# Welcome

> A living archive of CTF writeups, machine walkthroughs, and offensive security notes. From IT support to Information Security — one flag at a time.

Not just *what* I did — but *why* it worked. Every recon step, every rabbit hole, every privilege escalation documented as it happens.

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## Progress

| Platform   | Easy  | Medium | Hard  | Total |
| ---------- | ----- | ------ | ----- | ----- |
| TryHackMe  | 4     | —      | —     | 4     |
| HackTheBox | —     | —      | —     | —     |
| LetsDefend | 3     | —      | —     | 3     |
| **Total**  | **7** | **0**  | **0** | **7** |

> Stats update automatically with each published writeup.

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## What's in here

Writeups across TryHackMe, HackTheBox, and LetsDefend — organised by difficulty and OS. Each one covers methodology, exploitation, and key takeaways. Also a growing set of cheatsheets built from real machines.

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## Find Me

[TryHackMe](https://tryhackme.com/p/Kieboard) · [HackTheBox](https://app.hackthebox.com/public/users/1030668?profile-top-tab=machines\&ownership-period=1M\&profile-bottom-tab=prolabs) · [GitHub](https://github.com/Kieboard) · [Portfolio](https://kieboard.me)

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*Writeups drafted in Notion, auto-formatted and published via a custom Python pipeline using Claude. Source in the* [*CTF-Hub repo*](https://github.com/Kieboard/CTF-Hub)*. Built with GitBook.*


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