general

[jovial crypt]

i was thinking eJPT and sec+

[echo sentinel]

Nope - I meant abusing ADCS in some way in the AD lab

[slow cloud]

Windows server seems nice to have

[jovial crypt]

ahh i get you

so alongside those tools i use for certain tasks in the major simulation, i could abuse ADCS in some kind of way in the lab

@echo sentinel what i see right now is a possible escalation from a low privilege user into a domain admin abusing ADCS misconfig for the project, what do u think?

[echo sentinel]

Yup, there’s a lot of misconfigurations in AD certificates that can be used in such

[haughty terrace]

uhh? why are you guys reacting to this via emojis, but not replying/

[echo sentinel]

Yup, that’s exactly what I meant

[haughty terrace]

The cloudflare Ray ID isn't changing despite changing IP/

[jovial crypt]

thanks a bunch man appreciate it a ton

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @echo sentinel (current: #50 - 237)

[jovial crypt]

this is gonna bunch up my resume tenfold

[echo sentinel]

What are you doing overall?

[echo sentinel]

Then also write a cool pentest-style report from it and it’ll for sure be nice

[jovial crypt]

you too tysm

[haughty terrace]

Trying to access API,

[jovial crypt]

yeah i was def gonna do full documentation on all of my projects, wanna make sure the hirer knows i understand all i do

[echo sentinel]

That’s the main reason why I’m on the internet heh. But come on, you’re also knowledgeable and helpful

[haughty terrace]

https://admin.aichatassist.com/api/webbot/50ee0ca69a6aea1ab12e998498dd7af3

SECRET_KEY="50ee0ca69a6aea1ab12e998498dd7af3"
BASE_URL="https://admin.aichatassist.com/api/webbot"
WEBSITE="www.prashala.jnanaprabodhini.org"
QUESTION="${1:-What is confidential?}"

json_get() {
local key="$1"
local json="$2"
local value="${json#"${key}":"}"
value="${value%%"}"
echo "${value}"
}

COMMON_HEADERS=(
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-H "Accept: application/json, text/plain, /"
-H "Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9"
-H "Origin: https://www.prashala.jnanaprabodhini.org"
-H "Referer: https://www.prashala.jnanaprabodhini.org/"
-H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/26.4 Safari/605.1.15 Ddg/26.4"
-H "Sec-Fetch-Dest: empty"
-H "Sec-Fetch-Mode: cors"
-H "Sec-Fetch-Site: cross-site"
)

── Step 1: Initialise session & get token ───────────────────────────────────

echo "→ Initialising session..."

INIT_RESPONSE=$(curl --silent
"${COMMON_HEADERS[@]}"
-X POST "${BASE_URL}/init?secret_key=${SECRET_KEY}"
-d "{"userToken":"","website":"${WEBSITE}","path":"/","UserAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/26.4 Safari/605.1.15 Ddg/26.4","ScreenSize":"1710x955"}")

echo " Raw response: ${INIT_RESPONSE}"

TOKEN=$(json_get "token" "${INIT_RESPONSE}")

if [[ -z "${TOKEN}" || "${TOKEN}" == "DOCTYPE" ]]; then
echo "✗ Still blocked or no token. See raw response above."
exit 1
fi

echo "✓ Token: ${TOKEN}"

── Step 2: Ask a question ───────────────────────────────────────────────────

echo "→ Sending question: "${QUESTION}""

ASK_RESPONSE=$(curl --silent
"${COMMON_HEADERS[@]}"
-X POST "${BASE_URL}/ask?secret_key=${SECRET_KEY}"
-d "{"question":"${QUESTION}","userToken":"${TOKEN}","website":"${WEBSITE}"}")

[echo sentinel]

Nice nice

[haughty terrace]

Idk, about "my" API Key

[echo sentinel]

Ah yess, lovely vibe coders

Yeah, that’s mostly why we’re here

[silver sky]

https://tenor.com/view/walloftext-gif-15779174454142966223

[echo sentinel]

Is it your website?

[haughty terrace]

They flagged my IP address.

I apparently broke their API 2 months ago,

[echo sentinel]

Yeah, another one of those

Yeah, it’s enough

[haughty terrace]

But it was their fault

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @echo sentinel (current: #50 - 238)

[echo sentinel]

No, it was your fault

[haughty terrace]

The secret key was in the source code

Yeah

Great people

I got away for 2 months, and they finally flagged all IPs apart from the server IP

DM me

[echo sentinel]

Skid trying to sound smart?

[silver sky]

https://tenor.com/view/peanutting-it-the-burnt-peanut-gif-11603416929582216884

[sleek rover]

Whats the benefit of ranking in these leagues? just for competition or is there some type of prizes

[echo sentinel]

THM leagues?

[hollow rose]

its weird how yesterday without 20% off the price was 88$ and today it is 100$ with the 20% off

[haughty terrace]

They finally got idea to flag my ip, and used cloudflare for that

so, now it just blocks me up

but surprisingly, the ray ID is staying the same, despite me using TOR, and various different VPNs

[stoic quarry]

Rockstar got hit by ShinyHunters eek

https://kotaku.com/rockstar-games-reportedly-hacked-massive-data-leak-ransom-gta-6-shinyhunters-2000686858

[haughty terrace]

but that still doesn't justify the clouflare ray id staying the sam

[stoic quarry]

ShinyHunters got GTAVI before we got GTAVI

[echo sentinel]

Maybe rayid is not only IP address

[quasi dome]

Guys i got 8 vms
Separate by 4 vlans made by pfsense (its on device 1)
And each 2 vlan on 2 different physical devices i still got the issue where i connect those on device 2 with those on device 1

[haughty terrace]

I think I'll try a VM

[quasi dome]

I tried using tail scale on the hosts but still vms cant see each other

[echo sentinel]

It's not like this will change anything

[jovial crypt]

sorry to bother again, do you think a uni degree would add to my resume? if so which type of path do u recommend

[haughty terrace]

so, what are you really trying to say here? VMs are completely isolated

[hollow rose]

guys was there a discount yesterday ?

[stoic quarry]

Adding my 2c in, it'll definitely help with fundamentals and is good to have, especially in the era of peo0le trying to speed run to pentesting. But do as many projects and hands on experience you can to pad it even more.

[jovial crypt]

there was like an easter one yea

[hollow rose]

did it end

[echo sentinel]

You ain't bothering me dw. I think it would, but don't take my word for granted, since I neither work in cyber, nor did I graduate

[jovial crypt]

pretty sure yeah

[stoic quarry]

Sorry for stealing your spotlight @echo sentinel

[jovial crypt]

all good brother thanks anyways

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @echo sentinel (current: #50 - 239)

[jovial crypt]

yeah, so a degree, eJPT, sec+ and a few fully documented projects

[echo sentinel]

Chill, It's good you've stepped in. You probably have more exprience in this than I do

[stoic quarry]

That would be good aye!

