👥・help-me

[whole patio]

Won't, no

Take our side of this.. some weird rando shows up, first tries to imply anyone could hack a tiktok account we don't know, and then suggests that we at least could try getting some random account banned

[steady isle]

okay that's fine, thanks you guys regardless.

[wet gate]

what are you trying to do

[steady isle]

I could give the story in more detail in dm if you want?

[frail stirrup]

sounds like some totalitarian stuff

[wet gate]

there is no story realistically sir

its just "my friend is being impersonated and people think its him"

oh well, tell them its not him

and hes being impersonated or whatever

[steady isle]

not really, there's more to it.

[wet gate]

still, point is that someones being impersonated

theres nothing anyone here can or will do about it

[steady isle]

okay, thanks tho.

[whole patio]

hard pass.. we're not going to verify any of that, and your request turns up here about 6 times per day.. stopped caring years ago

[steady isle]

Yah, I see how that gets frustrating

[frail stirrup]

is that an IDOR or no?

[wet gate]

what being able to see your JSESSIONID? no

thats just your cookie

[zinc rune]

Guyssss 🙄

[thorn leaf]

I need help someone keeps hacking my Wi-Fi and changing the settings

They hacked all the phones on my network to

[whole patio]

Enforce wpa2 or above, choose a long, random password for admin, use a guest network for clients Check all devices that connect for malware

[wet gate]

do you have any proof of this

[whole patio]

Maybe see if firmware updates are available while you are at it

[pallid horizon]

Put me on to some good hacking music chat

[wet gate]

anything from dualcore

[autumn geyser]

What’s up I’ll make it short and simple, I’m trying to get into cyber security to get any line of work in that field, is there anything I can take to be able to get there? I don’t have a portfolio but I got google cert for CQL but that’s about it I’m also not that well off and working full time so some ways I could possibly do after work like online course that won’t break the bank would be helpful (I hope this is the right chat to ask this, lmk if I should post this somewhere else)

[pallid horizon]

Welcome

[wet gate]

https://tryhackme.com/hacktivities

[pallid horizon]

#👥・new-member-guide

[wet gate]

also check out #💕・free-resources i dropped a site in there with a bunch of free courses and certs

[autumn geyser]

Oh ok awesome I’ll check those out for sure and the link as well thank you guys

[river wraith]

Can anyone help me crack an image?

It has very hard steganography and encrypted data

I have been unsuccessful

[whole patio]

Is this a ctf?

[river wraith]

No just a challenge

[wet gate]

so it is a ctf

basically

[river wraith]

It's not just a challenge a friend made

[surreal schooner]

Hello guys i need help in one of my project related to malware and sandboxing. Can anyone give me some of his/her time

[wet gate]

what help u need

[brisk arch]

Hello! Do you guys have any laptop or PC recommendations for an aspiring ethical hacker? I'm just starting out, but I don't want to have to buy another one later. I'd like one that is durable. It would also be helpful if you could recommend a model that you personally use. Thanks in advance!

[slow edge]

Look for Dell or Lenovo!
Also if you are looking for something powerful which is also for gaming and you are in a good budget then do look for Powerful laptops in Dell, Lenovo, MSI!

And only for cybersec stuff, I see people like thinkpad a lot! I also have used it and it works perfectly fine!

[languid finch]

I’m always so appreciative of everybody’s knowledge, I’ve had an individual who has been stalking and harassing me. As I’m gathering my evidence to turn in LE he keeps doing account takeovers. I’m trying to figure out where the breach is so that I can try to cut him off and move all of my stuff to an air gap system. Things that I do know is that he did connect to Xfinity modem even though I’ve changed settings and passwords, including ones to the admin panel. He took over the admin panel so I cannot login. I didn’t want to hard reset it and lose the logs, but I’m not sure at this point if it’s worth it. That is one area of possible breach. I have iPhones on lockdown. Something I realize that I no longer use Face ID or pins on apps that require passwords because you don’t know password has been changed until you have to login. I tried to log into my insurance app based on the vandalism from the car and he had did an account takeover and completely locked me out. I just need to figure out what is the best practices to address the breach and best places to lockdown accounts. I’m presuming I need to go and change passwords and check all of my login activities. He’s pretty good. He keeps his stuff pretty clean very hard to trace. Any suggestions would be helpful. I’m about three years in dealing with this.

[dreamy verge]

hello everyone. i've got some dll files. and i want to check if they contain any virus or anything that can harm my computer.
does anyone know how to check for those dll files? i've used Ghidra but it couldnt read all the lines. most of them were not readable. so i was asking if anyone can help me out

i've used virus total to check them and it said its safe. still not sure

[wet gate]

send em to me ill have a look

[dreamy verge]

dms?

[wet gate]

yh

[dreamy verge]

i sent it

[wet gate]

nobody cares that much about you to be doing account takeovers against you for 3+ years, this story comes up very often in this server and it is almost never true/the real cause is misunderstood by the victim, they think they're being hacked or stalked constantly, but they actually arent. i would recommend going to see a doctor as you may be an undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenic
in the meantime while waiting for your appointment, delete all of your online accounts, create a new email, get a new phone number, and change all of your passwords/online aliases

[languid finch]

I think somebody cares when you are fighting against white supremacy, demanding law-enforcement accountability, but that’s all right. The invalidation is nothing that is new to me. All I was asking is what to do when you have an account take over this isn’t just one account. This is upwards of 25 accounts and counting and to address the breaches. I wasn’t trying to be some kind of way, but I do a lot of stuff on the front lines and a lot of people don’t like it.

[whole patio]

depends on your actual requirements and budget

[wet gate]

90% of people on twitter do this and they dont have their own personal threat actor attacking them every day, furthermore many threat actors/hackers would actually support you doing those acts of activism, not hack all ur accounts for over 3+ years, it just doesnt happen

as i said: delete all of your online accounts, create a new email, get a new phone number, and change all of your passwords/online aliases

[slow edge]

For a high level check, you can check their hash and try to match it with any existing dll malicious files, or use reputation check sites like: VirusTotal, Hybrid Analysis, OPSWAT, and MalwareBazaar

Also you can do dynamic analysis of a DLL on Any Run, Joe sandbox,

Tools for static analysis: sigcheck, strings, PEView, PE-bear, CFF Explorer and most importantly DIE, about Ghidra idk why it cannot read your DLL file, from my experience I have able to use that to analysis a DLL file.

If it is obfuscated then maybe Ghidra is failing, but idk, in that case I would try to extract obfuscated strings using FLOSS.

For dynamic analysis there is a lot of things like wireshark, procmon, API monitor, Sysmon + ELK Stack and a lot more! But ya I see resetti helping you so do send him the sample because he is a good one in this field!

[dreamy verge]

i've used virustotal

[wet gate]

it can read the DLL he just has no idea what disassembly means, or what he is looking at overall

one of the DLLs is fine

im looking at the other in ghidra now

[slow edge]

Ya Ghidra can analysis DLL, I myself have done it many times.

[dreamy verge]

i've checked it with ghidra, and i copied whatever i could.

and the ai said

[wet gate]

which one did you open in ghidra the online-fix.dll or winmm.dll

[slow edge]

Dw, also if you can then you can DM me the sample, also do it to Resetti, he knows a lot in this stuff! I will also try to have a look

[dreamy verge]

the online fix

[wet gate]

yeah ur never analysing that statically without unpacking it from VMProtect first so no surprise you saw nothing

either way that one is safe

[dreamy verge]

yes EXACTLY ONE IS SAFE

the other one

gets

deleted

[wet gate]

winmm?

[languid finch]

I disagree, but thanks anyways

[wet gate]

as i said: delete all of your online accounts, create a new email, get a new phone number, and change all of your passwords/online aliases

nobody here can do anything for you anyways

since i doubt you would even provide any proof, as is the usual with the other "victims" that come in this server and claim they're being hacked over the last 3+ years, they never provide any proof and just say "i disagree, im right" to everything

[dreamy verge]

yea someone was like this too. he was stalking me to prove i was working with isis because i was refilling the fridges with water in the mosque
he was getting some of my info in data breaches and kept threatning me. dw he will lose intrest. just ignore him and dont show him u actually fear

dang its so scary. someone stalk u for months

[languid finch]

I did all that I’m on my fourth phone. I’m on my third modem. I’m on my third security system and my second computer. I have done everything that people recommend and he still gets into my stuff. He is a really sick individual. I use two passwords authenticator two factor authentication 40+ character passwords for most not every app allows that many 40+ unique characters, but I will tell you that I have been extensive in locking down my stuff, including having to lock my Internet box outside because he tampered with it bro, followed me to the airport as I was getting on a plane like indigenous women go missing and murdered second highest in my state. They just found the woman who been missing for five years in a ravine. I don’t think people realize that there are really sick individual individuals that hunt human beings.

[languid finch]

I appreciate that. I have tried all the different things. I’ve tried to disengage with the communities that I support. I have tried to ignore. I have tried to just move on and then he starts bugging my kid like this guy absolutely does not have a life. All I wanna do is go to school. Take care of my kid and this guy just wants to stop any personal growth.

[wet gate]

yeah you're a paranoid schizophrenic bro im sorry

go to a doctor please

no skilled hacker wastes there time on some random activist that nobody knows or cares about

[dreamy verge]

your kid???? dude call the cops wtf

[wet gate]

ill ask one more time can you provide any proof of these claims or not

[languid finch]

That’s all right it’s a complex issue that not a lot of people understand. I think until it’s happening to you you don’t really think it’s a real thing but it’s all right bro. I’m good. I know what I’m doing where I’m going. I just came to ask about how to stop breaches on my devices. I wasn’t trying to have some crazy debate. Have a good day.

