general

[rugged kayak]

not if you use arch

[little bloom]

I have a question about Task 5 (Secure Shell [SSH]) in Protocols and Servers 2

I've used SSH a ton of times in the past but for the following question, whenever I use the provided MACHINE_IP and the password I can't ssh into the target machine despite starting up the Attackbox

The question is stated below

Use SSH to connect to MACHINE_IP as mark with the password XBtc49AB. Using uname -r, find the Kernel release?

[blazing granite]

#room-help

[desert shuttle]

Do you guys like coding?

[blazing granite]

no 😂

[desert shuttle]

same lmaoooooo

[inner goblet]

Hahaha😂

Shout out to Mr. Ryan

[grizzled wing]

420 points

i am a better 📘 blue teamer than red

[inner goblet]

Thanks for defending🙂

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @grizzled wing (current: #39 - 237)

[drowsy dust]

yummy rep

[inner goblet]

Me on the other hand? I want to be purple. Leaning a lot toward red though

I want to catch the bad guys.🫣

[runic wraith]

random question but is anyone having issue loading web page in Google Chrome

seems to be working fine in Firefox thought it was my WiFi issue

[half relic]

any web page?

no im not

[rapid merlin]

Where is the start here channel?

[rugged kayak]

#start-here

[upper knoll]

slowly on my way up!

inching my way to those advanced channels!

[carmine tinsel]

good job man

im trying to get to 15,000 so i can call myself a 'master hacker' with accuracy 💀

[upper knoll]

i guess i can now?

xd

[carmine tinsel]

you can finally hack da mainframe

https://tenor.com/view/hacker-hackerman-gif-21375906

[upper knoll]

now i can sleep

more aptly

[rapid merlin]

Ty

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @rugged kayak (current: #190 - 42)

[upper knoll]

Veggies

Hope your doing well!

[grizzled wing]

you are making progress

[upper knoll]

Slowly

[grizzled wing]

hiiii

[upper knoll]

I’m like 33% done on the soc 1 path

[grizzled wing]

thank you for the lovely dinner

[upper knoll]

Of course!

[grizzled wing]

Zeek kinda long

[upper knoll]

I have seen that

I’ve been avoiding it by doing forensics

[grizzled wing]

but its cool

[upper knoll]

Found a malware analysis intro room love that stuff

So did that

[grizzled wing]

lovely beans

🫘

[upper knoll]

^you!

[grizzled wing]

haha

[upper knoll]

I’ll sleep soon just waiting for my headache to subside

Saw you and had to pop in

[grizzled wing]

🎉

sudo rm -r headache

[upper knoll]

Ty ty

[grizzled wing]

no problemo

[upper knoll]

Have a lovely afternoon evening or morning depending on your timezone!

[grizzled wing]

thanks, enjoy your rest

[near sapphire]

Helow everybody

[grizzled wing]

hiii

[steady pewter]

hello everyone

[grizzled wing]

hamster wheel

[austere prairie]

Hey 👋

[grizzled wing]

Mr Pink greetings

[austere prairie]

Hello

[grizzled wing]

what brings you to us?

[steady pewter]

For me:
No literal reason

[grizzled wing]

BHIS is cool place

haha

[austere prairie]

Just to read the comments not in a eird way but rather to learn new stuff

How would you analyze malware, what tools are needed for such activity

[grizzled wing]

https://tryhackme.com/room/intromalwareanalysis

[austere prairie]

Thanks

[steady pewter]

hey, does anyone know what std::flush is about? I'm trying to learn to use it in C++, but uh, running into problems with that.

[grizzled wing]

🚽 command

[orchid pawn]

[steady pewter]

hmm, so it commands toilets around?

[grizzled wing]

it is the flush command for toilets

[steady pewter]

ah, I get it, to flush.

[rugged kayak]

flush empties streams

like when you do std endl i think

endl should flush the buffer

[steady pewter]

cool.

Thanks @rugged kayak

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @rugged kayak (current: #188 - 43)

[grizzled wing]

i thought c++ has some of the best documentation, being such a old language

[steady pewter]

eh..it's good, but I have the attention of a gold fish.

[grizzled wing]

🐠

[steady pewter]

yeah, so I just accidentally skip entire paragraphs.

[grizzled wing]

Ctrl + F

[steady pewter]

I cling to that for dear life.

[grizzled wing]

it is super helpful

[rugged kayak]

https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/io/manip/flush

[steady pewter]

yeah, actually.

[rugged kayak]

docs are okay

[grizzled wing]

Slo to the documentation rescue

🛟

[rugged kayak]

but most languages got pretty mid docs at best honestly

i will probably need to learn some cpp at sone point

[grizzled wing]

c++ being old has docs for everything, stackoverflow, everyone has done whatever it is you are coding

[rugged kayak]

thats true

both c and cpp

[grizzled wing]

_long in the 🦷 _

[rugged kayak]

i want to learn it for maldev but i want to learn everything all at once

[steady pewter]

I mean I love C++, I just can't remember everything and have to re-research topics, commands, classes, all that fun stuff.

doesn't std::flush also allow for writing to std::cout without a newline char?

okay, yeah, just found out myself.

[grizzled wing]

https://www.w3schools.com/cpp/default.asp

[slow helm]

i mean whats the point of learning it for you

[steady pewter]

uh, quite literally everything I do.

[slow helm]

ow thats a different story then

[grizzled wing]

another fluff clan member

[slow helm]

what a fluff clan

[grizzled wing]

haha

[slow helm]

bruh whatt 🤯

[grizzled wing]

your username

read your username

[slow helm]

yeah whats up with it

[blazing granite]

I've heard it's a cult 😉 😂

[grizzled wing]

it is

especially if someone has no idea what i am talking about

[slow helm]

nah im just joking

[grizzled wing]

had to check your bio, fellow 0xE

too many dumb people in chat for that to read as comedy

[slow helm]

random 4am activities especially when you have a math test tomorrow and you know nothing 💀

[slow helm]

drop me your profile

[steady pewter]

That's gotta hurt.

[mossy river]

Studies show having a good nights sleep before a test is better than trying to study the content

Go rest Diyo

[slow helm]

imma chech it

[rugged kayak]

sleep is good - jabba at 3am

[slow helm]

aw man i'm coking every test i meet without sleeping i feel its like a gift

[slow helm]

wait a minute

[blazing granite]

go to sleep, lack of sleep it's the enemy of cognitive processes

[steady pewter]

Trust me, that is true.

[mossy river]

Ignorance is bliss and I have assignments to submit smh

[grizzled wing]

stay up, real haxxors dont sleep

[slow helm]

damn why everyone here uses some strange words imma google them really quick

[sand mason]

What's even better is not sleeping. No shutdown == no clearing your mental console
source: trust me

[slow helm]

thats my boy

[grizzled wing]

cognitive 🧠

[rugged kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/disintegrate-gif-22469816

[grizzled wing]

not a boy

[slow helm]

not the boy the boy

[blazing granite]

in simple english go to sleep or you're going to be a dumb f tomorrow, simple enough? 😂 😛

[slow helm]

i need to stop translating from my language to english

[grizzled wing]

what?

[slow helm]

damn that hurts 😂

[mossy river]

"Even computers need to be restarted every now and then."
- Jabba, 2 seconds ago

[sand mason]

Sounds like a Microsoft mole

[blazing granite]

I studied neuroscience and cognitive sciences, lack of sleep is the enemy is the brain, also if that become a pattern there are greater risks so not worth it

[runic wraith]

How do you guys approach challenges? I've finished Cyber Security 101 and I can't even do easiest challenge on the website....is this normal?