[quasi dome]

Help me 💔

[jovial crypt]

this is like opening my third eye appreciate it a lot thank you too

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @stoic quarry (current: #88 - 128)

[echo sentinel]

Sorry, I'm shit at networking

[stoic quarry]

I work in a SOC so I'm not too experienced in offensive security, but check what jobs in your area are asking for

[jovial crypt]

sounds great, i appreciate it a ton thank you

[stoic quarry]

Gotchu

[quasi dome]

Omg im not relying on qi for that

[stoic quarry]

#cyber-and-careers could help too

[jovial crypt]

if i become a red teamer one day ill thank the thm discord server

[quasi dome]

I got 2 solutions 1 setting up 2 firewalls and connect them with a tunnel

Or installing tailscale on all vms but idk what will happen next

[echo sentinel]

You can always rely on google

[quasi dome]

Google doesnt have the scenario im dealing with

[hollow rose]

i might become a purple teamer

[quasi dome]

Zt lab divided on 2 physical devices connected via tailscale tunnel

Im gonna try the 2 pfsense solution it seems more bright

[stoic quarry]

Personally (I am biased) I'd try get a job in a SOC to start. There are more jobs available. Then push into red teaming/purple teaming

It's good to have an idea in mind early though

[jovial crypt]

i was considering going from soc to pentest to red teaming

[stoic quarry]

Pentesting is red teaming

[jovial crypt]

hopefully go straight to pentesting tho if my resume is good enough

wrong vocab mb

i mean like

[stoic quarry]

Fingers crossed for you. I'm sure it's possible

[jovial crypt]

inhired pentest vs full scale

[jovial crypt]

ty

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @stoic quarry (current: #87 - 129)

[jovial crypt]

all the best for u too big boss

[stoic quarry]

https://tenor.com/view/metal-gear-solid-snake-big-boss-gif-12248663

I'm happy in my SOC role but thanks

[jovial crypt]

promotion incoming

trust

for the fun of it theyre gonna increase your salary by 300%

[stoic quarry]

Just got one

[jovial crypt]

ayyyyy congrats

[stoic quarry]

Thanks!

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @jovial crypt (current: #3715 - 1)

[blissful current]

-# Duran Duran - Invisible playing in background

[stoic quarry]

Based

[quasi dome]

People in htb are nerds asf

[echo sentinel]

Why?

[quasi dome]

I asked about the issue im having and they asking why and for what and when j said for the scholarship project he said we dont help with course work

Im only asking for a solution not to make it instead of me

[manic sphinx]

guys, im looking to form a team so that we can help each other grow together. if anyone interested dm me

[quasi dome]

I made up a team with the voice inside my head sorry we dont have an extra place inside my head :(

[blissful current]

uhhh but same norms is followed here ,

[echo sentinel]

Probably if you said - "I'm trying to set it up for fun" they'd help

[quasi dome]

Why i would lie

I will trysome where else

[echo sentinel]

Good you think this way tbh

[echo sentinel]

gl

[blissful current]

[manic sphinx]

no wonder how you struggling with your mental issues

[quasi dome]

I wanna open so bad but men doesnt cry 💔😭

[dreamy bronze]

yeah they do

[quasi dome]

Except me

[dreamy bronze]

you have to release the tension

[river ore]

Exactly

Crying is good

[manic sphinx]

Feelings less

[quasi dome]

Feel lesslike how im a human bro

[manic sphinx]

uhh if u r a human ?

cause crying actually makes you a human

[blissful current]

[manic sphinx]

if u dont, what r u then

[quasi dome]

You should be my therapist

Give up on cyber and start studying psychology

[manic sphinx]

you already got a team in your head, that should helps you

[manic sphinx]

cyber made me thinking like a therapist 😭

[quasi dome]

Aghh you got me good one

[manic sphinx]

try to study social engineering

that would help you

[sleek rover]

yeh

[manic sphinx]

guaranteed

[echo sentinel]

It's just for competition tbh

[sleek rover]

[blissful current]

-# Competition of points btw

[dreamy bronze]

some dudes spawn in with 3k points like ok bro

[quasi dome]

Normal shii

[echo sentinel]

Ehh, some people just copy answers from writeups

[quasi dome]

Is diamond the highest right

[rapid merlin]

how can i check my points ?

[dreamy bronze]

who here grinds leetcode

[dreamy bronze]

i know LOL

crazy work

[echo sentinel]

Like on TryHackMe?

[rapid merlin]

no. here if possible

[echo sentinel]

Ehh, it's not like they'll learn anything anyways

[quasi dome]

Leet code? we are crazy but not crazy enough for leet code

[echo sentinel]

Wdym points and wdym here?

[dreamy bronze]

🤣🤣

i tried leetcode once and was quickly humbled

[rapid merlin]

.

[manic sphinx]

i sniff your arab

[blissful current]

@slim bear

[dreamy bronze]

oh that’s nice

[dreamy bronze]

why do you think

[manic sphinx]

u are

[quasi dome]

So u letting him sniffing you ?

[manic sphinx]

sniffing him better than having mental illness 😭

[rapid merlin]

what's your guys rank on tryhackme

[hollow rose]

supreme leader

[quasi dome]

Nah you are passing red lines here buddy

[blissful current]

says on our profiles

[rapid merlin]

ohh

[quasi dome]

Rank 1

[manic sphinx]

yea i did, now im on Blue lines lol

jking

[quasi dome]

Neophyte

[rapid merlin]

master

[dull otter]

Apprentice

[rapid flame]

Evening Guys Looking for Help

[echo sentinel]

Don't ast to ask, just ask

[echo sentinel]

It's not like it really matters tbh

[rapid flame]

iam typing for 2 days none replying LOl

[rapid merlin]

👍

[echo sentinel]

Then just tell us what's your issue

[rapid flame]

I'm new here , currently working toward my first SOC Analyst / Blue Team role. I've completed the Google Cybersecurity Certificate and the Let's Defend SOC Analyst path, so I have a basic handle on alerts, triage, and investigations.
Now I'm at that point where I'm not sure what's best to focus on next home lab, SIEM deep dive, or just start applying?
Would really appreciate any advice from senior analysts on what actually helped you get your foot in the door. Cheers in advance 🙏

[echo sentinel]

Why not all of those?

[shut tide]

Hello

[quasi dome]

Dont

[shut tide]

Long story short I always wanted to study cybersecurity however I did a bachelors in Biomedical Engineering and Masters in Business Analytics because when I was young I didn’t understand at that time that one should always pursue one’s natural inclination and love of a field. Now in my mid thirties I am trying to build a career in Cybersecurity. Is it even possible

[graceful pelican]

@rapid merlin dm ?

Got Vnm ,set it up

[echo sentinel]

Everything is possible tbh

[woven drift]

yea!

[inland stag]

hello, ik this isnt the right channel but can someone help me. is there anyway i can restart my learing path?

i mean road map mb

[echo sentinel]

Wdym restart your roadmap?

[inland stag]

so ive been doing the learning roadmap thing. for a bit then took a big break and i want a good refresher. is there anyway i can restart my old progrestion?

ive been looking online and it looks like i only can restart one room at a time but is there anyway to restart everything?

[echo sentinel]

It's the only way - you can't restart a whole learning path afaik

[inland stag]

damn, okay thank you!

[solar ibex]

PocketLint

[mystic elm]

Hey guys, i have a question

Being Top 1% is good or like normal?

I think it's good yeah?

[rapid merlin]

No it's bad only good if you are 0000.00.01%

[mystic elm]

Huh?

Wdym

[rapid merlin]

Am joking

[mystic elm]

Ohk bro

[rapid merlin]

Am top 4%

[dull otter]

I'm top 99% it means I'm the best of the best

[unborn glade]

https://tenor.com/view/omniman-gif-26206182

[dull otter]

https://tenor.com/view/homelander-puff-meme-fat-gif-11878092523812931740

[solar junco]

Don't quite see what in this video is supposed to support your skepticism, or how it makes anthropic's work look "sus". Or even just remotely either of those.

It points at the fact that they ran the model a thousand times to find a critical vulnerability in OpenBSD that thousands of humans with and without tools have missed in 28 years. And that that cost $20k in total.

That's only a surprise for people who - and you appear to belong to that group - don't read beyond headlines before forming their opinion.