[dreamy verge]

u just told me that in dms do u tell everyone this 😂

[wet gate]

no

[slow edge]

@languid finch We do not help with your request and you seem too fake because such situations aren't possible, but even if it is possible then we cannot help! Please drop the topic and read #📜・rules

[dreamy verge]

why cant he just call the cops

[wet gate]

provide proof of such hacks happening

[dreamy verge]

why dont u call the cops this is way too weird. ur kid man! what if he do smth to ur kid

[wet gate]

"they wont do anything"

[dreamy verge]

oh hell nah

[languid finch]

I wasn’t trying to ask for anything except how to address breaches or how to secure my devices but it’s all right. Thanks for sending me the notice.

[dreamy verge]

@languid finch do u know this person in real life

[wet gate]

when the attacker is quite literally in your mind and not real, it is impossible to secure anything

because there is nothing to secure, hence why you should visit a doctor

[dreamy verge]

@slow edge i dmed u the stuff did u check

[wet gate]

or again, provide proof of these hacks happening

[languid finch]

I don’t know his name, but that’s pretty much the biggest problem

[granite vale]

No such thing can remove breaches until some kind of bribery or business going on the back of the breach,secure your phone with a vpn firewall,use trustworthy apps,a password manager.this is the best help we can give.

[dreamy verge]

then hire someone that can tell you who this person is.

[languid finch]

I have proof but this isn’t the place to be posting that as the admin have said. I just trying to address breaches on devices or home networks.

[craggy tide]

cant law enforcement get involved

[whole patio]

or ignore the opinion of people that just joined the server

[slow edge]

I am right now working on a hacker group who uses a malware and I am writing a blog for that, I will have a look in like 2 hrs!
I will let you know what I found 🫡

[dreamy verge]

okay much appreciation man thanks much. i appreciate your effort.

[wet gate]

dm me it then

[granite vale]

From the informations i gathered from this guy i can tell its not a normal thing that can be fixed by some steps.they do need to get involved.

[languid finch]

I’ve been working with law-enforcement for over a year for stalking and harassment, especially within Tech is not anything that is in the budget for the sheriffs department. Which blows my mind like this could be an area of employment for so many people that could help people except they have zero training in it. They don’t allocated in their budget so they are like 20 or 30 years behind in Tech. So when you cannot understand how cyber intrusion impacts in person intrusions, they only see half of the picture.

[wet gate]

dm me the proof man

[dreamy verge]

dm him the proof

he might be able to help

idk

[granite vale]

Can you dm @wet gate proofs for further explaination?if this is real we can help you.

[dreamy verge]

i mean, i've seen people get their stuff leaked and they just hired someone for it.

[languid finch]

What kind of proof would be helpful? I have logs from the modem he hijacked in July. I have things that show unknown devices or I’ve had screenshots with emails with companies that say I had unusual device or suspicious. Granted I don’t have the Tech technology or the knowledge to know what’s going on or what’s best to use. My iPhone had ghost type stuff where it showed dual devices and like for instance my settings would run for 24 hours a day like I have to follow the law because I don’t want him to get off on a technicality, but I don’t know how to determine what is what because I don’t know that is not my area of expertise. That’s why I came to y’all.

[whole patio]

The described scenario goes a little bit over leaks/dox

[wet gate]

literally every single bit of proof you have, send it to me

there is no "law" that prevents you from doing this

stop making excuses because you realistically have no proof

your iPhone is not hacked, end of story, iOS is too locked down

nobody hijacks modems in 2025 that does not effectively lead to any useful information, its primarily only done by DDoS botnets who use your modem for DDoS attacks, and they infect them at mass scale, never do they specifically target singular people for attacks

you literally said "I don’t have the Tech technology or the knowledge to know what’s going on"

[dreamy verge]

i'd sleep if i was u

thanks

🙏

[wet gate]

so when you are told by people who know a lot more than you that this scenario comes up in this server all of the time, and every single time it is found that the user is actually either lying, or they just do not understand what they are doing/do not understand WHY they are NOT actually hacked, it results in a loop where you are terrified for your life because you think you are being stalked, when you are not

the statements you are making about your devices are simply not possible/not viable/not what threat actors do in any way shape or form

[craggy tide]

are you writing an essay

[languid finch]

So are you thinking about that concept as somebody who is trying to gain access for financial gains or to just hack to hack? Because the way I look at it as it is, somebody who is trying to disrupt and harm. All of the research that I have been looking at even in terms of case studies and other tech anomalies would state differently. I think it’s hard to capture sequence of events in a thread where somebody is stating it isn’t true without actually understanding all of the information but it’s good. I have to go. I was just trying to understand some tech breaches. I wasn’t trying to go into a huge debate about whether or not my experiences are valid because they are. My truth is my truth and invalidation because somebody doesn’t understand the full situation bother me.

[wet gate]

"i have to go"

sends no proof

my point in case ladies and gentlemen

[languid finch]

I’m not gonna post personal information in a public thread. Do you want me to send you some stuff then? Send me an email and I’ll send it to you later but I don’t have access to that device. I have to pull it up. It’s gonna take some time.

[wet gate]

"help me im hacked and stalked by some random person for over the past 3+ years"

when asked for proof
"nevermind i have to go now"

[wet gate]

i literally said

for the 3rd time now, send it to me in dms

talking about "send me an email"

im not sending you my email, you can dm me on here

but as i said, you are not hacked, you should go and see a doctor for a potential paranoia/schizophrenia diagnosis

[craggy tide]

what if its just an attention seeker

[wet gate]

chances are it isnt

people like that come along here every now and then, and its the same old stuff

[languid finch]

I sent some documents

[languid finch]

It was from the scan from the digital security forensic company that scanned my modem

[craggy tide]

chat network+ or ccna

[wet gate]

said digital security forensic company was actually a scam company ladies and gentlemen: https://cyberinvestigation.com/

[languid finch]

Good to know most people don’t know about that kind of stuff

[remote trellis]

I already installed kali Linux on my PC , ready to learn cybersecurity. Need help

[wet gate]

#👥・new-member-guide

https://tryhackme.com/hacktivities

[robust crescent]

Hi all,
who is from Ghana, Accra, Tema or around please.

[twin hamlet]

Ok

[daring raft]

Hi everyone.
I hope you are well. Would appreciate if you could give me a piece of advice: I am trying to choose a relevant wifi adapter with monitor and injection mode support. I have a kali, windows and mac os computers. Which model will suit my needs best?
I know alfa ac1900 is popular among most users, however ALFA AWUS036ACM seems to be a good one. What do you think?
Thank you in advance.

[wet gate]

https://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/select-field-tested-kali-linux-compatible-wireless-adapter-0180076/

[deft violet]

Just take whatever model youre looking at and cross reference it on a Google search for your needs with Linux support.

[daring raft]

The models listed by me were from google. However, was seeking for a user experience.
Thanks for the reply.

[whole patio]

https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi/blob/main/home/Recommended_Adapters_for_Kali_Linux.md this list is usually recommended - the chipset is the relevant part, best to stay away from realtek chips

Apart from that, wifi hacking is largely a waste of time and money nowadays, perpetuated by youtube

[daring raft]

Thanks for sharing

[ornate oar]

Does anyone know any PowerPC binaries for a noobie Rev engineer?

[whole patio]

Enter tiktok into the search engine on this server

[fathom summit]

@rustic jolt we do not help with account recovery here, please review our #📜・rules . Try contacting the platforms support team for help. Best of luck.

[fringe mural]

lol there is a reason the FBI knocked on apples door to ask for a back door or access to the device beside apple has humongous bug bounty’s on there software you don’t just hack into it that takes who company’s beside by the time you find something it already has a new update with patches

[wet gate]

i know that

im just saying in this case they are probably not being hacked

[fringe mural]

I highly doubt that Lol you don’t just hack an iPhone

[whole patio]

You realize you are saying the same as resetti, aren't you?

[rich crow]

So does anyone else feel like the request for password to start chatting was like initiation

[feral lintel]

what?

should we be expecting Mr. Beast gambling ads from you soon? 😅

[slow edge]

What?

[wet gate]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1333303227759726592/1435194057210073118/caption.gif

[rich crow]

Cause everyone here hacks

[feral lintel]

If you intended to jest, I don't think the joke landed ^^

[wary mist]

Why

[wooden dew]

echo hello world ...or something...ok just echo something

[slow edge]

Your question is still not relevant, either give some context or if there was no question then don't post it here, this is a help me channel

[slow edge]

!YES

[wooden dew]

so its probably not in help-me ? Where can i start my jouney

[lunar void]

#👥・new-member-guide

[wooden dew]

Ty...but thats more of a general intro chanal. so i guess i just join some of the many channels and see what awaits me there

[feral lintel]

you haven't really elaborated on what exactly you want to chat about. As long as we don't know that, we can't really point you in the right direction 🤷

[slow edge]

Check out these useful channels:
#👥・new-member-guide
#💕・free-resources
#💬・certs
#📜・certs-and-career

Programming:

• Scripting: Python, Ruby, Go (sololearn, codedex, freecodecamp, etc)
• Web exploitation: JavaScript, PHP, ASPX, SQL (portswigger)
• Binary Exploitation: C, C++, Assembly, Rust (pwn college)
  Learn any or all above langs as per requirement

Networking: netacad is good platform (THM and HTB Academy)
OSes: Windows (especially powershell), Linux (especially bash)
After covering fundamentals: Tryhackme, Hackthebox, similar platforms for hands on
Most important: Mindset
Ebooks to read for cybersecurity:

Cybersecurity centric books:

• https://security-books.notion.site/
  And for general chat we have #💬・old-gen-chat

[wooden dew]

Thats a good question. I got bored so i started learning Linux and made an Account on try-hackme. Now i am here because the algorithm suggested this server 😉 Saw it on insta...some dude spoke about this place. No i am here.