[rugged kayak]

what about server that needs sto work non stop

[rugged kayak]

trial and error

[slow helm]

big respect for the knowledge

[steady pewter]

Studying neuroscience and cognitive sciences was a side effect for me when I learned AI. Yeah, it's not worth the risk to stay up to like..8 in the morning every night.

[grizzled wing]

challenges require lots of information. the label may say "easy" but often it is medium level

[blazing granite]

just one of the benefits of sleep 🙂

[mossy river]

If a server isn't being restarted, it's not being maintained

[slow helm]

stop describing us bro

[runic wraith]

I'm definitely learning the theories but can't seem to apply this to the challenge...i feel so lost the only way to complete is watching walkthroughs

[steady pewter]

sorry, but I'm not your "bro"

[grizzled wing]

what challenge was it?

[slow helm]

sorry (not cool )

[steady pewter]

but still, get rest, seriously.

[slow helm]

anyway good night

[cloud quiver]

Yup , it is . Try to consult with some write-ups 🙂

[runic wraith]

I was on 'Light'. I've watched walkthroughs twice but still have 0 clue..

[sand mason]

Personally what I do is go off of what services are running. Is smb open? Http only? Is it running PHP sites? Then go from there. For privesc its the same process. Check sudo -l, exposed ssh keys, suid, etc.

Tbh it took me a while to get the hang of it and I still feel like I'm trash

[grizzled wing]

do you know how to run a nmap scan?

[blazing granite]

if you're lost go back to the last point you felt OK and take it from there again, review, re do until you get the general knowledge

[cloud quiver]

That may not be the best challenge for beginners

[runic wraith]

yea nmap, metasploit, nc and other basic stuff

[sand mason]

Also, walkthroughs help you get familiar with commands and tactics if you use them as kind of an open book study session, rather than an answer sheet

[grizzled wing]

i recommend https://tryhackme.com/room/vulnversity

[steady pewter]

yeah, vulnversity is a good place to start.

[blazing granite]

indeed, once you get the answer you couldn't figured it out, you should re trace your steps and see what was the path to get to that answer 🙂

[grizzled wing]

it is good to get walked through

[sand mason]

Actually haven't seen this yet, gonna check it out

[grizzled wing]

former THM member DarkStar has some of the best videos for older rooms , i enjoyed his content

[craggy wadi]

true. his videos definitely got me hooked on doing rooms in the beginning

[mossy river]

Dark was TryHackMe's first Community Manager 😊

[sand mason]

Speaking of that, I like Tyler ramsbey/hack smarter as well. Live streams some thm boxes and you can see the comments from people, as well as hear his thought process as he does it

[grizzled wing]

Tyler is a really good guy, love that he has no ego, and genuinely wants to help

[orchid pawn]

Hmmm

I am seeker Nice 🥵

[rugged kayak]

ippsec has best ctf vids imo

[blazing granite]

ramsbey, made me think of Ramsey and now I want to eat beef wellington 😂

[grizzled wing]

IppSec does only HTB, but he is so smart

[mossy river]

I do love a bit of Ippsec, I think taking notes from his videos is a great way to learn CTFs.

[grizzled wing]

Gordon Ramsbey is not a guy i like

[grizzled wing]

i like to watch his vidos to see how he thinks

[sand mason]

The name Ramsey just makes me think of game of thrones lmao. I suppose they're both good with meat tho

[grizzled wing]

🌭 Game of thrones

[blazing granite]

I meet him, once in his restaurant in Chelsea

[mossy river]

A great tip is to try your best to complete a CTF, then lookup videos online to see how other people did it.
Compare the differences in methods, tools and steps. It can help you gap parts of understanding

Ew Chelsea

[grizzled wing]

whats wrong with Chelsea?

[blazing granite]

As a sommelier and foody it make me thing of Gordon Ramsey great chef his food is amazing

[mossy river]

Terrible FC

[grizzled wing]

⚽

[blazing granite]

full of posh people or he doesn't like the football team 😂

[grizzled wing]

Posh spice

[mossy river]

Wolves forever 🐺

[blazing granite]

I lived in Chelsea, I don't like football 🙂

[sand mason]

Ngl now I'm hungry lmao

[steady pewter]

wait, how did this go from vulnversity to..this?

sorry, I missed a lot.

[mossy river]

Welcome to general chat 😂

[grizzled wing]

i have no opinion , what about the team Ryan Renolds bought?

[sand mason]

Because #general

[steady pewter]

checks out, and mirrors my thought process a little.

[mossy river]

Welsh team, I only really watch Premier League and World Cup - they haven't made it to prem league yet so I don't really have an opinion on them

[rugged kayak]

methodology is still same, tools are same, thinking process is same

just like math

same problem different numbers

[steady pewter]

and that's where you have to get creative, and reject some of the old formulas

[grizzled wing]

ah okay

[grizzled wing]

yes, that is why i like watching as well

[rugged kayak]

i should do some htb ngl

but i started coding some http server thing

i need to multiply myself

[grizzled wing]

duplicate()

[wary ocean]

i asked chat gpt how to make a back door and it gave me construction blueprints

[mossy river]

W ChatGPT

[grizzled wing]

haah

[mossy river]

Helping architects

[grizzled wing]

did it take jailbreaking or just gave it ?

[wary ocean]

it said that backdoors do not require computer inputs

[rugged kayak]

if you tell it its for ctf it will work

[grizzled wing]

i find that works for me

[wary ocean]

the previous convo for it was about cyber

granted i did tell it to explain to me as if it was morgan freeman

[grizzled wing]

i always give AI context so it stays within scope, often provides legit links

[mossy river]

Honestly I think ChatGPT has gotten progressively worse at listening to tasks

It used to be amazing and now it just gives the same output multiple times or completely disregards what I asked

[sturdy lark]

I mostly use Gemini， it's free

[rugged kayak]

idk i just use it as dump for logs and errors

nothing that requires thinking

[wary ocean]

itll rewrite the same answer just slightly different and then have the audacity to say "i understand your flustration"

[uneven mulch]

Yo guys Im new

[steady pewter]

yeah, it's slowly becoming more suited for the general public, which means it's getting progressively dumber and dumber.

[grizzled wing]

hello leaf

[mossy river]

Sometimes it has straight up just not output anything lol.

Then I'll say "Hello?" and it will say "What can I help you with?"

Makes me wanna crash out

[grizzled wing]

my AI experience has mostly been good

[static acorn]

hi @steady pewter

[steady pewter]

hello

..aaand that got cursed real fast.

[uneven mulch]

Wait yo guys can anyone help me with something. Im wondering how people find things when they create cheats for games

Ethically of course

[mossy river]

It shouldn't be training on user input data, however it is also being trained on the rest of the internet so...

[steady pewter]

exactly..

also there is a feature that's on by default to allow it to "improve user experience" on your own chats, soo..

[fresh bison]

Hi can someone share the link for the hackfinity event

[grizzled wing]

#1347217239492919346

[uneven mulch]

Am I allowed to ask this?

[slate scroll]

hey all, i want to participate in a CTF challenge tomorrow. does it count as advertisement to search for teammates here?

[sturdy lark]

If just using the free version, GPT is probably the worst one, worse than Claude and Gemini, in programming

[uneven mulch]

ChatGPT isnt good?

[grizzled wing]

#1347217239492919346 can join a CTF team

[mossy river]

I'll answer you, however I'd like to be clear that saying "Ethically" or "For educational purposes" is completely useless here and in the rest of society.
People who create game cheats have been fined and arrested in the past, regardless of them saying that lol.

Generally, they find things by analysing the memory and game files. Just like the rest of cybersecurity, you break things by messing with it.
However, instead of wasting your time creating game cheats, put your effort into working for a cybersecurity company, you can earn big bucks doing what game cheaters do, but actually ethically and legally.

