Penetration testing – detecting and exploiting vulnerabilities Training Course

How to test network and service security

• Penetration testing – what is it?
• Penetration testing vs audit – similarities, differences, what is correct?
• Practical problems – what can go wrong?
• Scope of tests – what do we want to check?
• Sources of good practices and recommendations.

Penetration testing – reconnaissance

• OSINT – collecting information from open sources.
• Passive and active methods of network traffic analysis.
• Identifying services and network topology.
• Security systems (firewalls, IPS/IDS systems, WAF, etc.) and their impact on testing.

Penetration testing – vulnerability discovery

• Discovery of systems and their versions.
• Searching for vulnerabilities in systems, infrastructure, and applications.
• Vulnerability assessment – meaning “will it hurt?”
• Sources of exploits and possibilities for their adaptation.

Penetration testing – attack and gaining control

• Types of attacks – how they are conducted and their consequences.
• Attack using remote and local exploits.
• Attacks on network infrastructure.
• Reverse shell – how to manage a compromised system.
• Privilege escalation – how to become an administrator.
• Ready-made “hacking tools.”
• Analyzing a compromised system – interesting files, saved passwords, private data.
• Special cases: web applications, WiFi networks.
• Social engineering – how to “break” a person if systems cannot be compromised.

Penetration testing – covering tracks and maintaining access

• Logging and activity monitoring systems.
• Clearing logs and covering tracks.
• Backdoor – how to leave yourself an open entry point.

Penetration testing – summary

• Report preparation and its structure.
• Delivering and consulting the report.
• Verifying the implementation of recommendations.