[signal pendant]

Hello I am new here

[feral lintel]

Gotcha. Well, welcome to you, hope you enjoy 🙂 Zero posted some nice resources above, for general chit-chat I'd recommend #💬・old-gen-chat

[lunar void]

Exactly at the right place for cybersecurity

[lunar void]

And for Linux we can chat if you want, I am currently studying => #1434219447509319773 my last post specifically

I am looking at some place tomorrow maybe I can lend me some server for Linux server etc, so I hope it will get exciting very soon haha

[wooden dew]

Yeah I am basically a total noob. I mean i can use "The Internet", Get stuff running, and normally dont klick on flashy buttons that ask for my credit card details. But since about two weeks I started with Linux. I am at the very Beginning, Bash_scripting etc. Most of today i tried to solve a "try-hackme-box" .

[wooden dew]

yeah me too mate

[lunar void]

You can have a look and if you have a question or even Tipps you can link me. I will specifically focus on Linux for the next few weeks

[dawn barn]

hey so my server keeps getting raided by some same person using a bot called capo is there something i can do to get rid of the bot permantly or other option?

[wintry crystal]

Guys am new here ,

[amber flume]

Hello

Im new here guys

[dapper marsh]

hello guys

[amber flume]

Im a network mapper and looking for who to work with.

[dapper marsh]

how to decode base64?

[amber flume]

Can I add you?

[chilly merlin]

Is overthewire bandit a good way to learn linux for a beginner?

[woven anvil]

What is a network mapper?
And please don't add or DM random people from this server.

[woven anvil]

overthewire bandit is an amazing learning tool.
I would say that a steamdeck is an easier way to "use linux", and VMs is the best way to learn linux.

[modern raven]

Hallow guys, can anyone help me or teach me to find a flag in a bin file, and this particular bin file is just data not ELF if i read it with "file ntlab.bin". The clue is just: "You found a strange blob, it’s doing something, but it won’t tell you. Figure it out and extract the flag." i try several ways but still not got it 😭

[loud oar]

Hey y’all I’m recovering from surgery

In need of a remote job rn

Can anyone help?

[hard blade]

Welcome! Unfortunately I, myself can't help with a remote job.
A good place to start around here is #📜・rules and #👥・new-member-guide . Give it time though we have over 200k in here throughout the day. Here's to a speedy recovery. Cheers!

[worldly gazelle]

My camera icon keeps coming on on it's own at random times on my iPhone

[whole patio]

https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/

[pastel igloo]

Hi

Need help

So what are the apps I can use on my android phone to work remotely and it will look like I'm using a laptop, although I don't have a system, even if the management check it on there End ,it will show that I'm using a laptop instead of a phone

Please someone help

[craggy tide]

past around level with escaping shell via vim is bs

HOW are you supposed to guess that it works like that

[remote creek]

If you had a better phone, you could use Kali nethunter

But it doesn't still guarantee that you won't get caught

[woven anvil]

You aren't. A lot of what they get you to do is documented, either in the help/man pages, or in the application's documentation on the web.
So there should be no guessing needed.

[whole patio]

That's the reason youtube videos are quite not recommended.. cause they gloss over a lot of details to keep people engaged.
Reading it is

[craggy tide]

level spoiler ||never in a thousand years would you figure out that you have to resize the fucking window||

[oblique estuary]

I want to set a proxy for my signal app can someone help me with signal proxy address

[whole patio]

While frustrating, attackers try to work in those "never in a million years" blind spots 😉
The very first worm for example (christmans tree exec) did this, back in 1987.. when screens were quite limited to the number of characters they can display

The actual executable part of the worm was contained in several overly long lines (more than 80 characters) that were not visible unless the user scrolled the screen to the right.

infosec is not a cookie cutter field

When people today write llm prompts in tiny white font on white background in their applications to get around getting filtered, its just the same

[orchid sinew]

Hello Everyone, I am a software and electronic engineering student also trying to break into cybersecurity. To get straight to the point I am doing an IoT project and my project is doing a multi tool involving a Signal jammer, Packet sniffer, GPS module (worked), Camera detector on an ESP32 DOIT DEVKIT. I am programming the chip on the Arduino IDE also. My issue is that i am trying to work on the signal Jammer code and it doesmt work for me and Ai wont help due to legal reasons. Yes, I do have permission to make this project from my lectures and if you like i can forward my basic proposal. If anyone can help me with this project, specifically the Jammer code (BLE and Wifi) and the Camera detector (I came up with this spontaneously so i have no idea where to start in terms of code). I would appreciate all the help i can get and i will paste the code i tweaked from pastebin. Thank you

[whole patio]

Even if your teacher has given you the go ahead (doubtful), it's still illegal by law and regulations.. so this is still something we are not going to help you with

[orchid sinew]

including the bluetooth one?

[whole patio]

including the bluetooth one

[craggy tide]

a signal jammer does not sound legal

[whole patio]

Overambitious, too

[orchid sinew]

i seen it on youtube where a speaker plays and a signal essentially jams the signal

i have the code done up but it wont work i have an issue with it

[whole patio]

And when pressed those people will defend themselves on the basis that it is fake, cause it is still illegal

which makes the "Alright but now for realsies.. how to do that?" really not a hill you should try to die upon

[orchid sinew]

OK no problem so but can you help with the camera detector? I have the packet sniffer code no problem

since cameras transmits signals etc to detect one

[whole patio]

Yeah I am curious about that one.. how do you intend to detect cameras with it?

so by remote connections?

[orchid sinew]

i have an LED screen but i might add a sound module that beeps

[whole patio]

not sure that will work out

[orchid sinew]

the ESP32 can pick up on signals so since a camera transmits signals the ESP32 will picvk it up

[whole patio]

usually you detect cameras either by radio transmission, but you have really no way to tell whether it is camera or "something" on "some freq band" .. by shining red light at the lense and capturing the reflection, or by heat signature, when it is a device that really shouldn't be warmer than the surrounding.. I dont see where an esp32 would come to the rescue

[orchid sinew]

no im not using red light i was refderring to frequencies

i dont really care ab the false psotives as its only a small project to wow my professors

[whole patio]

so basically a wifi strength detector

[orchid sinew]

No then itll just pick up routers

[whole patio]

yeah but thats the thing, you dont know the frequency used.. so your best and only bet is measuring the strength and make it work in proximity alone

so.. a wifi strength detector

betting on "the camera will connect over wifi"

[orchid sinew]

Hmmm can you elaborate please

[whole patio]

there is no frequency that is "for cameras with remote connectivity"

[orchid sinew]

yes of course

[whole patio]

so your esp32 - limited in the frequencies it can even see.. has to make assumptions on the radio band

if you say "Well our scope are consumer level hardware.. stuff you can buy on amazon", then those are usually things you connect to your phone. wifi. I have not seen bluetooth remote cameras

If you ever walked around with a radio detector.. it's main detection feature to filter out the surrounding noise is proximity to the object transmitting

[orchid sinew]

so these derdicated devices are just reduced to wifi strength detectors?

[whole patio]

I've actually disguised a remote transmitting microphone during a "find the hidden spy gadgets" workshop by putting it beneath a wifi router I had brought with me, to disguise the signal ^^

[whole patio]

they usually have a broader spectrum, but yes.. pretty much "how strong is the radio noise in the immediate vicinity"

[orchid sinew]

and false positives usually are other devices etc like phones and other IoT devices?

[spiral notch]

uhh

wrong signals bro

😭

[whole patio]

signal strength is primarily influenced by proximity, and that is why all those devices have knobs to turn and adjust the sensitivity

[orchid sinew]

in my code i can just set a proximity im not too worried about other that as my target device will just be right next to my device

[whole patio]

stand in the middle of the room, set the alarm level according to the radio noise.. and then move around and see where the radio intensity changes

[orchid sinew]

ok is there any specific library i need in the Arduino IDE?

[whole patio]

might be a router, might be a streaming smartphone.. you go and check and see where stuff is transmitting, that is not supposed to

[whole patio]

No idea

this quickly becomes a topic for specs of the antenna, too

[orchid sinew]

any recommended Github repos i can look through?

im trrying to coide it myself not just flash it

[whole patio]

Can't help you there

[orchid sinew]

My teacher said theres no need for an antenna since the ESP32 already has a "built in" one

[orchid sinew]

no problem thank you. Ill sit and pray that there's other individuals that can help me. I appreciate your help

[whole patio]

well, in that case your prof was content with "make the assumptions about the radio band the esp32 can use"
Otherwise you are going to have to look at SDR and antennas

https://github.com/NorthernMan54/rtl_433_ESP do you know which transceiver your device uses?

