Copyright Notice

Hack The Box Disclaimer and Copyright Notice

Blog Name: IBRAHIM ISIAQ BOLAJI'S BLOG
Operator: Ibrahim Isiaq Bolaji
Last Updated: September 12, 2026

1. Independent Website Notice

IBRAHIM ISIAQ BOLAJI'S BLOG is an independently operated educational and technical blog.

This website is not owned, operated, sponsored, endorsed, authorised, or administered by Hack The Box unless expressly stated otherwise in a particular article or official communication.

Nothing on this website should be interpreted as establishing a partnership, employment relationship, sponsorship arrangement, affiliate relationship, endorsement, or official association between IBRAHIM ISIAQ BOLAJI'S BLOG and Hack The Box.

The references to Hack The Box on this website are made for educational, commentary, identification, research, and informational purposes.


2. Hack The Box Name, Logo, and Trademarks

“Hack The Box,” “HTB,” related names, logos, service marks, trade names, designs, graphics, and other branding elements may be owned by Hack The Box or its licensors.

All rights, title, and interest in Hack The Box trademarks and branding remain with their respective owners.

This website does not claim ownership of:

  • The Hack The Box name;
  • The HTB name or abbreviation;
  • Hack The Box logos;
  • Hack The Box product names;
  • Hack The Box platform designs;
  • Hack The Box machine or challenge names;
  • Hack The Box documentation;
  • Hack The Box training materials; or
  • Any other Hack The Box intellectual property.

The use of the words “Hack The Box” or “HTB” on this website is intended to identify the platform being discussed. Such use is not intended to imply sponsorship, endorsement, approval, certification, or official representation.

No licence to use Hack The Box trademarks is granted by this website.

Where a third-party logo or other branding is not necessary for an article, it may be removed, replaced with plain text, or replaced with an original graphic.


3. Copyright Ownership

Unless otherwise stated, the original written commentary, explanations, opinions, analysis, structure, illustrations, and other original materials created by Ibrahim Isiaq Bolaji for this blog are owned by Ibrahim Isiaq Bolaji or used under an applicable permission or licence.

This copyright claim does not extend to material owned by Hack The Box or other third parties.

Third-party rights may apply to:

  • Platform names;
  • Machine names;
  • Challenge names;
  • Screenshots;
  • Logos;
  • Interface elements;
  • Documentation;
  • Challenge descriptions;
  • Training materials;
  • Code;
  • Scripts;
  • Images;
  • Videos;
  • Audio;
  • Text;
  • Flags;
  • Credentials;
  • Files;
  • Database content; and
  • Other platform-provided material.

Third-party material remains the property of its respective owner.


4. Use of Hack The Box for Educational Purposes

Some articles on this website discuss cybersecurity training, Capture The Flag activities, penetration-testing laboratories, vulnerability research, digital forensics, malware analysis, and other educational exercises performed on or inspired by Hack The Box.

These articles may include the author's:

  • Personal learning experience;
  • Original observations;
  • Original explanations;
  • Security analysis;
  • Defensive recommendations;
  • Vulnerability classifications;
  • Detection guidance;
  • Secure configuration advice;
  • Sanitised screenshots;
  • High-level descriptions of attack paths; and
  • Lessons learned from an authorised laboratory environment.

The purpose of these articles is to support lawful education, cybersecurity awareness, defensive security, and authorised research.


5. No General Right to Reproduce Hack The Box Content

Participation in a Capture The Flag event, Hack The Box laboratory, training course, or other cybersecurity platform does not automatically grant a user a general right to reproduce, redistribute, sell, publish, or commercially exploit all platform content.

This website does not claim that every Hack The Box Machine, Challenge, Sherlock, Pro Lab, Academy module, exam, screenshot, solution, flag, or training resource may be published.

Any publication of Hack The Box-related material must be subject to:

  1. The applicable Hack The Box User Agreement;
  2. Hack The Box's Acceptable Use Policy;
  3. Hack The Box's current write-up, streaming, and walkthrough guidelines;
  4. Any applicable content-specific restrictions;
  5. Any applicable confidentiality obligations;
  6. Applicable copyright and trademark law;
  7. Any applicable licence or written permission; and
  8. Any other rules issued by Hack The Box or the relevant rights holder.

If the permission status of content is uncertain, the material will not be published until the author has obtained appropriate clarification or permission.


6. Retired, Active, and Restricted Content

The author aims to publish only Hack The Box-related solutions or walkthroughs that are expressly permitted under the applicable Hack The Box rules.

