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One stray space breaks an RSA key, and your next hacking mistake feels less like a verdict.
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A red-team AMA makes the case that offensive security improves when defensive thinking stays in view.
This Hack the Box episode shapes a red-team AMA into a grounded survey of how security careers can branch. Industry red teamers talk through what it can take to move toward red-team work, why it is worth looking around before committing to offensive security, and how adjacent…
A practical forensic trail from phishing document and PCAP analysis to malware, flags, and WMI persistence.
OXDF turns malware analysis into a scavenger hunt, following the MB coin challenge from a phishing Word document with lightly obfuscated VBA macros into a dropped VB script, failed DLL downloads, a PCAP, and requests that can be carved, decoded, and traced to a flag inside a…
A live AMA links network defense experience with the privacy risks tucked inside phone keyboard choices.
Jack Recider's move from network security engineer to the creator of Darknet Diaries gives this live Hack The Box AMA a clear center. He recalls roughly 10 years around firewalls, intrusion detection systems, network threats, and perimeter hardening before shifting to the…
A small RSA key mistake becomes a useful case for patient hacker community.
Hack The Box: Stories makes a modest but useful case for treating failure as a normal part of learning, not something that should shame new hackers out of the room.
A candid AMA on Parrot 6, project complexity, and finding a first path into open source.
Parrot 6 lands as a warm behind-the-scenes AMA with founder Lorenzo Faletra and new director Fabiola, centered on the project, its community, and practical ways to get involved.
A grounded AMA on package churn, Debian changes, and the rebuild work behind Parrot OS.
Parrot OS is framed less as a desktop showcase than as a look at the upkeep behind a security-focused distribution. Palinoro, identified as its creator, describes the churn of fixing a package, updating it, testing it, and then watching another update push the same work back…
Practical security thinking, with the rough edges of a live community session.
John Hammond's AMA keeps its focus on a plain but useful habit: start with the docs, learn how the software is built, and keep an eye out for the small version mismatch or misconfiguration that creates an opening.
Technology's mechanisms, power's consequences.
Dave, Joe, and Maria break down phishing kits, deepfakes, and social-engineering scams weekly.
This episode features an interview with MPGN, a creator and maintainer of the cybersecurity tools CrackMapExec and NetExec, discussing open-source development and personal growth in the hacking community.
This episode features an interview with Tyler Webb from Dragos about industrial control system (ICS) penetration testing in cybersecurity.
This Hack the Box AMA episode features Zayad, the Academy Training Director, discussing the new CWEE certification and his role in developing cybersecurity training content.
This episode features an AMA with cybersecurity expert Mubix, discussing his InfoSec career, hacking stories, and community involvement.
This episode features an interview with Hack the Box's head of academy and Mr.
This episode features an AMA with cybersecurity expert InsiderPhD discussing bug bounties, her journey into the field, and tips for getting started.
This episode introduces Sherlock's investigative content in Deddy Labs, focusing on defensive blue teaming with a live demonstration of the Repetitive D challenge.
This episode features a panel discussion with Hack the Box Discord staff members celebrating reaching 200,000 users, where they share their experiences and roles in the community.
This episode features an AMA with Carlos Polo, creator of the LinPEAS tool, discussing cybersecurity, privilege escalation, and cloud hacking.
This episode features an AMA with cybersecurity content creator LiveOverflow, discussing his work on CTF videos and YouTube content.
This episode features an interview with cybersecurity expert Jason Haddix discussing his 15-year career journey from bug bounty hunting to red team leadership and offensive security techniques.
This episode features an AMA with John Hammond, a cybersecurity researcher and content creator, discussing his journey into hacking, tips for note-taking and video production, the realities of penetration testing versus CTFs, and the challenges of balancing work with YouTube.
Hack The Box: Stories hosts Lorenzo Faletra, Parrot's founder, and Fabiola for an AMA about Parrot 6, Linux distribution development, and future contributors.
Hack The Box: Stories hosts an AMA panel with Michael Best Kunzel, Andrew, and Gordon about red-team careers, operational practice, and defensive outcomes.
Hack the Box: Stories interviews Jack Recider, a former network security engineer who created Darknet Diaries to tell high-drama cybersecurity stories from beginning to end.
This episode features an AMA discussion with two HacktheBox security professionals about important past hacks and cybersecurity insights.
This episode features an interview with Falcon Spy, a cybersecurity professional, discussing how to break into the industry with tips on interviews, job hunting, and general career advice.
Hack The Box: Stories hosts an AMA with Lorenzo Faltera, known as Palinuro, the creator of Parrot OS, about building a security-focused operating system from Debian.
Hack the Box: Stories #12 features Soti, aka RedRunner, interviewing Darkstar, aka John, about cybersecurity communities, hacking education, and his new community-specialist role.
This episode is a cloud hacking workshop from Hack the Box's Business CTF 2023, focusing on solving a cloud challenge called Trade by explaining basic AWS concepts like access keys, AWS CLI, and SNS.
This episode explains what logic bugs are in software applications, why they're difficult to detect with automated tools, and the potential security impacts they can have.
This episode analyzes two forensics challenges from Business CTF 2022, focusing on malware analysis and WMI persistence techniques.