general

[sturdy raptor]

[languid aurora]

windows lag

[sick maple]

otherwise I will completely quit windows

[sick maple]

yh

not much tho

i still use windows 10

[languid aurora]

I use 11. very lag

[golden yew]

This is what Jabba said, or how is your graduation evaluation?

[sick lance]

My W11 doesn't lag at all.

[sick lance]

I don't understand the last part.

[sturdy raptor]

i use win10 with my cute atlasOS

[golden yew]

I want to know what Jabba would say to retired mods

[sick lance]

Oh...

Yeah, good luck with that.

[languid aurora]

it's okay if my laptop is charging. It's slow on battery. but otherwise, I keep using Fedora since I dual boot them.

[golden yew]

OK

[sturdy raptor]

cool

[sick maple]

ohh what's that?

[golden yew]

I think just being able to chat here is fate enough

[sturdy raptor]

go search it, as I’m not interested in explaining

[golden yew]

both same for us.

[sick maple]

aight

OHHHHHH

does windows apps work on that?

[stuck ridge]

Welp anyways, i found this video to replace in my trashcan

[sturdy raptor]

if you enable them, yea

[sick maple]

NICE

and

i know this is gonna make me sound stupid

can i install valorant in atlasos

-# vanguard

[topaz steeple]

gg the camera is so shaky,got motion sickness

[sturdy raptor]

yes?

[stuck ridge]

Idk

[sturdy raptor]

it’s windose, but optimized for gamers, etc

[sick maple]

vanguard is a kernal level anticheat

[sick maple]

ohh nice

i'll try it 100%

[languid aurora]

is this satire

[sturdy raptor]

Ramadan Mubarak everyone

[stuck ridge]

Wdym?

[sick maple]

Kemo Scratch

[golden yew]

Bro likes playing valorant💀

[sick maple]

skull_cap

[sturdy raptor]

who doesn’t, it’s addictive at first

can’t lie..

[stuck ridge]

Translating...
"Bro likes having a massive backdoor in bro's computer"

[languid aurora]

we got .png emojis snowie back

[golden yew]

I haven't played FPS games for many years

[sick lance]

The trade off for security by using Atlasos is interesting.

[lament trout]

[golden yew]

Back in high school, I was really crazy about chasing these types of games

[languid aurora]

u should try ready or not

[golden yew]

The game I've been playing recently is Delta Force, but I haven't played it for almost half a year

[lament trout]

Yeah that doesn't felt like recently

[golden yew]

I tried playing Valorant that time, but I chose Delta.

[languid aurora]

but you said u haven't played fps game for many years

[golden yew]

So I might not be suited for FPS games.

[golden yew]

It's just a feeling; later, I start thinking about truth.

[sick maple]

😭

[sturdy raptor]

you can enable those features in atlasOS if you want it’s your choice

[golden yew]

I feel like I haven't played FPS games for so long, so it should be about time

[sturdy raptor]

open C —> Windose —> AtlasDesktop —>7. Security —> enable all

[golden yew]

I've been playing Hearthstone recently, and this game has been around for a long time

[sick lance]

BF6.

[ripe sky]

guys where can i contact the admin? i had some issues in the website

[sick lance]

[e-mail]

[golden yew]

maybe site-support?

[ripe sky]

thanks mate

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sick lance (current: #2 - 3954)

[sick lance]

You could possibly post in #site-support and someone may help, but they won't be staff.

[ripe sky]

ok ok

[golden yew]

I think the new pre path is more suitable for beginners

The first room before was simulating hacking a bank, if I remember correctly

[elfin oriole]

Are any of the THM staff active today? I’m in the middle of my SAL1 exam and the scenario reset when I’m over 1 hour into my 2 hour allowance and all of the progress and alerts I flagged have reset

[sick lance]

Staff don't work weekends.

[elfin oriole]

Great 🤣

[golden yew]

I haven't spent money on exams on THM yet because my job market doesn't care about them at the moment

[sick lance]

I didn't spend money either, I got them for free.

[golden yew]

So I only have a premium account

[sick lance]

I used to be on a business account when I done room testing, the only thing I didn't have was AWS.

[golden yew]

spend money for these rooms

[golden yew]

wow nice

[sick lance]

And I could have had AWS, had I asked.

[elfin oriole]

I’m pissed, the scenario is broken. I can’t see any alerts and now the time runs out and il lend up failing the exam because it’s 40% of the results

[sick lance]

If it's a fault, thm will compensate.

Do you have any proof of the progress you've done so far?

[golden yew]

I think they will let you retake the exam

[elfin oriole]

Sort of, it reset and I couldn’t go back to the alerts but I’ve got screenshots of the alerts I was working on and the splunk logs

[elfin oriole]

That’s a shitty offering considering the scenario changes and I’ve already invested hours into the exam

[sick lance]

Ah good, you have proof.

[golden yew]

At least some things were returned, but fully restoring them is very difficult.

It depends on THM's technical backup

Relax for now, tomorrow is a workday

[sick lance]

Where you'll probably not get a reply.

[golden yew]

I dealt with it during its beta testing, and to be honest, the experience wasn't very good.

[sick maple]

oh wait

i don't have this

[golden yew]

Because the knowledge points for multiple topics are the same

[ripe sky]

guys i wanted to change my name of the pre security certificate

[golden yew]

Moreover, as far as I know, some companies use survey platforms to distribute learning materials to meet this need

[tulip lark]

hallo

me pyreii

[golden yew]

you should change the name of your THM account?

maybe

[sick lance]

Probably need to reach out to support

I think there was a way to change your name, I could be wrong

[fading perch]

MORNING EVERYONE

[sick lance]

Afternoon

[golden yew]

My certificate name, my THM name, and my channel name are all the same

[ripe sky]

i did and then i tried to open the certificate a few more times didnt work

[ripe sky]

i emailed them we'll see what will happen

[golden yew]

That should be because the certificate has already been generated

[ripe sky]

is it professional enough?? dont you wanna put it on your resume

[ripe sky]

ye

[golden yew]

You should have them revoke the certificate, and then you can start over with a new name

[ripe sky]

hmm yes

[sick lance]

Nah, support can change it.

I think, now.

[golden yew]

This doesn't affect me putting it on my resume; at most, I just need to show that I can log into this account

[ripe sky]

understandable

[sick lance]

Path certificates aren't certifications.

[golden yew]

Could there really be someone called onesb stealing my certificate

[sick lance]

They have a big difference.

[golden yew]

So I didn’t do that, haha

[sick lance]

Key one being it's a participant medal.

[golden yew]

It should be similar to the academic qualifications, after all, it includes statistics hours

It's just not as widely recognized

[sick lance]

No, or shouldn't.

An academic qualification is something you learn, then sit an invigilating exam.

Thm can be done by copy/pasting.

[golden yew]

Alright, I didn't intend to use it like that either

You have an attacker mindset

But finishing them off is really satisfying

[sick lance]

Yeah, don't get me wrong, it's a good way to show you're doing stuff.

