
Advanced Penetration Testing (APT)
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Module 1 – Introduction to Advanced Pentesting
- How advanced pentesting differs from standard pentests Red teaming vs. penetration testing vs. vulnerability assessment Rules of engagement and operational security (OPSEC)
Module 2 – Advanced Reconnaissance & OSINT
- Deep OSINT collection (subdomain takeovers, metadata harvesting) Advanced DNS enumeration & pivoting through recon data Automating recon with custom scripts and frameworks
Module 3 – Advanced Network Mapping & Enumeration
- Layer 2 & Layer 3 network mapping techniques Enumerating segmented networks SNMP, LDAP, and custom protocol enumeration
Module 4 – Bypassing Perimeter Defenses
- Advanced firewall & IDS/IPS evasion Covert channels and tunneling (DNS, ICMP, HTTPS) Proxy chaining and traffic obfuscation
Module 5 – Exploiting Internal Networks
- Post-perimeter network pivoting VLAN hopping and rogue DHCP servers Advanced ARP spoofing and MITM attacks
Module 6 – Web Application Advanced Exploitation
- Chaining multiple web vulnerabilities Server-side request forgery (SSRF) to cloud exploitation Deserialization RCE and sandbox escapes
Module 7 – Active Directory Advanced Attacks
- Kerberos attacks (Silver Ticket, Golden Ticket, AS-REP Roasting) Delegation abuse and DCSync attacks Domain trust abuse and cross-forest exploitation
Module 8 – Advanced Wireless Attacks
- WPA3 exploitation & downgrade attacks Rogue AP with captive portal credential harvesting Wireless client attacks and exploitation
Module 9 – Advanced Exploitation & Shellcode
- Custom exploit creation for unpatched vulnerabilities Advanced buffer overflow and heap exploitation Shellcode encoding and AV/EDR evasion
Module 10 – Lateral Movement Techniques
- Pass-the-Hash, Pass-the-Ticket, and Overpass-the-Hash WMI, WinRM, and PSRemoting abuse Using compromised accounts for privilege escalation
Module 11 – Cloud & Hybrid Environment Attacks
- Pivoting between on-premises and cloud environments Exploiting misconfigured cloud IAM roles Persistence in cloud infrastructure
Module 12 – Persistence Mechanisms
- Fileless persistence DLL search order hijacking Scheduled tasks and service abuse
Module 13 – Evasion & Anti-Forensics
- Bypassing AV/EDR/XDR with custom loaders Timestomping and log tampering Living-off-the-land (LOTL) techniques
Module 14 – Attacking Enterprise Applications
- Exploiting ERP and CRM systems Attacks on Microsoft Exchange & SharePoint Exploiting middleware and message queues
Module 15 – Physical Penetration Testing
- Bypassing physical locks and access controls Rogue device attacks (Rubber Ducky, Bash Bunny) Social engineering with physical access
Module 16 – Advanced Social Engineering
- Multi-stage phishing campaigns Spear phishing with malicious documents Voice phishing (vishing) and deepfake-based attacks
Module 17 – Red Team Operations
- Planning & executing red team campaigns Blending in with normal user activity Long-term engagement OPSEC
Module 18 – Purple Teaming
- Working with defenders to improve detection Using MITRE ATT&CK for defense validation Joint red-blue exercises
Module 19 – Advanced Reporting & Executive Briefings
- Writing reports for high-stakes stakeholders Mapping findings to business risk Communicating without revealing operational tradecraft
Module 20 – Final APT Simulation
- End-to-end adversary simulation in a live enterprise lab Multi-vector attack scenario (network, cloud, social engineering) Final report & stakeholder presentation
Course Detail
- Module 1 – Introduction to Advanced Pentesting
- How advanced pentesting differs from standard pentests
- Red teaming vs. penetration testing vs. vulnerability assessment
- Rules of engagement and operational security (OPSEC)
- Module 2 – Advanced Reconnaissance & OSINT
- Deep OSINT collection (subdomain takeovers, metadata harvesting)
- Advanced DNS enumeration & pivoting through recon data
- Automating recon with custom scripts and frameworks
- Module 3 – Advanced Network Mapping & Enumeration
- Layer 2 & Layer 3 network mapping techniques
- Enumerating segmented networks
- SNMP, LDAP, and custom protocol enumeration
- Module 4 – Bypassing Perimeter Defenses
- Advanced firewall & IDS/IPS evasion
- Covert channels and tunneling (DNS, ICMP, HTTPS)
- Proxy chaining and traffic obfuscation
- Module 5 – Exploiting Internal Networks
- Post-perimeter network pivoting
- VLAN hopping and rogue DHCP servers
- Advanced ARP spoofing and MITM attacks
- Module 6 – Web Application Advanced Exploitation
- Chaining multiple web vulnerabilities
- Server-side request forgery (SSRF) to cloud exploitation
- Deserialization RCE and sandbox escapes
- Module 7 – Active Directory Advanced Attacks
- Kerberos attacks (Silver Ticket, Golden Ticket, AS-REP Roasting)
- Delegation abuse and DCSync attacks
- Domain trust abuse and cross-forest exploitation
- Module 8 – Advanced Wireless Attacks
- WPA3 exploitation & downgrade attacks
- Rogue AP with captive portal credential harvesting
- Wireless client attacks and exploitation
- Module 9 – Advanced Exploitation & Shellcode
- Custom exploit creation for unpatched vulnerabilities
- Advanced buffer overflow and heap exploitation
- Shellcode encoding and AV/EDR evasion
- Module 10 – Lateral Movement Techniques
- Pass-the-Hash, Pass-the-Ticket, and Overpass-the-Hash
- WMI, WinRM, and PSRemoting abuse
- Using compromised accounts for privilege escalation
- Module 11 – Cloud & Hybrid Environment Attacks
- Pivoting between on-premises and cloud environments
- Exploiting misconfigured cloud IAM roles
- Persistence in cloud infrastructure
- Module 12 – Persistence Mechanisms
- Fileless persistence
- DLL search order hijacking
- Scheduled tasks and service abuse
- Module 13 – Evasion & Anti-Forensics
- Bypassing AV/EDR/XDR with custom loaders
- Timestomping and log tampering
- Living-off-the-land (LOTL) techniques
- Module 14 – Attacking Enterprise Applications
- Exploiting ERP and CRM systems
- Attacks on Microsoft Exchange & SharePoint
- Exploiting middleware and message queues
- