My Journey of Cybersec

Introduction about myself a student that complated university studies related to cybersecurity a CTF player learnt cybersecurity for a few years but still weak in it How I learn ethical hacking Part 0 Back then, I don’t really know about red team and blue team and I just decided to learn hacking for fun. Since hacking others looks more fun, I decided to look into videos and anything related. The first courses I go through is actually Practical Ethical Hacking from TCM Security. After going through the first few topic of the course, I have some basic understanding about how hacking works (that’s what I thought back then). Eventually, I stopped the course halfway because the course started to go through hackthebox retired machine and I don’t have a VIP account to follow along. Instead, I decided to move on with PicoCTF and Tryhackme as some of the people mentioned this 2 platform is great for learning cybersecurity. I further improved my basic skills such as linux command and getting more new knowledge from Tryhackme since it has a lot of different room. As for PicoCTF, I was stunned for quite some times as that is the first time I find out about CTF. That is also when I found out that there are a lot of different hacking. ...

December 3, 2024 · 3 min · 516 words

MHL Guess Me

Challenge Description Welcome to the “Guess Me” Deep Link Exploitation Challenge! Immerse yourself in the world of cybersecurity with this hands-on lab. This challenge revolves around a fictitious “Guess Me” app, shedding light on a critical security flaw related to deep links that can lead to remote code execution within the app’s framework. guessme.apk Solution I started out by performing static analysis. Static Analysis As usual, jadx-gui for reading the code. ...

April 1, 2025 · 5 min · 1061 words

MHL Secure Notes

Challenge Description Welcome to the Secure Notes Challenge! This lab immerses you in the intricacies of Android content providers, challenging you to crack a PIN code protected by a content provider within an Android application. It’s an excellent opportunity to explore Android’s data management and security features. securenote.apk Solution As usual, I start out by reading the code using static analysis Static Analysis To read the apk code, I used jadx-gui. ...

March 31, 2025 · 3 min · 596 words