DNS Shield for ads blocking and malwares

DnsShield is a powerful and user-friendly script designed to automate the updating process of blocklists for Dnsmasq. With DnsShield, you can effortlessly maintain an up-to-date and comprehensive blocklist, enhancing security and privacy by blocking access to malicious or unwanted domains.…

Admirer from HackTheBox

Admirer is an easy difficulty Linux machine that showcases a variety of security challenges. One key vulnerability is the web database interface Adminer, which is susceptible due to an underlying flaw in the MySQL protocol. This flaw can be exploited to gain access to the database, demonstrating the importance of…

TraceBack from HackTheBox

The process begins by finding a reverse shell present on the box to get a reverse shell. Then, it involves pivoting to another user to own user using Lua. Finally, by exploiting a cleanup script running as root, we can obtain the root shell. Nmap scan Usually I start with…