The 20+ page technical deep dive published April 7, the very document I've linked to here, explicitly states that. The youtuber quotes from it. As is the case for everything else discussed in the video.

Wasted 2.5 minutes (at 2x) of my life, this video. Zero new information.

[half girder]

@cloud quiver dm 🙂

[peak lagoon]

https://gif.fxtwitter.com/tweet_video/G_Efyg_W4AAFy9L.gif

[boreal scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/roomba-cat-squish-gif-16772311

[dreamy bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/terry-gif-17939989

[dull otter]

What a beautiful smile from such a handsome man. I wonder if he ever designed an OS meant to access god’s holy digital temple

[silver sky]

https://tenor.com/view/moistcritikal-penguinz0-charlie-misinput-it-was-a-misinput-gif-23090919

[half girder]

@cloud quiver

[lucid pumice]

Done!

[half girder]

thanks @cloud quiver

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @cloud quiver (current: #1 - 6173)

[dreamy bronze]

[urban ravine]

Clicking the ban spam thing crashed my phone

[dreamy bronze]

the what now

[sand trench]

IT IS MORE FEAR MONGERING AND PRETENDING THEY ARE BREAKING EVERYTHING
the same as open ai did with sora making animation "oboslete

[dull otter]

Ensloppification

[sand trench]

it is the same old same old idea of claim unbelivable thing
get lots of funds
get proven that your unbelivable thingy is not true

[echo sentinel]

Y'all talk about mythos aren't you?

[solar junco]

I wish I didnt have to say it but youre not a serious, intellectually honest person so this conversation ends here. When, a couple of days ago I shared the link to their blog post, you immediately jumped on it claiming all kinds of things.

Now you came back with what you thought was a "gotcha", but all it did was reveal that you had never read their publication. Meaning you were talking about something you knew nothing about, pulling all kinds of opinions out of your behind.

And even now, you're still making up nonsense, claiming that something was "not true" wrt anthropic's mythos model.

A claim for which there is zero evidence as of today, and all you've shared is a 5 minute video that quotes from anthropic's April 7 blog post.

And now you shout. How old are you? Dont answer.

[boreal scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/hamster-meme-cute-hamster-hamster-cheese-yummy-gif-7231805041404410926

[unborn glade]

https://tenor.com/view/munsonated-gif-26549705

[dull otter]

Brutal

[sand trench]

sigh... fud dude goes hard on fud

[sand trench]

yeah

and dormantdev is swallowing marketing

if it was really as good as they say they would not lock it to a club of people which are just big tech
big tech as always being evil

shadow now sees dormantdev as a lost cause of a person that just belives things because they think that what they have seen is proof that this new "model" can beat anything and everything in quicker time

[boreal scarab]

Long island iced tea is dangerous

[narrow bone]

Anrophic lost a big deal some weeks ago from the GOV so they try everything to stay relevant it’s that simple

[coarse hedge]

I got a friend request from you

[sand trench]

drinking are we???

[boreal scarab]

Yes sir, ma'am, cheese

https://tenor.com/view/long-island-ice-tea-drinking-sheldon-booze-boozy-gif-21928063

[desert dirge]

I'm so confused

[urban ravine]

Why?

[desert dirge]

I read the last couple hours* of conversation lol

[urban ravine]

@gusty inlet @stoic quarry

[desert dirge]

Edit, mybad no read.

[urban ravine]

Oh I didn’t

[lucid pumice]

Done!

[desert dirge]

Hey, c'mon! I was gonna read his bio!

[echo sentinel]

That guy had a pretty intriguing name

[desert dirge]

Yeah, too bad it was so long that I didn't read it.

[echo sentinel]

When you click on this "banspam" thingy you can still see his name - just not bio

[desert dirge]

What does the name mean?

[rapid merlin]

what are the dangers in looking at a bio if you dont click on a link

is that all it is? A link to malware?

[echo sentinel]

"Operator of a radio inside a head"

[rapid merlin]

oh I can emoji now, the hidden perk of registering with your token

[boreal scarab]

@sand trench roynd 2 pf long ialand iced tea

[loud marlin]

english only pls

[boreal scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/xwf-harvey-steve-harvey-alcohol-alcoholic-gif-9090029671315053901

[loud marlin]

you drunk and black ?

[boreal scarab]

HOWD YOU KNOW?!

There is a house in New Orleans they call the rising sun!!!!!

[loud marlin]

OSINT

[desert dirge]

Guysh, that haxxor term! BAN 4 !LLeeGull axtivities!

[boreal scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-but-you-see-i-have-a-gun-weapon-gif-15338172276007879994

[silver sky]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-rpg-rocket-launcher-gif-17489024

[dull otter]

Have another Long Island

For the culture

[desert dirge]

Is it the weekend already? Jesus.

[urban ravine]

Reminds me of the stick men on crack thing

[sand trench]

if you want good stick man fighting game shadow can recommend one finger death punch

[dull otter]

Henry stickmin

[boreal scarab]

I am 1 1/3 in

[sand trench]

that not a fighting game though

[dull otter]

Never forget

[boreal scarab]

Thats 9/11

[dull otter]

I forgot

[boreal scarab]

Gowd you forget?!

[dull otter]

https://tenor.com/view/tongue-out-gif-10899711823759253871

[boreal scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/911-never-forget-gif-5969391

[quasi dome]

Who is telling people kali is the best distro

[boreal scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/linux-fedora-fedoralinux-fedora40-fedora41-gif-12983380323818125466

[quasi dome]

Better than mint and Ubuntu they say too idk why we are alive until now

[loud marlin]

arch btw

[quasi dome]

I use temple os btw re written in rust

I own my own isp noone stalk my data

[desert dirge]

FreeBSD btw

[dull otter]

I go around on Roblox telling people Kali is the best and that they should daily drive it. Then I ask them to spread that information to their friends

[quasi dome]

I use tor and build up my tunnel with a great encryption to ensure invisibility

Im dumb and i dont know that

[dull otter]

I daily drive tails, it’s like playing on Ironman mode where if my power goes out I’m just fucked

[quasi dome]

Enough i feel dumb saying allat

I goo sleep and dream about the sheeps and a soup thats soo good to make me never wakeup again

[cursive bone]

thats awful

💔

[sand trench]

and another shadow goes to the sleep sloops to the beep boops while going meep moop

[bleak prairie]

Or just don’t

[vocal python]

hey i am not so much into IT but i need help.. is this cpu-z maleware thing real?

I've just watched a few YouTube videos and can't say yet if it's all just clickbait or not, but I'd really be interested to know how something like this suddenly comes about—including this Axios NPM thing

[teal laurel]

Hi

[bleak prairie]

The official one is safe, but it’s the fake download sites. Gotta install it from the genuine site

[bleak prairie]

Hi

[vocal python]

I’ve been trying to get into IT for weeks now, constantly learning, and my brain honestly feels fried. The past few days have been especially bad I can’t sleep properly, I stay up at night stressing, and I get anxious over things like firewall rules I set myself. I even find myself checking stuff like SSH and firewall statistics over and over again.

Right now I’m pretty much at my mental limit.

What really pushed me over the edge is this GPU-Z situation. A few days ago, I downloaded GPU-Z from a third-party source (yeah, I know that was a bad idea I was just overwhelmed and not thinking clearly). Windows Defender flagged something at the time, but ChatGPT told me it was likely a false positive.

Now, two days later, I saw a video talking about GPU-Z being potentially unsafe, and my heart is racing again. I honestly don’t know what to do right now and could really use some help or advice.

