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sudo vim Was All It Took to Go From User to Root — Simple CTF (TryHackMe)

Platform: TryHackMe · Difficulty: Easy · Category: CMS SQLi / Upload Filter Bypass / GTFOBins Introduction Simple CTF tells you exactly how complicated things are going to get right there in the name.

• Single command 'sudo vim' elevated user to root on three services
• Anonymous FTP login provided immediate system access
• Outdated CMS Made Simple had blind SQL injection vulnerability

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Sentinel-IR Playground Is in Beta: Structural Code Analysis in Your Browser, Even on Your Phone

Sentinel-IR Playground Thanks for support: https://www.npmjs.com/package/sentinel-ir-mcp/v/0.3.0?activeTab=code The first 30 seconds: What is this?

• Sentinel-IR Playground in beta for structural code analysis
• Runs locally in browser using WebAssembly, preserving privacy
• Supports JavaScript, TypeScript, TSX, and Python

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About CAP theorem

As developers, we often assume that distributed systems can provide everything at once: perfectly consistent data, high availability, and resilience to network failures.

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We Don't Write PHP. PHP2Shell Still Made Us Audit Everything: A Runtime-Patching Playbook for Polyglot Teams

Our team mostly writes Django, React and Flutter, so when the PHP2Shell advisories came out last week, the first reaction in our chat was "not our problem." That turned out to be the wrong question.

• PHP2Shell is a runtime vulnerability, not an application flaw.
• Comprehensive inventory of all runtimes, including third-party systems, is essential for mitigation.

3h ago ·dev.to