🚨𝗢𝗦𝗖𝗣 + 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴 Follow House of SOC for more resources. Capture-the-Flag learning builds real-world attacker skills used in OSCP, CREST, and advanced network pentesting. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗘𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 • Identifying exposed TCP/UDP services • SMB, FTP, LDAP, SNMP enumeration • Tools: Nmap, Enum4linux, Responder, Impacket 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗶𝘁 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 • Finding public exploits offline/online • Searchsploit, Exploit-DB, GitHub resources 𝗪𝗲𝗯 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 • Directory traversal, file upload abuse • Command/SQL injection, web shells • Burp Suite, Feroxbuster, JWT testing 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 • Cracking & brute-forcing login services • Hydra, CME, John the Ripper, Hashcat 𝗣𝗶𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗧𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 • Lateral movement into internal networks • SSH tunnels, Chisel, Proxychains, Ligolo-ng 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗘𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 • DLL hijacking, Scheduled Tasks, SAM abuse • UAC bypasses, kernel exploits, Mimikatz 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘅 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗘𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 • SUID, sudo rights, cron jobs, weak perms • LinPEAS, SSH key hijacking, library hijacking 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 • Kerberos abuses, DACL/Group privilege flaws • DC-Sync, credential dumping, pass-the-hash • BloodHound, Evil-WinRM, CrackMapExec 𝗖𝗧𝗙 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝘀 • Easy → Medium → Insane target machines • Web, network, crypto & OS privilege challenges Mastering these areas builds the exact mindset and methodology needed to capture flags and compromise real systems ethically. Credits to Hacking Articles for OSCP + with advanced pentesting skills.
