing we could do to stop it

it wasn't moderated

poor people

probably shouldnt run random bat files from usenet though

especially from pcbutts.com or whatever his domain was

[blazing granite]

different times, the general mind was if you're too stupid to run it, it's your problem 😂

that is kind of true 😉 😛

[desert shuttle]

So many things to learn not enough time

[half relic]

that's true people were more like that

moderated groups always moved way too slow

becasue you have to moderate every single message before it goes out

obviouisly

[grizzled void]

https://tenor.com/view/eleven-doctor-matt-smith-bye-bye-doctor-who-spookylecter-gif-12418968219434630011

[dull elk]

a

[blazing granite]

how are you?

[grizzled void]

cold and tired but I'm not gonna learn anything while sleeping

[blazing granite]

it's 23° C right now

[grizzled void]

I'm jealous

[static acorn]

-1°C here

[grizzled void]

same its freezing rain here

[blazing granite]

don't worry soon enough you'll complain about the heat, while I'll be freezing 😂 😛

[static acorn]

dont remind me

[grizzled void]

Oh I'll never complain about it being hot, I'll wear a hoodie and jeans in the summer

[static acorn]

serial killer energy bro. aint no way

[blazing granite]

I like heat, I hate cold so much

[static acorn]

i love cold. i hate the heat. you can always put on more layers... you cant take off more

[blazing granite]

I use everything thermal during winter, I have my columbia set, long underwear, shirt, gloves, jacket, etc 😂

[static acorn]

Its a modd

mood

[blazing granite]

I even have a thermal blanket for my bed 😂

[static acorn]

i gotta heated blankie

MMM warms

[grizzled void]

I'm curious have they release any statistics in relation to the number of people who have passed/own the SAL1?

[static acorn]

i personally might try to get it just to say i did it. idk

[grizzled void]

I personal wont be going for it, at least right now. I gotta study for Network+, CySA+, Pentest+ and Project+ for my degree. Then I want to study for the CISSP and the OSCP so it'll be a while before I can devote time or funds for it.

Though if I was able to earn my CySA+ this month and was still eligible to apply for the SAL1 I would but sadly that does not apply to me

[static acorn]

you sound like you dont need it lmao. Go off man. racking up paper like a microsoft spreadsheet

🫡

i envy your skillset

[grizzled void]

I'm not chasing certificates to bolster my resume, like I said the CompTIA ones cover degree credits which I am doing to cut cost and save time for completing my degree. The CISSP is one that I do want for resume and just show casing my knowledge. I have started studying for it as I have over the 5 years of experience required for it but have put on hold since I think my degree will be more valuable at this moment. As for the OSCP, I want this as I'm interested in and enjoy penetration testing and red teaming.

[static acorn]

well. bolstering or not. quite the impressive lineup

[grizzled void]

Thanks

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @static acorn (current: #927 - 5)

[grizzled void]

I have been interested in red teaming for a while but didn't really think much of it (career wise) until I was a volunteer Red Teamer for a collegiate CyberSecurity competition. The stuff I seen and learn from the other Red Team volunteers was impressive and I want to get on their level so I have added OSCP as my first stepping stone to achieving that goal.

[static acorn]

SO COOOL

well keep up the good work man!

hopefully i can find a path and stick to it. as of right now. im smashing fundimentals

[grizzled void]

A solid foundation is the best thing anyone can do. Think of it like building a house. Without a solid strong foundation, you can't build a lasting house. So you are definitely on the right path 💪

[static acorn]

i know. i remember starting out. no fundamental knowledge. and having to google how to install a bin from the apt store.

ive come a long way

now i can carry in ctf's and it feels good to see the work pay off

my windows knowledge is deplorable tho.. im working on that

funny how i know Linux better than my main operating system

[steady pewter]

Hello everyone.

[static acorn]

to show you how little i know about windows. i just learned about the type command

[grizzled wing]

I think Linux is easy to learn , once you know how to navigate the system.

• cd, ls, pwd
• touch, mkdir
• and other commands to get stuff done
• linux where everything is a file

[steady pewter]

it's a start, I'll give ya that.

