Pirate, Hard Windows machine cover

Pirate Writeup - HackTheBox

Pirate, a hard level Windows machine that throws you into a multi-segment Active Directory environment where every step forward requires digging deeper into how Windows authentication actually works and how to break it.

March 19, 2026 · 21 min · 4299 words · tomato
Scepter, Hard Windows machine cover

Scepter Writeup - HackTheBox

Scepter, a hard level Windows machine where two chained ADCS misconfigurations are the heart of the box, with some certificate cracking and BloodHound enumeration to set the stage.

May 12, 2025 · 12 min · 2385 words · david (tomato)
Discord is there, enjoy it

Discord DLL Hijacking

How Discord’s DLL search order can be abused to load attacker-controlled code. Covers DLL basics, cross-compiling from Linux with mingw64, procmon analysis, and dropping a rogue d3d12.dll.

April 28, 2025 · 6 min · 1083 words · david (tomato)