[orchid sinew]

no i am not sure ill ask him today since i have IoT lab today

and apologies if i sound dumb i am only in 2nd year and just finished a graveyard shift today so my brain only at a third of its capacity 😭

[whole patio]

no problem at all

[orchid sinew]

going to uni ill chgecvk this chat later goodday

[final rampart]

Whats the best way to learn python?

[woeful bronze]

pretty sure the antenna the ESP has is just a jack for a real antenna.

it really isn't much, probably up to 10m maybe 50m at most range

Honestly you can make one pretty easily, especially if you plan on transmitting at wifi ranges like 2.4Ghz-5Ghz since the antenna doesn't have to be big at all

otherwise there are options for purchase that are pretty cheap if you're looking for HF-VHF

[lilac sedge]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know of any reliable paid assignment help tools?
I completely missed a coding project that's due in 48hrs bc I was busy working on other assignments and work 😭 I don't have enough time to finish it, but I will try to get as much help here - checking my code/debug if that's possible- but in case I have to resort to such a tool, could anyone please link me one

[spiral notch]

actions have consequences

no, there’s no magic hw help tool

[lilac sedge]

yeah T-T I should've kept track of them. Hopefully I'll be done with the pseud part by today its just the java conversion that seems impossible to finish on time

[opaque hemlock]

Uhm I need help, I wanna know how to get access to active business emails for advertising purposes.

[wet gate]

sounds illegal sir

[opaque hemlock]

Illegal to advertise via email??

[wet gate]

via business email compromise yes sir

[opaque hemlock]

What is the product I'm advertising is focused on business owners??

[wet gate]

you said u wanted to get access to active business emails

that is illegal

sir

[opaque hemlock]

For advertising purposes!!! Didn't you read the whole thing?

[fringe mural]

That is a no no according to #📜・rules

[wet gate]

doesn’t matter if you are advertising puppy charities

[opaque hemlock]

I'm not pitching any business ideas to nobody, I'm asking for help on how to advertise to business owners via email!!!

[wet gate]

ah

[opaque hemlock]

???tf

[wet gate]

well you don’t know how to construct a sentence

[fringe mural]

Oh

[wet gate]

this implies you wanted to hack other businesses emails

[fringe mural]

I thought he meant email spoofing

[wet gate]

to advertise

[fringe mural]

When I read that

[opaque hemlock]

I'm guessing back handed insults are not against the rules??

[wet gate]

no that was just fact

anyways

[opaque hemlock]

Hackkkk!!!!????

[wet gate]

yes hackkkkkk!!!!!?????

that is what it sounded like

anyways

[opaque hemlock]

Say less fam

[fringe mural]

How you formed the sentence we thought you meant how to hack or spoof a business email

So you can than use it

lol

[wet gate]

to advertise product to businesses

1. make new email
2. construct advertisement email with details about product
3. find businesses u think would buy it
4. send email to business

simple really

[opaque hemlock]

I'm trying to reach multiple at time

[wet gate]

then find more businesses

do many research

or u could buy business leads but that cost money

not possible

[golden umbra]

Everything is possible.. Maybe it's just you that not willing to give help

[fringe mural]

You already got warned on it stop asking for it #📜・rules

[golden umbra]

Sorry boss

My apologies

[wet gate]

realistically it’s not going to be possible for you, is my point

it’s also illegal

[golden umbra]

Accept my humble apologies

[teal cedar]

Anyone here know how to unfreeze an account?

[chilly merlin]

Which acc

[whole patio]

Object permanence strikes again ^^
Well lets see what we can divine.. a same day account without profile picture that thought selecting the Black Hat role was a good idea.
I say its either discord, roblox or a bank account

[abstract pine]

hi

i wanna learn programming i don´t really know how to start

[whole patio]

Several people will recommend several paths, but - let's start with "why" do you want to learn programming? Is there a goal you want to reach?

[brazen lion]

Is there anyone u can refer me to how this group operates..wat I should do n the nots

[whole patio]

#👥・new-member-guide
#📜・rules
Should cover the basis

[wet zodiac]

Hi

[brazen lion]

Thnx

[teal cedar]

Wanna add me and I can send a screenshot

It’s frozen and I can’t withdraw funds

Need someone to help me unfreeze it and withdraw funds

[crisp star]

What's the website called?

I can already guess what happened

[teal cedar]

https://intlsethereum.vip/#/assets

[crisp star]

Oh no

[teal cedar]

Yep

[crisp star]

Did you deposit any money?

[teal cedar]

Yeah

[crisp star]

Well bad news for you then. That's a typical scam website. You won't see your money ever again.

[teal cedar]

So no one here can help me?

[whole patio]

There simply is nothing that can be done. It's not a matter of finding the right person

[teal cedar]

Damn

[wet zodiac]

Bro, my Instagram account got disabled. I didn’t do anything wrong.
I’m trying to get it back. Just letting you know.

[wet gate]

contact instagram support

[wet zodiac]

No response 🥲

[wet gate]

consider the account lost

or be more patient

[nova copper]

Hallo my people

[slow edge]

#💬・old-gen-chat <-- Hallo here

[spiral notch]

NICE

[olive crane]

Anyone able to help me get into my friends old acc he lost he said I can have some stuff from a game we both play

On it if I can get it back

[deft linden]

lol

[olive crane]

In a heartbeat I need these stand arrows bro

[nova copper]

The link you sent me it’s not working

[last agate]

look rules

[olive crane]

Oh ok

[nova copper]

The tutorial is not working on my laptop

[olive crane]

I don't think I'm breaking any rules he gave me full consent for this

[slow edge]

We do not help with account recovery, as it can be used for malicious reasons

[olive crane]

Oh ok ty for letting me know but it isn't malicious reasons just so yk

[slow edge]

I haven't used that OS
So I just did research! If someone has used it they might help but ya your best resort is google

[slow edge]

It might not be, but we got no solid way to verify so we just deny all requests as default! Anyways thanks for understanding 🧡

[olive crane]

Np

[olive crane]

Wait what if I showed that he gave consent?

[whole patio]

Still no

For oh so many reasons

[olive crane]

Oh dam oh well

[whole patio]

Although you will probably get DMs now from people who are trying to scam you

[olive crane]

Alr I'll watch out then

[azure void]

Hello everyone

I'm new here can someone pls enlighten me pls

[whole patio]

#👥・new-member-guide
#📜・rules

[solid dragon]

Yo , I lost one of my phones and I want to locate them , someone please tip me on how to locate it , it's an emergency .

[lost vapor]

what phone is it exactly?

[solid dragon]

Samsung galaxy A05

[onyx talon]

can some one guide me to hacking

[lost vapor]

https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10003600/

[lost vapor]

#👥・new-member-guide

good luck, this is self paced

[junior hamlet]

I have been learning git

[wet gate]

what vm are you using

virtualbox or vmware

[deft violet]

Not supported and a royal pain in the ass. Much more recommended to get a supported wifi adapter

[wet gate]

cuz u might just have to go to "Machine > Hardware > Then check the wifi adapter" so the vm picks it up

[deft violet]

Realtek is garbage, especially in linux

I'm not saying it cant work. I'm saying its not recommended.

[wet gate]

get an alfa card

[deft violet]

This is the recommended list from kali.org. there's loads of options, though. Just research linux compatibility on any adapter youre considering.
https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi/blob/main/home/Recommended_Adapters_for_Kali_Linux.md

[deft violet]

Careful with that one, bud. Alfa makes some good cards but they make some that use that same rtl88 series chip.

[wet gate]

i sent a link to a resource in here once for someone else

https://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/select-field-tested-kali-linux-compatible-wireless-adapter-0180076/

[turbid pine]

hey I need help in working with sqli on demo websites only and recent owasp vulnerabilities

[weary sonnet]

Please can anyone help me to find a reliable soccer prediction site for free

[whole patio]

did not see this coming

[deft violet]

Check out the sqli labs on portswigger academy

[idle crown]

I need an ebook on the various techniques and knowledge used to getting free Internet. The unholy guide to smashing firewalls, dodging data limits and outsmarting big brother( for educational purposes only-use ethically or get fucked) Please help me

[turbid pine]

I've tried burp suite didn't help much status 404

[deft violet]

I didn't specify to use burp suite. Burp does work for sqli, though. Portswigger labs are to familiarize yourself to sqli techniques

[deft violet]

Let's roll this back a bit. What are you trying to do?

[woven anvil]

So unethical stuff that you can use ethically?

thaaats going to break your system

You on kali?

[whole patio]

Thats really a bad idea.. and you are by far not the first one who thought about it

[woven anvil]

Because linux purposefully doesn't work as a "download random files from the internet and install them" way, as that is the #1 way you will get infected on any OS

you would use apt

[whole patio]

kali is a rolling release distro, there is no "old version" that is working today just as good as it worked long ago.. breaking your system, being unable to update, that is going to be the consequence

[woven anvil]

Yeah, and then what Eris is saying if you do successfully change it over, is that applications were tested to work on a specific kernel version.

[whole patio]

Don't make this clownishly complicated.. get a supported adapter. Done.

[woven anvil]

Linux LTS looks like its on 6.12 right now

[whole patio]

And if all this is about wifi hacking.. you can safely skip it.. its a waste of money and time, perpetuated by youtube videos

This isn't 2010 anymore

of course it is

well,.. rejoice.. turns out your wifi is safe, cause people in your country can't get at working wifi chipsets

[steady wagon]

@woven path https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/

[twilit wraith]

Bad actors ?