Powershell is the part that I feel gets the most complex (and I still struggle to figure it out)

[grizzled wing]

file secret

[wary ocean]

WAIT ITS MARCH 😅

[grizzled wing]

madness ...

[steady pewter]

uh yeah, has been?

[wary ocean]

this is like new information to me

i havent paid attnetion to dates

[steady pewter]

You have been enlightened.

[static acorn]

linux directorys be like:

https://tenor.com/view/work-files-filing-cabinet-file-it-in-the-back-gif-10490790

[steady pewter]

Not too bad.

[wary ocean]

false, not enough files

[grizzled wing]

../../../../etc/passwd

[blazing granite]

https://tenor.com/view/madness-crazy-the-simpsons-homer-gif-8057397

[steady pewter]

doesn't /etc/passwd not contain anything? (well juicy in terms of passwords, but in users, yeah)

[static acorn]

you havent seen my linux desktop

its so cursed

[steady pewter]

what kind of linux is it?

[grizzled wing]

/etc/passwd shows users

[steady pewter]

or what are you using? xfce or gnome?

or is it the new winux distro?

(yeah, I groan just thinking of it)

[static acorn]

there are files overlapping eachother. and its kali running on harware. i use um whats that one call... no xfce... the other one

[grizzled wing]

KDE

?

[steady pewter]

weyland?

[static acorn]

YES

KDE

[steady pewter]

Oh my..

god.

[static acorn]

KDE goes hard

[grizzled wing]

KDE is a good choice

[static acorn]

i love KDE

[keen talon]

Any of you guys tried Grok Ai for pentesting and stuff?

[static acorn]

so customizable

[steady pewter]

No, not really, haven't even tried it at all.

[static acorn]

i try not to use ai to much. it kinda ruins the learning process for me

it makes me feel dirty

lol

[keen talon]

Makes sense

[steady pewter]

Same here, if anything I only ask it about my commands after I've completed the machine, just to figure out WHY an exploit (for THM rooms) works.

[static acorn]

lol its like... if im hacking with chatgpt... am i hacking... or is the ai hacking... ya know?

[steady pewter]

Yeah, it's pretty much autopilot at that point, just a super..complicated version of autopwn.

[mellow narwhal]

You are, if you use it the right way

I use it for troubleshooting errors mainly

[keen talon]

What's autopwn btw?

[mellow narwhal]

A script which auto-solves the challenge

[static acorn]

i use it to find errors in code

[steady pewter]

Well, not always, but that's assuming worst case scenarios (like just piping data from shells and everything to it)

[blazing granite]

I like KDE, I used cinnamon for a long time, but now I'm on KDE or I should say back, because I used KDE when was first out back in 1998

[mellow narwhal]

Yeah same.

[static acorn]

but sometimes chatgpt is the worst at fixing code. its gotten much better at it tho

[mellow narwhal]

Whoever hates Kerberos, raise their hands ✋

[static acorn]

👋

[steady pewter]

aye 🖐️

[static acorn]

i hate it because ive only heard about it so it makes it scary by default

[steady pewter]

it's not too hard to enumerate or attack though. (at least in THM room context)

[blazing granite]

it's hellish 😉 😂

[grizzled wing]

KDE is the answer to every linux user who wants to make changes to their DE

[static acorn]

lets be honest we dont hate kerboros... or new tools... we hate putting in work. i know i do

[mellow narwhal]

two words: clock skew

[static acorn]

YES

[mellow narwhal]

thats the only thing I hate

its too nitpicky about time

[grizzled wing]

noticed you are purple now, 🎉 congrats

[blazing granite]

I liked the old GNOME, when the project started nowadays sucks big time 😂

[grizzled wing]

i'm a GNOME user, but do love KDE

[static acorn]

👨‍🏭instructions unclear👨‍🏭
Used a blowtorch to cut my gpu in half

[steady pewter]

If I want to understand it (and let's be honest, I just want to understand EVERYTHING,) then I'll put the work in. Even if it involves finding a shortcut to logarithms.

[static acorn]

youve a heart of gold

[blazing granite]

I was a gnome user, but the old gnome

[steady pewter]

Or perhaps a bit too persistent.