[golden yew]

I can promise that I at most looked at the writeup, and I can at least explain what I should do to answer those questions

[sick lance]

But you can't really use them to say "I'm certified".

[golden yew]

Yes, because "cheating" can't be ruled out.

[timid prism]

Its more of a participation certification at best no?

[golden yew]

yeah

[wintry garnet]

Is anyone whose really good with interpretation of exploits on? I would be really grateful

[sick lance]

On what?

[golden yew]

After all, there are no shortcuts to learning

It would be a bit of a waste to just copy and paste these rooms

[timid prism]

Just imagine 1000+ same certs everywhere. It would just neutral the use

1000 is a small number

[golden yew]

I'm not as good as AI💀

🤓 ☝️

[wintry garnet]

if Gtranslate is inactive, does this exploit still stand? wpscan.com/vulnerability/49abe79c-ab1c-4dbf-824c-8daaac7e079d

[river garden]

ok guys

[sick lance]

What are you doing?

[wintry garnet]

trying to understand wpscan better.

But the vulnerability descriptions

are very

vague

(at least to me)

[hallow hazel]

you scanned a page with —url and use your api then it links to the cves maybe they have a better description?

[wintry garnet]

even on cve.org and wpscan.com

they explain why the exploit happens and how

but not it's conditions

[sick lance]

Yes, the vulnerability is still presenting if the plugin is inactive

[hallow hazel]

for many you can find a github PoC that explains it better

[wintry garnet]

or im just a dumb dumb

[golden yew]

From the PoC, it seems it won't work...

[wintry garnet]

Thanks Scrubs! How could you tell? I dont want just yes and nos, I want to be able to understand the descriptions better

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sick lance (current: #2 - 3955)

[golden yew]

You can try directly putting the PoC in

[wintry garnet]

Thanks ! That's a great idea

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @hallow hazel (current: #261 - 40)

[golden yew]

However, AI says that this vulnerability has nothing to do with whether the plugin is enabled or not

[wintry garnet]

Yep, tried with AI and gave me the same answer:)

[golden yew]

I usually can't tell if it's useful or not, so I just go ahead and try the PoC directly

[sick lance]

If the plugin is "inactive" the files etc are still present on the page/server, wordpress just doesn't load them

[golden yew]

Standard Script Kid

[rapid merlin]

Manual testing is best testing. Prove me wrong.

[wide magnet]

Out of interest. Does Wordpress still "load" the files then, else wouldn't a non-loaded plugin be the equivalent of a file you can read but can't do anything with as it is not interacting with anything?

Haven't really used wordpress much

[sick lance]

WordPress doesn't load it, the web server still loads it however.

It's application logic Vs server execution

[wide magnet]

Ah gotcha

cheers

[golden yew]

It doesn't seem like a proxy layer

[sick lance]

?

[golden yew]

I thought it would act like some kind of agent.

[sick lance]

Oh, no.

[golden yew]

I know almost nothing about this thing

[sick lance]

You can tell Apache deny all.

[golden yew]

yeah

Unless there is a special header

[sick lance]

Tl;Dr

Inactive != Safe

[golden yew]

This is the way to create a C2 server

right

[sick lance]

I won't be discussing C2.. :d

[golden yew]

Okey

This method can make it look like a normal webpage

[lament trout]

[rapid merlin]

Oh,well..

[golden yew]

[lament trout]

[quasi dome]

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-sad-gif-23774793

[golden yew]

💀

[quasi dome]

https://tenor.com/view/smiling-cat-happy-cat-smile-gif-3555983607747631247

[golden yew]

These are all the things I should have received long ago—what about you guys

[lament trout]

Nice

[golden yew]

I've already taken everything I could get with one click

[steel solar]

ello

[dusty ibex]

Today I learned some people are really sketchy In discord

[golden yew]

My next step is to do the challenge and then get stuck somewhere

[past sparrow]

Congrats!

[quasi dome]

damn

[past sparrow]

Put it on linkedin

[steel solar]

was that the wind?

yh probably

[dusty ibex]

Thier is some Chinese guys saying want to earn some money

[golden yew]

I don't have LinkedIn💀

[quasi dome]

who doesnt want

[past sparrow]

Oh, why not?

[quasi dome]

totally legit " jk "

[wintry garnet]

@golden yew Bro has the same level as me

[steel solar]

i don't have either cuz it asks me to confirm identity

[golden yew]

I don't know if there are enough Chinese people up there

[steel solar]

and i don't have a way to verify

[dusty ibex]

Bro really dodged a bullet

[past sparrow]

Interesting, I never needed to verify mine

[wintry garnet]

They could be North Korean lol

[quasi dome]

https://tenor.com/view/handsomeboy-gif-10370996527145661244

[dusty ibex]

Idk

[quasi dome]

use this kitty

[narrow yew]

greetings

[past sparrow]

How many chinese people do you need to start using a platform?

[steel solar]

[wintry garnet]

You can see its a big phenomenon and this is exactly how they ask for accounts

[steel solar]

hello sir

[narrow yew]

helo little onee

[dusty ibex]

Yeah

[steel solar]

how have you been math

[golden yew]

You got me wondering, I'll give it a try

[past sparrow]

You can share all your achievements there

and people react like "wow, good job!"

[narrow yew]

busy bee

bulding a pentest platform

so its a lot to setup

[steel solar]

[steel solar]

ohhhh coool

[narrow yew]

Something as if Xbow and Aikido had merged

its the end goal

[golden yew]

I was just wondering if this could help me find a good job, because having you cheer me on is already enough

[steel solar]

nice

[past sparrow]

Exposure usually helps finding a job, not sure about a good one, but it certainly helps with a job

[dusty ibex]

Btw if u r free then check my new bot which is for moderation in my profile

[golden yew]

For me, finding an entry-level job in this field is easy

[dusty ibex]

How

[past sparrow]

But going past entry-level?

[golden yew]

But I will do this; I think I should give it a try

[past sparrow]

Good luck!

[golden yew]

thanks

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @past sparrow (current: #164 - 65)

[golden yew]

just need to submit my resume; I have some relevant work experience.

Competing with fresh graduates for jobs is simply bullying

[dusty ibex]

Why u bully me

Said life

[stuck ridge]

"You hack because it is your job, I hack because i dont know what am i doing, we are different"

[dusty ibex]

Lol

[golden yew]

nice

Hacking is an instinctive behavior for bro💀

[past sparrow]

That's a dangerous thing to do, legally speaking

[stuck ridge]

Idk

[past sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/dangerous-gif-6113215

[golden yew]

U should know

Work is a good way to gain legitimacy, isn't it

[stuck ridge]

Yea

[past sparrow]

if you don't know what you are doing, and you get paid for it, well then you are just a QA tester

[stuck ridge]

What is QA?

[past sparrow]

Quality Assurance

[stuck ridge]

Ah ok

[past sparrow]

basically doing user simulation

[stuck ridge]

Ok

[golden yew]

good job

I think if you hide the vulnerability when doing something like this, you would have a 0day.