[woven anvil]

The thing with it is, is that WPA2 encryption is very strong.
It just becomes a brute force, which depending on password complexity, could take years.

[twilit wraith]

Oh yeah, by “hacking WiFi” I assumed WEP

[woven anvil]

28 years ago that came out, 22 years ago WPA came out, and 21 years ago, WPA2 came out. If people have WEP networks still, then its on purpose to make a flashy youtube video showcasing how cool it is

[deft violet]

Take a rolling release distro and drop a random lts kernel in. What could go wrong?

[twilit wraith]

I wonder, there’s probably maps maintained by people wardriving showing all available WiFi and their encryption method in their city

[woven anvil]

Good learning i guess

Best way to learn is to break, then try and fix

[deft violet]

One way to look at it 😅

[dark crag]

Hi everyone. Can someone tell me where I can connect with genuine vendors, please?

[feral lintel]

care to specify?

[dark crag]

Logs

[feral lintel]

the cut tree trunks?

[dark crag]

I'm lost now, lol

[whole patio]

elaborate what you want

[feral lintel]

You are looking for a "logs vendor", I simply don't know what that's supposed to mean

[whole patio]

you sound like someone in dire need of a woodcutters ear

[dark crag]

Business email logs with cookies

[feral lintel]

what?

[whole patio]

I would like to get a third opinion on that
@lost vapor ?

[dark crag]

Still lost.

OK, can I get a market site?

[woven anvil]

You aren't being very direct in your question, so I will be very direct with this.
Make sure you are not asking for unethical stuff on this server, and please read our #👥・info and #📜・rules .

[lost vapor]

rephrase?

perhaps?

also take it from jeevis

[wet gate]

he wants hacked/stolen business email logins that include the cookie

logs = the information sent to an info stealer c2 after victim executes it

[hardy pulsar]

is there a way to learn all the basics without paying for THM I was originally planning on watching walkthroughs of the room on YouTube and read it as the person goes through it but if I want to put the things into practice what do I do?

[lost vapor]

htb's academy offers all of them for free

i heavily recommend

[hardy pulsar]

yeah but its too hard for me as im a complete beginner

[lost vapor]

htb's academy fundamentals should still be an easy read, not all the topics would be easy guaranteed

but this is where you ask for help

[hardy pulsar]

ye i want to learn the basics of things first before i get started but its been hurting my head trying to find where to start

like networking etc

[lost vapor]

htb's academy offer the basics

networking, linux fundamentals, windows fundamentals, AD fundamentals, web fundamentals

[hardy pulsar]

but is it easy for a complete beginner like me

[lost vapor]

everything you need is there

give it a try and lmk

[hardy pulsar]

ok

[lost vapor]

i assume tryhackme first start with networking fundamentals

so do ask away about a module before enrolling in it because there are two

[spiral notch]

not everything is paid

they make it seem like the important stuff

is paid

it’s just good marketing

skip past, take note of the room names and go do research in it yourself

you won’t learn anything crazy from the rooms

[hardy pulsar]

intro to LAN and OSI model are all paid room sadly in the network fundamental rooms

[hardy pulsar]

ok will do thanks for the help

[spiral notch]

https://youtube.com/@kvt5

material that is paid in thm

go listen to this

[hardy pulsar]

oh yay ty

[feral lintel]

Yeah we all got that, I just prefer to not put words into people's mouths. Plausible deniability and all, they can go ahead and spell out their criminal ambitions themselves

[weary sonnet]

Please can anyone help me to find a reliable soccer prediction site for free

[gusty tide]

Idk which room it was but I remember one room for free talking about the basics of OSI and TCP/IP

[deft violet]

I dont think you're gonna get help with that here

[whole owl]

Hi guys! I’m considering of buying F-Secure. Are any of you familiar with it? Or do you guys recommend something else?

[pine talon]

Hey guys! I just made a hashcracking tool using C. I was wondering where I could show it and get some feedback from you guys

[deep flare]

Which hashes?

[pine talon]

It still has work to be done to it. Atm md5, sha-1 sha-256 sha-512 and bcrypt, rn I'm also working on argon2

[deep flare]

Personal thoughts on using const as a design tool?

[pine talon]

I have used const in almost all the functions ofc where they were needed to be used

They are good they prevent data from being accidentally modified

[deep flare]

Personally...

One of the most underappreciated aspects of writing maintainable C code is the disciplined use of const. Many programmers think of const merely as a way to prevent accidental writes. That’s true, but it’s also incomplete. If you look at const through a broader design perspective — and this is something emphasized often in the “Effective” style of thinking — you’ll see that const communicates intent. In C, where abstraction tools are limited, making intent explicit is one of the most valuable things you can do.

1. const strengthens interfaces.
   Function signatures in C must carry more meaning than in languages with richer type systems. When you write int process(const char* input);, you’re telling callers that the data will not be modified. This improves clarity, builds trust, and makes the interface safer.

2. const encourages sound architecture.
   Using const from the start helps you shape more stable and predictable modules. If you add it only after writing your code, you’re treating it as decoration. If you design with it, you create APIs with clearer contracts, cleaner boundaries, and better maintainability.

3. const enables safer optimizations.
   Compilers benefit from immutability. const reduces aliasing concerns and allows more aggressive optimizations such as better register allocation and dead-code elimination. Performance shouldn’t be the primary motivation, but it is a real and useful secondary effect.

4. const reduces cognitive load.
   When you see const struct config* cfg, you immediately know that the configuration is immutable. You no longer need to check for writes, trace mutation patterns, or worry about concurrency interactions. This simplifies reasoning throughout the codebase.

5. const guides usage patterns.
   A practical rule of thumb is: “Pass objects as const unless you have a compelling reason not to.”

If dealing in C be compiler aware fr

[pine talon]

That's true

[pine talon]

Wdym?

[deep flare]

Which version of the standard could I build your source in CMake with for instance

Got any build levers?

g++ 13 vs 11 failed me recently

Diff lang but just feeling ya out

[pine talon]

I use gcc I have to check the version tho I'm not on my laptop atm

[deep flare]

You build the make tooling for it yourself or in IDE?

[pine talon]

I made it by myself on vscode obviously

[deep flare]

You familiar with CMake?

Compiler and flags

CC = gcc
CFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -Werror -std=c11 -O2
LDFLAGS =

Project name (final executable)

TARGET = myprogram

Source and object files

SRCS = $(wildcard *.c)
OBJS = $(SRCS:.c=.o)

Default rule

all: $(TARGET)

Build the final executable

$(TARGET): $(OBJS)
$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^

Compile .c → .o

%.o: %.c
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@

Clean build artifacts

clean:
rm -f $(OBJS) $(TARGET)

Optional: Phony targets

.PHONY: all clean

Basic example above

You can designate build targets this way

I.e. release builds for various platforms

VS Code has CMake extensions for you too so it will automatically adapt to it

[pine talon]

I don't have them I didn't know they were available

[pine talon]

My makefile is similar to this

[deep flare]

Yup just install CMake for your dev system

[pine talon]

Thanks for the tip

[deep flare]

Complete control of it is yours have fun 😊

Cpack is probably best if you need multi platform builds

[pine talon]

What is that used for?

[deep flare]

https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/CPack.html

Package building

A single file could theoretically build .Deb and .exe files for your program

Universal build control

[pine talon]

Aaah alright so this is convenient when working with both linux and window

I knew there was a way but didn't read much about it

Thanks for the tip

Do you work in C?

[deep flare]

Np bro I work in SSD firmware development

[pine talon]

That's nice

[deep flare]

Indeed.

[pine talon]

The market is rough atm

[deep flare]

You grok TLC vs QLC NAND?

[pine talon]

Not really

Is it like

Triple Level Cel

And Quad Level Cell

One has less memory (3 bjts per cell) i think but it's more reliable and faster and also hella expensive

[deep flare]

Yup

[pine talon]

Triple level cell

[deep flare]

Bingo

[pine talon]

And the other one

[deep flare]

Yup

[pine talon]

Is more memory rich (4 bits per cell) slower, hella cheaper

And wears off faster

[deep flare]

Depends on production and wafer density and a myriad of other factors but indeed you are spot on

Multi billion dollar industry

[pine talon]

How long have you been working with C?

[deep flare]

21 years this year

I started young

[pine talon]

I should shut up then and learn something

[pine talon]

How old are you now

I'm 19

[deep flare]

35

You near Sacramento?

[pine talon]

Sorry?

[deep flare]

Lol need a job?

[pine talon]

Of course

Been looking for a while now

Market in Italy is wild

I would appreciate it

[worthy quail]

hello, everyone i am new here

i am seeking internship CPT

I am a junior majoring in cybersecurity.

i also do not have any certification yet

I would appreciate any help, advice, or suggestions. Thank you

[deep flare]

I'll drop one hint about jobs in the programmer/cybersec/IT fields. target the subcontractors of major companies, become indispensible, and then convert to whatever it takes to earn the full badge. its that simple. takes about 5-6 years to execute. degree may be required, but just online school that shit and you'll be fine. worked for me

[pine talon]

Was this an offer or just a question lol?

