As I started learning more about CTF and pentesting, I started to wonder how I can turn a command shell into Meterpreter. Most of my experience almost always ended with just using a command shell to view something. Recently, I learned how to elevate from a command shell to a Meterpreter shell. Today, I'm going to demonstrate how to do that. Environment The environment is set up kinda like a CTF. That said, I am going to walk through steps from start to finish. That way, it also helps the …
InfoSec
How to solve my PCAP CTF challenges
For the past three years, I have been a volunteer for our Cybersecurity Festival event during Cybersecurity Awareness Month. In my first year, I volunteered to create a few purposely-built vulnerable machines for the Red versus Blue team event. Last year, I volunteered for two events. The first was the Capture The Flag (CTF), and the second was the Offense for Defense event. This year, our Information Security Office team asked me to come back to be part of a talented team to create …
Working with PCAPs
As a network or security professional, working with PCAPs comes with the territory. Some CTFs also include PCAP challenges, and while Wireshark is the software of choice for some people, learning other tools can help get the flag quickly. In this post, I will cover command-line utilities one can use when working with PCAPs. Misspelled user agent In one of the CTFs I participated in, the task was to find misspelled user agent string. You can do this with Wireshark, but Tshark and Linux …
Working with logs
In some CTFs, working with logs is part of the challenge. While you can certainly use your favorite text editor to find things, I believe it is better to use Linux command-line utilities to acquire the flags quickly. With that said, arming yourself with Linux skills is paramount to your success in CTFs and the real world. This post will cover a few Linux command-line utilities I use in CTFs, typically. Word count Some low-difficulty CTF questions would ask for the number of lines of a …
Passed eJPTv2
Today, I received an email from INE that I passed my eJPTv2 beta exam. It means that I obtained the eJPT certification again, but this time it is for version 2. I discussed my beta exam experience here. I suggest you read it and come back to this. There might be some information that you would want to know before reading the rest of this post. Preparation I received an email from INE on August 8th that they selected me to participate in the eJPTv2 beta program. I started going …