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Hack The Box Write-ups

My offensive security practice on Hack The Box, documented with a focus on method — what I enumerated, why I chose each step, and a Defender's view on how every issue could have been prevented.

  • Offensive Security
  • Pentesting
  • Hack The Box
  • Linux
  • Windows

A growing collection of write-ups from my offensive security practice on Hack The Box.

Approach

Every write-up follows the same template and focuses on method rather than on the flag:

  • Enumeration — what I looked at and what it revealed
  • Attack path — why I chose each step, including the dead ends
  • Defender's view — how the issue could have been detected or prevented

The goal is to train both sides of the job: thinking like an attacker, and turning each finding into something a blue team can act on.

Scope and rules

Only content that HTB allows to be published: retired machines, Starting Point machines and Tier 0 Academy modules. Nothing about active machines, challenges or Sherlocks. Flags, hashes and credentials are always redacted.

Structure

  • starting-point/ — Starting Point machines
  • machines/ — retired machines
  • academy-tier0/ — notes from Tier 0 Academy modules

Status

Ongoing: new write-ups are added as I complete machines. See the repository for the up-to-date index.

Disclaimer

For educational purposes only. All techniques were used exclusively against HTB lab environments.