Hi, im new to this game and was wondering if it was possible to upgrade my earnings for « free », like just playing the game and upgrading for free with coins or whatever.
I dont really think that its possible but i prefer to ask.
I use ParrotSecOS, I tried upgrading it from 6.3 to 7.1 idk why, and since then it just goes on this screen. I tried booting on it with a bootable USB, didnt work. The only thing that works (but i only got the Shell to work) is when I boot on the 6.3 version, but even then, its very limited and i cant really do things, the only thing Ive done is copy my data to a external ssd.
Is there something I can do ? Because with the error I think its a storage issue but everything worked fine before I tried to do the upgrade.
I can go on grub and grub 2, but I cant really do things (I dont really know how to use it tho but I did unmount the ssd and mount it again and it didnt worked).
If informations on my hardware are needed ill give you everything I can, but im not home for now.
I daily drive it since 3 years, im an offsec student and yes I dont know how to fix my computer by myself even when searching 😭.
If someone already had this issue or knows how to fix this, thank you.
(Sorry for the bad quality of the pic, and for my english, its not my first language)
I have some questions about AI in Offensive Security.
What will AIs look like in the future ? Like will "hacking" just be a "who got the best AI" contest ?
Will the things we can learn on HTB still good enough to have a job or at least relevant skills ?
Is cybersec future just lost because of AI ?
Im not new in offensive security, but i dont have enough background to understand everything, its only been 3 years since i started.
Its an open debate, so if you also have questions you can ask them here and i hope some of us will be able to answer them 😄.
(English isnt my first language so sorry if i made any errors or if its not fully understandable)
I’m a cybersecurity student focusing mostly on offensive security right now (HTB, CTFs, labs, etc.).
One thing I’ve been wondering about is where people actually spend most of their time during engagements, pentests, research, or even CTFs.
For me, it’s usually recon/enumeration.
At the moment my workflow is pretty basic:
But I feel like experienced people probably spend a lot of time on things that beginners don’t even notice yet.
So I’m curious:
what part of offensive work actually consumes the most time for you?
Recon? Enumeration? Priv esc? Reporting? Infrastructure? Pivoting? Debugging exploit chains? Something else entirely?
Would also be interested in hearing about workflow bottlenecks or things that still feel unnecessarily painful even with experience.