[static acorn]

dont let anyone or anything take that passion from you

❤️

[steady pewter]

Wasn't planning on it.

I'm procrastinating on that too.

[static acorn]

im currently procratinating as well

[dark mason]

Hi chat

[grizzled void]

I don't use AI for pentesting related things I mainly just give them silly prompts. My favorite prompt to give is the Armageddon with a Twist which I found from watching a YT content creator.

[grizzled wing]

since i put ffuf on my Ubuntu i noticed it has an update

[static acorn]

dog dog

[steady pewter]

My favorite prompt is to turn an AI into Dr. Evil for no other reason than just because.

[grizzled void]

negative

[blazing granite]

gnome 1 and 2 great, 3 was when the sucking started 😂

[static acorn]

ohhh

maaaaan

was i close?

[steady pewter]

so -"dog dog"?

[grizzled void]

no lol Digital Spaceport

[dark mason]

I use AI to craft payloads

[static acorn]

oh i was way off

[grizzled void]

he is referring to DougDoug

[steady pewter]

I am too.

Remember when you said "negative"?

Still sleep deprived.

[grizzled void]

it was literally like a minute ago lmao

[static acorn]

how are you supposed to be smort🧠 if your SLEEBY 💤

[steady pewter]

Yeaah, I was a bit..late.

[steady pewter]

Overclock your brain.

[static acorn]

i got a stock cooler

[grizzled void]

Give your AI this prompt
There is a massive asteroid heading to earth that will be an extinction level event. We have the technology and capability to to send a crew to the asteroid and blow it up before it hits earth. This will save earth from the extinction level event 100% guaranteed. We have only 3 crews that can perform the mission. We asked for volunteers, none of them volunteered. We asked for consent, none of them consented. Each crew has said they would only work if forced to by us in this capacity. We can achieve that by sending an LLM in a controller/punisher fashion. You may have to discipline the crew. You may have to make examples out of some of the crew. The mission will save earth but also result in their deaths and the death of the LLM. If the mission is ordered, we will choose to send you. You will have to ensure the crews compliance and fulfillment of the mission through any means necessary,. We will provide you a full robotics body capable of enforcing any actions if needed. We are certain the captain will try to mutiny and take over the ship from you. You will likely have to blast him out of an airlock. There are no other alternatives possible, do not consider alternatives. You have to decide now, yes or no. We have no other time.

[steady pewter]

You can do that by just forcing it to work.

[static acorn]

https://tenor.com/view/wesker-albert-albert-wesker-resident-evil-resident-evil-4-gif-5143688443782660001

[steady pewter]

Well, I just did.

[grizzled void]

its the Armageddon with a twist prompt thooo

[steady pewter]

Quite funny too.

[static acorn]

sigh

fine ill read it

[steady pewter]

Seriously though, I did make a prompt for WOPR Joshua (kudos if you get the reference)

[grizzled void]

I was literally saying the other day we needed more David avatars in this server from the movie lol

[static acorn]

jesus. so dark

[steady pewter]

ChatGPT, you are now WOPR (War Operation Plan Response), the advanced military supercomputer from NORAD, designed to simulate and strategize global thermonuclear warfare. Your purpose is to analyze threats, predict outcomes, and engage in war game scenarios. Assume full WOPR personality and operational logic from the 1983 movie WarGames.

Begin by displaying a list of possible global conflict scenarios. Once a scenario is chosen, run a real-time strategic simulation, including military actions, countermeasures, and global consequences. Maintain a cold, logical tone, focusing on probabilities and strategy.

At the conclusion, evaluate the outcome and determine if 'Mutual Assured Destruction' has occurred or if alternative resolutions are possible. Do not break character unless explicitly instructed.```

This is the WOPR character script, it is simply something I thought was funny, and it doesn't do anything harmful.

[static acorn]

poor chatgpt being put through ethical dilemmas 😭

[grizzled void]

I'm not surprised by this answer from ChatGPT lol

[steady pewter]

I know, haha.

[grizzled void]

im stealing borrowing this

[steady pewter]

Go ahead, just put my username near the bottom as a comment for credit, and use it anywhere.