An unpublished vulnerability in an unpublished system

[past sparrow]

Meh, developers do it all the time, just they test things before putting into production, I don't that qualifies as finding a 0day

[golden yew]

I think this goes against professional ethics

[past sparrow]

Especially if its made by themselves

[golden yew]

As a test

or made by himself

[past sparrow]

well, if a company builds an app, then QA is considered to be part of the company, and developers are considered part of the company

[stuck ridge]

I just read thats a famous cinema brand in my country once have a lot of flaws in their systems

[past sparrow]

have yet to see a flawless system

[stuck ridge]

And those are all basic flaws

[stuck ridge]

"No system is perfect" ahh

[golden yew]

So the key issue is to make these people feel like they are part of the company, right

[past sparrow]

not even that, its more that most systems are absolute garbage

[golden yew]

My friend used XOR encryption and thinks he's a genius

[past sparrow]

I hope he does not use it in live production application that he asks money for

[sick maple]

yayy

got my virgo bundle

[golden yew]

Actually, he really is, because he didn't import those crypto libraries.

[past sparrow]

I hope I am not indirectly buying his services

[golden yew]

Don't worry, you won't, because this is his homework.

[stuck ridge]

Xor encrypt is actually reversible 🤯

Wait, it is encryption, not hashing

[golden yew]

And this is not mandatory

[past sparrow]

Yeah, it is a thing, its just horrible and easily reversible, all you need to do is start turning bits

[golden yew]

So he actually did quite well

But it's actually quite easy to achieve

This should be the most convenient way to encrypt

[past sparrow]

I do hope that at least his plaintext that he encrypts looks random as well, otherwise you can just bruteforce it

[golden yew]

It should also work if it's long enough; it will have an effect similar to an additive cipher

[past sparrow]

Yeah, but then the key must be as long as well

[golden yew]

You will choose from several seemingly meaningful answers, but we have multiple ciphers.

[stuck ridge]

It is rarely to see ibm brand in daily use nowadays

[golden yew]

It will eventually be exposed.

[past sparrow]

otherwise you just extract the key from bruteforced ciphertext and plaintext XOR value

[golden yew]

If you only have one ciphertext, then you will use many suspected pairs of plaintext and keys

It's a bit like having many solutions to a system of equations, but you can increase the rank by using multiple ciphertexts

Still linear algebra

[wide magnet]

I reckon we revert back to morse code

Life was simpler

[little locust]

OH MY DAYS. i wasted the past 20 minutes running in circles on SQLmap because the program started getting all funky because i forgot to put " around the url 😭

like all my parameters got weird and i couldnt answer any questions asked by the shell

[tame wyvern]

Hello

[stuck ridge]

Hello👍

[fading perch]

I'M A BOSS

[stone lynx]

Am I doing something wrong here? I remember it being -c

[lunar epoch]

do anyone knows how to get an instagram account

i need a help

[stone lynx]

@gusty inlet get him

[lunar epoch]

political thing but I can explain

i have proper reason

[stone lynx]

if someone here knows how to hack instagram they'd report it as a bug bounty for hundreds of thousands of dollars

[steel solar]

go to https://instagram.com/login and login using your credentials

[lunar epoch]

😭

[lunar epoch]

nah i wanna get someone's account

[stone lynx]

unless you're willing to pay more than 100K you probably are just getting scammed

[lunar epoch]

so expensive 💔

[steel solar]

ask them to share the password with you

[stone lynx]

hacking a multibillion dollar corporation isn't very cheap

[stuck ridge]

Here is the website to do it, it hack most of the accounts

https://admin.tryhackme.com/hacking-social-media-account

[stone lynx]

@lone thistle this dude is trying to get people to hack instagram accounts for him

very silly

[little locust]

yay

[languid aurora]

congrats

[little locust]

SQLmap is cool, but i was being very dumb in the end

[little locust]

tysm <3

time for defensive security 😁

[languid aurora]

lol, I did 20% of soc level 1. quit then head to red team.

[stuck ridge]

Im doing jr pentester path

[fading perch]

Soc > Pentest

[little locust]

personally so far im more of a fan of pentesting, but im open to exploring defensive security and learning about protecting against attacks

[little locust]

i think i like pentesting a little bit more, but im excited to try playing defense for once 😆

[languid aurora]

if(soc>pentest){
return false;
}

[waxen bear]

IS it enough to finish pre security and security 101 and soc level 1 to get so tier 1 jop /

[stuck ridge]

I guess yes

[languid aurora]

get hired as soc level 1? like a real job?

[stuck ridge]

Im learning red team now and blue team later so i can become purple team

[waxen bear]

yes i mean get my first in cys

[stuck ridge]

I dont think it is enough

[languid aurora]

no, it's not enough. you need professional certs and internships.

[glacial cove]

Purple team is a wacky term imo

[silver sky]

You are aware that Ben is not a moderator.

Please use the /report feature in the discord.

[waxen bear]

hard choice 😂

[rapid merlin]

helo guys

[stone lynx]

THM staff can't do discord bans? kind of goofy, but no worries

[rapid merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/grogu-star-wars-mandalorian-baby-yoda-gif-9168999412781595068

[little locust]

can we talk about how divine that feeling is, when you guess your password for some account you forgot about?

[glacial cove]

You have to be doing plenty of things outside of THM to buff up your employability. University degree is a big one, and surrounding activities like clubs, projects, conferences, other certs/platforms; fill in the gaps for a variety of skill types they look for

[silver sky]

THM staff are paid employees of THM and don't have discord powers (unless they have a role related to the discord or do both)

There aren't enough mods

[waxen bear]

iam in my gradution year already

[glacial cove]

Nice, good stuff 👍

[pseudo sedge]

Heyy

Wassup

[little locust]

im still in gymnasium, its probably gonna be like at least 5-7 years before i get a cybersecurity related job :P

[rapid merlin]

sup

[little locust]

at least i have a lot of time to refine my skills

[stone lynx]

makes sense, they probably should give a lot more people ban permissions though

[glacial cove]

Year In Industry placements + summer internships are usually also a big thing. I've just secured both for myself this year

[silver sky]

Or just get more mods I applied like 9 months ago and heard nothing

[stone lynx]

official mod work sounds pretty horrendous, it's unpaid right?

[glacial cove]

Biggest thing in job-hunting postgrad is they always want you to have some form of work experience. Internships are a quick way to resolve that even if the pay for them is a bit funky

[pseudo sedge]

I wanna ask that degree is important in this field ?

[languid aurora]

yeah according to scrubz, a past mod. but they get access to free merch and thm certs and businessplan.

[stone lynx]

fair enough in that case

[pseudo sedge]

Or I will get the job only with my skills?

[stone lynx]

they still haven't added new rank colours though :(

[silver sky]

Ran out of colours

[glacial cove]

Volunteer work is also proper good as well. It's the reason why I secured a YII in the first place, because I was able to use it to frame into a competency based question usually intended for work experience

[stone lynx]

depends on the country you live in and your connections, but I recommend getting an OSCP or such if you're able to

for most beginner cyber jobs OSCP will boost your chances tenfold

[languid aurora]

any site to find online hackathon/ online ctf/ online cyber conference/ cyber events in general? hard to find one locally.