Depending on the current Hack The Box publication guidelines, permitted categories may include:

  • Retired Machines;
  • Retired Challenges;
  • Retired Sherlocks;
  • Starting Point Machines;
  • Tier 0 Academy Modules; and
  • Other content expressly identified by Hack The Box as eligible for public publication.

The author will not knowingly publish solutions, flags, answers, walkthroughs, hints, or spoilers for:

  • Active Machines;
  • Active Challenges;
  • Active Sherlocks;
  • Restricted or confidential content;
  • Exam content;
  • Enterprise-only content;
  • Private team content;
  • Content subject to a confidentiality agreement;
  • Content that Hack The Box has not authorised for public disclosure; or
  • Any other content whose publication is prohibited by the applicable rules.

An “expired” or otherwise unavailable status does not necessarily mean that content is authorised for public publication. The author will seek to confirm the actual publication status before publishing a write-up.


7. Responsibility to Verify Publication Permission

Before publishing a Hack The Box-related article, the author should verify:

  • That the relevant content is retired or otherwise authorised for publication;
  • That the article does not disclose active-content spoilers;
  • That the article does not disclose confidential or restricted information;
  • That the article does not reproduce proprietary training material;
  • That screenshots and logos are used appropriately;
  • That any third-party code is properly attributed and licensed;
  • That credentials and sensitive information have been removed; and
  • That the article complies with the current Hack The Box rules.

Because platform policies may change, readers should consult Hack The Box's current official terms, policies, and publication guidelines rather than relying solely on this notice.


8. Original Commentary and Transformative Analysis

The author seeks to provide original commentary rather than reproduce Hack The Box content.

Articles may discuss:

  • The general vulnerability class involved;
  • Why a configuration was insecure;
  • The security impact;
  • Defensive controls;
  • Detection opportunities;
  • Incident-response considerations;
  • Secure coding practices;
  • Lessons for administrators;
  • Risk-management recommendations; and
  • The author's own learning experience.

Where practical, the author may omit or generalise commands, credentials, tokens, exploit details, flags, screenshots, or other material that could reproduce proprietary content or facilitate misuse.

The presence of original commentary does not automatically authorise the reproduction of third-party material. The author will assess third-party rights separately.


9. Screenshots and Visual Material

Screenshots relating to Hack The Box or other third-party platforms may appear only where the author believes their use is permitted, authorised, necessary for commentary, or otherwise lawful.

The author will seek to avoid:

  • Publishing confidential platform content;
  • Publishing restricted training material;
  • Publishing exam content;
  • Publishing active challenge spoilers;
  • Reproducing entire proprietary pages;
  • Removing copyright or trademark notices;
  • Presenting third-party screenshots as original website designs;
  • Using screenshots in a misleading manner; or
  • Using third-party logos to suggest endorsement.

Screenshots may be cropped, blurred, redacted, or replaced with original diagrams to protect sensitive information and reduce unnecessary reproduction.


10. Credentials, Flags, Tokens, and Sensitive Information

The author aims to remove or sanitise sensitive information from cybersecurity articles.

Sensitive information may include:

  • Usernames;
  • Passwords;
  • Authentication tokens;
  • Session cookies;
  • API keys;
  • Private keys;
  • Hashes;
  • Flags;
  • Personal information;
  • Private IP addresses;
  • Internal hostnames;
  • Confidential configuration data;
  • Proprietary files; and
  • Other information that could create a security, privacy, or intellectual-property risk.

If examples are included for educational purposes, they should be fictional, expired, invalid, redacted, or limited to information whose publication is authorised.

Readers must not use any information published on this website to access systems or accounts without explicit authorisation.


11. Ethical and Authorised Use

All cybersecurity activities discussed on this website are intended for lawful and authorised purposes only.

Readers should:

  • Test only systems they own or are explicitly authorised to test;
  • Use dedicated training laboratories;
  • Follow the rules of the relevant platform;
  • Avoid targeting unintended systems;
  • Avoid targeting other platform users;
  • Avoid denial-of-service activity;
  • Avoid disrupting services;
  • Protect personal and confidential information;
  • Avoid credential theft and phishing;
  • Avoid malware deployment;
  • Avoid unauthorised persistence or evasion; and
  • Follow all applicable laws and contractual obligations.

Nothing on this website grants permission to attack, scan, exploit, access, interfere with, or obtain information from any third-party system.