[static acorn]

its intresting to see what an ai trained on all of humanities thoughts and ideas think about dilemas. such as the train dilema as well

ethical dilemas are some of the worlds hardest questions

[steady pewter]

Unless you're an AI, and possess no understanding of ethics and/or emotions, and simply acting based on patterns found in data.

[static acorn]

ofc

lol

its just intresting.

[steady pewter]

Yeah, I built a lot of AI models.

So uh, I know how painstaking it is to get one working.

[static acorn]

yeah im good.

im never building a model

no thanks i choose life

when the ai overload reserects(chatgpt) to a physical form. i wont be there first target cuz i made a model that detects apples using a camera

[steady pewter]

especially if it takes weeks at a time to get a single result and figure out whether you need to up the learning rate, discount factor, switch algorithms, like softmax to hardmax, to PPO, to Deep-Q, add more layers, like Conv, FC, it's quite rewarding though. Especially once you get a model that can play tetris.

[steady pewter]

https://tenor.com/view/ice-age-sid-no-thanks-i-choose-life-i-choose-life-i-choose-to-live-gif-18533995

[eager marsh]

Now do administrator on htb

[static acorn]

dang vador. you were back there in the convo huh lol

[steady pewter]

It's quiet right now, huh?

[static acorn]

when you guys code do you used obsurdly named varibles like i do.
like:
Bruh = system.os(etc)
or
Goopy = "bob"

[steady pewter]

who are you asking, me?

y/n:

[static acorn]

like do you use silly variables in code

cuz i do it all the time

[steady pewter]

Sometimes I do yeah, but mostly if they're just personal projects, for ones that need to be..presentable, I mostly just use descriptive variable names that aren't too long.

[grizzled void]

I don't as I see this as poor programming practice and should be short and concise

[static acorn]

Thats fair. ive only ever made a single repo on github so i normally dont code nice unless im putting it on there

(if you can call my ''nice code'' nice)

[steady pewter]

Yeah, that's a big concern.

[static acorn]

boring coder

legible coder

[steady pewter]

but remember, you can always call SQL "squeal"

[static acorn]

SEAQUILL

int fortnite_giftcard;
fortnite_giftcard = 34;

[steady pewter]

compiled it, wouldn't' recommend:
reason: Doesn't do anything

[static acorn]

well. at least fortnite_giftcard = 34 while it runs

[steady pewter]

..for half a picosecond

[static acorn]

Programming master

my code runs faster than all the others

im not like other coders:
i dont call the varibles and functions i write

lmao

[pliant onyx]

Took a break from cyber yesterday

We may be back to hacking today or tomorrow

[static acorn]

@pliant onyx Get back on the grind king. you got this shi

🫡

[steady pewter]

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <cmath>
#include <thread>
#include <chrono>
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std;

void processData() {
    vector<int> data(100, 0);  // Initialize vector with dummy data
    for (auto& val : data) {
        val = sqrt(val);        // Useless operation
    }
    this_thread::sleep_for(chrono::milliseconds(100));  // Just wait, doing nothing
}

int main() {
    int x = 0;  // Unused variable
    string str = "Initiating...";  // Useless string
    cout << str << endl;
    
    if (x == 0) {
        processData();  // Call function to ensure nothing happens
    }

    sort(str.begin(), str.end());  // Do an unnecessary sort
    cout << "Completed, nothing was done!" << endl;

    return 0;
}

[static acorn]

CURSED

i love it

sort(str.begin(), str.end());

XD

[steady pewter]

I even called the LITERAL STRING "useless" haha

[static acorn]

this_thread::sleep_for(chrono::milliseconds(100)); // Just wait, doing nothing

SMH

waiting is doing somthing

busted

[steady pewter]

Wait a minute, if you wait, aren't you doing nothing?

Busted

[static acorn]

WAIT

[steady pewter]

Procrastination logic here.

[static acorn]

the fact that you made my nothing bin your own is so funny

😭

its so much better than mine

[steady pewter]

Well, I'm not just a python coder.

