Cybersecurity Guide

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-02T20:36:54+00:00

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  One wargame we enjoy, not listed on WeChall, is [[https://io.netgarage.org/|IO Netgarage]] (previously IO Smash The Stack).
  It's a binary wargame that's getting you through a lot of the common exploiting patterns in nowadays software.
  
  Also look at [[https://cyberedu.ro/|CyberEdu]] for collections of challenges to solve.
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+ ===== Vulnerable Boxes =====
+ 
+ A more complex set of challenges figures an entire virtual machine that you have to exploit.
+ The virtual machine usually has a realistic setup with a vulnerability (or more) that you have to discover.
+ The virtual machine has to either be downloaded or it is accessible online.
+ 
+ These challenges are more difficult as they generally require you to go through all steps of a cybersecurity attack: reconnaissance, enumeration, exploiting, remote code execution, privilege escalation.
+ This also makes them more realistic, so it's important you take a look on those.
+ 
+ [[https://tryhackme.com/|TryHackMe]] is an excellent platform with both free and paid content and online virtual machines.
+ It provides learning-centered "paths" in which you can discover or expand computer and cybersecurity related topics.
+ All items are centered around remotely accessible virtual machines (via a VPN connection).
+ 
+ Another place to look into is [[https://www.vulnhub.com/|VulnHub]].
+ VulnHub is a community repository of vulnerable virtual machines.
+ Community members create and make available virtual machines on the VulnHub website.
+ Virtual machines have to be downloaded and installed and exploited locally.
+ As a community-centered repository, VulnHub has a large set of vulnerable boxes you can toy around with.
+ 
+ [[https://www.hackthebox.eu/|Hack the Box]] is the next place you want to look for vulnerable boxes.
+ Hack the Boxes is a more business-oriented organization, with items also available based on a paid subscription and special offers for companies.
+ Virtual machines are already deployed and you can access remotely via a VPN connection.
  
  ===== CTFs =====
  
  Once you get a good grasp of cybersecurity topics and solve your fair share of wargame challenge, it's time to be part of a competitive cybersecurity event: a CTF (//Capture the Flag//) contest.

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Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-02-01T07:37:38+00:00

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  Life, reality, nature, the Universe are full of nuances. They lack clear definitions of good and bad. There are no recipes, no clear cut solutions to deal with situations, to be (forever) happy, to have a life filled with meaning or leave a dent in the Universe. Happiness is defined by the existence of pain and suffering. Meaning comes from traversing adversities. Disappointments, rejections, mishaps, bad decisions are an integral part of your (and everyone else's) life.
  
  If you are willing to cross the desert from the fairy tale world you are constantly sold by you or others, due to societal programming or due to the fear of seeing the uglier side of things, it's not going to be easy. It will require a painful process of seeing things for what they really are, not what you were told they are or what you think they should be, based on a given set of moral principles.
  
- Modeling life, society, nature is useful; it gives us the possibility of understanding by simplification. But simplification looses precision, certain situations won't "fit" inside the model. You will have to periodically revisit your values and principles, to reconnect them to new events and the new state of your being, your life, of the society and the universe.
+ Modeling life, society, nature is useful; it gives us the possibility of understanding by simplification. But simplification looses precision, certain situations won't "fit" inside the model. You will have to periodically revisit your values and principles, to reconnect them to new events and the new state of your being, your life, of the society and the Universe.
  
  There are no recipes. You have to be aware of yourself and the world around you and strive to find your place in the real world. It's not all rainbows and sun shines. But it's not all darkness and misery either. Life, the real world, nature, the Universe are a rather amoral bunch, that will give a mixed set of feelings, from cathartic happiness to dreadful hopelessness. It is what it is, not what we want it to be. But a better, more realistic, grounded grasp on it will leave you feeling more in control and less prone to compensating behaviors. And it will fill that void inside of you that says "this doesn't seem right" when you see, witness or do something.
  
  If you want to take this journey, I recommend you followed some people whose thoughts you may find useful along the way. They were of help for my journey and I'm still using their thoughts to revisit my ideas about the world. They aren't selling you "nice ideas in exchange for life", rather giving you a glimpse of their view of the world (in different ways). As with everything, read them with a grain of salt:

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