https://zacharymorgan.dev/tags/kali/ Recent content in Kali on Zachary Morgan Hugo en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:00:00 -0600 https://zacharymorgan.dev/posts/day-4-attack-box-and-getting-hooked/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:00:00 -0600 https://zacharymorgan.dev/posts/day-4-attack-box-and-getting-hooked/ <p>YO! I knocked out a Systems 1 C++ assignment in the morning, built a Kali VM as my attack box, and then accidentally spent four hours on HTB Academy because I got hooked.</p> <h2 id="the-attack-box">The attack box</h2> <p>My homelab now has two purpose-built VMs that talk to each other:</p> <ul> <li><strong>DC01</strong> — Windows Server 2025 running Active Directory Domain Services for <code>corp.local</code>. Five users seeded with intentional weaknesses (Kerberoastable service account, AS-REP roastable legacy account, secondary domain admin). Built this Friday.</li> <li><strong>Kali</strong> — fresh install on Proxmox, 8GB RAM, 4 vCPU, on the same <code>vmbr0</code> bridge as the DC. Built today.</li> </ul> <h2 id="htb-academy">HTB Academy</h2> <p>Got about 60% done with the Getting Started module under the Penetration Testing job path. Learned a TON, escalated privileges, used Metasploit for the first time, learned how to search for vulnerabilities on machines, etc.</p>