Advanced Penetration Testing (APT) Training Course

Network and System Security Testing

• Linux for Testing
  • The Linux Filesystem
  • Basic Linux Commands
  • Finding Files in Linux
  • Managing Linux Services
  • Searching, Installing, and Removing Tools
  • The Bash Environment
  • Piping and Redirection
  • Text Searching and Manipulation
  • Background Processes (bg)
  • Jobs Control
  • Process Control
  • File and Command Monitoring
  • Downloading Files
  • Persistent Bash Customization

• Scripting for Pen-Testers
  • Introduction to Shell
    • Script Basics
    • Global Declarations
    • Variable basics
    • Escape characters
    • Basic redirection and pipe
    • Understanding Conditions
    • Understanding Loops
    • Recursion and Nested Functions
    • Function Attributes
    • The Linux Execution Environment with Scripts
    • Restricted Shells
  • Introduction to Python
    • What is Python?
    • Python: Favourite of Hackers
    • Data Types and variables
    • Control Flow and Data structure
    • Functions, Functional Programming and File Handling
    • Exception Handling
    • Creating Managing File and Directory Access
    • Raw Socket basics
    • Socket Programming with Python
    • Servers and Clients architecture
    • Creating Sniffers (wired and wireless)
    • Creating packet injector

• Introduction to Pen-Testing
  • Penetration Testing Benefits
  • Types of Penetration Testing
  • Penetration Testing Methodologies
  • Law & Compliance
  • Planning, Managing & Reporting

• OSINT & Analysis
  • Foundation of OSINT
  • Goals of OSINT Collection
  • Core OSINT Skills
  • Leveraging Search Engines
  • File Metadata Analysis
  • Reverse Image Searching
  • People Investigations
  • SOCMINT
  • Finding Email Addresses
  • Domain & IP Investigations
  • Dark Web OSINT
  • What is TOR?
  • OSINT for Business
  • Capture the Flag Exercises for OSINT

• Reconnaissance & Enumeration
  • Types of Information Gathering
  • Reconnaissance vs Enumeration
  • Google Search
  • Google Hacking
  • User Enumeration & Phishing
  • Forward Lookup Brute Force
  • Reverse Lookup Brute Force
  • DNS Zone Transfers
  • Port Scanning
  • Null Sessions
  • Enum4Linux
  • VRFY Script
  • Python Port

• The Exploit Framework
  • Exploring Metasploit Framework
  • Using Metasploit Auxiliary
  • Using Exploit Modules
  • Staged and Non-Staged Payloads
  • Working with Multi Handler
  • Working with Meterpreter Session
• Bypassing Security
  • Antivirus Evasion using Encoder
  • Creating the shellcode with Msfvenom
  • Bypassing Network Filters
  • Understanding and bypassing pfsense firewall
  • Bypassing IDS and IPS demo on snort

• Overflow to Attack
  • Stack Overflows Introduction
  • A Word About DEP, ASLR, and CFG
  • Replicating the Crash
  • Controlling EIP
  • Stack Overflows and ASLR Bypass
  • ASLR Introduction
  • ASLR Implementation
  • ASLR Bypass Theory
  • Windows Defender Exploit Guard and ASLR
  • Understanding SEH
  • Exploiting SEH Overflows
  • Understanding the low fragmentation heap
  • Heap Overrun/Overflow

• Advanced Windows Exploitation
  • Operating System and Programming Theory
  • Win32 APIs
  • Windows Registry
  • What are Macros?
  • Creating Dangerous Macros using Empire
  • Microsoft Office Phishing using Macros
  • Executing Shellcode in Word Memory
  • PowerShell File Transfers
  • VBA Shellcode Runner
  • PowerShell Shellcode Runner
  • Reflection Shellcode Runner in PowerShell
  • Client-Side Code Execution with Windows Script Host
  • Credential Replay Attacks
  • Credential Discovery
  • Hashing Concept
    • Pass the Hash (PTH)
    • Kerberoasting and AS-REP Roasting
    • Pass the Ticket (PTT)
  • Exploiting Latest Vulnerabilities
    • FOLLINA
    • Log4j
    • Spring4Shell

• Privilege Escalation & Persistence
  • Windows Privilege Escalation
    • Understanding Windows Privileges and Integrity Levels
    • User Account Control (UAC) Bypass: fodhelper.exe Case Study
    • Insecure File Permissions: Serviio Case Study
    • Leveraging Unquoted Service Paths
    • Kernel Vulnerabilities: USBPcap Case Study
  • Linux Privilege Escalation
    • Understanding Linux Privileges
    • Insecure File Permissions: Cron Case Study
    • Insecure File Permissions: /etc/passwd Case Study
    • Kernel Vulnerabilities: Case Study

The Web Attacks

• OWASP Standards
• Broken Web Application
• ATutor & JuiceShop
• Web Traffic Inspection using Burpsuite
• Atmail Mail Server Appliance: from XSS to RCE
• Session Hijacking
• Session Riding
• Authentication Bypass and RCE
• Injection Attacks
• ATutor LMS Type Juggling Vulnerability
• Attacking the Loose Comparison
• Magic Hashes
• JavaScript Injection Remote Code Execution
• Cookie Deserialization RCE
• Server-Side Template Injection
• XSS and OS Command Injection
• Advanced XSS Exploitation
• RCE Hunting

AWS Pen testing

• Building and setup AWS pen testing Environment
• Exploiting S3
• Understanding and exploiting Lambda Services
• Testing IAM privileges
• Case study For Capital One Attack

Deliverables – Report Writing

• Defining Methodology
• Types of Reports
• Executive Summary
• Detailed Reports
• Adding Proof of Concept
• Creating Drafts
• Risk Rating Factors
• Automating Reports
• Report Writing Tools

• Middle and advanced level penetration testers
• Security enthusiasts
• Aspiring penetration testers
• Security professionals intending to upskill for compliance based penetration testing

• Basic understanding of networking and servers
• Understanding of a programming language like Python recommended

This advanced pen-testing training include the understanding of:

• Learn Kali Linux installation with lab setup
• Understand Reconnaissance types, Vulnerability analysis, classification, and identification
• Perform Vulnerability scanning using OWASP ZAP, w3af, Wapiti, Vega scanner, Metasploit’s Wmap and using Lynis for hardening
• Practice SQLMap, Metasploit, Tomcat Manager and other tools for identifying exploitation and attacks
• Learn advanced level exploitation such as exploiting vulnerable services in Windows and Unix
• Understand Spoofing, spinning and access maintenance, social engineering and BeFF
• Implement network security using security tools including Squid proxy, Port Sentry, Network Security Toolkit (NST), OSSEC, Tripwire and many more
• Understand Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and wireless network hacks, mobile platform hacking
• Mitigate top vulnerabilities of OWASP
• Report writing and pen testing process