A few days later,
Lucian sat hunched over the PC screen, scrolling through a cluttered local site for buying and selling gear. One listing caught his eye.
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NOX Pentesting Toolkit — Portable Network Security & Exploitation Pack
Rating: ★★★★☆ (28 Reviews)
Price: $59.99
Ships from: United States
Available since: 2005
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Product Description
The NOX Pentesting Toolkit (Advanced Edition) is a field-ready network intrusion and testing suite, designed for advanced users who want low-level control, deep visibility, and stealth in their operations.
Whether you're developing payloads, emulating APT behavior, or performing advanced Wi-Fi manipulation, NOX gives you a portable, OSINT-capable environment.
Product Include
NOX OS v2.3 (Bootable USB)
Custom Linux-based OS designed for silent ops
Encrypted storage module (ShadowCache™)
GhostBoot™ feature: boots without leaving logs
📊 Tools & Features:
NetSpecter – Local network analyzer that visualizes live device activity like heat signatures
EchoRift – Tool to replicate login portals (banking, school, socials) with behavior triggers
KeyVault Hunter – Simulated memory sweeper that flags pattern-based credential storage
PhantomBridge – Creates covert file-sharing tunnels over fake system logs
WraithScan – Detects signal leaks from rogue Wi-Fi sources within 50 meters
IdleSpear – Script injector for idle browsers connected to unsecured networks
Click to view more —
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Clicks.
Lucian (muttering): Hmm… IdleSpear and all are probably pre-installed in the OS. These must be the extra parts… like the High-Gain Wireless Adapter, or that Script Injection Drive—SilentKey, huh. There are even books included.
He hovered the mouse over the "Buy Now" button. But the price made him hesitate.
Lucian: I blew all my cash on that Linux book... Even with pocket money, six months at best. No way I'm asking Mom or Dad.
The price wasn't the only thing on Lucian's mind; he wasn't even sure if the 'Nox Kit' was good.
Lucian: I should probably check the forum.
Lucian typed in the URL for Packtforge.
The screen turned white—nothing but emptiness. No loading bar, no error message. Just a blank slate.
He tilted his head slightly, eyebrows tightening.
Lucian: The fck— What do you mean I don't have a connection?
The site layout appeared—just a skeleton of what it used to be. No users, no threads. Just 'No Connection' in the corner.
Lucian took a breath.
Refresh.
Refresh.
Lucian: It has gone down.
Lucian wasn't concerned, but rather just annoyed. He didn't miss the chat, to be honest, he just wanted to find out about 'Nox Kit', he could get his answers just searching online though...
Lucian: Having a place to get a review from real people would have been great.
So Lucian searched not for Nox, but for other forums. He founded many, but all of them were dead, showing the same thing:
'No Connection'.
After half an hour of continuous search, Lucian did find something, not a forum but a link that contained a forum link.
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Drop*og.com
Drop*og was infamous—a hub for leaked credentials, password dumps, and data breaches. Even Lucian had heard whispers about it.
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Even someone like Lucian knows about that...
Though clicking the site didn't lead to a forum, it gave two links that seemed like a forum.
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Posted by Nullsec
Bytestack.com
ТеньНет.com
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Lucian: They do seem like forum names... Well, at least one does.
Click.
Lucian went to Bytestack first, though, just like every other forum, it showed the same thing.
Lucian: No Connection... Of course!
Going back to Drop*og.com, Lucian was disappointed, but as he hovered his mouse over the Russian site for some reason, he felt some hope.
Click.
Lucian(smiles, muttering): Weird, the site is in Russian but they are talking in English. Well, at least it's running.
The site was different from Packtforge—far more sophisticated, but it didn't feel like a typical forum. It looked more like a closed chat group, private and minimal, almost like Lucian had walked into the middle of someone else's conversation.
Lucian was wasting time, so he started creating his ID immediately.
Lucian: I should choose something new...
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User ID: @Abyss
Password: ********
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@Abyss: Is the Nox Pentesting kit good?
2 seconds later,
Good day: The fck do you think we are....
Fr3ddy: Re*ard, we are not some reviewers.
Horsestack: definitely a newbie lol.
.Ysn: Who the fck let newbies in....
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It was just hate after hate, Lucian was bewildered and angry...
Lucian(muttering): Fcking... Basement b*tches.
But before he could write back suddenly something popped up.
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Onetwo has invited you for a private chat.
-Yes
-No
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Lucian: Who the hell is Onetwo now!
Lucian was confused though reluctantly he still clicked... Yes.
The private chat was simple.
A white screen, no borders, no buttons—just the usernames Onetwo and @Abyss displayed at the top center in plain, gray text.
A blinking cursor appeared.
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Onetwo: Don't ask unnecessary sht in public chat.
Lucian's eyes squinted.
@Abyss: Why isn't it a forum?
Onetwo: It is, but they will probably roast you. You wanna talk, either go with their flow, or private chat. You will get banned for wasting server storage.
@Abyss: Can you answer then?
Onetwo: ... Nox Pentesting kit is good mostly for practical stuff, not learning tho.
@Abyss: I just learned some basic stuff... But I feel that if I learned a bit more, I could build some of the tools in the Kit.
Onetwo: It will never be 1 to 1 creation, though it is possible to build a scaled-down version.
@Abyss: Can Vault do that?
Onetwo: Vault OS?
@Abyss: yes.
Onetwo: I thought you were a beginner. Using Vault OS is good, but the tools it provides are still advanced. It's beginner-friendly, but only on the surface.
@Abyss: Then what should I use?
Onetwo: I will say go for NullByte OS for a script kiddie like you.
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Lucian was confused, but at the same time, he understood.
All Linux OSes could run the same scripts—but that wasn't the point. Understanding the system itself was the real skill. Cool wasn't loud. Cool was control.
Lucian (muttering): Tsk... God, I can definitely do that... But it's going to take so long.
He started the download for NullByte OS.
Stretching, he stood up from his chair and headed downstairs to eat.
He didn't know it yet—
but the flame that had flickered once... then died... Is going to rise again to burn down everything.
To be continued~