Into the NMAP: A practical guide to network discovery, port scanning, and real-world security reconnaissance.
Feb 7 · 5 min read · Modern networks power almost everything we use today, from websites and cloud services to enterprise systems and personal devices. Yet, most users never see what happens behind the scenes.In cybersecurity and network administration, understanding wha...
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Intermediate Nmap
Feb 2 · 3 min read · This TryHackMe challenge demonstrates a critical security concept: information disclosure through misconfigured services. The room focuses on fundamental reconnaissance skills using nmap to discover open ports and services, but with an interesting tw...
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Cheatsheet & Examples: nmap
Jan 9 · 4 min read · nmap is a powerful network scanning tool used to discover hosts and services on a computer network by sending packets and analyzing the responses. It's widely used for network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or serv...
Join discussionDay 7: Network Recon & Reclaiming the QA Server
Dec 28, 2025 · 3 min read · The Mission: Breach at the QA Environment The 24-hour speed run intensity is peaking as I hit Day 7: "Network Discovery — Scan-ta Clause." The rogue group HopSec has breached the TBFC QA environment (tbfc-devqa01) and locked the staff out. Without th...
Join discussionICS/Modbus - Claus for Concern (TryHackMe) 🧑🎄🎉
Dec 27, 2025 · 27 min read · Industrial systems are rarely associated with festive chaos, yet behind every seamless operation lies a complex web of automation that, if compromised, can cause real-world disruption. In Wareville, that disruption takes the form of delivery drones f...
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Detecting Web Reconnaissance with Wazuh — Catching the Attack Before It Starts
Dec 23, 2025 · 3 min read · Most attacks don’t begin with exploitation.They begin with looking around. In this lab, I focused on detecting web reconnaissance activity — the phase where an attacker maps a target, tests endpoints, and looks for weaknesses. The idea was to see whe...
Join discussionMy First Script That Logged Open Ports Without Touching Production
Dec 23, 2025 · 6 min read · I did not start by scanning the whole network. That is the first mistake people make. They install nmap, point it at 192.168.0.0/16 like a drunk god, and then wonder why something breaks, or why IT shows up, or why their laptop suddenly feels warm an...
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Get to Know Nmap: A Complete Guide to Scanning & Commands
Dec 22, 2025 · 3 min read · Introduction: Why Everyone in Cybersecurity Talks About Nmap Imagine standing outside a building at night. Some doors are locked, some are open, some have guards watching, and some don’t even exist.Nmap (Network Mapper) does exactly this but for netw...
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