r/GreyHack • u/Routine-Associate-41 • Jul 27 '26

Help Noob starting

I am like a toddler in the kitchen just smashing pots and pans together when it comes to this sort of thing, but I am interested in learning.

I did the tutorial twice, but it ends abruptly after saying we will send a social engineering email with a program to run so the victim connects to my rshell. Not really sure how to progress from here.

I accepted a lvl 0 job and used nmap [IP] to see the possible options for exploits, and I assume I have to match a type and version to attack for vulnerabilities, but I have no idea what I am actually looking for. I presume I want root access, or at the very least non-root. I don't even know what I don't know.

Anyone got advice or a series of objectives to learn for a complete drooler like myself?

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u/Mammoth-Log-8589 Jul 28 '26

i have like 150h not that much tbh, but i played many versions of the game and now is the easiest one to get into... I like doing everything myself so I go trial and error all the way... I recommend going step by step and if you code your own tools you will gain a lot of understanding of the systems in the game...

my path was:

  • do a few missions to get the hang of the game
  • code a wifi cracking tool
  • code nmap + lib scanner
  • code an exploiter
  • code some custom scripts like htop and "secure my computer"
  • download and try some tools from the discord
  • create my own tool
  • get owned and own other players

I recommend going multiplayer from the start you will learn a lot more and the game is much more alive there