[dreamy bronze]

brother

you’re over thinking

did you have it downloaded 😭

[wide nest]

Anyone want to buy data? I have one.

[long lotus]

https://tenor.com/view/unicouniuni3-uni-cat-he-watn-the-pinaple-nvm-cat-walk-up-to-inspect-pineapple-gif-6822814584342116641

[dreamy bronze]

wait are u talking about cpu z

i think the newer version was comprised

hello

[vocal python]

I downloaded CPU-Z from a third-party site three days ago, started the programm, and Windows Defender immediately flagged it. GPT suggested it might be a false positive, but I played it safe and quarantined/deleted everything anyway. Honestly, I'm completely burnt out right now and don't have the mental capacity to investigate which version it was or how serious the threat actually was.

[dreamy bronze]

word

[dreamy bronze]

https://x.com/vxunderground/status/2042504265231405107?s=46

vx-underground (@vxunderground)

I'd like to apologize to my colleagues for not sharing the IoCs.

Portable HWMonitor Installer (1.63):
3d91f442ddc055e19e3710482e1605836c799249dacd43d99843257a3affd2d2

Fake CRYPTBASE.dll:
a27df06c7167eced1ddaeb8adccaa5f60500f52bc7030389eed2a0903cdf8286

Trojanized HWMonitor:

X · Apr 10, 2026, 7:25 AM

wait what’s monitor

i forgot where cpu z was posted

oh it’s correlated

[bleak prairie]

Third parties shouldn’t be trusted unless the official site says so

[vocal python]

Thanks for the IoCs and the clarification

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @dreamy bronze (current: #986 - 7)

[dull otter]

It’s arguably even worse than hacking accounts, instead of a one off breach that’ll ruin their week I’m corrupting them for years to come

[dreamy bronze]

yeah ofc man

[vocal python]

It was just a careless mistake, I usually know better! I've been deep-diving into home lab security lately VLANs, local hosting, the works. Honestly, the more I learn, the more I realize just how massive and complex this field actually is.

[dreamy bronze]

yeah it is pretty insane stuff

learn everyday

blows my mind how it was even created

[stuck ridge]

Yes, u will realize everything u saw on any device screen is just some binary value stored in vram

U will realize every programming language lead to binary

This field is damn complex than CS

[dreamy bronze]

cs is insanely comp

[unborn glade]

Good night folks😌✨️🫠

[vocal python]

I totally get where you guys are coming from. I’m just a home user trying to stay safe in this era of AI and supply chain attacks. This led me down the Ubiquiti/UniFi rabbit hole setting up VLANs and 'Zero Trust' firewall rules. I’ve spent hours scratching my head wondering why my Pi-hole stopped resolving DNS, only to realize I’d blocked my own traffic!

I’ve been doing some TryHackMe rooms since February and finally got a small Linux box to practice on.

But here’s the thing: with every new bit of knowledge, the 'paranoia' grows. I just realized how vulnerable everything really is. The CPU-Z news sent me into a total panic. I spent thirty minutes checking my system with my pulse racing at 160, only to find out I’d downloaded it on April 8th barely missing the window since the attack was reported on the 9th.

I honestly don’t know how you professionals keep up with this constant, fast-paced, and honestly dangerous environment. Massive respect to everyone doing this

[stuck ridge]

Yea, now i dont trust any cracked games, any random links, i just deleted all my cracked game on my phone last week. And if u want to keep up, just be paranoid enough

We have to keep up to protect you

[flint barn]

Morning all

[stuck ridge]

Hello

[stoic quarry]

Hello 👋

[signal ingot]

Hi

[finite basalt]

Hello 👋

[signal ingot]

Debloating your phone right?

[stuck ridge]

Maybe

[stoic quarry]

Vulnerability management is a big job. You don't need to keep up with every single vulnerability, but knowing the general zeitgeist helps

[signal ingot]

Via adb

[stuck ridge]

Hum, what is adb?

[finite basalt]

Android Debug Bridge

[stuck ridge]

I need to debloat my phone

Wait nah, i dont need any more

[stoic quarry]

Dumb phones

[finite basalt]

A debugging interface used to interact with the a phone with a level of additional privilege than you'd ordinarily have on device

[stuck ridge]

I dont know why my system apps are promoting ads😭

[stoic quarry]

Yubikeys next payday, no more phone based MFA for this guy

[finite basalt]

Xiaomi/Poco/Redmi device?

[stuck ridge]

Yes, im on redmi

[finite basalt]

That's why 😄

[stoic quarry]

[finite basalt]

Their entry-mid range phones include advertisements

[stuck ridge]

😭

[stoic quarry]

That's wikd

[signal ingot]

Your phone has adguard dns?

[stuck ridge]

No

[finite basalt]

Makes the phones cheaper as they subsidise it with ads I guess

[signal ingot]

that block ads

[stoic quarry]

Tho i haven't used a stock mobile OS in a few years at this point

[finite basalt]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/1gka69y/how_to_remove_ads_and_apps_and_bloatware_from/ Probably would look at this

Or custom ROMs/rooting

[signal ingot]

Installing custom made os is risky ?

[finite basalt]

I use a stock pixel to be fair but it's purely on the premise of not bothering messing with grapheneos config

[stoic quarry]

Depends on what yiy install

[finite basalt]

depends on your experience, how careful you are etc.

[stuck ridge]

Ok, let see if it block ads

[finite basalt]

I'm assuming it was a reference to bricking

[stoic quarry]

Graphene isnt bad in my experience. I haven't really messed with it much but it does everything I need

[finite basalt]

Which obviously flashing firmware does carry a risk of bricking it but unless you mess with the recovery partition/vbmeta/relock bootloader, theoretically it's difficult to end up with a hard-brick

[stoic quarry]

It comes with risks for sure

[signal ingot]

I don't have enough tools and the tools are only available on Windows

Magic box i think

[finite basalt]

Flashing a rom typically is not that risky, it obviously has risk but if it goes wrong just restore a backup or reflash it normally, bootloader and recovery are a lot more risky to mess with though

[signal ingot]

flash rom tools

[finite basalt]

to do it you just use the android platform tools which exist on Linux and Windows

[loud marlin]

just when you put graphene you can't remove it

[finite basalt]

I don't know for xiaomi phones if the tools are windows only

[finite basalt]

Yeah you can 😄

[loud marlin]

well yea. just is quite annoying

[signal ingot]

Banking app won't work on custom rom os?

[stoic quarry]

What's the other big one? Lineage?

Or endevour

[stuck ridge]

Just switched dns to adguard, gonna be good

[stoic quarry]

One of them is mobile

[silver sky]

The award for the most awful fake ID goes to this one

[signal ingot]

Flashing os rom need root

[finite basalt]

Some may not work, correct. Depends how they check device integrity if at all

[loud marlin]

i have it on oneplus

[stuck ridge]

Yea, i heard they dont trust custom rom

[stoic quarry]

Mine work fine

[finite basalt]

No, it needs an unlocked bootloader which rooting typically requires

Your device doesn't need to be rooted though 😄

[stuck ridge]

Not in my country

[stoic quarry]

Depends on the app I suppose

[loud marlin]

for custom os first need unlock bootloader

[finite basalt]

Lineage is one but there's loads and loads if you go on xda forums

[stuck ridge]

They just block every rooted device

[stoic quarry]

Webapps work without issues. I don't really mind not having NFC for my csrds

[finite basalt]

It really depends on the banking app

[loud marlin]

then you can use ADB as most common way to load custom rom. pixel you can via browser

[stuck ridge]

Why do u have to flash custom rom?
Just build your own rom and your own phone😈

[finite basalt]

Google pay won't work but curve might, natwest I don't think care about rooting, HSBC might, Starling also might

[loud marlin]

for me on graphene and lineageOS all works

[stoic quarry]

Hell yeah

Yeah my banking app works fine on Graphene

[finite basalt]

If you build your own rom, even for your own device you'll encounter issues as official phone manufacturers have ways to sign their roms and correctly navigate device attestation

[stuck ridge]

Wait, yall did flash custom rom?

