James Cao
TryHackMe Advent of Cyber 2024 Room

TryHackMe - Advent of Cyber 2024 Room Walkthrough

This is my TryHackMe walkthrough, created to document my learning journey and share solutions with the community. The writeups include a mix of hints, step-by-step explanations, and final answers to help players who get stuck, while still encouraging independent problem-solving. Advent of Cyber 2024 Room - Dive into the wonderful world of cyber security by engaging in festive beginner-friendly exercises every day in the lead-up to Christmas! Overview Room URL: https://tryhackme.com/room/adventofcyber2024 Difficulty: Easy Time to complete: 1440 Walkthrough 1. Introduction Welcome to Advent of Cyber 2024 No hints needed! ...

September 16, 2025 · 9 min
TryHackMe Hydra Room

TryHackMe - Hydra Room Walkthrough

This is my TryHackMe walkthrough, created to document my learning journey and share solutions with the community. The writeups include a mix of hints, step-by-step explanations, and final answers to help players who get stuck, while still encouraging independent problem-solving. Hydra Room - Learn about and use Hydra, a fast network logon cracker, to bruteforce and obtain a website’s credentials. Overview Room URL: https://tryhackme.com/room/hydra Difficulty: Easy Time to complete: 45 Walkthrough 1. Hydra Introduction No hints needed! ...

September 16, 2025 · 1 min
TryHackMe Network Services 2 Room

TryHackMe - Network Services 2 Room Walkthrough

This is my TryHackMe walkthrough, created to document my learning journey and share solutions with the community. The writeups include a mix of hints, step-by-step explanations, and final answers to help players who get stuck, while still encouraging independent problem-solving. Network Services 2 Room - Enumerating and Exploiting More Common Network Services & Misconfigurations Overview Room URL: https://tryhackme.com/room/networkservices2 Difficulty: Easy Time to complete: 60 Walkthrough 1. Get Connected No hints needed! ...

September 13, 2025 · 8 min
TryHackMe Kenobi Room

TryHackMe - Kenobi Room Walkthrough

This is my TryHackMe walkthrough, created to document my learning journey and share solutions with the community. The writeups include a mix of hints, step-by-step explanations, and final answers to help players who get stuck, while still encouraging independent problem-solving. Kenobi Room - Walkthrough on exploiting a Linux machine. Enumerate Samba for shares, manipulate a vulnerable version of proftpd and escalate your privileges with path variable manipulation. Overview Room URL: https://tryhackme.com/room/kenobi Difficulty: Easy Time to complete: 45 Walkthrough 1. Deploy the vulnerable machine Scan the machine with nmap, how many ports are open? ...

September 13, 2025 · 3 min
TryHackMe Metasploit Introduction Room

TryHackMe - Metasploit Introduction Room Walkthrough

This is my TryHackMe walkthrough, created to document my learning journey and share solutions with the community. The writeups include a mix of hints, step-by-step explanations, and final answers to help players who get stuck, while still encouraging independent problem-solving. Metasploit Introduction Room - An introduction to the main components of the Metasploit Framework. Overview Room URL: https://tryhackme.com/room/metasploitintro Difficulty: Easy Time to complete: 30 Walkthrough 1. Introduction to Metasploit No hints needed! ...

September 11, 2025 · 2 min
TryHackMe Vulnversity Room

TryHackMe - Vulnversity Room Walkthrough

This is my TryHackMe walkthrough, created to document my learning journey and share solutions with the community. The writeups include a mix of hints, step-by-step explanations, and final answers to help players who get stuck, while still encouraging independent problem-solving. Vulnversity Room - Learn about active recon, web app attacks and privilege escalation. Overview Room URL: https://tryhackme.com/room/vulnversity Difficulty: Easy Time to complete: 45 Walkthrough 1. Deploy the machine No hints needed! ...

September 11, 2025 · 2 min
TryHackMe Intro To IaC Room

TryHackMe - Intro To IaC Room Walkthrough

This is my TryHackMe walkthrough, created to document my learning journey and share solutions with the community. The writeups include a mix of hints, step-by-step explanations, and final answers to help players who get stuck, while still encouraging independent problem-solving. Intro To IaC Room - An introduction to infrastructure as code. Overview Room URL: https://tryhackme.com/room/introtoiac Difficulty: Easy Time to complete: 90 Walkthrough 1. Introduction No hints needed! 2. IaC - The Concept Your organisation is preparing to launch a new service called FlyNet. The DevSecOps team provisioned an infrastructure and tested this service in the dev environment. Which IaC characteristic will streamline the provisioning of this same infrastructure in staging and production? => Answer: Repeatable ...

September 11, 2025 · 3 min
TryHackMe Windows Fundamentals Part 3 Room

TryHackMe - Windows Fundamentals Part 3 Room Walkthrough

This is my TryHackMe walkthrough, created to document my learning journey and share solutions with the community. The writeups include a mix of hints, step-by-step explanations, and final answers to help players who get stuck, while still encouraging independent problem-solving. Windows Fundamentals Part 3 Room - In part 3 of the Windows Fundamentals module, learn about the built-in Microsoft tools that help keep the device secure, such as Windows Updates, Windows Security, BitLocker, and more… ...

September 10, 2025 · 2 min
TryHackMe Windows Fundamentals Part 2 Room

TryHackMe - Windows Fundamentals Part 2 Room Walkthrough

This is my TryHackMe walkthrough, created to document my learning journey and share solutions with the community. The writeups include a mix of hints, step-by-step explanations, and final answers to help players who get stuck, while still encouraging independent problem-solving. Windows Fundamentals Part 2 Room - In part 2 of the Windows Fundamentals module, discover more about System Configuration, UAC Settings, Resource Monitoring, the Windows Registry and more.. Overview Room URL: https://tryhackme.com/room/windowsfundamentals2x0x Difficulty: Info Time to complete: 30 Walkthrough 1. Introduction No hints needed! ...

September 10, 2025 · 3 min
TryHackMe Windows Fundamentals Part 1 Room

TryHackMe - Windows Fundamentals Part 1 Room Walkthrough

This is my TryHackMe walkthrough, created to document my learning journey and share solutions with the community. The writeups include a mix of hints, step-by-step explanations, and final answers to help players who get stuck, while still encouraging independent problem-solving. Windows Fundamentals Part 1 Room - In part 1 of the Windows Fundamentals module, we’ll start our journey learning about the Windows desktop, the NTFS file system, UAC, the Control Panel, and more. ...

September 10, 2025 · 2 min