Lab Notes – 2025-11-27

Overview

Lighter tactical day — consolidating knowledge.

Key Concepts Reviewed

PID vs PPID — process vs parent process. Nmap flags:

-sV  service version
-sS  SYN scan
-sT  TCP connect
-sU  UDP
-sC  default scripts
--script vuln  targeted vuln scripts

NSE categories, enumeration phases, and mindset for recon.

Hash cracking

NTLM cracking refresher:

john --format=nt --wordlist=rockyou hashes.txt

Reflection

This was sharpening fundamentals, not rushing exploits.