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I am Muhammad Yaqoob.

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HackTheBox Editorial machine Walkthrough

Enumeration Scanning with nmap All port scanning is being perform with the following command: nmap -p- --min-rate 2500 10.10.11.20 -oN allports.txt The following shows the result of the command: It shows port 22, 80 as open. In order to find the version of services, service version enumeration is being performed with the following command. nmap -p 22,80 10.10.11.20 -sC -sV -O -oN serviceVersion.txt As the web server is running, so the website is being browsed and the following is the hosted web server....

January 25, 2025 · 4 min · 0xt0pus

HackTheBox Busqueda machine Walkthrough

Enumeration Run nmap all port scanning with the following command: nmap -p- 10.10.11.208 --min-rate 2500 -T4 -oN nmap/allPorts.txt The following is the nmap all ports output: As the port 22 and 80 are open. Now run the service enumeration to find out the version of services running on the target. The following command was used for the service version enumeration. nmap -A 10.10.11.208 -p 22,80 -oN nmap/ServiceVersion.txt The result of the command shows below: This shows the searcher....

January 20, 2025 · 5 min · 0xt0pus

HackTheBox keeper machine Walkthrough

Enumeration All the ports were scanned. ┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~/Desktop/hackthebox/keeper] └─$ nmap -p- --min-rate 1000 keeper.htb --oN AllPortScan.txt Starting Nmap 7.94SVN ( https://nmap.org ) at 2024-08-18 18:13 EDT Nmap scan report for keeper.htb (10.10.11.227) Host is up (0.032s latency). Not shown: 65533 closed tcp ports (conn-refused) PORT STATE SERVICE 22/tcp open ssh 80/tcp open http The ssh and http port were open. The service version and OS enumeration is being carried out with the following command....

August 18, 2024 · 3 min · 0xt0pus

Altered Security CRTP Review

What is CRTP? Certified Red Team Professional (CRTP) is beginner level red teaming certification focused on Active Directory by Altered Security. This certification exam proves that certified professionals have sufficient knowledge to perform Red Teaming engagement on an Active Directory environment. Price $249 (With 30 Days Lab Access) Passing Score OS command execution on all the five target servers. Allowed Time 25 hours exam time, and additional 48 hours for report....

August 8, 2024 · 6 min · 0xt0pus

eMAPT Exam Review

What is eMAPT? eLearn Mobile Application Penetration Tester (eMAPT) is a Mobile Application Penetration Testing certification by INE (formerly known as eLearnSecurity). This exam proves that certified professionals have adequate knowledge to perform Penetration Testing of mobile applications (Android and IOS) and can provide exploit application. Price 400$ (Without training) Training Cost 749$ Passing score (Working Android Application as POC) Allowed time 7 days Proctored? No Link to purchase Here Exam Focused Areas Android Application Penetration Testing, Android Application Development My Experience: I started the exam in the morning of 18th May 2024, uploaded the report on 20th May 2024 and received the result on 29th May 2024....

June 2, 2024 · 3 min · 0xt0pus

eCPPT Exam Review

What is eCPPT? eLearn Security Certified Professional Penetration Tester (eCPPT) is a Network penetration testing certification by INE. This exam proves that certified professionals have adequate knowledge to perform Penetration Testing on the network (multiple hosts and servers) and can provide the documentation of the findings. Price 400$ (Without training) Training Cost 749$ Passing score (Exploitation of all the machines and a good report) Allowed time 7 days for Pentesting and 7 days for report Proctored?...

February 4, 2024 · 5 min · 0xt0pus