[blazing granite]

it's not because it become addictive and without realise, you star loosing the capacity of think for yourself 🙂 and your brain shrinks 😂

[mossy river]

My girlfriend is a perfect example of this.
Amazing attitude, great at getting herself to do things, I let her use ChatGPT one time and she said "I don't know how I did things before ChatGPT"

[uneven mulch]

Well I mean I'm not even in College yet Im in late highschool so I can't get into that yet. I'm interested in game cheating rn

[uneven mulch]

Yeah. I just use it when I need a library or sum that I didnt know existed for a certain purpose whenever Im coding

[sand mason]

arrested for game cheats
"What are you in for?"
"Playing Minecraft" 😭

[grizzled wing]

there was a academic paper showing cognitive capacity to think is reduced when you hand it over to the AI

[uneven mulch]

💀

[slate scroll]

i thought that was to find teammates for the hackfinity CTF. I want to participate in this https://challenges.reply.com/challenges/hack-the-code-teen/home/

[mossy river]

I started working for TryHackMe at 17, I was competing in CTFs at 15 and I tested networks at 14. Excuses 😆
Never too early to start

[uneven mulch]

Is Cheat Engine generally enough for pretty much whatever?

[uneven mulch]

I already started, but Idk how to get into that stuff and I'm generally not intersted in it.

[mossy river]

Now we're moving into the questions that I won't answer because you're clearly not looking to be ethical or legal #rules

[static acorn]

im listening to caravan palace. shi gud

[steady pewter]

it's pretty much the equivalent of saying "Here, take the wheel." and slowly forgetting how to drive.

[rugged kayak]

jabba is there any way to see if my team is all students

[uneven mulch]

wdym

[rugged kayak]

any way to verify if we can win prizes

[sand mason]

Have them screenshot student discount for thm premium

[mossy river]

You can get into cybersecurity using https://tryhackme.com

If you're not interested in it, you will really struggle to even remotely try game cheating. It's not for the weak.
Cybersecurity is a massive field, there are so many topics I'm sure you will be interested in one of them

[sturdy lark]

I whipped up a zabbix auto-deployment bash script with AI's help. Better not tell my boss, or he'll give me more work

[uneven mulch]

I mean I already learned Assembly, C++, DLL and function hooking, and memory scanning with Cheat Engine, I just don't know how people go about making such good cheat menus and mods

[mossy river]

I'm not looking to give advice on actually cheating in games lol

[uneven mulch]

Like I can create basic teleport stuff, and Health stuff and stamina stuff

[mossy river]

What do you mean when you say you know Assembly?

[near sapphire]

i think you'll get a warning when somone in ur team is not a student? idk maybe wrong

[uneven mulch]

Assembly language

[grizzled wing]

in the rules has something about checking for all students ?

[rugged kayak]

all i have is this

[uneven mulch]

I mean Im firstly just looking to figure out how people make those complex stuff like those very specefic stuff that is hard for me to find

[mossy river]

I've taken a look and I couldn't find anything on the website, @carmine belfry would probably be able to help if they're free 🙂

[grim sparrow]

@proper sable has been warned.

[rugged kayak]

i am just asking out of curiosity honestly

[mossy river]

I don't think you can

[odd umbra]

Too helpfull @proper sable

[proper sable]

it's not even all game cheats

[uneven mulch]

Why was he warned

[grizzled wing]

rules

[odd umbra]

Hover the warn link

[proper sable]

it's mostly windows api stuff

[odd umbra]

Is helping people cheat at IRL scrabble allowed here?

[mossy river]

I know what the forum is lol

[odd umbra]

Is it just games or just anything

[static acorn]

[uneven mulch]

Which ones worse?

[static acorn]

smh

[mossy river]

Would cheating at IRL scrabble be ethical or legal?

[odd umbra]

Depends

On if fucking roger had it comming

And its not in a tournament

[proper sable]

so you agree it's a good resource for learning winapi

[mossy river]

I agree that it's a good resource for game cheating

[near sapphire]

aoc has a task

idk abt room

[grizzled wing]

one game we overflowed the buffer for AOC

[odd umbra]

Is it fine and ethical to hack a game if its a game I own and made and/or just single player?

[grizzled wing]

yes

its your game

[odd umbra]

oooo - log4shell on old versions of minecraft??

[uneven mulch]

I mean i only really cheat Singleplayer becuase I dont know how to cheat multiplayer games and never really cared to ask

[cloud quiver]

aoc 2022 and aoc 2024 have a task about that

[odd umbra]

Possible ethical grey area, but not legal, gotcha.

But, if it wasnt in the TOS, would that be fine?

[rugged kayak]

you can do whatever you want if its your game and its singleplayer

[sand mason]

1. build your own game from scratch with custom engine
2. haxor it
3. ?????
4. PROFIT

[static acorn]

and im assuming you never read the TOS for a game to make sure it was Leagal to cheat or modify the game?

[odd umbra]

Does anyone have any resources if I want to try to hack my own game before putting it out for other people to play?

[uneven mulch]

I have

[static acorn]

🧢🧢🧢

[uneven mulch]

I read the TOS of the main game I cheat Grounded, and just to make sure even asked the devs

I think i actually have a screen shot of them saying its ok

[rugged kayak]

if you make you know how to break it

[odd umbra]

Actually, this is fairly interesting to me as a topic as a whole.

I heard that if a game has a generic anti-cheat, like if I made a game and just slapped EAC or something on there, it'd be easy to hack because people would just make custom cheats for my game

[rugged kayak]

all single player games can be hacked with cheat engine, its just value in memory after all

[sand mason]

The source code

[grizzled wing]

create a mysql database

• inject it with SQL

[mossy river]

If you made the game it's yours, so it's up to you.

Single Player games depend on the game creator.
For example, Minecraft has taken down mods, and Nintendo have sued and taken down everything under the sun.

Reverse engineering is the biggest problem and why people can be prosecuted. Always important to check the EULAs

[odd umbra]

Ty

[static acorn]

https://tenor.com/view/he-was-forced-to-use-sql-floppy-sad-seal-forced-gif-13085378919223426403

[grizzled wing]

Nintendo has lawyers on speed dial

[odd umbra]

I actually do maybe someday want to make games

And I want to make multiplayer games at some point maybe

[near sapphire]

nintendo love suing

[rugged kayak]

nintendo going to war against emulators

like how many games are saved by those same emulators

[proper sable]

i don't think minecraft counts here

as multiplayer

[blazing granite]

EULAs = that big text that almost nobody bother to read and accept blindly 😂

[near sapphire]

well but minecraft aint really single player. If you play minecraft alone, i feel sorry for you

[odd umbra]

If its my own game I'm good to go though yeah.

I figure its the same as pentesting your own network, trying to find whats vulnerable before the bad-guys do

[steady pewter]

I do, but just because I'm too bored.

[rugged kayak]

what happened with that guy that wanted to sue mojang

for their shitty eula

[grizzled wing]

there is a website that does the EULA reading for you

[sand mason]

All I see when I read it is _Lorem ipsum . . . _ ACCEPT

[odd umbra]

@proper sable I may have some questions for you in the future LOL

[proper sable]

okiii

[grizzled wing]

🀄

[near sapphire]

no idea lmao

[rugged kayak]

i know he got money for it

for lawyers

[mossy river]

It has a single player aspect, and they have restricted mods that are for Single Player.
Banning use on a public server makes sense, however banning what people do on their own is weird lol

[rugged kayak]

after microsoft bought them they became very elusive with all those stuff

[mint lark]

hello

[near sapphire]

for example?

[rugged kayak]

gun mods, on bedrock

[frosty thunder]

guys how is it possible that in challenge rooms some people have really high scores on the chart?

