Jacen's Blog

Running QEMU on an Android Host

December 28, 2021

For a few years, modern flagship phones have had comparable specs to mid-tier computers, which gave me a thought: why can't you just run a full-fledged virtual machine on your phone?

The short answer is "because virtual machines don't quite work like that". The long answer is a bit too complicated for my small brain to properly explain, but the point is that running a virtual machine from your phone isn't really feasible for the average user.

Fortunately, there's another solution: emulation.

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TryHackMe - HackPark Writeup

November 2, 2021

HackPark is a Medium difficulty room, although it guides you along fairly well for the initial foothold, and it's pretty easy to root if you do proper basic enumeration.

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TryHackMe - JPGChat Writeup

August 17, 2021

JPGChat was a very quick and easy box, but it does have a simple OSINT step that was a bit of fun to follow.

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TryHackMe - Overpass Writeup

August 16, 2021

By now, everyone has done a writeup of the Overpass room on TryHackMe, but I've decided I want to try my hand at it anyway. Hopefully someone will find it helpful.

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