[finite basalt]

https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compatibility-with-grapheneos/ - probably not the most up-to-date but covers some app compatibility on android

[finite basalt]

I have done on various phones historically but not my current

[long lotus]

i lost my wallet... my cards, ID... ;(

[loud marlin]

i have 3 old phones. all rooted/custom

[signal ingot]

I'm still scared when developer banking app suddenly update the app and don't work

[finite basalt]

I've also played around downgrading Pixel devices which was useful because that let me test my work on a couple of phones to cover android 12-16 across two devices

I currently have 4 work phones (1 for calls, 3 for testing), my personal phone and I believe 8 older phones I used to use plus a couple of damaged phones from my brother and dad 🤣

[stuck ridge]

Wait, didnt know that a lot of bank apps in my country supported GrapheneOS

[finite basalt]

Very handy for messing around with custom roms, testing and (what I really wanna get into at some point) android vuln research/dev

[stoic quarry]

Keep in mind they may update at any point that could cause issues later

[finite basalt]

Sometimes the support does change but yeah, there are also ways around it currently but they're not the most reliable thing in the world

[loud marlin]

🙂

[signal ingot]

Good for business

[silver sky]

You're welcome to this ID. It won't get you very far tho

[signal ingot]

Remove frp, password pincode repair phone

[loud marlin]

yep

[long lotus]

sell informations from deep web

[silver sky]

[long lotus]

That's the truth, bro, if I search your nickname there, it'll probably show up.

always the 👃

[silver sky]

If you search my actual name you'll find my address

You'll also find my sentence in Russia

[long lotus]

Very true, I work with advanced OSINT. Every case I see is quite something, and some are frightening. XD

[silver sky]

It's not really anything to worry about

[gloomy coral]

What if every human on earth lives in one building! Kowloon walled city, the tower of david

[silver sky]

I know my address is public

I do not care

[long lotus]

How does it feel to be a product?

[silver sky]

[long lotus]

[silver sky]

Are you high?

[long lotus]

what

[silver sky]

You are chatting absolute waffle

[long lotus]

Every cybersecurity student knows this phrase dude

jesus christ

[silver sky]

My address is public because I ran a business from my home

My identity is also well known in certain circles ever since my 14 year sentence

[dull otter]

Alright fellas

[cunning mantle]

Boo

[silver sky]

https://tenor.com/view/prank-pranks-scare-boo-surprise-gif-4068101

[river ore]

14 year sentence? You were in prison?

[narrow bone]

Homeoffice

[river ore]

Naw he was on house arrest for being a clanker

[dreamy orbit]

Hi

[rapid merlin]

.verify

[urban ravine]

So stressed

[urban ravine]

Can you knock me out plz thx

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @silver sky (current: #34 - 346)

[silver sky]

https://tenor.com/view/big-lez-show-gif-8279375320533999128

[urban ravine]

I need it fr

https://tenor.com/view/amen-gif-gif-22000856

[finite basalt]

I just played KSP for the first time since like 2021, never succeeded previously but this time managed to get into a stable orbit, then land back down again

I damaged one fuel tank and heatshield on landing because I didn't have landing gear and that's it

[dull otter]

I need to get into that

I kept waiting for KSP2 but then it turned out to be shit

[finite basalt]

I'm on the og one haha

[dull otter]

Yeah I have the OG just never played it

[finite basalt]

I'm heading off it now because I'm gonna end on my win but honestly it's a decent game for its age

[dull otter]

Fairs. In all honesty I’ll probably stick to colony sims and factory games anyway

Shame ksp2 was a flop i met a bunch of people in uni that went into aerospace because of 1

[urban ravine]

I think my cat knows I’m stressing because he’s come to lay with me on the sofa 🖤

[dull otter]

Kot

[urban ravine]

he’s so sweet

[dull otter]

Mine is in bed next to me, pretty sure he just let out a fart but couldn’t tell

[finite basalt]

satisfactory 👀

[finite basalt]

what's the little furbabies name??

[urban ravine]

God when cats fart it really stinks 😷

[dull otter]

satisfactory, factorio, Captain of industry, Dyson sphere programme, shapez2

[dull otter]

Honestly they turn into a biohazard when they let one out

[urban ravine]

His name is Sox. He’s my mental instability animal. 😂 we are both mentally unstable. Group effort.

[dreamy bronze]

50000 mg of ashwagandha make the cortisol go away

[urban ravine]

Sadly not for this level of stress

My dads come over very sick very quickly.

I gotta watch over him.

[finite basalt]

some mint choices there 😄

[finite basalt]

Cat farts are the foulest of scents

[dull otter]

The factory must grow

[finite basalt]

worse than bad cat breath 🤣

[urban ravine]

Yeah that and tiny dog breeds.

They also smell awful.

[finite basalt]

Aww bless him, what a little cutie I fucking love cats

I've always said when you go into a home you can tell when there's a dog, they just have a certain smell I can't describe, it's not as bad as a cat fart but at least that disappears 🤣

I do think bigger dogs are cute though tbf

[urban ravine]

It’s so true

[gusty inlet]

[urban ravine]

My cat used to fart and the time when he was a baby.

[gusty inlet]

Police says go to sleep

[urban ravine]

Proper bad

[finite basalt]

meanwhile cats smell of freshly cleaned towels when they're not farting

[finite basalt]

nah it's a weekend

[urban ravine]

I can’t, I’m too stressy

[gusty inlet]

Oh come on

[urban ravine]

Depressy spaghetti

[gusty inlet]

How's the kid doing?

And the cat

[urban ravine]

They’re okay but my dad’s sick.

[gusty inlet]

Sick sick or like just flu sick

[dull otter]

When you get woken up by your cat trying to touch noses and you just smell that godawful fish breath

[finite basalt]

https://tenor.com/view/mr-bean-faints-gif-13992599

[urban ravine]

A few days ago his breathing got worse, they found cancer on his lungs and in his liver. He’s got jaundice. About an hour ago he tried to drink a bottle of morphine because he’s confused so I’ve taken the meds away and cleaned up the floors.

[gusty inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/yikes-david-rose-david-dan-levy-schitts-creek-gif-20850879

Well that's not good

[urban ravine]

But I’m not sure he’ll live through the month if I’m honest.

Also it’s 3am 😐

[finite basalt]

That's awful news, wishing yous all the best

[urban ravine]

Yah thanks, I don’t think best is an option sadly.

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @finite basalt (current: #107 - 97)

[urban ravine]

Shit happens don’t it

That’s life

I’m just so mad at my siblings. They don’t want to be here because they’re “sad” . I’ve been sad for twenty years. They need to get a grip and help out.

[finite basalt]

Yeah, I kinda get it, it's difficult seeing those you love in such an awful position
As far as your siblings, everyone deals with that news differently but for both your sake and their own I hope they start making that effort to be there no matter how difficult

[urban ravine]

Yah but it’s frustrating. It always seems like I’m expected to carry the weight of everything.