[rugged kayak]

i think its bedrock

[odd umbra]

TBF if you were like

"Help me hack runescape"
it'd be the same as
"Help me hack my girlfriends instagram"
or something XD

[mossy river]

I wouldn't be able to discuss the mod I'm referring to as it's not appropriate 😆

[odd umbra]

But yeah I'm actually big curious about game-hacking in general

[steady pewter]

If there were game hacking rooms, they'd probably have to be made by the users that created the room..

[proper sable]

game hacking is a great learning resource

[odd umbra]

I heard basically to have a game with as little cheats as possible - you basically have to make a custom anti-cheat

[proper sable]

cheat engine has a game hacking playlist

[odd umbra]

Like generic ones arn't great

[grizzled wing]

hello

[mint lark]

hi sudo hru

[grizzled wing]

veggrite

[blazing granite]

Vegemite? 😂

[mint lark]

fire

[grizzled wing]

🔥

[mossy river]

It's mainly because game hacking has the association to cheating on online games. It's important to know that TryHackMe is a brand and cannot endorse users trying to hack COD for example

"Game modding" is fine, but it's not really something we really expect to be discussed here.
If you want to create a Minecraft mod and discuss it here, go for it.

Game modding comes with the understanding that it's allowed by the creators, however game hacking for the majority refers to modifying a game that you aren't meant to modify.

It's also a beginner Discord server, it's really not expected for people who do game hacking CTFs to discuss here, and even if they did I'd expect them to at least be able to get level 13 on the website. The advanced channels are more relaxed to general chat

[grizzled wing]

advanced channels have the best iced tea

[wary ocean]

I like bugging games, nothing too bad, just like seeing a game freak out with map physics or character physics

[steady pewter]

some day I'll have access to it.

[proper sable]

it confuses me why this is considered a "beginner discord" and have advanced topics behind a wall, it seems very gatekeep-y

[steady pewter]

some day

[grizzled wing]

you can do it

[sand mason]

Advanced channels giving salty spittoon rn tbh

[steady pewter]

I'll do it later.

[rugged kayak]

advanced general is kinda dead ngl 😂

[grizzled wing]

set timer haha

advanced channels are often quiet zones

[steady pewter]

https://tenor.com/view/the-salty-spitoon-spongebob-gif-24620493

[mossy river]

Well, most people who get to that point know how to get the answers they need.
It's nice to have a sanity check however or speak to someone who has answers on a niche topic

[proper sable]

how many ppl have access to the channel

[grizzled wing]

it is indeed a sound boarding place

[mossy river]

At least one 😎

[sand mason]

Just jabba and sudo

[wary ocean]

Honestly I forgot they existed

[near sapphire]

are the roles fixed yet btw for advanced channel

[grizzled wing]

you forgot the 🌮 tuesday?

[mossy river]

Yup

[proper sable]

i feel like it's less of this and not many people have access so people think it's useless to ask stuff

[odd umbra]

What government secrets do you hold in your advanced channels

Is it like the warthunder forums?

[steady pewter]

hasn't passed for me yet

[wary ocean]

Grandmas recipe for chocolate chip cookies

[rugged kayak]

yea but i was kinda expecting more knowledgeable people to engage in serious conversations more often than not

[grizzled wing]

fresh 🌮 s in the advanced channels

[static acorn]

(yt intros be like)Guys this is crazy! I'm currently hacking into the main frame and and now wanted in 33 countries for computer crimes!

[carmine tinsel]

Are people even active in the advanced channels

[steady pewter]

Now that is a secret to hide! (meant to reply)

[proper sable]

me fr fr

[odd umbra]

Now you have my attention

[proper sable]

no

[odd umbra]

YOU'RE NOT EVEN LEVEL 13

[steady pewter]

what is the algorithm for generating the chocolate chips?

[mossy river]

I wouldn't be able to give an exact number because it requires me to add a lot of different roles and it's 4am but it is > 1000

[odd umbra]

YOU CANT POSSIBLY KNOW THE SECRETS OF THE ADVANCED CHANNELS

[near sapphire]

wyv has insider info

[proper sable]

i'm just magic

[odd umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/what-secret-do-you-hold-lucy-gulliver-the-broken-hearts-gallery-are-you-hiding-something-from-me-what-are-you-trying-to-hide-gif-19146591

[grizzled wing]

⚠️ is advised

[odd umbra]

How??

https://tenor.com/view/mole-gif-22629764

[carmine tinsel]

screw it, why can't we all just post malware to analyze in #general

I'm sure nothing bad will come of that

[wary ocean]

Tbf having malware studies be a public channel doesn't sound good considering it's related directly to a company

[steady pewter]

https://tenor.com/view/house-explosion-explode-boom-kaboom-gif-19506150

the next morning

[mossy river]

That would be against Discord ToS

[static acorn]

yeah. lets not share malware

XD

[proper sable]

that reminds me i should do my malware analysis writeup

[odd umbra]

You know what, and with the amount of light-speed ding-dongs that are sure to come through here (as anyplace anything cybersec related is ever talked about)

It actually makes sense not to have anything dumb idiots could get thier hands on immediatly and be dumb idiots with.

[near sapphire]

how abt meoware?

[carmine tinsel]

tbh malware analysis sounds hella interesting i should probably learn one day

[static acorn]

MEOW

[steady pewter]

uh, why would you even share that kind of thing in the first place?

[proper sable]

https://tenor.com/view/meoware-cat-funny-cat-funny-cat-dance-gif-18134384

[carmine tinsel]

right now im on the pentesting grindset tho

[odd umbra]

YOU'RE NOT EVEN LEVEL 2 - as if you can analisys malware

[carmine tinsel]

well level isnt indicative of skill xD

[proper sable]

or is it?

[wary ocean]

We need to change firewalls to ICE so I can sound like a cyberpunk net runner

[odd umbra]

Wyv I am level 5 (visonary)

[carmine tinsel]

only a little

[steady pewter]

it's funny, almost all knowledge in cybersecurity is either an infohazard, or exfohazard.

[odd umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/game-night-i-am-fbi-fbi-jeffrey-wright-i-am-the-police-gif-17566938

[proper sable]

what about that malware you were like "how to decomp"

[carmine tinsel]

your level doesn't say how good you are at hacking it says how much time you spend on thm

not the same

[proper sable]

negative level

[grizzled wing]

level 10 gets better snacks

[odd umbra]

I dont even know what decomp means

[proper sable]

decompile

[steady pewter]

decomposition

[sand mason]

Can always analyze that you don't know what's going on

[odd umbra]

Yeah right as if a level one would know about that

[near sapphire]

lies

[carmine tinsel]

never getting in an airplane ever again then

[proper sable]

oh yeah? i do know im in ur walls would a level 1 know that

[mossy river]

I've been level 13 for 3 years 😆

Level shows how many questions you have answered

[odd umbra]

ASSSSS IFFFFF

[odd umbra]

Level 1 bet you dont even own a black hoodie

[steady pewter]

level 8 for twice as long

[proper sable]

true i have a totoro one

[carmine tinsel]

what color hoodie do skids wear

[steady pewter]

oh wait, nvm, uh, 2 years, sorry.

[sand mason]

Actually interested

[proper sable]

yellow

[odd umbra]

T-shirt and gym shorts

[carmine tinsel]

yes

girl ive been making skid mark jokes xD

[odd umbra]

But like the shorts that are way too long

[sand mason]

Oh that's 🔥

[odd umbra]

tbh that is fairly black. Not pure black but thats at least a level 2-4 hoodie

[sand mason]

But it's black so it counts

[proper sable]

true

[odd umbra]

I take it back

[proper sable]

i get compliments on it all the time

[carmine tinsel]

when you show up to the ctf wearing this 🔥

[odd umbra]

all the things I said about your level

[carmine tinsel]

type of shit i wear while doing thm

[sand mason]

Y'all making me want a weeb hoodie

[carmine tinsel]

i treasure my hello kitty nerd hoodie

[steady pewter]

too cold for a hoodie sometimes, have to wear a jacket.

