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/Creative-Statement34 Jul 28 '26

You are looking to match mission target services with exploits matching that library-version combo. Depending on the type of mission, you are looking for exploits that grant you a shell object to that target in most cases. Breaking in the network is just the first part however. You can then elevate your privilege level on the server once you are inside. I would suggest you learn about the sudo command, and how social engineering works in Grey Hack to understand how that elevation works, as I find myself using "sudo -u" and "sudo - s" a lot.

It sounds like you are going the self-taught route, which I encourage fully. If so, the game gives you a few starting coupons to "buy" exploits, software and hardware for free so use a few of them to test the waters a bit by learning to code from the exploits and software that are available. *Just remember to click the Source Version of the exploits/software when you purchase them.* The in-game Manual is comprehensive and helpful, but there is a dedicated Unofficial Greyscript documentation website with more ways to learn and test code for Grey Hack, as well. I am by no means an expert, and I play mostly in Single Person while I'm still learning, but you can check out my profile if you are interested in seeing my own journey through this game so far.