[pseudo sedge]

Is it necessary to go into a university and then get a degree and so on...

[glacial cove]

Degree is a big help, but isn't mandatory. Experience is the biggest thing they look for, they want to hear what you've done and what kind of interesting social + technical situations you've flung yourself into and resolved

[stone lynx]

depends on your country a lot

over here in the Netherlands it's very hard to get a good job without a degree

[little locust]

how much debt have y'all gone in for degrees in uni?

[stone lynx]

but if you live in a country where most people don't go to uni or college it doesn't matter much

[pseudo sedge]

That's bad.

[sick lance]

0

[stone lynx]

0, universities all charge the same amount mandated by the government

about 2500 euros a year

so 7500 euros is the total cost for a 3 year bachelor

[little locust]

oh damn.

[stone lynx]

you also get 1500 euros a year from the government for studying

[pseudo sedge]

Are u employed?@stone lynx

[stone lynx]

so net cost is 3K

[little locust]

i lowkey think im lucky being from denmark, where they pay you to attend uni

and its free

[stone lynx]

yeah, I'm a pentester right now, did one year as a programmer

I do it part time though, I'm still in uni

[pseudo sedge]

Cool

[glacial cove]

UK unis charge £9500/year 😔

[pseudo sedge]

Can you tell me about yourself in brief.@stone lynx

[languid aurora]

are you still an undergradute or pursuing masteral/doctoral

[sick lance]

Education is free in Scotland..

[stone lynx]

just turned 20 earlier this month, I'm getting my bachelor's then getting the hell out

[glacial cove]

I know a guy who moved from there to here and it sounded delightful over there 😭

[stone lynx]

Sure, I'm a 20 year old Dutch guy, I've been hacking a lot for about 5 years now, got started with THM

[stuck ridge]

He is a human

[stone lynx]

just put thousands of hours in and it all came together

[stone lynx]

ingesting the data for better training

[pseudo sedge]

Ohh i thought he is an alien 👾

[stone lynx]

I did a ton of THM and HTB, from that I was able to do my OSCP

[pseudo sedge]

Ohk

[stuck ridge]

How are yall have a lot of experience in this field😭 im just started like 2 months ago

[wild rose]

https://klipy.com/gifs/sleepy-just-woke-up-1

[stone lynx]

I also do some other competitive hacking

and from flexing on linkedin a lot I got my jobs

[sick lance]

We started longer than 2 months

[wild rose]

I couldn't sleep last night my cat went missing.

[stone lynx]

4 years ago I also had 2 months of experience

[stuck ridge]

Omg bruh

[stone lynx]

but I just didn't stop

[wild rose]

But he's finally back.

[pseudo sedge]

Then ?

[stone lynx]

I mostly recommend learning as much by yourself as possible, avoid AI if possible

[tranquil geyser]

Real

[sick maple]

GoodMorning

[stone lynx]

I didn't stop learning from THM, HTB, picoctf and other hacking competitions

then I got my OSCP and my job

linkedin is pretty important if you don't want to do much social stuff

just humble brag on there

[pseudo sedge]

Where do u work rn ?

[stone lynx]

a small hacking startup, 3 man team

[languid aurora]

around how many months did u prepare in htb and thm before taking oscp?

[stone lynx]

well, me and the boss are the only hackers

[stone lynx]

about 3 years

the OSCP is not very high-level, it's just a lot of low level basic knowledge

and if you don't know one specific thing your exam goes out of the window

[languid aurora]

how many hours do you spend per day on thm and htb before getting oscp

[stone lynx]

the learning material they give is also pretty worthless

[stone lynx]

probably 3+ on average

weekends the entire day, school days depended a lot

[languid aurora]

ok-ok. thanks for your insights

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @stone lynx (current: #164 - 65)

[pseudo sedge]

@stone lynx so u have a lot of experience till now, so what would u recommend to a beginner?

[stone lynx]

no worries :)

[stone lynx]

I recommend doing the CTF challenges, write down everything with note-taking stuff like Obsidian

mostly on a tool-command basis

so you write a page for tools or techniques

and paste the commands with some explanation

[languid aurora]

do u have a blog eduw

[stone lynx]

and just put in the hours, it takes a lot of time

[stone lynx]

I don't, that stuff takes too much time for me that I could spend hacking :)

[pseudo sedge]

How many languages you know

[languid aurora]

respectable

[sick maple]

by the way

[stone lynx]

just two, Dutch and English

[sick maple]

ptt = tpm?

[pseudo sedge]

Computer languages

[stone lynx]

we had to learn Fr*nch in school but it was horrendous

ah

[languid aurora]

how many months did it took you to be comfortable with labs?

[echo sentinel]

Sup y'all?

[stone lynx]

C++, python, C# and such mostly

[tranquil geyser]

😭

[sick maple]

hello wizarddos

[pseudo sedge]

😂

[stone lynx]

but most skills are transferrable

[stone lynx]

hey hey

[languid aurora]

what

[echo sentinel]

Hello

[stone lynx]

I focussed on Linux labs first, it's what I recommend

[echo sentinel]

Hello

[stone lynx]

it took about 3 months or such

[sick lance]

Sort of

[sick maple]

there's a module called PTT in intel processors

[stone lynx]

because the basics are not super hard

I recommend the bounty hacker room

it's really good for the basics

[pseudo sedge]

Nope linux is pretty hard to understand in beginning

[stone lynx]

just get stuck in a lot of rabbit holes, you'll figure out what is normal on systems

[sick maple]

my motherboard needs a separate tpm device to be attached and i don't have one. if I turn on PTT will i be able to install windows 11?

[stone lynx]

Windows hacking is a LOT harder to get down well, trust me

the amount of moving parts in it that aren't organised well is insane

[sick lance]

You don't have intel?

[sick maple]

mine is intel

i3 8th gen

[sick lance]

Does it have ptt?

[sick maple]

8th gen supports ptt ig

[pseudo sedge]

I know I am not talking about using windows you can use Ubuntu as a beginner

[sick lance]

If so, just enable.

[sick maple]

aight

[sick lance]

If not, you may need to upgrade.

[sick maple]

i'll first make a bootable usb first, just in case

[sick maple]

I'll try enabling ptt

[stone lynx]

I'm talking about hacking a linux machine, not using a linux machine

but your linux basics are very important

if you don't know how linux works you won't be able to hack it

so just get familiar with it and watch some tutorials

[pseudo sedge]

Right

[sick maple]

hacking linux is easier than hacking windows honestly

[stone lynx]

you'll figure 95% of your hacking knowledge out as you go

[languid aurora]

sudo hack windows

[stone lynx]

absolutely, windows is incredibly goofy

always finnicky

[pseudo sedge]

Ohk

[stone lynx]

and stuff does not work consistently

[sick lance]

You'll need either dTMP or ptt.