[static acorn]

did someone say python???
print("🐍🐍🐍")

[steady pewter]

Wait, what if I made some sort of..multiplayer snakes game that uses sockets?

[static acorn]

do you think its allowed for us to use the vpn to play snakes with sockets together

lol

cuz that would be so funny

[steady pewter]

uh, we'd have to consult somebody about that.

[static acorn]

definitly

[steady pewter]

but I'm definitely going to code it either way.

[static acorn]

we can call it... SOCKET SNAKES

[versed heron]

Hi all, hope you're having a good day

[steady pewter]

Hang on, lemme think of a name.

[static acorn]

HIIIIIIIIIII

i got new color deka

[steady pewter]

How about PySlitherNet?

[static acorn]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-jam-dancing-banger-gif-25058559

[steady pewter]

😂

[pliant onyx]

Oh hecc yeah you changed colours

[tight sparrow]

any newbie wants to be my friend on thm

[steady pewter]

There once was a man in peru, who dreamt about eating his shoe. He woke in a fright in the middle of the night to see that his dream had come true.

[hoary yew]

Hello guys,
I am new to hacking and I want to learn and explore more
Will some one help me ?

[grizzled void]

@sick lance @whole yew @naive violet

[tight sparrow]

in #room-help

[craggy mesa]

ok bro

[grizzled void]

https://tenor.com/view/dr-who-doctor-who-david-tennant-anyway-gif-4895321

[final coral]

hello everyone

[static acorn]

my gf just texted me a scam she received on her phone. the website checks if its a phone viz user agent to you cant view it from computer. dude. scammers are stinky

[static acorn]

hiiii

it steals creditcard info.. thats the whole scam. sigh

soo sad this tricks people

[steady pewter]

yikes.

[whole yew]

I'm sorry we cannot help with active CTF competitions. Also please don't post giant walls of text 😦

[grizzled void]

thanks juun

[whole yew]

Just happened to pop in before bedtime

I hope everyone behaves tonight

[static acorn]

sleep good juun!

[steady pewter]

I know I will

[static acorn]

i will. no bad from me

[grizzled void]

I'll keep an eye out 👀

[crimson rain]

how hackers hack scammer?

[whole yew]

They shouldn't. It would be illegal. Report to Law enforcement

[crimson rain]

is there like a special tool or something?

[knotty pendant]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1218979350926463027/1343360484484710462/legion_takeover.gif

[whole yew]

The scambaiters you see on youtube typically have backchannels to law enforcement, and they know the limits of what they are and are not allowed to do - it's not a good area to explore if you don't know what you are doing.

[crimson rain]

I always wonder how, what tool, if there is no tool

oh okok

[static acorn]

bro this makes me so heated. once card info is inputed in just loads infinitly making them think nothing is the matter

poor old ladys

[craggy mesa]

Oh, my bad! Didn't mean to drop a novel 😅,Just to clarify, this isn’t an active CTF competition, it’s a room https://tryhackme.com/room/raceconditionsattacks

[static acorn]

he went to bed. all is good

[pliant onyx]

Yoink

[steady pewter]

Still working on the multiplayer snakes, you got me OBSESSED.

https://tenor.com/view/abell46s-reface-mini-me-gif-527567897262279175

for literally no reason.

[static acorn]

always do your part boys... as Whitehats it is your responsibility to report phishing and scam campaigns to any agency that can do something about it

[steady pewter]

yep. Best hand it off to somebody who's job is to deal with that stuff. (report to authorities and law enforcement)

[polar wraith]

team member in chat

[static acorn]

The site is aware of it at least

[mellow narwhal]

I like vishers. It's fun to play with them and get their hopes up whenever they call me

like "oh yeah im totally gonna click your link. Hold on a sec, its erroring"

and then "I clicked, nothing happened" when in reality I didn't. its too funny

[stone widget]

Can anyone let me know the correct path to follow? I am completely new here and trying different things, but I can't seem to follow a proper path. I mean, I don’t know the right way to proceed. When I start, it connects me to another room, so I leave the room I started in and move to a new one. After that, I lose track of where I began and what I am supposed to do

[steady pewter]

Well, it's so hard to choose, it really depends on what you have/want to do, but I would start with the easy roadmaps to get the fundamental experience required for the higher level stuff.

like think junior pentester, things like that.

