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Soccer – Hack The Box

06/02/202306/02/2023 Callum Baston

Soccer is a Linux box tagged as easy on Hack The Box. However, it has an average user reported difficulty score of Medium. It’s 44 days old as of writing and has a rating of 4.5 and was worth 40 points.

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Precious – Hack The Box

16/01/202316/01/2023 Callum Baston

Precious a Linux Hack The Box machine worth 20 points labelled easy. Released on 2022-11-26 a basic box to crack having few technical requirements.

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TryHackMe – Enumerating Active Directory

08/12/202210/12/2022 Callum Baston

Enumerating Active Directory is a TryHackMe room that covers the various Active Directory enumeration techniques such as through CMD, PowerShell and Bloodhound. AD Enumeration can be a difficult undertaking especially if you don’t know what your looking for.

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My OSCP Attempt Pt.1

14/11/202208/02/2024 Callum Baston

Last weekend I sat and failed the OSCP exam. Here’s a recount of my attempt, what problems I had and how I’m going to fix them for next time.

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TryHackMe – Breaching Active Directory

05/10/202208/12/2022 Callum Baston

The TryHackMe room Breaching Active Directory is brilliant introduction into attacking Microsoft Active Directory. This rooms description reads that we’ll use “techniques and tools… to acquire that first set of AD credentials that can then be used to enumerate AD”. This article will be in the form of a walk-through of the practical work and getting the answers.

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Hello, I'm Callum Baston. Currently a Cyber Security Consultant. Previous BSc Ethical Hacking graduate from Abertay University.

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