Hack The Box Hacking Battlegrounds Streamed Tournament #2 - Commentated by IppSec and John Hammond
Source: YouTube · Hack The Box · published Oct 22, 2021 · 4:52:14
This video covers the HackTheBox Battlegrounds tournament, where 16 hackers compete in 1v1 elimination matches hosted by Soti and John Hammond 6:03.
Key Takeaways:
• Players battle for prizes including cash and swag in 20-minute matches, utilizing a 5-minute stream delay to prevent cheating 8:04 12:08.
• The opening match between Enox and GbuZ features a defensive strategy of hardening PHP configurations versus offensive webshell exploitation, ending in a draw 20:08.
• Commentary highlights technical tradecraft like using file_get_contents to bypass blacklisted functions and UDP netcat for stealthy persistence 22:56.
• A brief look at a second match shows Gio defeating opponent s101 just before time expires 40:22.
The stream successfully blends competitive gameplay analysis with security philosophy, despite encountering technical audio issues during the broadcast 56:28.
Sources:
- 6:03 Host introduction and tournament overview
- 8:04 Match format and prize pool details
- 12:08 Explanation of the 5-minute delay for anti-cheat
- 20:08 Gameplay start of Enox vs. GbuZ
- 22:56 Discussion on bypassing PHP filters and persistence
- 40:22 Observation of the second match result
- 56:28 Audio issue resolution and intermissi
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e e e e e e e e e e e e go hello all how are you greetings from hack the box as you can see again uh this is soti AKA Red Runner I'm the community manager and I'm very honored and happy that we have today here the second live stream tournament with the amazing IC that I'm honored to work with and John Hammon a humble an amazing content creator a friend of HB and 16 players that have said that they want to participate they're extremely good hackers and um we have amazing prizes together for them today sneak is also on board guys we are here to promise you a hacking your sports events like there's no tomorrow so take it all in you will have a lot of fun so yeah yep super happy to be here um again with John Hammond how are you going today John I'm all right it's second I'm excited I'm having …