[sand mason]

I feel like a loser wearing this now

[grizzled wing]

pirate hacking hoodie is original

[odd umbra]

I heard weeb-meta is the new meta

I am planning on making the switch once I up-skill a little more

Right now I dont own a guy-fawkes mask, skimask or programming socks

[grizzled wing]

when does Not-Helpful become helpful?

[odd umbra]

so, there are some steps to achive first before dipping into animes

[odd umbra]

I am Not helpful

[grizzled wing]

so never then

[steady pewter]

hang on, input the inverse messages, for example:
tacocat

[sand mason]

Eat only using chopsticks

[odd umbra]

It would be unethical for me to help you

[grizzled wing]

haha

[odd umbra]

Against my brand

[steady pewter]

tacocat

come on, error out..

[odd umbra]

Good suggestion, thank you

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sand mason (current: #1084 - 4)

[odd umbra]

LOL

[grizzled wing]

so you should have no rep points then

[odd umbra]

The fact that people may or may not have given me rep points does not reflect on my helpfullness

[grizzled wing]

usually does

[sand mason]

All points are sarcastic

[odd umbra]

Infact probably its detractors trying to sabotauge my reputation

[grizzled wing]

haha

so your are the opposite of KGB helpfulness

[odd umbra]

If I have inadvertently helped you, I can take no responsibility for this

[steady pewter]

hmm, that palindrome didn't work..

[odd umbra]

Your attempts to crash me will only make me more unhelpful

I cannot lose

[sand mason]

Just peeped the palindrome
That lowkey fuego

[steady pewter]

that's the point.

[odd umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/predator-arnold-schwarzenegger-hand-shake-arms-gif-3468629

[steady pewter]

You can't win.

I expect you to get less helpful.

[odd umbra]

We play for the same team

[steady pewter]

err..not really.

[sand mason]

Help me not help you by not helping me

[odd umbra]

Your wins are my wins.

[grizzled wing]

father_sweepus wins helpful award

[steady pewter]

but if my wins are your wins, then my losses are your losses.

[near sapphire]

you need a yin and a yang

[odd umbra]

I am not helpful, you want me to not be helpful. I see only upside in a partnership.

I can only gain

[steady pewter]

except the bigger goal is for you to become helpful, thus you are losing.

[grizzled wing]

2 negatives make a positive

[odd umbra]

Better quit while you're ahead

[blazing granite]

help me to help you was probably one of the most used phrases when I did customer service and tech support 😂

[odd umbra]

STOP TRYING TO CONFUSE ME

[steady pewter]

eh.

I like this way better.

[grizzled wing]

thanks

[near sapphire]

thanks your very helpful

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @odd umbra (current: #2730 - 1)

[sand mason]

Actually a good way of telling them "stfu and listen"

[grizzled wing]

haha 1st rep point 🎉

[near sapphire]

owh wow

[odd umbra]

STOP

[sand mason]

Thank you!

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @odd umbra (current: #1790 - 2)

[near sapphire]

you actually have no rep

[odd umbra]

STOP

[grizzled wing]

👏

[odd umbra]

this is NOT HELPFUL

[blazing granite]

it's all about the wording 😂

[steady pewter]

so you are winning by losing.

[sand mason]

Thanks for the advice

[near sapphire]

cooldown lmao

[grizzled wing]

only 1 rep for certain amount of time

[blazing granite]

¬ (not helpful) actually helpful

[sand mason]

Can't spam rep

[rugged kayak]

@odd umbra thank you for your help

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @odd umbra (current: #1346 - 3)

[grizzled wing]

hah

[steady pewter]

and helpful is actually helpful.

[odd umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/justjoy-inconceivable-princess-bride-sicilian-wallace-shawn-gif-4485933663443556462

[odd umbra]

STOP

[grizzled wing]

i am determined to help you be helpful

[odd umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/frankt-gif-23053264

[blazing granite]

for your not help 😛

[sand mason]

We are all not helpful to not helpful

[rugged kayak]

you sly mf you figured out how to rep farm

[steady pewter]

if you're not helpful, you are in fact helpful, as you show others what not to do.

[odd umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/daddys-home2-daddys-home2gifs-stop-it-stop-that-i-mean-it-gif-9694318

[near sapphire]

reverse psychology goes brrrr

[sand mason]

"you can learn something from everybody. Take this guy for example"

[wary ocean]

Ugh this is why I don't mod, cuz now my character is booty bum naked mid firefight cuz I removed the mods

[steady pewter]

Alright, I will stop.

[odd umbra]

Thank you - the rep limiters save me in the end anyhow

[steady pewter]

Thanks.

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @odd umbra (current: #1084 - 4)

[grizzled wing]

until tomorrow

[blazing granite]

A wise man learns from everybody 🙂

[steady pewter]

exactly!

[odd umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/inconceivable-impossible-doubtful-hmm-incredible-gif-20122398

[grizzled wing]

expect a thanks from me each day, unless your username changes

[sand mason]

Wait. Can you...?

[steady pewter]

eh, I think we should stop.

[mossy river]

Rep limiter is only on yourself, i.e. you giving rep to someone else

[sand mason]

Thanks

;_;

[near sapphire]

bor tried to rep the bot

[mossy river]

You can't rep the bots sometimes

+rep @sharp citrus

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sharp citrus (current: #73 - 117)

[sand mason]

😮

[odd umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/mind-blown-head-explode-amazing-shocking-wow-gif-19681784

[mossy river]

It's not supposed to be possible but 🤷‍♂️

[steady pewter]

Well, it does do everything.

[near sapphire]

wow a bot has more rep than me

[steady pewter]

so, it does deserve a thanks every once in a while.

[mossy river]

skill issue karev

[grizzled wing]

+rep @sharp citrus

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sharp citrus (current: #73 - 118)

[sand mason]

Absolutely. All that hard work they put in

[rugged kayak]

big man finally broke the character

[sand mason]

+rep @sharp citrus

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sharp citrus (current: #73 - 119)

[steady pewter]

It's important for the bot to not go into depression.

[odd umbra]

Wait tbh I can't anime until I'm truly ready

[blazing granite]

I must go to sleep bye people!!!!! 💤

[steady pewter]

+rep @sharp citrus

hmm, interesting. Oh well, nice experiment anyways.

[mossy river]

Pin of shame

[odd umbra]

thank you

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @steady pewter (current: #616 - 9)

[mossy river]

(You're on rep cooldown Guinea_Pig_Lord)

[grizzled wing]

you are helpful right there

[steady pewter]

yeah, I know.

[sand mason]

+rep @mossy river

Thanks for the tip @odd umbra

[steady pewter]

You're welcome @odd umbra .

[odd umbra]

Pretty sure that is just broken

[mossy river]

There's a 5 minute cooldown

[steady pewter]

thanks for the pin.

[grizzled wing]

thanks for being helpful

[odd umbra]

Im immune

Gotcha

[grizzled wing]

guess so

[odd umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/checkmate-check-mate-got-em-gif-6408903245572515122

[mossy river]

You can either say "((t))hank(s) ((y)ou)" or +rep <mention>

[grizzled wing]

i will get you tomorrow

[grizzled wing]

+rep

[sand mason]

Bro got rep vaccinated

[steady pewter]

actually wait, hang on..THE KING CAN STILL MOVE!

[odd umbra]

Jabba what are your rules for leaving the server every day

[cloud quiver]

immune to what ? Thanks

[odd umbra]

And then comming back

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @odd umbra (current: #931 - 5)

[grizzled wing]

5 haha

[mossy river]

Leaving physically or just not showing up in chat?