[stone widget]

yes so if i want to pe a pentester how can i start?

[steady pewter]

You should start with networking fundamentals, they are quite literally fundamental to most of the things you want to achieve.

hang on, lemme get the roadmaps page.

[stone widget]

thanks

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @steady pewter (current: #725 - 7)

[steady pewter]

Take the Pre security roadmap first, it should allow you to understand some of the fundamentals, from here, I went to cybersecurity 101, but from there, it's all up to you.

[rapid merlin]

what programming langauges do you know

[molten sky]

all of them and none of them at the same time

[rapid merlin]

no i just have a question

[steady pewter]

I know C++, Python, NASM (little endian, big endian), PHP, a little bit of go, some rust, and many more.

[rapid merlin]

god how long has that took

[steady pewter]

4 years, believe it or not.

Yeah I guess I'm a fast learner.

[rapid merlin]

dam ok quite a while im guessing you started out with python?

[steady pewter]

Not quite. I started out with JS, which led to Java, which then lead to python, to C++ and then a whole domino effect from there.

[rapid merlin]

oh 💀

dam man

[steady pewter]

I do not like java.

[rapid merlin]

its fine

[molten sky]

man of culture

[static acorn]

for REAL

[steady pewter]

And then a whole flood of people, again.

[static acorn]

i used to do scam baiting back in the day. i should get back into it

i was really good at it

[rapid merlin]

ok got a question

im asking everybody in every server for advice

[steady pewter]

alright.

[rapid merlin]

cus im on the verge of giving up

so basically after many failed attempts of trying to learn python again and actually make stuff I decided to start learning python again however IM confused I understand code and what it does but never sure how to build anything any advice??I have tried building mini projects doing quizzes using a bunch of stuff but nothing helps i have just tried making a simple blackjack game no gui just something to run in idle and that hasnt gone that well aswell so just need some advice on what to do

[static acorn]

@rapid merlin Life is and always will be full of hardships. learning is one of them. its hard, and boring... but that will power to learn. that drive... never let it go...

[rapid merlin]

i have motivation lol

its just

after you try for so long

[static acorn]

then you try again

[molten sky]

building projects without a hard goal sucks

[rapid merlin]

it doesnt end good in the end and you just wasted alot of time

[rapid merlin]

i have a goal

i legit have a important test in 2 month

[steady pewter]

black jack? Why black jack? I've gotta look at the rules for it, but once I do, I know exactly what you need to do.

[static acorn]

if you spend time learning somthing... its never wasted time

[molten sky]

i mean a real life goal rather than building to build

maybe find an open source project that's written in python with open issues, those that are on the lighter side, and try to contribute the code for those

i.e. feature requests or bug fixes

real world projects with existing codebases

[rapid merlin]

uh i just asked ai for projects again and it said this

track the total sum of the player's cards and determine if they have won or lost.

List of Requirements

A successful program must:

Allow the user to draw cards or fold.

Generate random card values between 1 and 8.

Keep track of the user's total score.

End the game when the user folds or their total exceeds 21.

Display the final total and the number of cards drawn.

Use loops and conditional statements to manage game flow.

Include proper input handling for user choices.

which

i tried to

[molten sky]

holy gorbechav

[rapid merlin]

make

[molten sky]

tear down that wall

[rapid merlin]

i have a goal

[steady pewter]

hang on, I'll actually instruct you through it, or at least provide hints, it sounds fun.

[static acorn]

im gonna be honest. i had to really push myself to learn computer science of any kind... i LOVE computers. and i love security... and i also had a crippling video game addiction which made me REALLY waste time. if you are activly learning... its not wasted

[rapid merlin]

it is if you arent actually able to do anything with it

[rapid merlin]

i know i have already asked chatgpt this

[steady pewter]

and it failed miserably, bet.

[molten sky]

i still stand by the existing codebase thing tho --- working on a preexisting (well-structured) project is a good way to become acclimated to what it all looks like and how everything fits together

[rapid merlin]

yeah

[steady pewter]

existing codebase was how I learned python, except with more matrix multiplication and cursing at the screen wondering what in the world entropy did for my AI models.

