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Diving right into it, I finished the ‘Network Enumeration with Nmap‘ section over the weekend and am dragging my feet on the ‘Footprinting’ module this week so I decided to write a short post about the Nmap module and how it is shaping my enumeration methodology. For those who don’t know, NMAP is a free and open source network mapping utility for network discovery and security auditing. It is capable of many things, primarily host and port enumeration, which is…
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I should mention that this isn’t the first time I’ve been here. I actually started studying for the CPTS over a year ago, before I had jumped back into university. I didn’t get very far, so this last few days I’ve been faced with the content in the beginner sections that I had already completed once. I had (apparently) finished the ‘Penetration Testing Process’ and ‘Getting Started’ modules and gotten about halfway through the introductory ‘Network Enumeration with Nmap’ module…
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Welcome to my blog. Today, 5 Jan ’25, is the first day of my mission to obtain both HackTheBox’s Certified Penetration Testing Specialist (CPTS) and OffSec’s ‘Offensive Security Certified Professional’ (OSCP) certifications. I figure I’ll detail things that I’ve learned and general tips here, although user beware my writeups and any opinions or suggestions therein contained are entirely my own, and can be at times erratic, terse, and generally unhelpful. This is something I aim to address as I progress…
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