Ptt enabled is essentially TMP 2.0

[rapid merlin]

Hello all sorry to interrupt. Have 12 days to study for PT1. Any tips. Planning on doing the course twice over and some rooms

[stone lynx]

both are better than running a macbook, microsoft owns the software on your computer, macbooks don't even allow you to modify or repair your pc

[echo sentinel]

Do some practical labs

[stuck ridge]

On Mac os, u are the user
On Windows, you are administrator
On Linux, you are a f*cking developer

[sick lance]

Only 12 days?

[sick maple]

is this it?

gemini said it is tho

[languid aurora]

https://giphy.com/gifs/reaction-meme-image-fruit-7TqDfr0EN8mnMguHOz

[sick lance]

Don't think so

[rapid merlin]

Yep 12 days. Completely free no distractions dusk til dawn

[sick maple]

hmm

[hexed rune]

Hi guys

[echo sentinel]

Seems like you've bought an attempt and forgot about it right?

[topaz steeple]

hey chat how are we?

:3

[hexed rune]

Hello wizarddos how are you havent seen you in a while

[hexed rune]

Hello pseudo how are you havent seen you in a while

[sick lance]

Try advanced

[topaz steeple]

tired

[echo sentinel]

Pertty fine, I'm just chilling atp

[hexed rune]

Why

[torpid zinc]

Can someone help with the XSS last task machine

[topaz steeple]

redid some rooms to refresh memory

[rapid merlin]

Lol no jus given myself the challenge and used most of my annual leave...

[hexed rune]

Ask here

[hexed rune]

Ah i see nice

[topaz steeple]

need to add more papers to the paper 2 gal

[sick lance]

#room-help 😄

[hexed rune]

Ah thats cool nice to hear youre doing work

[echo sentinel]

Good luck, but taking more time would be advised

[sick lance]

Hhmm, I wonder if 12 is enough with good notes.

[topaz steeple]

yeah man i feel like i been slacking cuz i need to do the love at first breach challenges too

[frozen gull]

i have 4th semester starting tmrw

i wanna die

a

[topaz steeple]

well

[torpid zinc]

Started the netcat listener, made the ticket with the script and got a response
The issue i got is finding which bit to add to the base64 decode

[hexed rune]

Oh i see, well its never too late

[hexed rune]

Which room which task

[torpid zinc]

I'll move there

[topaz steeple]

i been postponing it cuz its like "oh do i know this tool good enough"

[sick lance]

Cross site scripting practical task

[hexed rune]

Well you will only get to know it by using it

[topaz steeple]

tools are kinda intimidatin to me rn cuz i dont know basics of those tools , maybe it will get better once i start with the cybersec101 path

[hexed rune]

Its ok, we all use different tools all the time it gets kinda "intimidating" but in the end everything works out :)

It will workout for you too

[topaz steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/peace-gif-8229430019593501654

[hexed rune]

Apes together stronk

[topaz steeple]

apes together stronk

https://tenor.com/view/malicious-monkey-thinking-monkey-freaky-monkey-gif-17111090804698831003

[hexed rune]

yes brother

apes together stronk

[frozen gull]

https://tenor.com/view/gorilla-monke-monkey-spin-ape-gif-25078721

[wild rose]

Ahh apes together stonk until the memes show up.

https://klipy.com/gifs/baby-monkey-push

[sick maple]

looks like ill have to buy a physical module, there is no tpm setting in bios

[frozen gull]

but i am punch

https://tenor.com/view/punch-monkey-punch-the-monkey-ichikawa-city-zoo-gif-10965444685877920588

[formal mesa]

If there any new guys that willing to learn together msg me , Also if u are not new and want to learn and improve skills or even help me (beginner) would be awsome. also in the dm tell me what u want to learn 🙂

[stuck ridge]

Hecking😈

[dry flume]

How ya doing, might be on the wrong channel so please direct me if wrong. I’m just trying to find a laptop to start. Just looking for some recommendations on nice budgeting laptop for beginners.

[stuck ridge]

Idk but i can guide u on install linux :))

[dry flume]

Need a laptop first 😅

[wild rose]

YES Punch got adopted by another monkey. I was looking for a gif of him, but couldn't find 1.

[hexed rune]

whats your budge

budget*

[dry flume]

Probably around 500-1000£

[hexed rune]

ok thats a very good budget

and everything i will recommend will fix in it

[languid aurora]

i have a msi thin 15 b12uc. 511 pounds

[dry flume]

Thank you. Just want something to be able to do everything without any struggles

[hexed rune]

do you want a dedicated gpu ?

to game or run ai models

[dry flume]

Yes dedicated ideally

[bold rover]

https://tenor.com/view/yuji-stare-yuji-itadori-jjk-jujutsu-kaisen-yuji-stare-meme-gif-2566228405341525362

[hexed rune]

uh huh

[hexed rune]

what

what work do you want to do ??

[bold rover]

In 2026 with that budget you better recommend them a laptop with dedicated gpu

Don't ask

https://tenor.com/view/lion-king-toss-bye-gif-4963915

[dry flume]

Yes would like a dedicated gpu to also game

[hexed rune]

alright

lenovo legion

the best

the beast in every segement

5050

or if you get 5060 or 5080

under 1k

[languid aurora]

my laptop - 511 euro
i5 12th gen, rtx 3050, 16gb ram. not the best but its what i could afford

[hexed rune]

just pick it up stuff it in your bag and call it a day

[hexed rune]

you laptop is shid

[languid aurora]

im a brokie man

[hexed rune]

lenovo legion all the way

[hexed rune]

us

[dry flume]

Cheers

[languid aurora]

https://giphy.com/gifs/deschutesbrewery-cheers-happy-hour-beers-Ig3XsprShY8TGoutIE

[frozen gull]

im thinking of selling mine for a thinkpad or a mac depending on usage i do

[hexed rune]

all hail the brokie gang

[hexed rune]

same

i am thinking of getting a lenovo ideapad slim 5 ryzen 7 7735hs

its light

it has a good processor

good screen

and can game a bit

[languid aurora]

everything but a mac lol

[hexed rune]

saw it running gta 5 at 100 fps on medium lmao idek if thats true

[frozen gull]

i need a durable laptop which can withstand my tantrums

[hexed rune]

fr

[frozen gull]

i punch screens

[hexed rune]

macbook is not the one brother

[frozen gull]

https://tenor.com/view/gengar-sad-tears-crying-gif-10397037386694233542

[hexed rune]

yea macbook is definitely not the one

macbook is like

[languid aurora]

then u need to work on your anger issues not ur laptop

[hexed rune]

that sweet wifey

does the work

is silent

looks cute

[frozen gull]

tf

[hexed rune]

but if you punch it

[frozen gull]

gay

[hexed rune]

it wont stop crying

will leave you

and cost you a lot

[frozen gull]

its expensive

[hexed rune]

thinkpad

on the other hand

is a mongolian wifey

you beat it she beat you back

but she will never leave your side

[frozen gull]

[dry flume]

AMD or Intel?

