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Customizing default directory names on GNU/Linux

Sometimes we don’t like default named directories as “Desktop” or “Downloads” and we prefer lowercase namings as “desktop” or “downloads”, name them in another language, or, simply, give them anoth...

Hack My VM - Principle

HMV Principle Lastly I’ve been acting (gladly) as beta tester for my friend Kaian. Kaian did the Principle box for HackMyVm and I was one of the chosen to test it. It was a very fun machine and i...

Hack the box - Getting started

Getting started In this article we are going to assume the folling ip addresses: Local machine (attacker, localhost): 10.0.0.1 Target machine (victim, Getting started box): 10.0.0.2 Th...

Hack the box - Nibbles

Nibbles In this article we are going to assume the following IP addresses: Local machine (attacker, localhost): 10.0.0.1 Target machine (victim, Nibbles box): 10.0.0.2 As this is a ret...

ip cheatsheet

I’m an old school guy. I learned to use ifconfigin the old times and, with ifconfig, I continue until today. But, for a while, there is a new contender ip. ip is a network tool called to replace...

Hack The Box Academy - Completed Operating System Fundamentals

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Hack The Box Academy - Completed Linux Fundamentals

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How to Maintain SSDs and USB Flash Drives in Linux

NAND storage ranges from USB flash drives (usb drive, flash drive, thumb drive, memory stick, pendrive, call it what you prefer) to SDD (Solid State Drive) disks. Both are based on NAND flash cells...

Maintain HDD in GNU/Linux

A hard disk drive (HDD) can suffer several types of failures: logical failures, mechanical failures or firmware failures. Since we cannot avoid mechanical or firmware failures, we will try to avoid...

Overthewire krypton level 6 LFSR

Some time ago I started to solve the Krypton game from OverTheWire. I did a walkthrough about Kripton Level 4 and Krypton Level 5. At this point, the only level that I had to solve was the Kryp...