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CompTIA PenTest+ Study Guide

By : Mike Chapple, David Seidl
Book Image

CompTIA PenTest+ Study Guide

By: Mike Chapple, David Seidl

Overview of this book

The CompTIA PenTest+ Study Guide: Exam PT0-001 offers comprehensive preparation for the newest intermediate cybersecurity certification exam. With expert coverage of Exam PT0-001 objectives, this book is your ideal companion throughout all stages of study; whether you’re just embarking on your certification journey or finalizing preparations for the big day, this invaluable resource helps you solidify your understanding of essential skills and concepts. The book shows how to perform security assessments on desktops, mobile devices, cloud, IoT, as well as industrial and embedded systems. You'll learn how to identify security weaknesses and manage system vulnerabilities. As you progress, you'll learn methods to ensure that existing cybersecurity practices, configurations, and policies conform with current best practices. You'll assess your knowledge by simulating cyber attacks to pinpoint security weaknesses in operating systems, networks, and applications. By the end of the book, you'll have all the resources you need to prepare for the exam - identify what you already know, learn what you don’t know, and face the exam with full confidence.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Acknowledgments
2
About the Authors
3
Introduction
4
Assessment Test
5
Answers to Assessment Test
18
Index
19
Advert
20
End User License Agreement

Chapter 6
Exploit and Pivot

THE PENTEST+ EXAM TOPICS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER INCLUDE:

Domain 2: Information Gathering and Vulnerability Identification

  • images 2.4 Explain the process of leveraging information to prepare for exploitation
    • Map vulnerabilities to potential exploits
    • Prioritize activities in preparation for penetration test
    • Describe common techniques to complete attack
      • Cross compiling code
      • Exploit modification
      • Exploit chaining
      • Proof-of-concept development (exploit development)
      • Social engineering
      • Credential brute-forcing
      • Dictionary attacks
      • Rainbow tables
      • Deception

Domain 3: Attacks and Exploits

  • images 3.7 Given a scenario, perform post-exploitation techniques
    • Lateral movement
    • RPC/DCOM
      • PsExec
      • WMI
      • Scheduled tasks
      • PS remoting/WinRM
      • SMB
      • RDP
      • Apple Remote Desktop
      • VNC
      • X-server forwarding
      • Telnet
      • SSH
      • RSH/Rlogin
      • Persistence
        • Scheduled jobs
        • Scheduled tasks
        • Daemons
        • Back doors
        • Trojan
        • New user creation
      • Covering your tracks

Domain 4: Penetration Testing Tools

  • images 4.2...