# NTHSec

> NTHSec is Noah's home base for cybersecurity, IT, and AI content.

- [NTHSec: Cybersecurity, IT, and AI](https://www.nthsec.com/index.md): Hi! My name is is Noah and NTHSec is my home base for all things cybersecurity, IT, and AI. I make offensive security videos, blog posts, and CTF writeups.
- [NTHSec Blog: AI, Cybersecurity, Study Skills, and Careers](https://www.nthsec.com/blog/index.md): Browse every NTHSec blog post by topic: AI, cybersecurity advice / explainers, and study skills.
- [My AUGMENTED AI Study Framework for Cybersecurity](https://www.nthsec.com/blog/augmented-ai-study-framework.md): A two-part framework for using AI to augment your cybersecurity learning instead of replacing it: scope a hands-on lab, then execute, fail, ask, and retry.
- [My Thoughts on AI in Cyber: A Cybersecurity Student's Opinion](https://www.nthsec.com/blog/thoughts-on-ai-in-cyber.md): A cybersecurity student's honest take on AI: how it's changing the cyber industry, the education crisis it's causing, and how I use it in my own life.
- [I Feel Like I'm in an AI Bubble](https://www.nthsec.com/blog/ai-bubble.md): How I use AI across my personal life, my cyber internship, and my education, how I feel about each AI world, and how I want to grow with it.
- [My 2026 Roadmap for Beginners in Cybersecurity](https://www.nthsec.com/blog/cybersecurity-roadmap-2026.md): Less of a roadmap, more of a guidebook: my path into cyber, the six skills I'd tell any beginner to build, and three free places to start learning tomorrow.
- [Why Cyber Can Feel So Overwhelming (And How I Stay Afloat)](https://www.nthsec.com/blog/why-cyber-feels-overwhelming.md): Cyber can be a big mess of news, content, and new platforms. Here's how I handle news, pick creators to trust, choose where to learn, and use my skills.
- [How to Get Ahead of 99% of Cyber Students](https://www.nthsec.com/blog/get-ahead-of-cyber-students.md): Three habits that put me at the top of my cybersecurity classes: learning beyond class, building a second brain, and setting clear goals for after graduation.
- [NTHSec Videos: Hand-Picked Cybersecurity and AI Explainers](https://www.nthsec.com/videos/index.md): A curated grid of NTHSec YouTube videos on cybersecurity, AI, and studying smarter. Click any card to watch the full video right here on the site.
- [10 Levels of AD Hacking](https://www.nthsec.com/videos/ad-hacking-10-levels.md): Watch 10 Levels of AD Hacking, an NTHSec walkthrough of Active Directory attacks that builds from beginner to advanced.
- [Root Every OSCP Machine](https://www.nthsec.com/videos/root-every-oscp-machine.md): Watch Root Every OSCP Machine, an NTHSec video on approaching OSCP-style machines.
- [10 Levels of Web Hacking](https://www.nthsec.com/videos/web-hacking-10-levels.md): Watch 10 Levels of Web Hacking, an NTHSec walkthrough of web application attacks that builds from beginner to advanced.
- [CTF Writeups: HackSmarter, HackTheBox, and TryHackMe Walkthroughs](https://www.nthsec.com/ctf/index.md): Step-by-step CTF writeups from NTHSec, organized by platform and difficulty. HackSmarter, HackTheBox, and TryHackMe challenges explained for beginners.
- [Casino: HackSmarter CTF Walkthrough](https://www.nthsec.com/ctf/hsm-casino.md): Las Vegas is gearing up for a massive cybersecurity conference, and you've been hired to conduct a penetration test against one of the casinos. The client - Hack Smarter World - is a luxury resort where many of the attendees will be staying. Your objective is to identify all vulnerabilities and elev…
- [CTOS](https://www.nthsec.com/ctf/hsm-ctos.md)
- [Walnut](https://www.nthsec.com/ctf/hsm-walnut.md)
- [Underpass: HackTheBox CTF Walkthrough](https://www.nthsec.com/ctf/htb-underpass.md): HackTheBox Underpass walkthrough: UDP and SNMP enumeration, daloRADIUS default credentials, cracking an MD5 hash, and a mosh-server sudo privilege escalation.
- [TryHackMe Ledger: Walkthrough ](https://www.nthsec.com/ctf/thm-ledger.md): Ledger is a hard-rated Active Directory machine on TryHackMe that showcases a classic certificate template misconfiguration attack path. The box demonstrates enumeration through LDAP, password spraying, and ultimately privilege escalation via ESC1 certificate abuse to achieve Domain Admin access. Le…
- [About Me: Just a Guy](https://www.nthsec.com/about.md)


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