• HTB Writeups

    Mango WriteUp – HackTheBox

    Enumeration: Enumeration is pretty important as we all know. So the first thing we do is run an nmap scan to see which ports are open and what is running on that machine. We can see that we have 3 ports that are open – 80, 443 and 22. Initial Foothold: For me the start of this box was hell. It was like that because I didn’t look close enough in the nmap results. So I needed to ask on the discord chat for help. But let me explain. By examining all the ports we can see that we have an http server on port 80. If you try to…

  • Internet Security

    Using public Wi-Fi and what can go wrong?

    Working from a coffee shop is a good way to change your day to day working experience. Many people do it. Many people also take meetings in coffee shops or study there with friends. You can see where I am going with that. Are coffee stores wi-fi safe to connect to. This article will not be limited to coffee shops but they are one of the best examples in my opinion for public Wi-Fi usage. I will split the explanation into two different categories. Let’s call them Cat. 1, Cat. 2 and Cat. 3 Cat. 1 will be about when you are sitting and using the wifi in the coffee…

  • Programming

    Good IDEs and text editors for programmers – 02

    Let’s say that you have just started some degree in software development or some independant course. After couple of lectures that cover the basic concepts in a certain programming language the time has comes for you to start writing code. Time to pick your first editor! Exiting right? There are so many IDEs and text editors online. That’s why in this article I will share what I have used and my experience with the products. If you want to know the difference between an IDE and text editor follow the link: VS Code VSCode (Visual Studio Code) is open source and free to download editor. It is available for MacOS,…