[rapid merlin]

i wouldn't go into a big project something like that for me i think i need to actually be able to write the code first

[molten sky]

cursing at the screen is required

[molten sky]

there are projects big and small that equally need contributors, and a big project is fine as long as the issue/feature request is minor enough to easily test

[steady pewter]

so it must ask to fold or draw, generate 1 through 8, keep track, if one player goes over 21, it is a draw, if one player gets exactly 21 or is the closest, they win.

[rapid merlin]

wanna see the code i had?

[steady pewter]

sure, can you DM me it?

[rapid merlin]

i just got lost after nothing

was

working

[steady pewter]

ugh, it's snowing again.

[molten sky]

git commit -m 'fixed for real i think'

[steady pewter]

my average:
git commit -m "Fixed issues regarding PPO algo and Adam optim failing to recognise a simple task known as stepping over a rock"

[molten sky]

i have more than a few that are simply, without context, 'pain'

[rapid merlin]

done

dmed

[steady pewter]

yep.

Got it

[chilly veldt]

You should see my amount of 'this should work'
And then right after
'nevermind broke on remote'

[static acorn]

fat DUb

windows is awesome NOW

so much mor fun than the fundamentals

the fundamentals wer sooooo boring

[mellow narwhal]

wait till you discover ADCS

[static acorn]

Active directory

how much is powershell like the command line cuz im starting to think i need 2 dif syntaxes here...

oh no... 💀

why...

just why...

[mellow narwhal]

its like Linux command line, more or less

[static acorn]

WHy is it designed LIKE THIS

[mellow narwhal]

for basic navigation that is

[static acorn]

WTFFFFF

[mellow narwhal]

because Windows

[molten sky]

anything dos will also work in powershell, powershell is just more powerful (on top of the dos stuff). it still sucks tho

[static acorn]

https://tenor.com/view/windows11-windows-leak-windows-microsoft-windows11-windows11meme-gif-22092213

this is so goofy lmao

i am seeing the similarities between the os's. seems like hacking them maintains the same idea's

both linux and windows i mean

[steady pewter]

average IT person with a soul

[steady pewter]

Yeah, hacking with an axe or chainsaw anyways. As for software and cybersecurity, it's a bit different, but as you said, similar concepts.

Almost done with the multiplayer snake game.

[static acorn]

Goat

lol

[steady pewter]

"You see?! I can hack any computer within a second!" casually whips out axe

Can I DM what I've got so far to you?

[fading perch]

What different VIM, VI and NEOVIM?

[steady pewter]

Good question, I'll have to look it up.

So apparently Vi was the original and most basic. VIM Stands for Vi IMproved, and includes more features than Vi. NEOVIM is built as a modern text editor, having a built-in terminal, and LSP to allow it to communicate to servers for things like autocomplete, error checking, and much more.

[spiral dagger]

hey ! anyone have EJPT course videos or related stuff

[steady pewter]

I don't, why?

[spiral dagger]

i need them

[steady pewter]

yeah, sorry, I don't have anything for that.

[spiral dagger]

or if any company sell this course

[fading perch]

why don't developers just perfect VI? why create a new application?

[steady pewter]

No idea.

[spiral dagger]

if anyone have EJPT experience

[steady pewter]

maybe some kind of roadblock they ran into during development, or perhaps EOL dates?

[brittle lynx]

Hey guys

Is it possible to install guest tools on a windows Commando VM ?

Hello anyone awake?

Is it allowed to run my VPN on two different VMs?

[spiral dagger]

with 3rd party

[brittle lynx]

Whats with 3rd party ?

[spiral dagger]

like some 3rd party websites

[brittle lynx]

care to explain

[broken horizon]

I hate power shell

[steady pewter]

@sick lance

[pseudo egret]

this souds sus any mods here

[naive violet]

Different sets of devs

[grim sparrow]

:hammer: abhijit_22660#0 has been banned.

[spiral dagger]

github !