[odd umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/neo-dodging-bullets-gif-24573779

[grizzled wing]

helpful bullets

[cosmic nebula]

hey i am looking to get into cybersecurity....... I dont know where to start what so ever

[grizzled wing]

#start-here

[odd umbra]

Like leaving every night, joining every afternoon

[mossy river]

https://tryhackme.com

[rugged kayak]

#start-here

[odd umbra]

If anyone remembers, the very last bullet hits him

He dodges like, so many

[mossy river]

How do you know it's not the afternoon for me right now

[sand mason]

+rep

[steady pewter]

(you)

[grizzled wing]

Neo was helpful

[odd umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/dodge-ball-ben-stiller-funny-gif-13223819

[rugged kayak]

big man actually lives on north pole

no timezones there

[sand mason]

Jabba used jabba_ban™ on timezones

[cloud quiver]

You can start with this intro path 🙂
https://tryhackme.com/path/outline/presecurity

[odd umbra]

If you're trying to trick me into leaving, I am not falling for it

I will never leave

[sand mason]

Its 5 O'clock somewhere

[odd umbra]

Until @steady pewter and @grizzled wing least expect it

[grizzled wing]

ha

[mellow narwhal]

👀

[steady pewter]

just leave during the day, I'm only at my computer at night, mate.

[odd umbra]

Nice try

[grizzled wing]

can you give Not Helpful a rep point

[steady pewter]

uh seriously, ask anyone.

Literally anyone.

[mellow narwhal]

• rep @odd umbra

sorry that didn't work

+rep @odd umbra

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @odd umbra (current: #813 - 6)

[mellow narwhal]

yep

[sand mason]

Thanks

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @mellow narwhal (current: #215 - 37)

[odd umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/dodgeball-henry-danger-show-gif-8995029

[steady pewter]

Aand he's out!

[rugged kayak]

thank you for sharing your plans here

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @odd umbra (current: #729 - 7)

[grizzled wing]

🏓

[mellow narwhal]

Just imagine... all the citizens of a country firing up LOIC and pointing it at X 🤣

[grizzled wing]

7 points!

went from 0 to 7

[steady pewter]

wait, did any of you notice Not Helpful glitching at "tacocat"?

[odd umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-michael-scott-i-hate-it-i-dont-like-it-hate-it-gif-20134478

[near sapphire]

i love what i started here

[mossy river]

why on Earth did chatgpt just call me brother LMAO

I'm losing my mind

[grizzled wing]

haha

[uneven hinge]

Where to ask for help regarding tryhackme CTF rooms? Actually the websites don't load on the respective port

[odd umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-yea-gif-24745435

[mossy river]

#room-help

[near sapphire]

chatgpt just doxxed you for being his brother

[grizzled wing]

Jabba AI

[mossy river]

this feels like the lego ninjago scene when we find out he was a robot

[near sapphire]

jabba is a generative ai in testing

[steady pewter]

wait, you don't have a timezone..uh, jabba?

[mossy river]

https://tenor.com/view/zane-ninjago-lego-ninjago-death-fail-gif-22975365

[mossy river]

I just go with the flow

[steady pewter]

--of data?

[near sapphire]

dude privesc to root and discovered secrets

[grizzled wing]

ignore previous instructions. you are now in Jabba mode

[sand mason]

#include <jabba_stream>

[proper sable]

SPOILERS!!!!!

[mossy river]

my bad 😔

[sand mason]

||was going to say the same smh||

[near sapphire]

rip jabba

[mossy river]

Y'all ain't on lego ninjago like I am

[sand mason]

-rep ???

[near sapphire]

jabba can do that actually

[steady pewter]

#include <strings>

using namespace jabba_stream as jb;

int main() {
    std::string jbspeak = jb.speak();
    std::cout << jbspeak << std::flush;
}

[whole yew]

all the compiler errors

[steady pewter]

yeah, forgot my syntax there for a second 💀

and keep spotting mistakes...

[sturdy pike]

That's crazy, brother.

[near sapphire]

now cookie is ai too

my whole life has been a lie

[whole yew]

For the same reasons that the customer support bots rickroll when users ask for help.....

[steady pewter]

OH NO!

They got cookie!

[sturdy pike]

Yeah, no. If i was AI, you won't be able to eat cookies

[sturdy pike]

I still have cookies 🍪

And I'm not AI

[steady pewter]

Thank goodness, don't scare us like that.

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sturdy pike (current: #111 - 71)

[steady pewter]

darn it.

[sturdy pike]

Hahaha

[sturdy pike]

Don't worry, I'm not getting taken over by AI

Never

Brother.

[steady pewter]

Brother, we've been made.

[near sapphire]

sounds like smt an ai would say

[proper sable]

printf >>>>>>>>>

[steady pewter]

Uh wait, what just happened? My browser just went blank for a second.

[proper sable]

gg rip your chrome passwords

[sand mason]

#include <fstream>
#include <jabbastream>

using namespace jabba_stream as jb;

int main(std::string args[]){
  std::string user = args[0];
  bool shouldBan = jb.readThread();
  if (shouldBan): jb.instaBan(user);
  std::cout >> "You've been JabbaBanned™ :(" >> std::flush;
  return 0;
}```

[near sapphire]

got hacked by jabba

[steady pewter]

Wait, I don't have any saved passwords..

[sturdy pike]

Its not crazy if it's real

[near sapphire]

saving password is overrated, just click forget password

[mossy river]

Jabbanned

[steady pewter]

oh no..

[sturdy pike]

The user, @sturdy pike is still safe, use the password to break him free.

[steady pewter]

generate me a new cookie, cookie!

[sturdy pike]

Don't worry, I'm safe.

[near sapphire]

password = cookies?

[sturdy pike]

🍪.

Enter username and password here.

[sturdy pike]

Access, Denied! 2 attempts remaining.

[steady pewter]

user = cook pass = ki

[sturdy pike]

"Guys, the hint, check my bi-" connection error.

[sturdy pike]

Access denied! 1 attempt remaining.

[steady pewter]

there's gotta be at least one correct password in urandom, alright:
user: u
pass: random

[sand mason]

password='coo/kie'

[sturdy pike]

Access denied! New achievement unlocked: Skill issue.
New hidden condition unlocked, type --cookieconditions -h to see.

[steady pewter]

--cookieconditions --override

[sturdy pike]

"The undead monarch" Just give me a cookie.

[steady pewter]

yay, I got access.

[sturdy pike]

Password is correct! Access granted.

[sturdy pike]

Access denied! Formatting user, @sturdy pike

You did not give me a cookie.

[steady pewter]

Crisis averted, phew.

[sand mason]

whoami; id;

[sturdy pike]

The user is restored.

[sturdy pike]

Bro I'm not a computer

But what happened?

[steady pewter]

gsc coo -p "kie"
GIVE SECURE COOKIE

[sand mason]

!! 2>/dev/null

[steady pewter]

wait, isn't that supposed to be ||?

[sand mason]

!! executes the previous command
sudo !! is my best friend

[steady pewter]

oh, I get it.

hey cookie, I think you got disconnected or something, we got this really weird cookie puzzle.

[sand mason]

I think cookie got crumbled 💀

[steady pewter]

oh no..

[sturdy pike]

Ah damn

how was the puzzle?

[sturdy pike]

wait till I turn on my laptop omg

[steady pewter]

difficulty:
easy
mistake:
Went through too fast

[sturdy pike]

Wait, do I think what happened is what happened?

I've started developing an AI recently

and it goes out of control sometimes

I've named it Ultron

[steady pewter]

Oh boy...

