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nmap Tutorial – the Ultimate Network Scanner

February 14, 2026 by pentestguides
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Master nmap with thist tutorial, from basic host discovery, port and service scanning to more advanced techniques like firewall evasion

Categories Pentest Tools - Networking Tags bug bounty, ctf, dns, enumeration, hackthebox, icmp, ip, network, nmap, penetration testing, pentest, port scan, reconnaissance, tcp, tryhackme, udp Leave a comment

RootMe Writeup – Full TryHackMe CTF Solution

February 16, 2026February 8, 2026 by pentestguides
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Full walkthrough of RootMe: reconnaissance, getting a PHP shell then a reverse shell, and elevating our privileges through a SUID misconfiguration

Categories TryHackMe Challenge Tags apache, ctf, ffuf, find, gobuster, nmap, php, privesc, privilege escalation, reconnaissance, reverse shell, suid, tryhackme, web, web shell Leave a comment

wafw00f – Detect WAF (Web Application Firewalls)

February 1, 2026 by pentestguides
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In this tutorial, we’ll see how to use wafw00f, a Kali Linux pentesting tool, to detect WAF (Web Application Firewalls) used by websites.

Categories Pentest Tools - Web Tags bug bounty, cloudflare, firewall, kali linux, pentesting, reconnaissance, waf, wafw00f, web, web application firewall Leave a comment
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