Cybersecurity undergraduate and web developer based in Sri Lanka, passionate about penetration testing, VAPT, and ethical hacking.

Writeups & Notes

HackTheBox and TryHackMe walkthroughs, VAPT case studies, OSINT research and the tools I build along the way.

Python Oct 1, 2024 6 min read

Network Inventory Script — Timex

Bash/Python automation that scans the local network, identifies active hosts, pulls MAC addresses and hostnames, and logs results to a CSV for IT audit.

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Web Development Sep 1, 2024 5 min read

Inventory Management System — Timex

Internal inventory tracking system built for Timex Garments. Role-based access control, stock management, PDF report generation, and audit logs.

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VAPT Aug 5, 2024 5 min read

Network VAPT — Internal Lab

Internal network vulnerability assessment — open ports, weak protocols, unpatched services and misconfigured firewall rules identified and documented.

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OSINT Jul 22, 2024 6 min read

Phishing Campaign Simulation

Simulated phishing engagement using the Social Engineering Toolkit. Crafted pretexting scenario, credential harvesting page, and awareness gap report for the client.

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VAPT Jul 10, 2024 5 min read

Web App VAPT — Sample Target

Full web application vulnerability assessment. Identified SQL Injection, XSS, IDOR and broken authentication. CVSS-rated report with PoC and remediation steps.

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OSINT Jun 15, 2024 5 min read

OSINT Investigation — Target Profiling

Full OSINT reconnaissance on a consenting test target — email enumeration, social media mapping, domain/WHOIS analysis, and breach data correlation.

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Web Development Jun 1, 2024 4 min read

Dreamway Education Website

Full company website for Dreamway Education — responsive design, PHP backend, contact form with mail integration, and SEO-optimised pages.

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Network Security May 20, 2024 5 min read

Active Directory Lab Setup & Attack Simulation

Built a full AD environment in VirtualBox — domain controller, workstations, and file server. Simulated Kerberoasting, Pass-the-Hash and BloodHound enumeration.

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HackTheBox May 15, 2024 3 min read

HTB: Beep

Elastix / FreePBX server with multiple attack vectors. Exploited Local File Inclusion to grab credentials, then escalated to root via sudo misconfiguration.

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Python Apr 18, 2024 7 min read

CTF Auto-Solver — Crypto Challenges

Toolkit of Python scripts for common CTF crypto challenges — Caesar, Vigenère, Base64 chaining, XOR bruteforce, and RSA weak key exploitation.

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HackTheBox Apr 2, 2024 4 min read

HTB: Blue

EternalBlue (MS17-010) exploitation on a Windows target. Manual exploit without Metasploit — using Impacket and custom Python scripts.

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HackTheBox Mar 10, 2024 3 min read

HTB: Lame

Classic Easy Linux box. Exploited a vulnerable Samba service to gain direct root access. Full walkthrough covering enumeration, exploitation and post-exploitation.

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Python Mar 5, 2024 6 min read

Port Scanner — Custom Nmap Wrapper

Python script that wraps Nmap for automated recon — service version detection, OS fingerprinting, and outputs a formatted HTML/JSON report.

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CTF Feb 20, 2024 4 min read

THM: Mr Robot CTF

Mr Robot themed room — three hidden flags using WordPress exploitation, dictionary attack and SUID binary privilege escalation.

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CTF Jan 15, 2024 6 min read

THM: Advent of Cyber 2023

Multi-day Capture The Flag — 24 challenges spanning web exploitation, OSINT, digital forensics, reverse engineering, and cryptography.

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