[deep flare]

officially i cant make offers but i can point you in directions in private if needed. do you know of major NAND firms and where they have offices?

google the field. its not too shabby on pay

if you speak proper english at this point and know C or C++ i think you have a decent shot tbh

doesnt rly matter where

[pine talon]

I haven't thought of that, I would appreciate it if we could talk in private about this

[deep flare]

cough cough

[pine talon]

Ah Ive seen these types of jobs but in italy haven't went outside of that tbh

Idk if they want you to be on side

Site*

here they do

[deep flare]

you like poland?

its a low cost geo or so I'm told

US companies farm it for tech pros

[pine talon]

But I'd have to transfer there probably

[pine talon]

In what sense

[deep flare]

how far of a drive, like a few hours? max?

in US we laugh at this commute

https://tenor.com/view/traffic-lights-night-traffic-city-traffic-gif-11949099

[pine talon]

Like 16 hours

Drive

[deep flare]

ah yeah under an hour it policy most places

[pine talon]

You mean over an hour

[void osprey]

Ok so I am trying to install fedora os on my laptop since it's quite old and can barely run windows 11 but it seems to have frozen on the grub menu idk tho

[deep flare]

where you at in the process?

[void osprey]

The last thing on screen is starting initrd-switch-root.servis - Switch root

[deep flare]

ok sec im asking my 120 billion parameter GPT-OSS self hosted AI.

[void osprey]

Dam

[deep flare]

takes a few mins. ya ever use the new Suno AI? pretty fun.

[void osprey]

No I thought you made it 😂

[deep flare]

nah im just a hobby level guy. i only have two gaming rigs and a dell r710

[void osprey]

Dam I only have 2 old laptops I got for free

[deep flare]

never give up. i started with a sony vaio desktop and windows xp son

i used to sign up for free AOL every month and sneak to disconnect lines when my mom was asleep and connect my modem

back when alex jones was on youtube's top ten list every week

it took an hour and a half to load a song, video was all night for a clip

[void osprey]

Dam

[deep flare]

AI is printing your answer now, looks solid bro, good luck. i'll try and paste it

you used to have to steal AOL disks (which were free, but like sus if you took alot) and sign up for a 30-90 day account by phone back when cell phones werent smart

https://tenor.com/view/abe-simpson-abe-simpson-cloud-yelling-cloud-angry-gif-12558964

oh god im old

📋 Quick “first‑try” checklist
Re‑make the USB with Fedora Media Writer (or dd). Verify checksum.
Disable Secure Boot and Fast Boot in BIOS. Set SATA to AHCI.
Boot the USB in UEFI mode (or Legacy if the laptop truly can’t do UEFI).
At the GRUB menu, press e → add nomodeset (and optionally acpi=off) → Ctrl+X.
If it still freezes, try the text installer (inst.text).
If any of those steps get you past the “starting initrd‑switch‑root.service” line, we can fine‑tune the final system (install proper graphics drivers, re‑enable Secure Boot, etc.).

What I need from you
Laptop model (make + model) and year, if you know it.
CPU / GPU details (you can look them up in Windows System Info or BIOS).
How you created the boot USB (tool + command).
What you’ve already tried from the list above (even “I tried nothing yet”).
Drop those details here and we’ll narrow it down further. Good luck, and hopefully we’ll have Fedora humming on that old machine in no time! 🚀

i had to cut it way down, it output a book

[void osprey]

Thanks it is installing now

[deft violet]

Using ai to help in cyber discord servers is usually frowned upon if you dont actually know what you're doing

[woven anvil]

Does the laptop have a dedicated GPU??

If so, and its nvidia, then what this AI is saying is bogus, and you need the nomodeset kernel argument added

[deft violet]

It was a Rufus issue I got him working in another channel

[void osprey]

Lol I have it sorted @deft violet gave he the answer

[woven anvil]

ah ok, perfect.

[void osprey]

Dam your fast

[spiral notch]

dw, others know how to use ai

as col has said it’s frowned upon when you help someone else with ai

even cringe when you’re proud of it

“aaa let me ask my 120b param local llm that’s so much and so advanced, hold your horses guys it’s printing the answer”

[rotund robin]

Hi, where can I get help recovering my Nintendo account that's been hacked plis? I have access to the account, but the email and password have been changed

[remote creek]

Hey guys

[fluid holly]

Hello, I need help. So some rooms requires to be premium and I cant afford it yet on THM. May I kindly ask if is there any alternative? Thank you so much kind sir's

[remote creek]

You just have to pay

[fluid holly]

I can't afford as of the moment sir, but okay I will just save first. Thank you so much, but is it okay to jump to rooms that I can access?

[remote creek]

It depends on the path of learning you're on

And skipping those rooms doesn't help

[fluid holly]

I see, so save first then proceed. okay sir thank you

[remote creek]

But you could get free PDF of medium writeups concerning the rooms you can't access

But reading is never enough

Constant practicals helps a lot

[fluid holly]

This is noted. Thank you sir I will just save and sub. I dont wanna risk skipping steps and I wanna learn properly too

[whole patio]

You are basically paying for the hosting und curation of the content - there are some sites out there that let you download vulnerable machines and run them in your own private lab, maybe give those a try

[fluid holly]

Thank you sir but I dont have any idea at all what a private lab is. Basically literally zero knowledge, but once I understand it maybe I will give it a try. Thank you so much for the advice sir,

I found htb linux fundamentals. Maybe I’d start there while saving to sub in THM or HTB for more learnings. If thats okay I think?

[whole patio]

Private lab means you don't access the machines on the internet, you run them locally. Setting this up requires some preparation (and your hardware has to be sufficient to run several virtual machines at the same time

https://www.vulnhub.com/lab/ this can give you pointers

[fluid holly]

Thank you so much sir, this is noted.

[green lark]

I'm trying to improve my ability to solve coding problems without relying on AI tools too quickly.

When I face an issue in my code and I don’t know exactly what keywords to use or how to search properly, I often jump straight to AI tools for the answer. I want to build my own problem-solving and research skills instead.

For those who have experience in programming:

How do you approach searching for a solution?

How do you choose the right keywords?

What steps do you follow before asking for help or using AI?

Are there any recommended strategies or habits that help develop independent debugging and research skills?

I’m looking for practical methodologies or workflows that I can practice and apply consistently.

[civic bone]

Jone Doe

[green lark]

yes

[civic bone]

I love your name, is it really your goverment name?

[green lark]

no

[civic bone]

Okay John Doe

[gleaming plaza]

Is anyone good with building pcs and can help me? I built everything but it doesn’t start. The mainboard lights are turning on

[wooden dew]

Hello and Good Morning I am looking for something. I am learning my ass off and have so many word.files. Its overly hard and confusing, to always check the word documents for something I am looking for (Lets say i want to look up how to loop in bash). I need to open the right word dokument....sometimes its the wrong one, then i have to use Strg*F to find it and so on....its quite annoying. I am looking for a software or something , to organice all this in a liberary kinda style (linux). Does anybody have recomodation ?

[spiral notch]

oooh gg

all cable work correct?

[spiral notch]

so you just wanna find files by contents inside of them?

[wooden dew]

I want to structure it in a way of a libary or something. Where i can store bits of info. Its kinda hard to explain what i really want. Just something to Organice my stuff all in one place so to speak, that i have a better view on it. Reading it back and forth from word files is annoying

[craggy tide]

didnt check if this would work because i cant get to my laptop rn

nvm i reqd the entire thing wrong

[spiral notch]

No Linux lib for that

You can code your own organizer

It’d be a fun project

Or use obsidian

And transfer all your notes theee

[wooden dew]

Yeah obsidian or trillium is what i meant

[spiral notch]

Yea

Obsidian is supported on Linux

[wooden dew]

trillium as well i think...but lets check

[spiral notch]

Never used that

[wooden dew]

So obsidian basically organices stuff ...can i make cross references ? (like linking one thought in one dukument to another thought in another doc ?)

[spiral notch]

Yes

obviously

I structure my ops and project ideas in obsidian

[wooden dew]

Is it run locally ?

[spiral notch]

obsidian?

indeed

[wooden dew]

perfect....then i will have a look at that too

[spiral notch]

it’s just an app

no Internet access

it’s closed source tho so I still isolated it

[whole patio]

When it comes to notekeeping I recommend joplin
Open source, tons of features, several ways to sync it between your devices

[crimson maple]

hi anyone here

[whole patio]

really..?

Just ask the question..

[spiral notch]

bruh

read the rules

i told you we dont teach you to be a viilante

[verbal laurel]

I'm really sorry

[charred cargo]

can someone un sever mute me please

[wraith hornet]

I need help!!!😭😭

[deft violet]

With?

[signal pendant]

All

[spiral notch]

what with

[serene umbra]

say what you need help with

[wraith hornet]

Starting web dev

Any web dev wanna be friends?

[spiral notch]

not how you connect...

[wraith hornet]

Okay??

[deft violet]

This is a field thats very much about self learning. Not saying you cant make friends, but looking for 1 on 1 tutoring isn't how this really works. We are more than happy to suggest learning resources for you, though.

[wraith hornet]

Okay

[deft violet]

You wanting more front end or back end?

[wraith hornet]

Backend

[deft violet]

You familiar with python?

[wraith hornet]

No, just html and css

[deft violet]

Learn python. There's loads of resources. Automatetheboringstuff.com, freecodecamp, codecademy to name a few.

[broken pilot]

I need help because I can't type in the main chat,both of them and some other channels

[hazy coral]

Can someone help with a cryptography chall ?

[timber haven]

Hi guys I was wondering if you guys can help me if that’s ok my WhatsApp has been hacked and I don’t know what to do

[deft violet]

Contact support. We cant help you.

