HackTheBox | Starting Point, Easy To Hard, Become a hacker

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If you don't have account, make sure create one. Then verify that email

Then go here, https://app.hackthebox.com/starting-point

Then go "Meow" Machine.

And then Click on where it says "Connect Using Pwnbox" it's recommended

Then click "Start PwnBox" and close that tab out and press "F5"

And scroll down until you see, "Spawn Machine", of it's color Green means you can click it.
Of you clicked it, it will start the machine and the task too.

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TASK 1

What does the acronym VM stand for?

Answer is Virtual Machine

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TASK 2

What tool do we use to interact with the operating system in order to issue commands via the command line, such as the one to start our VPN connection? It's also known as a console or shell.

Answer is terminal

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TASK 3

What service do we use to form our VPN connection into HTB labs?

Answer is openvpn

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TASK 4

What tool do we use to test our connection to the target with an ICMP echo request?

Answer is ping

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TASK 5

What is the name of the most common tool for finding open ports on a target?

Answer is nmap

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TASK 6

What service do we identify on port 23/tcp during our scans?

Answer is telnet

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TASK 7

What username is able to log into the target over telnet with a blank password?

Amswer is root

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SUBMIT FLAG

Submit root flag

Answer is b40abdfe23665f766f9c61ecba8a4c19

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HAPPY HACKING

 

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