JBJoshua Burtoninp0lygl07-reports.hashnode.dev·Aug 11 · 6 min readTryHackMe: Brainpan 1 — Session NotesDate: 2026-08-11 Status: COMPLETED — user (puck) + root shells captured Category: Linux-hosted buffer overflow, Windows executable reverse engineering, GTFOBins-style privesc Phase 1 — Recon nmap -p-00
JBJoshua Burtoninp0lygl07-reports.hashnode.dev·Aug 10 · 5 min readTryHackMe Gatekeeper: A Buffer Overflow Rabbit Hole (and the RDP Shortcut Nobody Talks About)Difficulty: Medium | Category: Windows Exploitation, Reverse Engineering Intro Gatekeeper bills itself as a buffer overflow room — reverse engineer a Windows binary, find the crash, build an exploit. 00
JBJoshua Burtoninp0lygl07-reports.hashnode.dev·Aug 5 · 5 min readSteel Mountain — TryHackMe WriteupSteel Mountain — TryHackMe Writeup Room: Steel Mountain (Advanced Exploitation path) Date completed: August 5, 2026 Difficulty: Easy/Intermediate Target OS: Windows Server 2012 R2 Overview Steel Mount00
JBJoshua Burtoninp0lygl07-reports.hashnode.dev·Aug 3 · 4 min readFunctional Code ≠ Secure Code: A Deep-Dive into Python Code Hardening & AppSecWhether you're grinding through IT-140 (Introduction to Scripting) right now or working your way through upper-level cybersecurity tracks, there is a massive conceptual leap we all have to make eventu00
JBJoshua Burtoninp0lygl07-reports.hashnode.dev·Aug 3 · 3 min readSSH Brute-Force → Suspicious Outbound Transfer Anatomy of an Incident: SSH Brute-Force → Suspicious Outbound TransferThe Scenario Picture this: your monitoring stack flags a spike of failed SSH logins hitting a production web server, and almost immediately after, the same host starts pushing traffic out to an addres00
