HackTheBox DevHub (Med, Linux) writeup and walkthrough - foothold to root on an Ubuntu 24.04 box themed around modern AI and developer tooling. Recon, exploitation, lateral movement, and privilege es
My first self-imposed OSCP mock under real exam conditions: four retired HTB boxes - Buff, Cronos, Bastard, Sauna - cleared 70/70, written up as I went.
Recon to root in one document: web footholds, service exploits, Linux and Windows privesc, SSH tradecraft, and the methodology that ties it together
HackTheBox MadMath (Hard Crypto) walkthrough — breaking smooth-prime RSA, recovering hidden elliptic curve parameters, and solving a multiplicative DLP via oracle Pohlig-Hellman to capture the flag