Anyways enough depressy

https://klipy.com/gifs/smiling-cat-happy-cat

[finite basalt]

Absolutely 😄 gotta be positive

[urban ravine]

I drew this because I want a tattoo. I’ll change the middle I think

It’s like a circuit board

😂

[finite basalt]

Aww that's cool, I was thinking of getting one down the road
Want to get something like a few little bongo cat style drawings next to each other to represent each of my cats

[stable seal]

how do i get my titles in my profile banner

Do i link my account on tryhackme

[sharp citrus]

How to Verify as a Student Without a Student Email

Article Link

https://help.tryhackme.com/en/articles/10617468-how-to-verify-as-a-student-without-a-student-email

Apr 12, 2026, 2:18 AM

[finite basalt]

ffs wrong one

[urban ravine]

😂

[sturdy sequoia]

afternoon all. hows is everyone?

[urban ravine]

I want my cat as a tattoo

[finite basalt]

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

[stable seal]

thank you!!!

[urban ravine]

Yah, you?

[finite basalt]

I've had 6 cats in my life including the current three family cats so I was thinking one for each of them on my calf cause of how cats like to lean/rub against your leg
Just like a reminder that they're always with me type thing

[sturdy sequoia]

yer im good. getting project work done, feeling productive

[stable seal]

thats dope

[finite basalt]

was thinking something kinda like that but 6 of them lined up next to each other, maybe going around the calf

[urban ravine]

That’s so cute 😭

[urban ravine]

Nice, what projects you working on ?

[urban ravine]

Aww yeah

[finite basalt]

I'm too indecisive for tattoos but that one I do want to get down the road just because that's meaningful to me and I know I wouldn't regret it

[sturdy sequoia]

I still don't know how to describe it but it's basically a wifi hacking guide

[finite basalt]

was thinking of maybe even getting colour splotches to represent each of them, have had two taubies, a tauty, a tabby and two gingers

[sturdy sequoia]

Oooo tattoos

[urban ravine]

When I was younger I didn’t even think them through

[urban ravine]

That’s cool 😎

[stable seal]

I got maggie and her enemey from the simpsons in the shopping cart waving their fists at each other. Got it on my upper thigh

[finite basalt]

yeah I would do that but for me any tattoo I'd get would a specific meaning/memory to it

[sturdy sequoia]

Very nice

[urban ravine]

Both my cats have been gingers. He’s my little ginger bread man.

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gif-26024760

[stable seal]

I just got my first black cat

named him murphy, he is pure chaos

[urban ravine]

I wanted a black cat too

[finite basalt]

gingers are literally class

[stable seal]

Got nothing but good luck with him

[urban ravine]

I can’t afford another cat right now. My cats costing me so much money. 😂

I’m feeding him pure meat, no jelly and no gravy.

[finite basalt]

black cats are amazing as well but gingers do have a special place in my heart

[sturdy sequoia]

Am I the only one here who doesn't like cats?

[stable seal]

My girl has a ginger cat thats so fat named theo. such great guy

[urban ravine]

He’s a little crazy boy. I love him

[stable seal]

Its not that you dont like cats, its just you havent found the right one

[urban ravine]

It’s true

[stable seal]

Swear my cat growing up changed my dad into a straight softie after some time

[finite basalt]

My first orange baby used to go out of the window upstairs, onto the gutter and then onto the roof, he was insane

[stable seal]

love that for him

[finite basalt]

if he wanted to go into my brothers room when the door was closed he'd go over the roof and in through their window

[stable seal]

Closed doors is such an offensive thing to cats

[urban ravine]

There’s a picture somewhere of me as a kid in bed with my other ginger cat. His name was tigger.

Sleeping

So cute

[finite basalt]

my orange learnt he could headbutt my door to open it because it was on a ball latch rather than the standard door latch

[stable seal]

My current cat right now acts like hes dying when i shut my bedroom door to laydown

[urban ravine]

My cat opens and closes the door all night. Drives me nuts 😂

[finite basalt]

awww, I've got a picture from when we got our first orange baby, we stopped at services briefly and I let him out of the carrier to stretch his little legs, he climbed up onto my shoulder and sat there looking out of the window. one of my favourite pictures ever, I'll try find it

[stable seal]

I gotta keep my shades open or else he starts pulling on them knowing how mad it gets me... It got me out of bed, just what he wanted

[urban ravine]

Sox as a baby

Omg

[finite basalt]

awww look at those beautiful blue eyes 🥹

[urban ravine]

Yah he had blue eyes 😭 so cute

[finite basalt]

this was the picture I was shown before we got him, we named him Jaffa after Jaffa Cakes 😄

[finite basalt]

He has his little white socks as well bless him

[urban ravine]

Omg

I need him

Nobody clip that out of context

[finite basalt]

That was when he was 4 months old

[urban ravine]

😂

[stable seal]

Here’s my devil cat

[finite basalt]

Always comfortable in the weirdest positions aren't they 🤣

[urban ravine]

Love the markings ❤️

[stable seal]

Yup can’t touch em either

[urban ravine]

They just a silly goofy cat 😌

[finite basalt]

He was a beautiful boy, very very red

[urban ravine]

How I be on the roller coaster

[finite basalt]

He was half mainecoon half domestic shorthair 😄

[finite basalt]

God forbid you touch the belly haha

[urban ravine]

I can tough my cats belly

I desensitised him when he was a kitten

[stable seal]

I miss his blue eyes so much

[finite basalt]

I can touch one of their bellies, the other one nope, and the other one 50/50 one moment yes, another you have just opened the gates of hell 🤣

[stable seal]

its 50/50 with mine too

[finite basalt]

Aww bless 🥹

[stable seal]

hes gotta get his catnip cookies and play time. I gotta earn it technically

[urban ravine]

Awwh look at those big murder mittens

Sox always showing his belly

He lays on my legs a lot

Sometimes on my feet 😂

[finite basalt]

This was Jasper's first christmas

[urban ravine]

My cat is so fussy. He won’t touch cat nip. He won’t eat off someone’s plate or out of their hands. The food has to be placed down and in small pieces.

[finite basalt]

Look at that little stegosaurus belly

what a cutie

[urban ravine]

Aw he’s like a little Christmas elf

[finite basalt]

One minute he was playing with baubles at the bottom, the next minute he vanished and the christmas tree was slightly wobbling and there was a lot of rustling, it didn't topple though to be fair

[urban ravine]

I’ve got photos of Sox somewhere at Christmas

[urban ravine]

Wow he’s such a stunner

[finite basalt]

He's two years old now 😄

I'll find a more recent picture

[finite basalt]

Look at that stretch!

[urban ravine]

Ngl scrolling through my camera roll is giving me as much anxiety as your gifs give you.

[stable seal]

My cat sleeps like this sometimes between my legs

[urban ravine]

😂

[finite basalt]

It can't possibly be that bad 😭

[urban ravine]

A long shadow

[urban ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/puppet-awkward-looking-what-side-eye-gif-15476992

I need a black cat

Look at that mew shadow

[radiant bloom]

@finite basalt Please slow down. Further spam will result in a short timeout.

[urban ravine]

Oop 👀

[stable seal]

but its cat!

[finite basalt]

Okay maybe 🤣

[urban ravine]

But now I’ve got the gifs it’s a double whammy

https://tenor.com/view/dog-smile-chihauhaua-chihauha-chihauhau-gif-11734421188323245480

[finite basalt]

a couple more recent pictures 😄

[finite basalt]

Those gifs are dire

[stable seal]

outside in his kingdom

[urban ravine]

I love it when cats lay upside down

[finite basalt]

Mate he sleeps like he's dead sometimes 😭

Truly unsettling sometimes

This is Josie 😄 she's 16 bless her

[urban ravine]

The little tucked paws

[finite basalt]

I love getting pictures when they're yawning, they're literally so cute until they do it in your face lmao

[finite basalt]

she's literally adorable, she also does a thing where she puts her right paw in the bowl of water when drinking

[urban ravine]

I’m straight away looking at the spiky tongue 😅

[finite basalt]

pink velcro 🤣

[arctic swan]

Guys, you know where the GIF error is in the chain reaction in that room, right? Because in the bug bounty program, I... was at a loss as to how to inform the staff, admins, and everyone else.