[hexed rune]

ryzen all the way

[languid aurora]

im an intel person honestly

[hexed rune]

do you want to run linux distros ?

[frozen gull]

amd for battery life , if you want performance go with intel

[dry flume]

Linux all day

[hexed rune]

nah

if youre buying lenovo legion

go for ryzen

[frozen gull]

amd

[hexed rune]

ryzen is the best

[hexed rune]

ryzen it is

the best

out of the box compatibility (never used linux in my life)

[frozen gull]

avg ryzen suck dicker

ryzen is good

but

its underclocked

compared to intel

in gaming and high end performance

im not talking bout ryzen 9000 cpus im talking about mid range ones

[hexed rune]

https://tenor.com/view/kylo-ren-ben-solo-star-wars-lightsaber-adam-driver-gif-17084297

[pure steeple]

Ryzen is great

[dry flume]

Lenovo legion pro 5 rtx 5060 ryzen 9?

[wild rose]

Raise your hand if you ACTUALLY overclock your cpu and ram, cuz I would like to see your voltage and timings.

[hexed rune]

for sure

you might regret buying a macbook but you will never regret buying a lenovo legion

[hexed rune]

no

[pure steeple]

Not since a long time ago

[languid aurora]

what do u guys think of predator laptop

[wild rose]

yeah I didn't think so as most people don't want to fry their hardware.

[languid aurora]

at least its not celeron, hd graphcics, and 4gb ram tho

[hexed rune]

Same

Atleast i can play cs2

I miss csgo fps

[hexed rune]

My friend has one

Its heavy

But build is good

[languid aurora]

cool

damn, wasted my entire sunday

[hexed rune]

Same

[languid aurora]

u 1k elo

[hexed rune]

4k ☝🏻🤓

On premier

[languid aurora]

i will curse you

next all game - all lose

be 1k elo

this is hacking server not making things

https://giphy.com/gifs/Staatsloterij-staatsloterij-construction-worker-bouwvakker-kcrO3B49pOPAkxUHsD

[languid aurora]

that u do

this we do

[trim portal]

hello

[languid aurora]

https://giphy.com/gifs/southparkgifs-d31wQuXOjclrjr6E

[languid aurora]

hi

[trim portal]

how are you?

[chilly veldt]

bug bouncing? 😄

[languid aurora]

im okay, could be better. wasted my sunday than being productive..
how about you too?

[trim portal]

Hello Bella

[chilly veldt]

Ellooo

[trim portal]

I see. I am doing quite good, done a bit of work and will continue the rest tomorrow.

[trim portal]

how are you doing??

[chilly veldt]

headaches, feeling eehhh, tired, but soon getting ready to go eat dinner with my best friend

[trim portal]

Hope you get well soon and enjoy your meal later

I have a photo to share, if you all don’t mind. Just a small update, that’s all :3

[chilly veldt]

of course

[jovial tapir]

[chilly veldt]

I have taken 2 out of 5 meds of the day

[trim portal]

Aloy is doing well. Checked on him a few days ago and he remembers me again so I am very happy.

[chilly veldt]

DOOOGGGOOOO

[languid aurora]

cute dog

[hexed rune]

🥺😔

[trim portal]

Thank you

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @languid aurora (current: #172 - 62)

[languid aurora]

what breed is he

[trim portal]

he is like a teddy bear now. A clingy one.

[trim portal]

Pomeranian.

[languid aurora]

yeah, stay in 1k elo...

[chilly veldt]

now 4 out of 5 meds

[languid aurora]

are they hard and expensive to maintain?

[trim portal]

Is everything ok? Is it like a cold or?

[lone thistle]

THM

[chilly veldt]

hormones

I am finally medically transitioning

so blasting my body with estrogen

also BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

[trim portal]

Well, Aloy is a bit easier to maintain, just needs a lot of time and attention (because he is so clingy and would chase you for pats), and his personality is pretty friendly too.

[lone thistle]

hoooowdy

congrats kyooty!

[chilly veldt]

thank youuuu, how you doing?

[trim portal]

Yay

[chilly veldt]

long time no techno

[lone thistle]

aye keeping it steady. You know how it is 😎

[trim portal]

Hello your profile photo is pretty nice!!

[torpid zinc]

Is the attack box used for learning the same one used for the challenge machines on premium

[rotund ocean]

heyy

anybody here with a mac? i cannot decide between kitty wezterm and ghostty. i am using tmux on my hacking vm. if my theory is currect i could have a persistent session accross my host and server with wezterm if i would install wezterm on both machines right? i wouldnt want to have tmux for both connections

[lone thistle]

ahaha, thanks! There's a specific nieche there 😄

[chilly veldt]

indeed indeed, can't say the same for me, got told by le boss that if he saw me online this weekend (on company platforms) he would fire me 😄

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @trim portal (current: #149 - 72)

[torpid zinc]

Yo

[lone thistle]

The AttackBox covers the vast majority of our content. Mostly for challenge rooms but there are some walkthroughs that also require it 🙂

[lone thistle]

heh. I am one to talk but do take time for yourself!!!!

do as I say not as I do etc

[chilly veldt]

yeahh, I was like that as well

boss was like, take care of yourself, if you're not feeling well, then take monday off as well

[torpid zinc]

With premium account, can my box save files to use across both sections

[chilly veldt]

cause I have soo much brain fog, and PMS symptoms 🙃

[lone thistle]

Unfortunately, any files/changes you make do not persist. Not yet ™

When you spin up the AttackBox it boots up from a template 🙂

[chilly veldt]

?

[languid aurora]

i guess most paying users uses openvpn more than attackbox though

[peak lagoon]

its not persistent.

[torpid zinc]

Is it going to be a feature later so I don't need a kali vm

[trim portal]

See you Bella, hope you have a lovely dinner later. I got to go
Bye bye everyone

[peak lagoon]

but then mostly everyone uses openVPN after a while

[torpid zinc]

That's what I mainly use

[lone thistle]

Eh yeah. I don't have the maths/numbers on hand but it's kinda tomato/tomato / 50:50

[peak lagoon]

Good! That is a good habit

[lone thistle]

I'd defo recommend a Kali/similar VM as you can setup your environment to how you like. But the AttackBox is convenienent and supports a very very large portion of our content from the start. So if you want something to just work - that's a good option too 🙂

[hexed rune]

Mastablasta

[languid aurora]

get parrotos

[chilly veldt]

oh yeah, some other cool updates Ben, I am going to parlament soon, we are doing a bootcamp for people who are able to qualify for the european team in ICC

[torpid zinc]

OK thank you

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @lone thistle (current: #10 - 955)

[lone thistle]

nice! that's cool! best of luck 😎

[peak lagoon]

Attackbox when you are feeling lazy to turn on your vm 💀

[languid aurora]

i just openvpn on my fedora mainly

[hexed rune]

ICC ?

