Hack The Box Reviews

I use Hack The Box for training and learning pentesting through hands-on labs and virtual machines.

I recently learned about enumeration while using Hack The Box for training. I launched a Kali Linux attack box targeting a deployed Hack The Box machine with an internal IP address. We used Nmap to scan and discover open ports on the network. The scan revealed that open ports such as Port 80 running HTTP on a web application and Port 22 running SSH were present. Navigating to the webpage displayed a custom blog engine, and running directory brute force using a tool such as Gobuster revealed an unlinked admin endpoint.

Hack The Box offers the best features, including that it is free and has a comprehensive ecosystem for cybersecurity hands-on training for offensive Red Team work and learning defensive Blue Team work in a structured educational path. It has tremendously helped me gain hands-on experience on various different types of attacks, and it has been engaging.

I do not use Hack The Box within my organization; I use it on my personal laptop. It sharpens my offensive and defensive skills and proactive use of secure code design. It provides hands-on experience on how to test an environment and evaluate security tools, and it allows me to simulate attacks.

Hack The Box can be improved as it has a high barrier for complete beginners. The Academy has bridged some of the gap, but the main Hack The Box platform still presents a steep learning curve. The jump from easy to medium machines can feel abrupt, and sometimes the platform goes into a rabbit hole.

I have been using Hack The Box consistently for the last three to five years.

Hack The Box has not been deployed in my organization.

Hack The Box is a great place to learn, but I would not rely on Hack The Box alone.

Regarding Hack The Box's AI capabilities, I do not believe it has governance and security. It has AI capabilities, though the accuracy is still debatable because there are some flags that you will want to work on, and if you do not get it, you go into a rabbit hole, spend hours, and then receive an answer which was unexpected.

I would rate this review as an 8 out of 10.

I use the platform for learning cyber security topics. I find the weekly boxes a solid way to both have fun and expand knowledge. 

The new seasonal competition is an excellent drive to keep users playing with weekly boxes. 

I also practiced with ProLabs. ProLabs are labs that simulate real-world infrastructure scenarios. I have played with Dante, Zephyr, and Cybernetics ProLabs so far, and the experience has been great. 

The ProLabs are and excellent testbed for real-word PT activity but also an excellent proving ground for professional certification.

My organization has a collaboration with Hack The Box, allowing me and my colleagues enterprise account. This improved a lot for me and my colleagues. Not only for boxes and challenges, but the ProLabs were definitely on the spot with the working activity. 

ProLabs, in fact, digs into real-world enterprise scenarios, from web exploitation to Active Directory exploitation. It's not easy to find another online training platform, such as Hack The Box, that lets you play with this scenario. 

On top of that, they provide an excellent staff that helps you in case of issues during lab time.

The feature I like the most are weekly boxes. They provide an excellent training ground for hacking, and most of all, they provide the widest range of possible topics. 

From web application exploitation to OS exploitation, even some mobile exploitation examples. 

The seasonal challenge, which is based on the weekly boxes release, will keep you locked in completing boxes. Most of the time, this translates into hours of research and studying, but in my opinion, this is actually the fun part of it all. 

My only complaint is regarding the ranking system. I find it really hard to jump from one level to another. To accomplish this, you need to have a long streak of completing boxes because even if you hacked the weekly released box and you got the points, as soon as the box is retired (after some months), you lose all the current points, and the progress jumps back. While there has to be a balance of completed boxes and ranking level, Hack The Box should consider a ranking system that penalizes fewer users who cannot have long active streaks of doing boxes.

I have been using Hack The Box for more than five years.

They have been good with stability. I never have issues that prevent me from using the platform.

They are good at scaling. Hack The Box is a global-scaled platform that has a high number of users.

The customer service has been good.

Positive

I tried other solutions. However, they did not fit my expectations of training.

The setup was 100% easy to understand.

Hack The Box is a platform that allows anyone to learn and improve skills. And this translates into having the skills needed for daily job scenarios.

The best part of Hack The Box is that even if you cannot afford it, you can play and learn for free. If you want to access some pay features, such as ProLabs, my advice is to understand which ProLabs are more suited to your training objectives.

I tried other platforms. That said, eventually, I ended up using Hack The Box only as it offers a better variety of challenges.

The primary use case of this solution is to:

* Solve the labs, specifically Linux and Windows machines. 

* Learn about the industry standard tools such as Nmap.

* Other tools used for the network proxy such as BurpSuite.

* One more that I have recently learned is the SQLmap.

* Overall the experience is great when it comes to learning the fundamentals of Cybersecurity which comprises learning about networks, the internet, and firewalls. 

* The best part about HTB is that it provides a hands-on learning environment. 

It has encouraged our team members to upskill themselves, by helping us grow in the field of cyber-security. It has motivated me and my teammates, to appear and qualify for the gold standard of the cybersecurity field which is OSCP (Offensive Security Certified Professional). 

Many of my other teammates have qualified for this exam, and have given credit to the amazing Hack the Box team, which provides hands-on learning playfully and entertainingly. The content is structured in the best way to learn.

One of the most valuable features is that it makes learning the concepts of cybersecurity fun and intriguing. I love that we can track our progress and apart from that, we can also check the hints when needed. 

Most of the solutions are not in the public domain, which I believe is the best part as it encourages us to learn when we hit a wall. This is the best and most effective form of learning that we can think of as compared to competitors in the market. 

I encourage everyone to use Hack the Box as it is one of the best platforms to upgrade yourself in the field of cybersecurity. 

As of now, the Hack the Box platform is the best learning solution, however, I encourage Hack the Box to conduct training courses. More specifically the Bootcamp related to job-oriented skills that will help someone new to land the job. I strongly believe Hack the Box should add AI and ML features. They could also host live sessions to make it more interactive. 

I have been using this product for two months, and this platform is one of the finest platforms for cybersecurity training. I love Hack the Box. It has helped me in the long run to upskill myself.