The author does not encourage unauthorised access, disruption, credential theft, phishing, malware deployment, privacy violations, or other unlawful conduct.


12. No Warranty Regarding Third-Party Platforms

This website may contain references to Hack The Box and other third-party platforms.

The author does not guarantee that:

  • A referenced platform will remain available;
  • A machine or challenge will remain retired;
  • A particular write-up will remain accurate;
  • A platform rule will remain unchanged;
  • A third-party link will remain active;
  • A third-party service will remain secure;
  • A referenced technique will work in another environment; or
  • A particular publication is approved by Hack The Box.

Readers should independently verify the current rules and status of any third-party platform or content.


13. No Endorsement or Affiliation

References to Hack The Box do not mean that Hack The Box:

  • Reviewed the article;
  • Approved the article;
  • Endorsed the article;
  • Approved the author's conclusions;
  • Approved the author's screenshots;
  • Approved the author's use of its name;
  • Sponsors this website; or
  • Has any responsibility for this website.

Any statement of official affiliation, sponsorship, partnership, or authorisation will be made only where it is accurate and supported by an applicable agreement or official confirmation.


14. Premium and Member-Only Content

Some content on this website may be available to premium users, members, supporters, or paying readers.

Premium access does not change the author's obligations concerning:

  • Copyright;
  • Trademark rights;
  • Confidentiality;
  • Platform terms;
  • Privacy;
  • Security;
  • Applicable law; or
  • Third-party publication restrictions.

The author will not treat a paywall, encryption, membership restriction, or private access mechanism as permission to publish content that is otherwise restricted.

Premium content must not be used to distribute confidential, active, restricted, or unauthorised Hack The Box material.


15. Third-Party Links and References

This website may link to Hack The Box, official documentation, GitHub repositories, security advisories, educational resources, videos, or other third-party websites.

Third-party links are provided for reference and convenience.

The author does not control third-party websites and is not responsible for:

  • Their content;
  • Their availability;
  • Their privacy practices;
  • Their security;
  • Their terms;
  • Their advertisements;
  • Their downloads; or
  • Their subsequent changes.

Readers should review the applicable third-party terms and privacy policies before using those websites.


16. Copyright and Trademark Complaints

If you believe that material published on this website infringes your copyright, trademark, confidentiality, privacy, or other legal rights, please contact the author before taking further action where appropriate.

A complaint should include:

  • Your full name or organisation;
  • Your contact details;
  • The URL of the disputed material;
  • A description of the material;
  • The right or interest you believe has been infringed;
  • Evidence that you own or are authorised to enforce that right;
  • An explanation of the alleged infringement; and
  • The action you request.

Complaints may be sent to:

The author will review credible complaints and may:

  • Remove the material;
  • Restrict access;
  • Replace an image or screenshot;
  • Remove a logo;
  • Correct attribution;
  • Add clarification;
  • Redact sensitive information;
  • Rewrite the relevant section; or
  • Take another appropriate action.

Submitting a complaint does not guarantee removal. The author may request additional information to evaluate the issue.


17. Hack The Box Contact and Official Policies

For questions concerning Hack The Box's intellectual property, trademarks, publication permissions, or platform rules, readers should consult Hack The Box's official legal and policy resources.

Relevant official resources may include:

  • Hack The Box legal information;
  • Hack The Box User Agreement;
  • Hack The Box Acceptable Use Policy;
  • Hack The Box Platform Rules; and
  • Hack The Box streaming, write-up, and walkthrough guidelines.

The official rules may be updated from time to time. The current version published by Hack The Box should be treated as authoritative for Hack The Box platform use.


18. Changes to This Notice

This notice may be updated when:

  • Hack The Box changes its policies;
  • The website changes its content practices;
  • New types of third-party material are used;
  • Legal requirements change; or
  • The author identifies a need for clarification.

The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.


19. Contact

For questions, corrections, copyright concerns, trademark concerns, or removal requests, contact:

Ibrahim Isiaq Bolaji

20. Important Limitation

This notice is provided for general informational purposes and is not legal advice.

The author makes reasonable efforts to comply with applicable platform rules and intellectual-property requirements but does not guarantee that every article, screenshot, quotation, logo, link, or third-party reference is free from legal or contractual restrictions.

Where a specific issue involves substantial copyright, trademark, confidentiality, commercial-use, or platform-policy concerns, readers and rights holders should obtain advice from a qualified legal professional or contact the relevant rights holder directly.