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CTF WRITEUPS

Field reports from penetration testing exercises, CTF competitions, and vulnerability research. Each document covers the attack chain, tooling, and operational takeaways.

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Linux FundamentalsTHREAT/LOW
2025-12-13

OverTheWire: Bandit Levels 0–15

Progression through OverTheWire's Bandit CTF. Mastered core Linux CLI utilities, raw TCP socket interactions (Netcat), ROT13 encoding, and SSH key exfiltration techniques.

#OverTheWire#Linux#Netcat#SSH
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Network ForensicsTHREAT/MEDIUM
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Carnage Room: Wireshark Forensics Methodology

A comprehensive methodology for analyzing malicious PCAP files. Covered extracting Cobalt Strike beaconing patterns, Phil Katz ZIP trick, SMTP extraction, and TLS inspection.

#Wireshark#PCAP#Cobalt-Strike#BlueTeam
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