TryHackMe – IDE Walkthrough

Introduction In this write-up, I will walk through my process of exploiting the TryHackMe IDE machine, gaining an initial foothold, escalating privileges, and ultimately capturing the root flag. Enumeration 1. Scanning for Open Ports I started with an Nmap scan to discover open services: This revealed the following key findings: 2. FTP Enumeration Anonymous FTP … Read more

Investigating an Android Backup – Hack The Box Write-Up

Challenge Overview This challenge provided a downloadable file named cat.ab, which was identified as an Android Backup file. The goal was to analyze the backup and extract hidden information, ultimately leading to the discovery of the flag. Step 1: Identifying the File Type After downloading the file, I used the strings command to inspect its … Read more