I passed the OSCP. Finally. Here's how. It's been a long time coming, and after almost a year of effort I am thrilled to have finally pushed this over the line. Going from next to no experience to passing the OSCP exam truly is one of my most difficult accomplishments. Here are my general thoughts … Continue reading Passing the OSCP – My Entire Experience
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eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester (eJPT) – Course Review
I recently completed the Junior Penetration Tester certification, provided by eLearnSecurity. There are a number of reasons as to why I did this, but the main one is that I was felt myself losing motivation. Work and general life has been extremely busy for me lately, and I have struggled to find the time or energy … Continue reading eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester (eJPT) – Course Review
How to Pass the eJPT
Having recently completed the eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester (eJPT) certification, I decided to write this post detailing the commands and techniques I used to pass. The hope is that this resource can be helpful to other student studying for this certification. For my full thoughts on this certification in the form of a review, check out … Continue reading How to Pass the eJPT
HackTheBox Netmon Walkthrough/Guide
The Netmon machine on hackthebox platform was retired a few days ago. This machine holds sentimental value to me, as it was the first ever 'active' machine I owned. It's a fairly easy machine once broken down, but there is some thorough enumeration required to gain access to the web application which added a slight … Continue reading HackTheBox Netmon Walkthrough/Guide
Getting Back up to Speed – Return to HackTheBox
It has now been about a month since I moved cities and changed jobs. Although I still have a ways to go before I am fully settled in, I have been able to get into somewhat of a routine and find my feet. More on that in another upcoming blog post. More importantly, I jumped … Continue reading Getting Back up to Speed – Return to HackTheBox
Progressing my InfoSec Career (Life Update)
I should start this post off by apologizing for the lack of content on this blog over the last couple of weeks, and also take this chance to apologize in advance that posts may still be irregular for the next couple of months or so. The reason for this is that my life outside of … Continue reading Progressing my InfoSec Career (Life Update)
PentesterLab: First Impression Review
Like I mentioned at the end of last weeks post, I moved away from HackTheBox this week and studied on the PentesterLab site. This is a relatively new service that focuses on web application penetration testing, providing a wide range of systems that can be used to practice exploiting specific vulnerabilities. With approximately 200 exercises … Continue reading PentesterLab: First Impression Review
OSCP Week 17: HackTheBox (Part 5)
I continued on with more HackTheBox machines this week, and have now managed to rack up 25 total. As usual for these types of posts, I'll detail some of the things I learned from each machine - but will not be covering them in enough depth to class them as complete guides. One of the … Continue reading OSCP Week 17: HackTheBox (Part 5)
OSCP Week 16: HackTheBox (Part 4)
I took a break over the weekend and generally relaxed more during the week, so was only able to go through three retired HackTheBox machines. As such, this post will be shorter than usual, but I found some interesting things in these machines so I hope the post is still worthwhile. CronOS The hostname for … Continue reading OSCP Week 16: HackTheBox (Part 4)
I Failed the OSCP Exam. Here’s Why.
Like the title states, I failed my first attempt at the OSCP exam last week. I came close, really close, but unfortunately couldn't quite get myself over the line. This post will cover the exam attempt itself, why I failed and what I'm going to do from here. The Exam Attempt My exam started at … Continue reading I Failed the OSCP Exam. Here’s Why.
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