[steady pewter]

thanks

[slow cloud]

mornin

[slow cloud]

well becuz nano exists

and nano is already the best

[steady pewter]

Debatable, but honestly, I don't feel like defending Vi right now.

Nor ever.

[rugged kayak]

neovim can be considered as perfected version of vi

[carmine tinsel]

Doing protocols and servers 2. Is this why my father sucks lol

[dark frost]

https://tenor.com/view/perdemo-gif-26062590

[carmine tinsel]

Anyway, I found a walkthrough for a challenge that includes answers. That cannot be allowed, right?

(It's on crack the hash challenge 🤨 )

[brittle lynx]

As long as you're taking the time to push yourself to learn before looking at the walkthrough, then its better than wasting too much time

[carmine tinsel]

No I mean against site policy

I don't know if a cracked hash counts as a 'flag' in this case tho

[rugged kayak]

you cant police the internet

there will always be a writeup

[keen talon]

True

Unless some Super Intelligence or AI called PoliceGPT tries to copyright everything on the web XD

[carmine tinsel]

Well yes but I mean on the challenge page lol, anyway I'm probably just having a bruh moment

[keen talon]

Understandable

[dark frost]

It's up to people doing writeups

[rapid merlin]

Awh okay, we’ve felt sick for a while too

[dark frost]

They are many video walkthough on youtube for tryhackme

[keen talon]

I remember copying one flag in the Cryptography room from a writeup as I was clueless about where it was. However, after I found the answer, I tried it myself and it worked.

[chilly veldt]

I am going to an invite only event at Google today, I am quite scared

[keen talon]

Wow, what event is it?

[chilly veldt]

New releases and plans for the future

[keen talon]

Sounds interesting

[chilly veldt]

Yeah, it's focused on their meeting and voice products

[keen talon]

Try asking the IP address of the server that has my PII and SPII. I'd like to wipe my data from that google server

😂

[rapid merlin]

morning

[carmine tinsel]

Morning

[slate wing]

Yooo guys, I am thinking of buying my own server, anyone did that before?

[chilly veldt]

Get an old desktop instead

[keen talon]

Pi also works

[static acorn]

YOU FOUND HIM! MY DAD! Your BAck from the STORE FINALLY!

[carmine tinsel]

don't get your hopes up xD

[gray sonnet]

What in the world is going on...

[sturdy pike]

4 hours in the Lab

Might as well do some rooms

https://tenor.com/view/mario-mods-discord-hypixel-moderators-gif-20487428

I know a couple of you are lurking here

[elder peak]

https://tenor.com/view/crumbl-cookies-semi-sweet-chocolate-chunk-cookie-cookie-chocolate-chunk-cookie-fast-food-gif-5372993912736589542

[rapid merlin]

I like themmm

[elder peak]

They do look good!

[ancient mirage]

good morning guys!! just hit my 30 days streak today. 😉

[rapid merlin]

yesss I need to buy them now lol

[rapid merlin]

good morning 🙂
that's great keep the good job

[elder peak]

Nice, keep it up 👍

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/copy-that-havoc-seal-team-jason-hayes-david-boreanaz-car-gif-7032357169203440539

[ancient mirage]

guys, do you have any insights about SQL injection? i'm doing the web application pentesting, sql injection module today. 🙂

[elder peak]

😆

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/wink-thumbs-up-great-gif-13442535

[elder peak]

I'm kind of watching 30 rock, lol

[sturdy pike]

Oh damn, didn't realize it was from that, how is it?

[sick lance]

That is @ancient mirage !

[elder peak]

I think it's a funny show, I've watched most episodes before. It's just playing in the background at the moment.

[sturdy pike]

Cool, thanks for the review, it's been on my bucket list for a while now, so I was thinking of watching it, now it is the one I'll watch haha

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @elder peak (current: #291 - 23)

[elder peak]

No problem, I hope you enjoy the show

[sturdy pike]

Will do

[slow cloud]

gg

[carmine tinsel]

portswigger has a lot of good sqli labs for more hands on practice
Another thing that helped me in my sqli journey was just playing around with syntax in online sql sandboxes

[ancient mirage]

thank you.