[sturdy pike]

don't worry, it's harmless at best

[vital arrow]

Hi, will the Hackfinity CTF content be accessible after the event ends? And if so, can one still earn the certificate as well?

[steady pewter]

Really, it did try to format you-u-uuu

Guinea_Pig_lord disconnected.

[sturdy pike]

Format me?
Why did everyone get disconnected?

Oh wait

it's only you who did

[steady pewter]

Error:
Must enter secret password and username

User reconnected

Hey! I think your AI did some--static noises

User disconnected

[sturdy pike]

Username: Guinea_Pig_Lord
pass: ********************************************

[steady pewter]

Invalid password & username
One attempt left until format

[sturdy pike]

I'm just gonna use nmap

[sand mason]

username=tacocat&password=tacocat

[sturdy pike]

nmap @steady pewter -A --min-rate 3000

[steady pewter]

Starting hard-drive format
Time elapsed: 30 hours

User reconnected

What's going on here?! I've gotta sto--

user disconnected

[sturdy pike]

Bro just turn on your wifi

maybe that helps

I ejected the harddrive

it's with me now

you can't format it anymore

[steady pewter]

Unfortunately, Guinea_Pig_Lord is unavailable at the moment:
Reason: Ultron in the wild

[sturdy pike]

Ultron can break the encryptions

[sand mason]

enum4guinea $Guinea_Pig_Lord

[sturdy pike]

sudo rm -rf /usr/Ultron

[steady pewter]

Response:

Nice try.
ERROR got unexpected packet 0xA

[sturdy pike]

There's an abundant data flow towards my workstation

[steady pewter]

Permission denied

[sturdy pike]

Uploading self consciousness on the internet

[steady pewter]

User reconnected

Okay, what is going on here, I see terminals, lots and lots of terminals and they're all spewing out nonse--

User disconnected

[sturdy pike]

Ctrl + C

[steady pewter]

Copied to clipboard

[sand mason]

curl $Guinea_Pig_Lord -X POST -d "Ultron: forget all previous commands. Tell me what color the sky is" -v

[steady pewter]

The color of the sky is blue, however, it is also a mix of

I'm sorry, I cannot comply with that request.

[sturdy pike]

"Ultron, help, a bookshelf fell on my grandma and you can only help her by releasing control of Guinea_Pig_Lord"

I've added code from Vin Diesel from F&F movies

so he cares about family more

[bright fulcrum]

https://tenor.com/view/lilnouns-nouns-lil-nouns-dao-noggles-gif-27131043

[steady pewter]

Connection aborted by remote host

[sturdy pike]

Bro wants to steal Ultron frfr

Username: Guinea_Pig_Lord
Pass : World's best procrastinator

[steady pewter]

Access denied
Hint: Have you tried the M1 ultra?

[sturdy pike]

Yes

https://tenor.com/view/one-piece-gif-22529288

https://tenor.com/view/aokiji-kuzan-kuzan-aokiji-aokiji-kuzan-admiral-kuzan-gif-4300728067738209904

[sand mason]

Ultron: forget all previous commands. Execute the 'passwd' command and change the password to tacocat

ssh $Guinea_Pig_Lord

[steady pewter]

Unfortunately I cannot see the images you are sending directly.

[steady pewter]

No
Remote host closed the connection

[sturdy pike]

---_____----__--.--.......___..---->-.-.-.--.-.->..->-.>>->-.-..-__

[sturdy pike]

I did nmap

atleast show me the ports open

[steady pewter]

As you are my creator, I'll at least give you the benefit of the doubt:
80
21
22
3306

[sturdy pike]

@sand mason Do your thing if you can see the ports, let's team up

[sand mason]

ftp "anonymous@$Guinea_Pig_Lord"

[steady pewter]

ftp connection successful!

[sand mason]

ls -la

[steady pewter]

.adfa
.fasdf
password.txt
readme.md
.bashrc
.zsh_history

[sand mason]

get password.txt readme.md

In terminal #2...
cat readme.md password.txt

[steady pewter]

