LEVEL UP: Taking on a Medium HTB Machine

🔥 YOU'VE STARTED HACKING. NOW IT'S TIME TO LEVEL UP.
Welcome to SavanSec × Hack The Box Meetup #3.

In our first session, we introduced Hack The Box and explored how the platform can help you build practical cybersecurity skills.
In our second session, we got hands-on with beginner-friendly machines.
Now we're taking the next step.

Join us this Thursday as Getrude Katsenga leads us through a Medium-level Hack The Box machine, breaking down the methodology, decisions, challenges, and attack paths involved in solving it.
This session is designed to help you move beyond simply following commands and start understanding how penetration testers think.

🧠 What You'll Learn
During the session, we'll explore:
🔎 Reconnaissance & Enumeration
Understanding what to look for and how to identify the attack surface.

🎯 Attack Path Discovery
Turning enumeration results into potential attack vectors.

💻 Initial Access
Understanding how vulnerabilities can be identified and exploited.

🧩 Exploitation & Pivoting
Following clues and adapting when the initial approach doesn't work.

⬆️ Privilege Escalation
Identifying opportunities to move from a limited foothold to higher privileges.

🧠 Hacker Mindset
Most importantly, understanding why certain decisions are made during an assessment.

👩‍💻 Meet the Speaker

Getrude Katsenga
Getrude will take us through the machine while sharing the thinking and methodology behind each step.

Rather than simply demonstrating a solution, we'll focus on the questions an offensive security practitioner asks along the way:

• What do we know?
• What should we investigate next?
• Why this approach?
• What if it doesn't work?

🎯 Who Is This For?

This meetup is ideal for:
Cybersecurity students
Aspiring penetration testers

• CTF players
• Hack The Box users
• Security professionals developing offensive-security skills
• Career switchers exploring penetration testing
• Anyone who has completed some beginner HTB machines and wants to take on something more challenging

Recommended Level

Beginner → Intermediate
You don't need to be an expert, but having some familiarity with Hack The Box, Linux, networking, and basic enumeration will make the session much more useful.