Day 9 · Week 2

XSS and Protocols

Complete TryHackMe XSS Introduction and Network Protocols.

Challenges completed

Completed THM rooms Protocols, Protocols 2, and XSS

What I learned

  • Refreshed knowledge around FTP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, TLS, SSH

  • Refreshed knowledge around sniffing, MITM, and passwords attacks

  • Refreshed knowledge around XSS, including different types of XSS:

    • Reflected XSS
    • Stored XSS
    • Dom-Based XSS
    • Blind XSS

Commands, tools, and techniques

  • THC Hydra
  • Bettercap
  • Ettercap

Problems and dead ends

Explain what did not work and why.

What I will revisit

XSS Labs