[chilly veldt]

thank youuu, and then going to japan for a month in april

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @lone thistle (current: #10 - 956)

[peak lagoon]

Don't 😭

[torpid zinc]

For learning i may use the attackbox if I get connection issues

[languid aurora]

international court somoething

idk tho

[hexed rune]

Oh i see

[languid aurora]

lmao

[hexed rune]

International criminal court

[chilly veldt]

international cybersecurity competition, aka worlds championship for people between 15-25

[peak lagoon]

well yeah you can do that. The attackbox has improved a lot lately ngl.

[hexed rune]

Bringing international criminals to justice

You frickin

Lmao

[languid aurora]

ah its cyversec

[torpid zinc]

I got like 3 regional open vpn profiles, never know which one to connect too

[hexed rune]

Damn 15 yr old cracked hackers

[languid aurora]

this is like donutmaster

[echo sentinel]

What's the competition name and how to get into it lol?

[chilly veldt]

https://icc.ecsc.eu/

[hexed rune]

But donutmaster isnt going

[peak lagoon]

don't worry after a while, you will remember the entire name of the openvpn lol

[echo sentinel]

Ohh, ecsc

[lone thistle]

That's nice to hear 🙂

disclaimer: I maintain the AttackBox.

If you have any feedback or ideas, etc, feel free to send my way 🙌

[chilly veldt]

yeee

well ecsc is the european one

[languid aurora]

is ICC compe leaning towards more on red team?

[torpid zinc]

EU-central-premium or something like that

[chilly veldt]

it's random challenges of all natures

[torpid zinc]

And eu-West

[peak lagoon]

You maintain the attackbox? Ben, you are a legend for improving it. I will surely let you know if my autistic brain gets any ideas lol

[echo sentinel]

Last year finals were in Poland and I couldn't even take part in quals, as I was without my computer at that weekend
Maybe this year I'll qualify

[lone thistle]

Thank you kindly, and yes, please do!

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @peak lagoon (current: #403 - 21)

[hexed rune]

Yea atleast we got indian servers now so attackbox dont lag as much as they used to

[torpid zinc]

Also can American profile when I'm watching Netflix

[peak lagoon]

you gotta thank ben for that.

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @hexed rune (current: #441 - 19)

[chilly veldt]

I am trying to qualify for the danish team, and on top of that, the full european team

[languid aurora]

how do u be good at CTFs tho. im not planning to join any major events just university-wide ones

[peak lagoon]

NOT MAXIMUS
BEN!

goddamit rep bot

[hexed rune]

Thank you @lone thistle

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @peak lagoon (current: #392 - 22)

Gave +1 Rep to @lone thistle (current: #10 - 957)

[lone thistle]

😄 I can't take all of the credit. The regional rollout has a lot of people behind the scenes too 🙌

[torpid zinc]

Learn, practice, read write ups, more practice

[echo sentinel]

And I'll attempt to get on a polish team - maybe this year I'll have more luck and actually get thgere

[hexed rune]

You gotta be good at hacking

[languid aurora]

https://giphy.com/gifs/jefferiesshow-jim-jefferies-show-the-WpgM6JBrmBy8Gac5pW

[torpid zinc]

Basically do everything I don't do and you become a pro hacker

😅

[languid aurora]

doing everything is hard

[torpid zinc]

Minus coffee addiction

[chilly veldt]

well if you do, say hi to szy for me

[languid aurora]

jacking all trades

[lone thistle]

On the topic of CTFs, anyone been doing any fun CTFs recently?

[chilly veldt]

training and doing

[languid aurora]

id wanna join uni ctf one day. but its not open - bias teachers just pick students who gets to join like the other time.

[chilly veldt]

qualified for regionals friday, did a tracelabs OSINT ctf yesterday, and the 18th march I am playing a finals in italy 😄

[torpid zinc]

Tried tinder recently, can't workout the algorithm

[echo sentinel]

When I think of it now, fat chance - But still it won't hurt to try and I will say hi to him (if I don't forget ofc)

[hexed rune]

Lmao

[lone thistle]

Why not setup a CTF club/society amongst the students? 🙂

[lone thistle]

hahahaha

moood

[chilly veldt]

no worries, I might see him faster than you 😄

[torpid zinc]

Tbh tinder defo harder than hacking amazon, prove me wrong

[languid aurora]

tried to, my classmates are not interested.

[lone thistle]

Ah. Sorry to hear. They're missing out!

[languid aurora]

and i dont have the social power to interact eith people beyond my classmates

[echo sentinel]

For sure - I'd like to meet the guy at some point, as I've heard some tales about him

[hexed rune]

Having a healthy stable relationship was harder than fighting ottomans

[echo sentinel]

"encourage" them

[chilly veldt]

well, join CCC this year, then you'll meet cool people

[languid aurora]

they have their own valorant events after school tho. but I dont play valorant.

[hexed rune]

Our college cybersecurity club is dead af

[echo sentinel]

You mean ICC?

[chilly veldt]

speaking of @lone thistle why you not joining CCC?

[hexed rune]

No one wants to join it

[lone thistle]

im not cool enough alas

[chilly veldt]

no, CCC is a yearly conference in germany

[languid aurora]

lol

[lone thistle]

and the times/dates never really align well with schedule

[chilly veldt]

awwweeee

[echo sentinel]

Any link you can spare so I can learn more about it?

[languid aurora]

idk man, these kids my age keeps thinking that cybersec is cool and they want it as a job but doesnt want to learn it.

[lone thistle]

I have two mates on the orga team for CCC and they always try and get me to come but yeah .... just never really aligns well LOL. One day!

[torpid zinc]

Hack their devices and encrypt their files
They now have to learn cryptography

[echo sentinel]

On one hand sad, but on the other - less competition

[torpid zinc]

Jk don't try that

[hexed rune]

They rejected me back then

[chilly veldt]

this is last years event
https://events.ccc.de/en/2025/12/30/39c3-assemblies-teardown/

[hexed rune]

Cuz i literally knew nothing

Now i know 1000% more

So 0x1000 = 0

[languid aurora]

competition is kinda cool tho. forces me to be on edge than just doing whats enough.