[timber haven]

Should I type it

I contact WhatsApp support but it doesn’t work i just get looped

[plush tusk]

Hello ✌️

Can anyone help me with my Black View Phone A52 Pro FRP bypass?

[restive totem]

What's wrong with it!??

[hard blade]

I may have landed a job in tech... adjacent? Kinda. Anyone know what I should brush up on for a broadband specialist position? I passed the employment test so I obviously know at least the minimum, but I'm not a minimum kinda guy.

[uncut zodiac]

do yall know how I can start learning about cybersecurity as a beginner?

[hard blade]

Welcome bro! Check out #🛠️resources-tools #💕・free-resources #📜・certs-and-career to start.

[narrow hedge]

Anyone can help me with playstion+ codes

[hard blade]

In what capacity

[narrow hedge]

Premium package

Ps5

[hard blade]

Please check #📜・rules as this is an ethical server. No one can help exploit free codes if that's what you're asking. If you're asking for help troubleshooting how to redeem a code you've paid for, I could help with that.

[wet fox]

advice: i want to pen test my gli net travel router, however because i am the router is using repeater wifi that belongs to my landlords building i am wondering if i can do this or if its no

non ethical

[lost vapor]

we cannot help with that in this case, read our #📜・rules

[wet fox]

it was a question

dont get antsy with me

read the FULL question again

[lost vapor]

i know, still we cannot help with that

by giving you a lead we are directly helping you hack

unethically

helping you with that = threat to the server's partnership

and a violation of our rules

[wet fox]

thats all i'm asking is it non ethical i'm not about to go get in trouble without getting an expert opinion on a concept i'm only half familiar with thats all

[lost vapor]

it is

illegal

just wasn't too sure about your question

i thought "can" in the means of how

[wet fox]

i'm confused

what is illegal because im getting a totally different response in the chat section

ok there are two portals, two connections MY router that belongs to me a router with a gateway i have total command over

and then theres my landlords wifi

that wifi is being used as a repeater to give my router internet however

that said internet connection does not have storage, adguard or a vpn client connected to it

like my router doe

[serene token]

I watched this a few days ago somewhere, now I can’t find it, and this one says it’s private. Anyway to watch it? I thought it was amazing, but now I can’t find it.

[pliant palm]

you dont own it repeater or not illegal

this means YOU DO NOT OWN the internet

so while you can do as you wish via lan to YOUR devices anything else is illegal

[gaunt jetty]

where do i begin

[whole patio]

#👥・new-member-guide #🛠️resources-tools #📜・certs-and-career

[wet fox]

im still confused im not talking about doing anything to the repeater im talking about my travel router

[pliant palm]

if you want to attack your router thats fine. but you also wont really be able to thats my point

[wet fox]

that does

[pliant palm]

you have a double nat situation, so when you attack you hit the landlord

thus illegal

[wet fox]

thank you i understand that i appreciate the help because i am NOT trying to sell out

that was close

[pliant palm]

also not that you care but i wrote some of the firmware for that router / helped do it im also in the room and know the team that makes it

[wet fox]

i do care

hold on im in apex ffs

[pliant palm]

if you are attempting to do luci or local you can but thats not a pen test its a security check

they differ

[wet fox]

i have vpn client rigged up on my gli net ax1800 if i said it correct

[wet fox]

damn creds to you bro shits fire first router i've owned and that was recommended to me actually XD

[pliant palm]

ya no big

you will find doing something akin to tailscale with wireguard will be better for yoursetup

this would allow a direct pen test by nat hopping your land lord

and thus making it legal

[wet fox]

hooold on let me boot the app

[pliant palm]

also just fyi its pointless to pen test it

[wet fox]

awwie

[pliant palm]

by default router is gonna reject any on coming info

and you have a double nat so 2 times harder to hack

it would double reject all info

however internal info is never rejected "trusted" by default

[wet fox]

yep that makes sense

[pliant palm]

zo unless you are running ZT setup that wont work

you would also need a hairpin turn

unless you bounce off a webproxy for reverse shell

and im pretty sure the mx1800 wont hairpin

[wet fox]

if you though of it already i doubt it will

you guys did a number a

[pliant palm]

trust but verify rule 1 of hacking

[wet fox]

rule number one

youre my hero man

[pliant palm]

anyway mostly i only even said something so you dont go to jail for being stupid im all for doing legal stuff but even on accident illegal is illegal

[wet fox]

thats why i thought id ask im taking the legal root

rather ask than try and dip my toe into a piranha pool

fk that

[pliant palm]

well here is the thing if you scan normally you will be rejected as a outside source + you dont own it

if you connect via wg tunnel you are tech inside so you can scan but are now trusted so wont follow the same rules thus its a pointless scan anyway

[wet fox]

saved me an hour of pain

[pliant palm]

that would take you a hour?

thats like 5 min of work xD

[wet fox]

my wifi adapt

adapert

alfa awusach600 i think its that one

dual band width

the fcker is a pain to connect to vm

[pliant palm]

ya alphas are best for hacking if your talking about a wifi hack thats not pen testing also if not careful you will fry the inner router i did that like 4 times

pen testing a wifi password is beyong pointless

[wet fox]

slight exxageration

yes rule 2 90% social engineering 10% hacking

[pliant palm]

you figure 6-10 letters thats hundreds of years maybe thousdands

[wet fox]

i know that i wasn't looking to password crack

[pliant palm]

gotcha just checking

[wet fox]

i have the exact graph in my phone as we speak plus i changed my password

haha

fck that

i just wanted to know other capabilities my adapter could do if i wasnt signed in on my device

[pliant palm]

also no i really did fry 4 routers they got "stuck" after being broken in to several times lol

[wet fox]

wtffff

broken in how is that possible???

[pliant palm]

good question

never figured that out i will say i did it 100's of times per router then they just stopped having a gui or even a spot for it. could not be edited but worked still

so nothing could ever change even with a hard reset but still sorta worked.

[wet fox]

ooh damn wtf i didnt even know that was possible you must of been running it a shit tonne more times than 100 thooo

[pliant palm]

no just several hundred times back to back broke it i think i fixed it now so wont do that no more tho i dont work for that company i just do it free lance

so what they do is up to them.

[wet fox]

loooool

fair enough twin, so whats your specialities?

[pliant palm]

breaking stuff

[wet fox]

hhaha valid

i gotchu

[pliant palm]

if you want to learn about basic networking functions you can look up net + on library

from comptia

by as a rule all routers deny all outter traffic

[wet fox]

networking fundamentals i have in my obsidian notes but i do need to dust up on them

[pliant palm]

if you tunnel in then they wont deny as you are trusted the only way around this would make a internally non trusted vlan and that router cannot do that

[wet fox]

ive done google certificate it support, tryhackme pre security path all the way to junior pentest

i see

we live and we earn

[pliant palm]

i cant post pictures or id show you my notes lol

[wet fox]

why do they gatekeep in this chat.

[pliant palm]

well there is gatekeeping and legal

[wet fox]

sheets annoying

i guess

[pliant palm]

you gotta understand the mods get 100 people a day making issues about doing something illegal with a wifi

it can get the whole room banned

[wet fox]

it makes sense

alot of script kiddies

[pliant palm]

ya i have to give zero credit and sometimes a cookie so he wont go nuts

[wet fox]

looool

[pliant palm]

i see eris2cats stalking me

[wet fox]

i see him too

[whole patio]

Pretty much only when stuff is likely illegal, despite what people claim

[wet fox]

understandable thats why we have words

i'm not like the rest of these script kiddies

[whole patio]

Funny how everyone claims that

[pliant palm]

ya i kinda already said that to em, but anyway i explained why what he specfically wants is pointless

[whole patio]

Who dis?

#scnr

[wet fox]

funny most of them don't have ties to big people in the game

but im not here to brag

[deft violet]

This is probably one of the least "script kid" servers ive ever been on. There are some really, really good hackers here.

[whole patio]

You joined a month later than me! :p

[pliant palm]

pfft you planned it that way

i call it pre stalking

[wet fox]

why grey hat why not white hat

[heady glacier]

anyone know what happened to the rest of the vcs? they disappeared soon as i subbed

[valid belfry]

What

[shrewd python]

Locksport and cybersecurity go hand-in-hand don’t they? One is physical world and ones virtual world

[opaque token]

Please I've got a question the latest update on Kali Linux has made my mouse cursor invisible how do I fix such problem

[opaque token]

Please I've got a question the latest update on Kali Linux has made my mouse cursor invisible how do I fix such problem

[whole patio]

vmware, I guess?

If so - that is a bug in vmware.. the workaround is powering off the vm, changing the compatibility setting to 17.5+ and restarting it

[void osprey]

Idk what to do I have tried everything I can think of to get the ping better but it doesn't work just done 12 pings and only received 4 and it's an ethernet connector to the router

Update: idk how but I managed to fix it as the internet connection settings were messed up and I couldn't get them fixed properly so I did a fresh install with ethernet and it works perfectly now😊

[wheat glacier]

Hi

[slow edge]

If you have any question then ask then here, or else general chat is #💬・old-gen-chat
Welcome to owlsec 🧡

[spring ermine]

i need sm1 to help me with a crypto ctf challenge

[wheat glacier]

Had a random thought today, can different DNS resolvers (e.g., Cloudflare vs AWS) make the same domain (abc.com) show totally different websites?

