September 2025 - nPm Hacks

Offsec Proving Grounds Walkthrough – RubyDome

By nPm September 26, 2025Ethical Hacking, Hacking, Linux, Networking, Offsec, Python, Security, Tutorial, Walkthrough

🆕🆕🆕 walkthrough! Walkthrough of the machine called "RubyDome" in the OffSec Proving Grounds...don't watch unless you want help getting through the machine. In this machine we abuse pdfKit utilizing a python exploit to gain a shell and then escalate privileges using an incorrectly set "sudo no password" on a Ruby…

BadUSB aka Rubber Ducky – Don’t plug in unknown flash drives!

By nPm September 24, 2025Ethical Hacking, Hacking, Linux, Networking, Security, Tutorial

A very short and humorous but very serious reminder of why plugging in unknown USB devices is a bad idea...what until the end for the humorous part. Just say no to plugging in flash drives you find or aren't sure of! Using HAK5, LLC's Rubber Ducky for the demonstration. https://youtube.com/shorts/in4IvxcWkko

Hack the Box Walkthrough – Keeper

By nPm September 19, 2025Ethical Hacking, Hacking, HTB, Linux, Networking, Python, Security, Tutorial, Walkthrough

🚨This is a walkthrough of the Hack The Box machine called "Keeper". It features the use of default creds, python exploits, and tools like kpcli, putty-tools and more. I learned a lot tackling this one as we have to interact with a Keepass dump file and database and then convert…

Hack the Box Walkthrough – Antique

By nPm September 5, 2025Ethical Hacking, Hacking, Linux, Networking, Security, Tutorial, Walkthrough

This is a walkthrough of the Hack The Box machine called "Antique". It features the like of CyberChef, Perl, exploiting CUPS and more. I learned a lot and had some fond memories rekindled because of the main exploit, a jetdirect SNMP password disclosure !. **SPOILERS** I show you how to…