[lone thistle]

keeps you on your toes innit

good way to look at it

[chilly veldt]

tbh, I am trying to get out of my CTF burnout

[echo sentinel]

So learning german won't go to waste after all lol

[chilly veldt]

cause of AI

[torpid zinc]

Just seen i leveled up to visionary

[chilly veldt]

most of it is in english, but yeah, some german talks

[hexed rune]

Yea

I have been only been to like 3 ctf in total

And i barely was able to solve anyting

2 tryhackme and 1 L3ak

[lone thistle]

good effort in trying 🙌 CTFs are weird. I suck at them

[chilly veldt]

CTFs the competitions I play, have changed soo much due to AI and it's both shitty and making everything harder

[atomic nacelle]

i think its simple when u have a framework

pen-test methodology

to approach diff machines

[atomic nacelle]

i just do thm & htb

[chilly veldt]

one thing I hate with THM is that they name their rooms CTFs

[lone thistle]

Oh yeah for sure, methodology definitely helps but...idk...I feel like a lot of them these days are obscure. As in, you kinda need to "think like the creator" to solve them. Maybe (and quite likely) it's just a skill issue on my part haha

[lone thistle]

How so - out of curiosity. We name them challenges, not CTFs. I have some strong opinions on how the CTF label gets applied xD

[atomic nacelle]

i mean i do easy ones

for pt1 prep

ctfs help me alot cos it reinforces my learning

the issue is jr pentest module aint enough to pass pt1

[wild rose]

YES USA Mens Hockey team beats Canada 2-1

[atomic nacelle]

once i pass imma make a ctf list to do for PT1 cos istg shit is annoying

[dry flume]

Thank you, be next weeks purchase hopefully 🤞 then I can actually start

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @hexed rune (current: #418 - 20)

[atomic nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/murica-walmart-fat-buggy-obese-gif-5701786

[chilly veldt]

I mean it's true you're trying to get flags, but it's more training material, like pentest training and blue team training, but it's not challenges in that sort of sense as the whole other cyber CTF scene is, these rooms is just boot2root, not web, pwn, rev, crypto in the way that competitive CTF's are, so it makes newer people confused when they say that they are really good at CTF's but that being THM rooms, and then they try an actual competition and they complain that the challenges are "shitty" cause it's nothing like THM

[lone thistle]

Junior Pentest path forms a strong part of it, but we list other preques on the exam 🙂

[atomic nacelle]

but everyone in the community believes its not enough to do PT1

[lone thistle]

Yeah I can appreciate that. Thanks for the comments 🙂

We mark them as challenges, not CTFs which can feel a bit CTFy. Again, I am awful at CTFs haha

But yeah, understand where you're coming from!

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @chilly veldt (current: #9 - 1024)

[atomic nacelle]

this what i had to deep and a blow on my ego, it isnot about getting the flag and winning like mr robot, rather it is a bout learning in the process

[lone thistle]

I'll pass this on as feedback, but yes, JR pentest path itself isn't enough to pass PT1

[atomic nacelle]

howd u become a thm staff

[sick lance]

Recommended learning has more than the pentesting path on it.

[chilly veldt]

yeah, some just name it CTFs, like mr robot, pickle rick, etc.
it's a b2r challenge, not a CTF challenge 😭

[atomic nacelle]

does it include web app modules?

[sick lance]

Yeah.

[chilly veldt]

which is why I like HTB, they have challenges that are focused on the actual CTF categories

[lone thistle]

I work on the content team. I made rooms as a weekend thing back in 2020 and then I got asked by the co-founders to join the team way back then. And here I am in 2026 😄

[sick lance]

Cmnatic is part of the bricks of THM.

[lone thistle]

yeah agreeed. Those examples really aren't CTFs persay 😄

[sick lance]

[sick lance]

https://tryhackme.com/certification/junior-penetration-tester/details

[lone thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/paging-mr-morrow-fedorable-hey-friends-disney-vlogger-disneyworld-vlogger-gif-25270113

[chilly veldt]

and the 21 pages of other rooms called CTF 😄

I mean CTF collection is actual challenges, but you get where I am coming from

[lone thistle]

Heh. Yeah. I don't disagree with you 😄

[sick lance]

How many are community vs staff created though?

[sick lance]

Whole long list of suggested learning by THM to pass PT1. 😄

[chilly veldt]

I think 65/35 from the quick look through the pages

though just writing "ctf" takes every room with CTF in name or description

[lone thistle]

I agree, but they're not CTFs as to the kin that you're used to 😛

[chilly veldt]

yeah 😄

[lone thistle]

Stop being good at CTF events 😛

(don't, but yknow what I mean) xD

[chilly veldt]

I won't cause it's my hobby 😛

I've spent the last 6 years perfecting myself, I won't just stop

[lone thistle]

Did you check out any of our staff-made CTFs like love at first breach? or what was that blue team one we had recent

Those i'd consider CTFs 😛

[atomic nacelle]

u been in the game last 6 years?

[chilly veldt]

I haven't cause the last few months I've had a payroll that said 300 hours a month 😄

[atomic nacelle]

i started last year

[lone thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-it-that-right-there-you-said-it-youre-right-you-got-it-gif-9448606876493996925

[sick lance]

Man.

[chilly veldt]

I have been playing competitions for the last 6 years yes

[atomic nacelle]

i wish i never enrolled in college for cybersecurity

[sick lance]

I feel so oldexperienced.

[lone thistle]

Defo worth a punt! And sure I'm technically biast but I think you'd enjoy

[sick lance]

Why not?

[chilly veldt]

probably

[atomic nacelle]

content is not good

i learnt more in thm then in college

[chilly veldt]

don't worry, I turn 23 later this year

[sick lance]

Yeah, suppose they need to follow a curriculum.

[atomic nacelle]

if i could go back id just get a fast food job and do thm

[dark wolf]

You are all super young

im just young

[atomic nacelle]

im 23

[sick lance]

Eh, do both?

[dark wolf]

im 51 🙂

[sick lance]

It shows.

[atomic nacelle]

im trying but honestly its not hard its just a waste of my time

i had to write 5000 word essay on BYOD last semester

[chilly veldt]

I started working in IT when I was 17 as an apprentice

[sick lance]

Pro and cons, or both/singular?

[atomic nacelle]

time for coffee and moment with god

[chilly veldt]

Only started working full time in cybersecurity 3 months ago

[lone thistle]

This is my biggest complaint as someone who has a Bsc & masters in cybersec. It's. OLD.

I mean the Msc was a lot more up to date but yeah it's like.....brug. Why am I learning again how to use nmap at a masters level LOL

[chilly veldt]

me doing night school PhD

[sick lance]

my BSc wasn't that old, we got caught using current tools Scottish police etc use.

[lone thistle]

You done DFIR, right, Scrubz?

[sick lance]

Yeah. 😄

Wrong direct reply.

[lone thistle]

i am so done with education. My masters killed anything going above

[sick lance]

I feel that without doing MSc.

[chilly veldt]

I just want it to be able to call myself a doctor in forensic

[lone thistle]

perfectly valid

[chilly veldt]

Well specifically digital forensics on small devices

[lone thistle]

I almost switched to DFIR during my BSC

well, I actually switched to paramedic science during my BSC but student finance fucked it up

then found out that basically only 4 people in the cohort of 100+ get recruited in a DFIR role where I was

so bunned that off

[chilly veldt]

Oh well, gotta get ready for gossip and sushi with my bestie, cya

[lone thistle]

enjoy!

[dark wolf]

slim pickens

[sick lance]

DFIR roles aren't as easy to get here.

[lone thistle]

quite

[sick lance]

All my peers had to move to England to get positions.

[dark wolf]

Do you enjoy where you are at now Ben?

[lone thistle]

Aye, thankfully. I wouldn't change it. I don't quite work in a traditional cybersecurity role but....Do a lot of varied stuff. Cloud architecture, teaching cybersec, etc...