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An entertaining, step-by-step walkthrough of the Corrosion 1 Vulnhub machine — complete with screenshots, sarcasm, and the glorious journey from clueless to root.

Full, step-by-step walkthrough for TryHackMe — jack-of-all-trades. I explain the techniques used (recon, web enumeration, RCE, credential harvesting, getting a shell inside a container, and Docker ...

Introduction {Spoiler …………… Flags ahead} Challenge Name: c4ptur3-th3-fl4g Difficulty: Easy–Medium Category: Cryptography, Hash Cracking, Steganography Description: In this CTF, we explore a variet...

Pyrat — TryHackMe Walkthrough Completed by: Shivam Pakade Completed on: 2025-11-08 Difficulty: Easy → Medium (credential discovery / small scripted brute force) Table of contents Overview ...

Soupedecode — TryHackMe Walkthrough Completed by: Shivam Pakade Completed on: 2025-11-08 Difficulty: Easy → Medium (encoding/decoding / OSINT-style puzzles) Table of contents Overview Ini...

Lupin 2 — Empire Breakout (VulnHub) Walkthrough Objective: Capture the root flag on the Lupin 2 / Empire Breakout VM. Author: Shivam Pakade Completed on: 2025-11-08 Run these steps only agains...

Lupin 1 — VulnHub Walkthrough Goal: gain root on the Lupin 1 VM (learning path: recon → web enumeration → RCE → priv-esc). Author: Shivam Pakade Completed on: 2025-11-08 This guide documents l...

Kioptrix Level 3 — VulnHub (Walkthrough) Goal: compromise the Kioptrix Level 3 VM and gain root. Author: Shivam Completed on: 2025-11-07 This walkthrough documents a lab-only, repeatable path ...

Kioptrix Level 2 — VulnHub (Walkthrough) Goal: gain root on the Kioptrix Level 2 VM. Author: Shivam Completed on: 2025-11-07 This walkthrough is written for an isolated lab environment (VulnHu...