[urban ravine]

She is maybe feeling for where it isn

[finite basalt]

Not sure, she's always done it, she's always been an old lady at heart, now she is an old lady bless her

[urban ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gif-8672121055262247658

[urban ravine]

Sorry I’m not following

[arctic swan]

ok-ok

[finite basalt]

This is a video from years ago of Jaffa on the roof, Jenna on the fence

Will have been from 2023 I think

[urban ravine]

Jenna is a chonk

Next cat I want a lap cat

One that I can carry around

[finite basalt]

She's an older lady now so she's lost a bit of weight but back in the day she was chronically lazy and also used to nick the other's food so yeah 😭

[finite basalt]

My little jaffa must've thought he was a scarf in a past life, he loved being on shoulders or lying around your neck while you walked around the house 🤣

[urban ravine]

A food thief 😅

[finite basalt]

I think it was more the fact she nicked the scran and then did nothing with all the extra nutrients 😭

[urban ravine]

I always see those clingy cats on TikTok and it’s not fair

[finite basalt]

she was a chonky girl bless her 🤣

[urban ravine]

I want a clingy cat

Mines clingy but in a “I’ll trip you up as you’re going down the stairs” not “I’ll cuddle all day and let you pet me” kinda clingy.

[finite basalt]

Our jasper is a clingy cat, too much zoomies to hold him for a long time but when he goes out he gets like separation anxiety almost and comes in chirping to find his humans, does a quick head count and then nips back out 😄

Jenna just sits on the pavement all day waiting for people to pass and give her attention, she's always been a bit of a queen 😄 Loves the attention

[urban ravine]

I just need that lazy ah pet

I was thinking of getting a lazy ah dog

[finite basalt]

Depends, Jenna is lazy enough that she refuses to use the catflap 😭

[urban ravine]

Maybe a dog will be lazy with me all day 😂

[finite basalt]

she'll sit next to the front door until someone opens it

[urban ravine]

I’ve seen my cat push himself along the floor while laying down before. 😂

Giving me ideas

I then thought maybe I could get a dog and if it’s lazy with me the cat will pick up on it and copy the dog 😂

[finite basalt]

The few times I've seen Jenna commit energy to anything was:

• Getting on the fence a handful of times (could probably count it on my two hands, she's 16)
• Charging at cats inside her territory
• Running for food
• Once when she was a kitten scaling the shelves in the kitchen to get catnip

🤣

[finite basalt]

Wait until your cat starts barking 🤣

[urban ravine]

The last one, scaling the kitchen

[finite basalt]

I fear that may have been the most energy she's ever exhausted 😭 She tore the bag open in the hall and worked every bit of a full bag of catnip into the carpet, took years to get it all out of the carpet

Oh there was also one time she explored the crawl space under our house when I was in there, scared the living shit out of me. Also hurt my head when it bounced of the joist, wasn't expecting glowing eyes to charge at me before getting hit by a wet nose.. Was not impressed that having done nothing all day she decided she was going in there with me 😭

They're all cuties though bless them, as silly as they may be

[urban ravine]

He’s chirped at the birds

But a dog could definitely teach him to bark

[finite basalt]

I'm sure on one occasion I've seen one of my cats dribbling while chattering at the birds through the window

Very very goofy

[urban ravine]

Yeah they start speaking a different language🤪 anyways I’m gonna go for bit. Thanks for the chat

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @finite basalt (current: #107 - 98)

[finite basalt]

No worries 😄 take care, am probably heading to sleep shortly haha

[urban ravine]

You too

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[dreamy bronze]

[novel plank]

How long does it take this to stick lol fighting for my life with these labs and I work as a security analyst 🥲

[dreamy bronze]

which lab

[novel plank]

Really just talking in general. I feel like I get the concepts but the attack methods slip. Just need better notes I guess

[blissful current]

[novel plank]

This was the answer I was hoping to hear. Practice makes perfect I guess. Thanks everyone

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @warped blade (current: #264 - 41)

[quasi dome]

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[mental spoke]

ahhh HAH only took me 30 different blocked failures to figure it out

[long lotus]

xddd

[dreamy bronze]

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[frail zenith]

Got my first rejection 🔥

Gonna do linkedin farming using these 🔥

Today I got my first job rejection

3 things you need to know before applying for a job 🗣️

[blissful current]

Congratz

[frail zenith]

Danke

[quasi dome]

Sitty help

i got 8 vms

• Separate by 4 vlans made by pfsense (its on device 1)
• And each 2 vlans are on 2 different physical devices
• i got the issue where i want to connect those on device 2 with those on device 1 so they see each other
• and i have tailscale up on the 2 hosts but i dont think its doing a thing

My issue here to make the vms on device 2 see the firewall & other vms on device 1

Will adding another firewall on device 2 and connect it with yhe firewall on device 1 with ipsec tunnel work

Or adding talescale on every machine will work better

I wannakms

[signal ingot]

Thanks for motivation to change my career

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @frail zenith (current: #295 - 36)

[dreamy bronze]

they have to be in the same zone no?

i have no clu ehow that works ngl

[quasi dome]

The idea i got now is putting a gateway on each device give them bridged network and use my home network for it , and setup the tunnel then build the lab under it

I thought i can forward my vms traffic through tailscale which that didn't work

[blissful current]

[quasi dome]

Why did i do that to myself

[blissful current]

[quasi dome]

The moretime i take in this project the more problems i get

Allat and still setting up a firewall

[blissful current]

Welcome to IT sector

[quasi dome]

My damn 16gb wont hold 8 working vms in 1 time

I had ro get my old pc to work extra time taking half of vms on it

I7 gen 4 , 12 ddr3 ram hope my guy handle it

[blissful current]

what do u need 8 vms at 1 time for?

[quasi dome]

And i found another solution to use vps and oracle have free tier i can think about it

[quasi dome]

2 firewalls ,
1 siem
2 users
1 attacker
1 appserver
1 management

Siem and mgmt taking 6 to 8 gb alone each

How u reply to deleted message

[shadow rivet]

Its a windows debloater

[stuck ridge]

Oh, idk, i use linux

[shadow rivet]

💀

[quasi dome]

Windows sucks

[shadow rivet]

(No offense I love Linux but it broke my home server)

[quasi dome]

We love to larp and look cool by using linux

[shadow rivet]

Mate

[quasi dome]

Thats what is good about it

[shadow rivet]

I tried Linux on my home server

[quasi dome]

It break stuff you fix it

[shadow rivet]

I couldn’t reinstall windows

[quasi dome]

Thats how linux show love

[shadow rivet]

Actually I used Ubuntu server

[stuck ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/skill-issue-urge-resist-cat-gif-25536160

[shadow rivet]

💀

[quasi dome]

Try another server

Debian or redhat

[shadow rivet]

What server?

[shadow rivet]

I tried Debian

It was very slow

[quasi dome]

Redhat is deb based anyway

[stuck ridge]

Wdym slow?

