📝eCPPTv2 / PTP - Notes

INE/eLearnSecurity Certified Professional Penetration Tester (eCPPT) / PTP v2 Notes

📕 eCPPT - Version 3 (newest - after 2024)

Course duration & Topics ⏳📚

~ 107 hours (~97 of videos) 10 courses , 172 videos, 124 quizzes, 67 labs

  • Resource Development & Initial Access ~ 22 hours

  • Web Application Attacks ~ 14 hours

  • Network Security ~ 17 hours

  • Exploit Development ~ 7 hours

  • Post Exploitation ~ 18 hours

  • Red Teaming ~ 19 hours

🛣️ RoadMap / Exam Preparation 🧑🏻‍🏫

  • Where to find the eCPPTv3 certification exam? - eCPPTv3

  • Where to find the PTPv3 (Professional Penetration Testing v3) course INE Learning Paths​

​​eCPPT Exam 📄🖊️

  • Time limit: 24h

  • Expiration date: yes

  • Objectives:

    Information Gathering & Reconnaissance (10%)

    • Perform Host Discovery and Port Scanning on Target Networks

    • Enumerate Information From Services Running on Open Ports

    Initial Access (15%)

    • Perform Username Enumeration to Identify Valid User Accounts on Target Systems

    • Perform Password Spraying Attacks to Identify Valid Credentials for Initial Access

    • Perform Brute-Force Attacks on Remote Access Services for Initial Access

    Web Application Penetration Testing (15%)

    • Perform Web Application Enumeration to Identify Potential Vulnerabilities & Misconfigurations

    • Identify and Exploit Common Web Application Vulnerabilities For Initial Access (SQLi, XSS, Command Injection, etc)

    • Perform Brute-Force Attacks Against Login Forms

    • Exploit Vulnerable and Outdated Web Application Components

    • Exfiltrate Data and Credentials From Compromised Web Applications and Databases

    Exploitation & Post-Exploitation (25%)

    • Identify and Exploit Vulnerabilities or Misconfigurations in Services

    • Identify and Exploit Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

    • Dump and Crack Password Hashes

    • Identify Locally Stored Unsecured Credentials

    Exploit Development (5%)

    • Develop/Modify Exploit Code For Initial Access and Post-Exploitation

    • Identify and Exploit Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (Stack Overflow, Buffer Overflow)

    Active Directory Penetration Testing (30%)

    • Perform Active Directory Enumeration

    • Identify Domain Accounts With Weak or Empty Passwords

    • Perform AS-REP Roasting to Steal Kerberos Tickets for Authentication

    • Perform Active Directory Lateral Movement Techniques (Pass-the-Hash, Pass-the-Ticket)

    • Obtain Domain Admin Privileges/Access

Resources 📑📘

📖 Read the Lab Guidelines 📖


📙 eCPPT - Version 2 (until 2024)

Course duration & Topics ⏳📚

~ 84 hours (~56h of videos) 8 courses , 85 videos, 83 quizzes, 27 labs

🛣️ RoadMap / Exam Preparation 🧑🏻‍🏫

  • Where to find the PTPv2 (Professional Penetration Testing v2) course? - INE Learning Paths

  • Where to find the eCPPTv2 certification exam? - eCPPTv2

eCPPT Exam 📄🖊️

  • Time limit: 7 days + 7 days for report

  • Expiration date: no

  • Objectives:

    • Penetration testing processes and methodologies, against Windows and Linux targets

    • Vulnerability Assessment of Networks

    • Vulnerability Assessment of Web Applications

    • Advanced Exploitation with Metasploit

    • Performing Attacks in Pivoting

    • Web application Manual exploitation

    • Information Gathering and Reconnaissance

    • Scanning and Profiling the target

    • Privilege escalation and Persistence

    • Exploit Development

    • Advanced Reporting skills and Remediation

Resources 📑📘

📖 Read the Lab Guidelines 📖


Other Resources 📑📘

👉 Exam Experience (v2) 💯

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