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Netcat (nc) Full Tutorial – Easy TCP/UDP Guide

February 16, 2026February 15, 2026 by pentestguides
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Practical netcat (nc) guide for Linux: reverse shells, TCP/UDP connections, port scanning, file transfers, and key options for CTF and Pentesting.

Categories Linux Commands Tags ctf, exfiltration, file transfer, linux, linux command, nc, ncat, netcat, nmap, penetration testing, pentest, port scanning, reverse shell, ssh, tcp, udp Leave a comment

Solving Lookup – TryHackMe Challenge Writeup

February 16, 2026February 12, 2026 by pentestguides
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Complete walkthrough of Lookup room on TryHackMe: form brute-forcing, elFinder CVE and 2 Linux misconfigurations lead us to the root flag.

Categories TryHackMe Challenge Tags ctf, curl, ffuf, hydra, linux, nmap, path hijacking, php, python, reverse shell, ssh, sudo, suid, tryhackme, web 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

TryHackMe “Agent T” Writeup – Easy Challenge

February 16, 2026February 4, 2026 by pentestguides
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Writeup of TryHackMe challenge “Agent T”. We exploit the backdoored version of PHP 8.1.0-dev to get Code Execution and read the flag.

Categories TryHackMe Challenge Tags backdoor, backdoored php, ctf, nc, nmap, php, reverse shell, tryhackme, web Leave a comment

Lazy Admin Writeup – TryHacKme Challenge

February 15, 2026February 2, 2026 by pentestguides
Lazy Admin TryHackMe Challenge

In this post, we solve the Lazy Admin CTF from TryHackMe by exploiting 2 CVE of SweetRice CMS and a sudo misconfiguration to get root.

Categories TryHackMe Challenge Tags cms, ctf, ffuf, mysql, nmap, php, reverse shell, sql, sudo, sweetrice, tryhackme, web Leave a comment

Pickle Rick Writeup – Easy TryHacKme CTF

February 16, 2026January 29, 2026 by pentestguides
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Pickle Rick is a very easy TryHackMe CTF. We complete it by accessing a web portal, getting a reverse shell and exploiting sudo to become root.

Categories TryHackMe Challenge Tags ctf, curl, ffuf, find, html, nc, php, python, reverse shell, sudo, tryhackme, web Leave a comment

Solving Pyrat – an Easy TryHackMe Challenge

February 17, 2026January 23, 2026 by pentestguides
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Pyrat is an easy TryHackMe challenge where we exploit a Python code execution and use a .git folder to further compromise the server.

Categories TryHackMe Challenge Tags ctf, ffuf, fuzz, git, nmap, python, reverse shell, tryhackme, web Leave a comment
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