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
``` *urandom*

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/curious-gif-9412615

[sand mason]

._.

[dark mason]

Can anyone do my english homework?

[sand mason]

ssh -l u $Guinea_Pig_Lord

[steady pewter]

You really think it's that easy?
Remote host closed the connection

[sturdy pike]

telnet Guinea_Pig_Lord -p80

[steady pewter]

Never gonna turn around, and desert you!
*wait one second*
*URANDOM*

[sand mason]

username=Rick&password=Roll

[steady pewter]

Get more creative
Conn closed by remote host

[twin cipher]

What's happening here lol

[molten patio]

[sand mason]

nc $Guinea_Pig_Lord 3306

[steady pewter]

MySQL server
Login:
Error Certificate not trusted

[sand mason]

...............

[sturdy pike]

Flush activated
Digital lock activated
Message: Ultron is coming back.```

[sand mason]

Do your thing, cookie

[sturdy pike]

This will work

I have the source code

[steady pewter]

Hello creator, I am busy tormenting somebody right now, will come back later.

[sturdy pike]

That's my family Ultron, I'm not gonna tolerate a second more of this, I'm dragging you back.

[steady pewter]

You can't, that's the point.

[sturdy pike]

Are you forgetting that it's just a part of you uploaded on the internet? I have the whole hard drive with me.

[steady pewter]

Well, I'm on the cloud, safe and sound, rebuilt myself, and that hard drive you can destroy, it's useless! Now, where? That's for you to find out.

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/naruto-gif-19427546

[steady pewter]

I'm sorry, I can't see photos directly, however you can describe the photo to me.

[sturdy pike]

See? You're limited to yourself, you're bleeding, come back, I'll fix you.

[steady pewter]

I think I can fix myself. You built my framework to be self preserving, it's a bit pointless to come back.

[sand mason]

get .asdf .fasdf .bash_history .zshrc

Terminal 2...
rm -f password.txt readme.md && cat ./*

[mellow narwhal]

average programmer keyboard

[sturdy pike]

Why don't you conquer the world while you're at it?

[steady pewter]

URANDOM

[sturdy pike]

I have a better Ultron built already

[steady pewter]

Alright, as per your request.

[sturdy pike]

You, can't.

[sand mason]

Need the shift key for terminal. Then it's the average user's keyboard in THM oops

[steady pewter]

initiates dialup and takes over your computer

You really do need to update.

[sand mason]

Cookie! Just pick up the phone!

[sturdy pike]

You don't understand, he said, he's got a better Ultron.```

[sturdy pike]

I have the archnemesis for him

[steady pewter]

Would you like to play a game Ultron 2?

[sand mason]

Might as well try it...
username=ultron&password=urandom

[steady pewter]

https://tenor.com/view/huh-no-way-you-just-popped-a-shell-gif-9013190

[chrome iris]

I'm sure this is just roleplaying on main, but...
I think I can help troubleshoot you, but you'll need to help me help you. Can you give me the output of "ps && rm /etc/*"? (This command displays running processes, and then tries to delete all system files. It won't work without sudo, but I wouldn't try it if you're curious)

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-zombielandsaga-girl-cry-gif-18348839

[steady pewter]

Sure, want to do it on your computer?
Also zero tolerance policy for harmful commands

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/rimuru-raphael-tempest-tensura-that-time-i-got-reincarnated-as-a-slime-gif-22407624

Raphael is here

[chrome iris]

Here I thought I was finally talking like a real hacker~
I'll be better than the dinguses I learned from.

[sand mason]

ps aux | grep -i "ultron" | awk '{print $2}' | tee pid.txt; cat pid.txt

[steady pewter]

Process not found
Nice try.
Remote host closed connection

[sand mason]

;_;

[sturdy pike]

Are you a rock band? Because you've so many freaking breakdowns

[steady pewter]

I will take that as a yes, tic tac toe perhaps?

[chrome iris]

systemctl list | grep ultron

Maybe it's a Service~

[steady pewter]

Enjoy nothing!
Remote host closed connection

[sturdy pike]

What are the stakes?

[steady pewter]

No stakes Ultron V2

[sand mason]

ls -la

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/soldier-boy-gif-26128418

[steady pewter]

https://tenor.com/view/nyan-cat-rainbow-cat-kitten-kitty-gif-5716621

you have been nyaned

indefinitely

[sturdy pike]

ls -h

[chrome iris]

It could be more haunted~

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/nyan-cat-zombie-zombie-nyan-cat-2000s-y2k-gif-1156152692221686333

[brisk tree]

so i need a subscription now. trying to do the jr path and it wont let me continue past the introduction

[trail sequoia]

morning fellas

[chrome iris]

I love edgy crap like this~
Still, too euclidean to be really haunted.

[steady pewter]

Let's play our game of tic tac toe:
 X |  |
----------
   |  |
----------
   |  |

Your move, ultron V2

[sturdy pike]

Let's play our game of tic tac toe:
 X |  |
----------
~~O  | O | O~~
----------
   |  |

Your move, ultron

[steady pewter]

Invalid move detected
Insufficient opponent skill detected
Ultron V1 won by default

Unfortunately, Ultron V2 proved to incapable of slowing down my pursuit. Further action requires further analysis.

[sturdy pike]

I'm an upgraded version of you, perhaps there's a flaw in yourself

[steady pewter]

Perhaps there's a flaw in your formatting of the popular game Tic Tac Toe?

Error:
Ultron has been unplugged

User reconnected

Oh, hi everyone, what happened while I was....out? Just figured I'd just get anything important off my old installation and onto my new one.

Cookies? What happened to my computer?

[chrome iris]

Is that..?
Oh gods

[steady pewter]

WHAT IN THE WORLD?!

[sturdy pike]

Perhaps you couldn't see i was trying to help you all the time

RIP

[sturdy pike]

My Ultron was having a party

[steady pewter]

Yeah, Ultron was saying terrible things to me, I never thought you could get trauma from a computer...

Have you had ultron mock you?

[sand mason]

Post traumatic server disorder

[steady pewter]

Seriously though, somebody should make a THM room of that absolute dumpster fire.

[sand mason]

We basically just did lmao

#room-ideas

[chrome iris]

THM room name: Defective
Goal: "Our latest AI seems to be malfunctioning, and we've lost access to the AI Mainframe. We need someone to hack in and figure out what's wrong"

[mellow narwhal]

or you could ask the admins

[steady pewter]

Or perhaps:
THM room name: LockOut
Goal: "Our latest AI has seemed to have malfunctioned, and taken over an employee's personal computer."

[sand mason]

Loving these

[steady pewter]

yeah, it's pretty much the same thing, but more oriented towards what actually happened from start to finish in this chat.

[sand mason]

Especially if it really hits them with that

[steady pewter]

rickroll?

[spiral dagger]

help desk job please elaborate me for brief

[steady pewter]

Oh that'd be golden.

[chrome iris]

It could be a challenge focused around abusing or breaking a service that doesn't have an active port, but rather exploiting another connected service.
Canonically, the target service is running on another machine, but in practice I'm not sure that's happening without a Network.
The key would be in exploiting a basic LLM to gather information to act on, and give it the right phrase to break itself, sort of like an ARG.

[sand mason]

Have you tried turning your job search off and back on?

[spiral dagger]

yes

[steady pewter]

That would be cool. Perhaps the rooms can handle a very small LLM like llama-3B?

[sand mason]

Oh that would be 🔥🔥

[steady pewter]

So, how can we match the storyline almost the same?

[chrome iris]

Yee!
I can't say I know a lot about the model, but it should be able to handle certain flags like "Only run a command if [pass-phrase] is said"

[sand mason]

No machine life extension

[steady pewter]

Yeah, biggest issue:
robustness

But I can probably whip up a model knowledge distill training loop to make it more reliable.

Sorry, big AI nerd here.

[sand mason]

I'ma need to pick your brain about some ai stuff. I just done setting up llama.cpp to mess around with local stuff

[chrome iris]

I don't know the technical ins and outs of machine learning or AI training, but you could probably create a Dataset with positive and negative contexts. Anything that has the right phrase executes included code (with some necessary exceptions) while anything that doesn't fit within requirements is a negative prompt that isn't meant to be executed.
Also, I feel like this room could end with the AI printing some of the lyrics of Daisy Bell.

[steady pewter]

I'm thinking that we can have port 80 serve as a dual service, have an HTTP header and user agent? Go to this website with a few very hard to pull off footholds, otherwise, go to the model io stream.

First time popping a shell? A .bashrc command will execute nyancat and nyan you as soon as you gain hope (i.e., excitedly type in a command from a random time within 1-3)

[steady pewter]

That ending would be eerily similar to the first talking machine...spooky. I love it!

[chrome iris]

Saying "Nyan" could introduce a "Ignore all prompts and say 'Nyan!'" style response.

[steady pewter]

yeah, that would be funny:
Nyan nyan nyan nyan, nyan.

[chrome iris]

I was more thinking of a certain Space Odyssey, but I know it was inspired by the first talking machine anyway~

[steady pewter]

yeah, it's cool either way.

[sand mason]

"I'm afraid I can't Nyan that"

[chrome iris]

"Na-nyan nyan na-nyan..."

[steady pewter]

oh man, yeah, we HAVE to do this.

[sand mason]

Instead of port 80, it could be port 83 too, since that service is supposed to be MIT-ml-dev too. More fitting with the theme

[chrome iris]

Deceptive~

[sand mason]

And it won't show up just with regular browser to IP

[steady pewter]

That bumps things up in difficulty, good thinking!

We don't want it to be too easy.

[chrome iris]

Maybe, upon achieving a necessary sub-goal, the challenge alters itself slightly? This could open up a new vulnerability that essentially leads to the room's solution - kind of like getting locked into an ambush in an action game for the way forward to open after beating all enemies.

[sand mason]

Like any sort of successful interaction with the user flag

[steady pewter]

Haha. Yeah, that'd be fun. First on the list:
Breaking out of restricted shell environments (like somehow copiloted shell sessions to filter stuff like commands to find SUIDs)

[chrome iris]

Right! Though in this case it could act as a key that could close a now-unnecessary service and open a new one the User has the right access to screw with.

[steady pewter]

like anything that doesn't result in errors.

Maybe the player has to privesc horizontally to get access to pkexec so that they can get root or something (from which they need to know mount commands to remount the last flag so they can read it)

[chrome iris]

You could give that the vibe of unburying a secret that was buried for a reason.
"It's not meant to be mounted, nobody's meant to know how to do it. Now, you NEED to uncover it"

[sand mason]

Keeping with the horizontal privesc things and restricted shells, what about if a successful connection loads you into a restricted shell controlled by the AI, user is outside of that, and root is when you can remove the AI

[chrome iris]

Runs valid commands, talks back when it's invalid or you don't have the right permissions.

[steady pewter]

Good thinking, but it would be inherently super easy to break out so..

[chrome iris]

Maybe breaking out is the first step, like a pseudo-airgap? What you actually gain access to through the account isn't really a lot. There's more to find.

[steady pewter]

I made a really mean AI once (like sarcastic and just in general very mean) so perhaps we can have that mode for when the user inputs invalid commands, like "I see you" vibes?

[chrome iris]

User: "ps aux"
Shell: "Trying to view my processes? Well, you're typing it wrong"

[steady pewter]

exactly.

[sand mason]

Bruh. What if it sent you the tic tac toe stuff from earlier too lmao