Notes on Hack the Box
Hack the Box is an online platform allowing to you test your penetration testing skills.
The first challenge you face is to find your way in, hacking the invite code in order to become a member.
We had a joyful experience doing it. In this article we share some useful tools we found useful. You might or might not need them. Anyway, we hope you find this game constructive.
Let's start off by opening the Sign Up page:
Source code (HTML, Java script, CSS, etc.) can be viewed by using Chrome Developer Tools as shown below.
CodeBeautify HTML can be used in order to format HTML source code:
JSBeautifier can be used in order to get a human-readable version of the Java Script source code:
Chrome Developer Tools can be used to interactively execute Java Script functions as follows:
You might also find useful Base64Decode in order to encode into Base64 format and decode Base64 into plain text.
Another tool is Postman for Chrome, which you can use to make GET and POST requests:
There is plenty of vulnerable machines waiting for you once you have created your account:
Try it, share your experience and provide feedback!
HTB is a great system I've learned so much and I recommend them to everyone I can.