Okay, it’s been a while. Last writeup on the blog was Chill Hack… but she (and others) need refreshers. Anyway, here’s CyberLens, a newish TryHackMe room from Tyler Ramsbey who make’s great content, give them a follow/subscribe. PS - I’ve got a video walkthrough if you want. The Challenge First up, the Challenge Description. Welcome to the clandestine world of CyberLens, where shadows dance amidst the digital domain and metadata reveals the secrets that lie concealed within every image....

Let’s learn Docker and set it up. So what’s Docker? Well it’s complicated. It’s a way to install, maintain and run applications. But apps are self-contained, hence the term containers. Docker allows networking and lots more. Installing Docker Best way is to follow the docs. Kali Linux If you’re on Kali Linux, don’t follow the official guide. Go to Installing Docker on Kali Linux from Kali.org instead. sudo apt update sudo apt install -y docker....

How to use winget for Windows 11. What is winget? It’s a package manager for Windows, like choco or apt for debian based linux distros. If that means nothing to you, then it installs and updates apps. Cool? Cool. How to use winget Let’s install syncthing for this example. winget search sync displays a list of matches sync. Name Id Version Match Source -------------------------------------------------------------------- syncthing Syncthing.Syncthing 1.27.0 winget SyncTrayzor SyncTrayzor.SyncTrayzor 1....

Let’s setup Pi-Hole in Docker, following the official documentation. getconf LONG_BIT check for 32bit or 64bit. cat /etc/os-release check the version of the OS. After following the installation guide, you might receive these errors: E: Package 'docker-ce' has no installation candidate E: Unable to locate package docker-ce-cli E: Unable to locate package containerd.io E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'containerd.io' E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'containerd.io' E: Unable to locate package docker-buildx-plugin E: Unable to locate package docker-compose-**plugin** Switch over to this guide to manually install docker with the deb files....

Let’s setup a new “Hack Box” for TryHackMe challenges and Capture The Flags (CTFs). Previously, I’ve always used Kali Rolling inside of VirtualBox. But let’s try and get away from Virtual Machines (VMs). Why? Mainly the boot times, slow browsing and general laggy annoyances. I want a fast, simple system without the need to boot a VM and deal with stutters. The thinking is, use Windows Subset for Linux (WSL) with headless Kali Linux....