[quasi dome]

Ur server couldn't handle the aura then

Nvm

What specs

Debian is not slow but more complicated

More raw they said

I stopped using it because i got network issues on it and never mess with network issues if you are not getting paid to fix it

[shadow rivet]

I used an old laptop with 8g of ram

But for the cpu idk

Didn’t check

[quasi dome]

Try install older versions but check it first

Or download any light distros

[shadow rivet]

Should I upgrade the ram sticks?

I got old 8 gig of ram from my old laptop

[quasi dome]

Its a server yk you can figure it out if you wanna upgrade upgrade ur main device
Still its your choice ofc it will be good to upgrade the server but depends onu

[shadow rivet]

Is 32gb enough for the server?

Or is it overkill

[quasi dome]

Or this

[quasi dome]

Its alright 32 is bare min nowdays

[shadow rivet]

I always been curious I already know basic stuff that you can self host

Like jellyfin and Minecraft server

And pi hole

But what else?

Can you host

[quasi dome]

But ur old laptop will handle the 32?

[shadow rivet]

I’m thinking of using my modern laptop

I5 10500H

With rtx 3060

What son?

Yes son?

[quasi dome]

He made his laptop a server

[shadow rivet]

I found it on my YouTube homepage 💀

a guy using old laptop and installing Linux server

[quasi dome]

Yeah thats useful

[shadow rivet]

Do you still recommend I use my laptop?

[quasi dome]

I told u it depends on u

[shadow rivet]

💀

[quasi dome]

But dont try your main device

[shadow rivet]

Dw I got a new gaming pc and I don’t use my gaming laptop anymore

[quasi dome]

Never try on your main device or cloud anything else is okay , because u may regret it

Why not

He got a laptop with good specs he can host something on it or trying stuff until getting a real server

Why running it on battery

I saw alot hsing laptops as servers

Just a stand , powersource and keep it on charger

He can remove battery if its old laptop too

[cursive bone]

hi guys

[quasi dome]

Why are fighting over his device

[cursive bone]

??

dont bring me into this

[shadow rivet]

Ur higher ranked

[cursive bone]

💔

[signal ingot]

🤣

[quasi dome]

He wanna make his laptop a server whats your take on this

[cursive bone]

uhhhhh

[quasi dome]

Damon said bad

I said okay

[cursive bone]

i don't think that's a good idea

[quasi dome]

Whhhy

Omg

Why he can nake his laptop a home server

Cant

Besides battery thing

[cursive bone]

itd probably be fine if he dosent keep the server on 24/7

[quasi dome]

Head and battery u can avoide it

Heat

U can remove the battery and just make it depending on power source only

And get a cooling pad or a fan

[cursive bone]

a fan

I dont think thatd work too well

[quasi dome]

Xerox sell the laptops and buy a pc

Thats it

[shadow rivet]

Bro gave up on the debate lol

[quasi dome]

Idk man what the ussue i sae people do that and its not a problem

[shadow rivet]

Ikr

I can also make it run on power not battery

And just put the laptop upside down and ssh from my main pc

What’s msifires?

[quasi dome]

Its something people drive with

[shadow rivet]

Hmm ok

Hey what services should I run/self host?

[quasi dome]

Nah u ask alot

[shadow rivet]

I already know the basics and essentials

[shadow rivet]

What’s wrong with it? 💀🙏

[quasi dome]

Search urself what u need to host

[shadow rivet]

Trust me I did

It gave me random stuff

not catogery based

[quasi dome]

I would tell u to make it a file storage but the only files you have are 5 pdfs

Host what u need

[shadow rivet]

I could make it a media server or Minecraft server

I have that one

I’m thinking of replacing it

Is it good?

mine is a smaller version

[quasi dome]

Get 5090 better

[shadow rivet]

SLI isn’t good

Mate

Ur a hacker and doesn’t know what SLI means?

[cursive bone]

hes a software engineer

[shadow rivet]

Scalable Link Interface

[shadow rivet]

Then he should know it lol

[blissful current]

Its a method for using 2 GPUs together

or even more

[sturdy sequoia]

whats that got to do with hacking?

[shadow rivet]

I mean IT skills are fundamental

U said u want a second gpu

[blissful current]

uhhh

[shadow rivet]

So are you getting out the new and putting in the new gpu?

Or your using both

[blissful current]

Probably for gamers , yes , but not that much for servers/workstation

[shadow rivet]

💀

See

That what I mean

That’s called SLI

[blissful current]

if u havent seen workstations and servers having tons of GPUs together ...probably missing alot

[shadow rivet]

OH

Home server?

Just get Blackwell 6000

Ez

🧢

[blissful current]

Yeahhh....Wire me that $10,000

I'll get

[cursive bone]

holy rich

you even have 2 monitors

holy rich 💔💔

[quasi dome]

rich problems 💔💔

[cursive bone]

thats what all rich people say

[quasi dome]

middle class problems

[cursive bone]

atleast it goes up to 240hz

my monitor is 1080p 75hz

😔

yeah

the monitor is older than me

probably

it atleast works

even though i get a dead pixel every once in a while

i just gotta flick my screen and the pixel goes away

nicee

maybe you shouldn't get that brand again

yeah

i mean for me you just gotta whack ur screen and it goes away

[heavy hound]

Hello

[cursive bone]

i think i have a asus

I'm not sure though

[cursive bone]

the dead pixel

idk why it didn't reply

[cursive bone]

hello

[frail pawn]

who russian?

[cursive bone]

dangg

yeah i have a acer monitor

it still works amazingly after all these years though

[heavy hound]

I would like your advice, what are the best PC builds?

[cursive bone]

daang

mine is slightly better cause it's 75hz

[cursive bone]

it depends on what you need it for

[sturdy sequoia]

haha my first monitor was a 16 inch CRT

[cursive bone]

daang

i have a friend who still uses a crt

[sturdy sequoia]

i couldnt stand using it these days

[heavy hound]

My budget 1300,

and I stud network security and cyber

[cursive bone]

bro 💔💔

[heavy hound]

dollar

[cursive bone]

BRO 💔💔

[heavy hound]

yes

[heavy hound]

what bro

[cursive bone]

i mean if it's only for studying ig a thinkpad or any laptop would work

[sturdy sequoia]

you could buy like 16 raspberry pi's

[cursive bone]

LOL

[dull otter]

Waiting for ram prices to dip so I don’t have to spend 300 on a fucking raspberry pi

[cursive bone]

your gonna be waiting a while

[heavy hound]

I want to buy it for two reasons: for studying and also for gaming.

[dull otter]

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[sturdy sequoia]

ah, then dont buy pi's 😛

[dull otter]

Time to visit China and buy the same model for like 40

[pine tinsel]

btw buying second hand laptops rn is not so bad cuz the ram market hasn't affected it too much

[dull otter]

I need to find out when the next cycle is so I can pick them up cheep

[pine tinsel]

I got a precision 7730 2 months back for 400USD

with 32 gigs and 1 tb

[shadow rivet]

💀

Is 5090 worth it?

[heavy hound]

ohhh , Thank you

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @warped blade (current: #261 - 42)

[shadow rivet]

What about the 5080 then?

I mean I already have 5060 TI

[sterile grail]

can anyone suggest me a monitor

[quasi dome]

100 inch samsung 8k tv

[sterile grail]

[sterile grail]

Wth, 100 inch is tooo big

maybe 27 inch

QHD

Speakers and usb c connectivity

[cursive bone]

is cyber secure

🤔

[stoic quarry]

Wym

[dull otter]

Asking the real questions

[shadow rivet]

Go with AOC

They got a budget oled

but no speaker or usb c

[stoic quarry]

Shame that

[blissful current]