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Hack the Box Walkthrough: Giddy
Giddy was a fun box that has a few interesting twists on some common ground. Not only is there SQL injection, but out of band sql injection. Powershell plays a major part along with a bit of antivirus evasion. So we have ports 80, 3389, and 5985 all open. Well, let’s do some directory busting…
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Hack the Box Walkthrough: Active
For the first Hackthebox CTF walkthrough, I’m picking an old but good one. As the name might imply, the focus lies on Active Directory and in particular, Kerberoasting. Kerberoasting is a form of exploitation that uses a service account ticket in order to escalate privileges and gain access to an active directory domain. Without further…
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Hack the Box Walkthrough: SteamCloud
Steamcloud is a great box for learning about kubernetes. As always, starting off with an nmap scan: So we got ports 22, 2379, 8443, 10249, 10250, and 10256 open. Taking a look at the details, ports 8443 and 10256 both reference kubernetes. Using some Google-Fu, I found a rather helpful article on Kubernetes Attack Surface…
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Game Design: Know your Core Focus
When designing a game of any sort, you should have a clear vision of what you want the end result to look like. Whether it be a mechanical or narrative focus, the game needs a core to base all decisions upon in order to move it forward. I will use two of my personal favorite…
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Types of Tabletop Role Playing Games
Often when looking at tabletop RPGs, people start with the setting. Often the first things said will be along the lines of it’s a Fantasy or Science Fiction or Horror game and from there people focus on the specifics of the setting and attitude. While that is important considering RPGs are often played for the…
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Welcome to Wyrd Wired
Hello reader! Welcome to Wyrd Wired, a blog dedicated to Cybersecurity and Game Development. I am an amateur in both fields but have spent my fair share of time learning about both topics. This will be a catalog of my journey as I learn and discuss both topics. Early posts will mostly consist of my…