When the world becomes a game, and every piece of data is a potential flag, you know you’re in a hacker’s playground. Let’s walk through the strategy and steps I took to conquer this CTF challenge. Step 1: Scanning the Target The very first step in any CTF challenge is

Introduction Crunch is a powerful open-source tool used to create custom wordlists for password cracking, security testing, and auditing. Ethical hackers and security professionals use Crunch to generate wordlists based on specific criteria such as character sets, patterns, and lengths. These wordlists can be used with tools like John the

XML external entity (XXE) injection In this section, we’ll explain what XML external entity injection is, describe some common examples, explain how to find and exploit various kinds of XXE injection, and summarize how to prevent XXE injection attacks. What is XML external entity injection? XML external entity injection (also

Footprinting and recon using windows command line – basics : What is footprinting and reconnaissance : Footprinting (also known as recon) is the technique used for gathering information about the target. For knowing your target recon is important . Types of reconnaissance : Active reconnaissance : interacting actively with the

Introduction Cryptography helps you protect sensitive information and identify weaknesses in security systems. In this blog, we’ll look at what the CEH Cryptography module covers. What is Cryptography? Cryptography is a way to keep information safe by turning it into unreadable code. It makes sure that only the person who

A file upload vulnerability occurs when a web application allows users to upload files to the server without properly validating or restricting the type, size, or content of the uploaded files. This can lead to serious security risks if attackers exploit the vulnerability to upload malicious files. How It Works