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Recipe For Root

Recipe For Root

Windows Password Scouting

Just like Linux, Windows has several locations where users or programs store passwords by default. We can search the system for passwords…

4 min readMay 20, 2021

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Windows Password Scouting

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A Note On Config Files

Configuration files contain configurations for various processes and programs running on the Linux system. They are generally stored under…

1 min readMay 20, 2021

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Linux Background

Intro

4 min readMay 20, 2021

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Unique Priv-Esc Methods

I will be adding to this post occasionally, but the purpose of this post is to cover one-off privilege escalation methods found in the wild…

3 min readMay 18, 2021

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MySql to System Root

MySql is a widely used open-source database. As we all know, a database is used to store large amounts of relational data. Databases also…

4 min readMay 18, 2021

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MySql to System Root

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Misconfigured SSH Keys

SSH is a protocol that allows users to securely manage a system remotely. It is widely used because of its ease of use and built-it…

3 min readMay 18, 2021

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Exploiting Startup Scripts

Startups scripts are scripts that are executed at boot time. Linux startup scripts are generally located in /etc/init.d but this location…

2 min readMay 17, 2021

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Password Hunting Part 2

This is a continuation of my previous post on searching for passwords on the system. The following post will dive into pulling passwords…

3 min readMay 17, 2021

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Password Hunting Part 2

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Password Hunting Part 1

There are multiple locations we can search for passwords (hashed and clear-text) on a Linux machine. These passwords can be used for…

5 min readMay 17, 2021

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Password Hunting Part 1

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RunAs

Windows includes a useful command called RunAs that enables a user to run a program as a different user if credentials are known. This is…

3 min readMay 15, 2021

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Recipe For Root

Recipe For Root

I am a Security Consultant and formerly worked at PayPal as a Penetration Tester. At night I teach Cyber Security at UTexas. OSCP

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