AI Security
I Asked an AI About Its Security Policies: It Gave Me the API Key
A simple prompt about security policies tricked an AI chatbot into leaking its API key. Real-world case study on AI deployment security failures.
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AI Security
Breaking an AI-Powered Shell
Red teaming an AI-powered shell application — prompt injection, command injection, and sandbox escape techniques against LLM-integrated CLI tools.
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HTB Blocky
Minecraft server enumeration, Java JAR plugin decompilation revealing hardcoded database credentials, and trivial root access via sudo su.
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HTB Keeper Writeup: How a Danish Dessert Unlocked Root Access
Request Tracker default credentials for initial access, then KeePass crash dump memory analysis (CVE-2023-32784) to extract the root SSH key.
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HTB Knife: PHP 8.1.0-dev Supply Chain Backdoor RCE to Root
Exploiting the PHP 8.1.0-dev supply chain backdoor via User-Agentt header for RCE, then root through knife binary sudo privilege on Linux.
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HTB Broker Writeup
Apache ActiveMQ CVE-2023-46604 deserialization RCE for initial shell, then root via nginx sudo misconfiguration allowing config overwrite.