What is Hack the Box ?
Hack the box is an online platform to test and improve your skills in Penetration testing in Cyber Security. Hack the box contains several challenges which are constantly update. It contains some scenarios which are simultaneous to the real world scenarios, and some are more related to the CTF style. Now lets see how we can get a way in..!
After you go to the https://www.hackthebox.eu/ you can see the hack the box as follows.
Then to join the hack the box you have to go to the https://www.hackthebox.eu/invite by clicking join HTB.
After you go to the above url it will ask for a invite code with a smiley 😊 on it.
This blog will explains how to get the invite code for Hack the Box.
Right click on the page and go to PAGE SOURCE or INSPECT. So first search the invite key word, and there is a JavaScript as inviteapi.min.js. Next go to that JavaScript by typing the URL https://www.hackthebox.eu/js/inviteapi.min.js to find some hints on invite code.
After go to that URL,you'll see a js file as follows.
By carefully examine the code, you can find a function called makeInviteCode which is highlighted in the above image.Next go to the developer tools in the browser and open the console and give the makeInviteCode() function as shown in the image below.
Find the encrypted text which is encrypted using BASE64 and using base64 converter decrypt the text.
After encrypting the text, it says the instructions to find the invite code.
It says that to get the invite code we have to make a POST request to the given url. To make the POST request to the given URL i used the extension RESTClient. In the response column of the RESTClient it displays the decoded invite code. By encrypting it we can get the Invite code for the Hack the Box as shown below.
Then using that Invite code you can register to the Hack the Box.
Now you can successfully hack in to the hack the box..!!