Disclaimer: AI told me it's impossible but I don't think it is.. still figuring out a way to get a solid conclusion instead of some random yap

[whole patio]

We don't help with CTFs. They show what you are capable of, not 'how many people I can ask'

[whole patio]

That's what certificates are for

[spring ermine]

the ctf it self is over but there is no writeups yet but i want to know how to solve it thats all

[whole patio]

Doesn't change it though

Look for writeups, if you gave up

They are bound to show up eventually

[spring ermine]

how is that

i mean im not cheating or anything i just wanna know where i was wrong so i can learn from it

[whole patio]

Then wait for writeups

[wheat glacier]

Certificates are for authenticity. What's up with it with DNS. Does it really relate?

[whole patio]

Integrity and authenticity are what we talking about, when we discuss whether content is authentic and unchanged. The real issue is that certificates only work if you know and check who is the CA in this case

[plush sparrow]

Hello I really need help please, I messed up with ahci raid controller

I had two NVMe SSDs configured in RAID 0.
I changed the controller mode from RAID to AHCI, then reinstalled Windows on NVMe1.

After this change, NVMe2 — which contained all my data — was no longer usable: it appeared as an ataraid partition type, and Windows prompted me to format it, which I obviously did not do.

I then switched the BIOS back to RAID mode and reinstalled Windows on NVMe1, hoping to regain access to NVMe2.
However, NVMe2 is now no longer visible at all: not in File Explorer, not in Disk Management, and not even in diskpart list disk.

In Intel Optane / RST, NVMe2 appears as “unknown – 0 bytes”, which suggests the RAID 0 array is destroyed and the IMSM metadata has been wiped.

How bad is it ?
What is the most reliable way to recover the data that still physically exists on NVMe2?

Thanks for your help

[mortal rock]

Btw Is anyone going to take part in MIT hackathon 2026

[fresh oasis]

I’m about to start a Level 3 Cybersecurity course with Netcom in two days, and it’s NCFE-certified. I’m a bit concerned about whether I might struggle, as I don’t have a Level 2 background or much formal IT knowledge. I’m comfortable with computers, but nothing too advanced, and I’m really keen to build a career in IT.

I’m also unsure about my next step after the course. Should I look for an entry-level job in the field, or go to university to study something like Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or Cybersecurity? I’m not quite sure which path would be the best fit.

If anyone else has taken a course with Netcom, I’d love to hear about your experience.

[woven anvil]

Full answer is that there is only 1 SOA.
So only 1 DNS Server can truly host the domain on a global level.

The caveat to this is private DNS resolvers with overrides, or split DNS servers. Split DNS is the practice of managing your main domain both in a global space, as well as on a private DNS server, so you can associate different values for your records (For example, a different DNS record if you are on company LAN.)

[proud oasis]

Backend feels right... but cybersecurity feels righttt

📌Career Question/Advice

I'm open to both backend and cybersecurity, starting completely from scratch in either path.

Originally I planned backend → cybersecurity, but landing even a junior backend role seems really tough in the current market.

Cybersecurity jobs are fewer, but the IT/helpdesk → security path seems easier to enter - though I'm not sure if that's actually true.

The issue is: IT/helpdesk salaries are very low, while backend offers a more survivable starting pay.

So what actually gives a fresher the fastest path to a job in India right now backend dev or cybersecurity?

Would love real-world opinions.

[craggy tide]

devops

is similar

you work with devs to make new stuff secure

[proud oasis]

Okay

[craggy tide]

dont take my word as the best advice on the planet ever though

im not qualified to answer such questions unlike actual people here with experience

[proud oasis]

For example?

[craggy tide]

50% of people in #💬・old-gen-chat

[proud oasis]

Okay 👍🏻

[exotic pasture]

.

[cobalt breach]

Hi is there someone here that knows a community that offered a legit work from home jobs because the ones that I got all is scammers. Really need to find a job 😕

[whole patio]

No, same here

discord is probably not going to help you in the end

[cobalt breach]

Hate to find a job in here, they just offer you $300 a month and there's a lot of qualifications and requirements

[whole patio]

It is, what it is

[spiral notch]

far from 50% people here are actually experienced

more like a specific 30 people

20-30

[spiral notch]

freshest and fastest path is unpredictable, atleast not really

you’d possibly need either someone with work experience in India or just looking at jobs

And analysing with your own logic

In terms of which is better… well the one you enjoy more

Try both and figure out

Life’s too short to only be heading for money. Head for fun too

[whole patio]

Willing to bet it's a lot more than 20-30, some people are just very silent

[lapis shell]

Hi good evening I'm new I'll like to make good encouraging friends that will always be by me

[oak oracle]

Please help

[whole patio]

do what it says to do

Look up the error message online, and see which checklist is used to remedy that

this is crazy btw

[opaque lake]

Can someone help me I need to know which resistor is which 220 0, 10k, 1k dm me I have picture

[oak oracle]

Tried with CMD and found two errors. Fixed it and still no progress

[whole patio]

not sure whether that even will update, with the win10 support ended

[whole patio]

look up the error message, and look for checklists.. those are longer

There is no secret command that will fix this, that is not documented online

[oak oracle]

I don't have a pendrive now. I am trying to fix this manually but I think Ill order one pendrive tommrow

I checked everything online and when I am about to launch it its telling me that I have files missing / I don't have the permission. But I have added the admin auth to my account. Still its telling me im not authorised

Its Fun ! XD

[limber vale]

somebody hacked my instagram account can anyone help me to get it back?

[whole patio]

enter "instagram" into the search function of this channel

[whole patio]

If it has not been updated for 5 years, I don't even want to try to guess whether this here can be repaired

[oak oracle]

Still I tired. Ill wipe it tomorrow

[oak oracle]

Yes Meta can if you ask for help to them. IG owned by Meta I guess

[west cliff]

yo guys, im doing beginner machines but then there are some cmd's like using snap i have no idea about. Is there any video which tells us about all the ways you can complete a ctf or should I like just learn it when i see a new one.

[verbal drum]

Guys i need help. My ubisoft account worth 6k has been pulled/hacked by a developer and ive lost complete control what the fuck can i do

[crisp star]

We need an FAQ so people don't ask these kind of questions

[verbal drum]

What sort of questions

Im fucking panicking

A corrupt developer stole my acc

Welcome to siege

Wtf can i do

[neon raven]

Contact their support broo if you don't have any sort of access now stuff ain't in your hands now

[slow edge]

We do not help with account recovery as it can be used for bad intent
Please read #📜・rules 🙏

[slow edge]

They will still ask 😭 we have rules that no one gives a f about
Everyone seems to ignore it like terms and conditions

[verbal drum]

What if I can prove to u 100% that it is my acc

[slow edge]

Still no

[verbal drum]

What do u suggest I do

[neon raven]

They may recover your account

[verbal drum]

It’s Ubisoft

I doubt it

[slow edge]

This is a cybersec learning server, not a business server that helps you with that
I would say contact the platform that’s it

[wet gate]

contact ubisoft support

that’s it

nothing we can do

[verbal drum]

Ok ok

Sorry

Appreciate ur time

[neon raven]

Sorry but we can't hack it back for you... That's not what we do... Sorry for your loss but that's best you can do rn

[verbal drum]

Yh I get it dw

Jst have to wait it out ig

[gusty tide]

I don’t think people will read it because it’s already clear by the rules

[rain knot]

For real, we’re not trynna be jerks or anything, friend @verbal drum

[verbal drum]

No no ofc i get it

Cant jst got around hacking accs

I completely understand

[rain knot]

I mean some people DO just go around nabbing accounts, but dealing with the platform/developer on the issue is the best way to solve it the most keep everyone’s butt out of jail sorta way

[verbal drum]

Yh true only issue is the developer is the one who took it

[rain knot]

And if you don’t get a satisfactory response from the platform/devs/etc., vote with your dollars and don’t put money into those people’s projects ever again

[wet gate]

an ubisoft employee did not steal ur account

ur claiming a developer of a game stole it

[verbal drum]

I promise you he did

its a know thing

[wet gate]

that is not the same as a ubisoft employee

[verbal drum]

Known

Its happened to almost every expensive siege acc

A known seller i know

Has stopped selling accs bc theyre all gettng taking by ubi reps/deve

[wet gate]

extremely bold claim

[verbal drum]

Look into it and ask around

[rain knot]

then you can leverage your situation to bring more of the spotlight on this stuff that’s happening. I don’t know if it is or it isn’t, but if you’ve been affected, then get out there and make people notice

[wet gate]

either way

contact ubisoft cuz there isn’t one singular person who runs ubisoft

[verbal drum]

Explain how else i have 2fa enabled, phone number linked, email linked, and i get 1 email saying that my 2fa has been disabled, no request for a password change no request for email cz theyre all manua

[verbal drum]

I know i know

[winter linden]

Hello

[wet gate]

stealer malware

[rain knot]

Yeah, many ways to skin that cat, so to speak

[verbal drum]

Siege is known to have corrupt reps/devs/employees

they tried it bfr

[wet gate]

yh it sounds like it from a bit of research so fair enough

[verbal drum]

2x

2 months ago

[wet gate]

anyways nothing we can do about it, hacking isn’t like the movies

[verbal drum]

I jnow i know

[wet gate]

contacting support is ur only valid option

[bitter rapids]

i need webmail

[verbal drum]

Ill see where that takes me ig

[wet gate]

not the place to get it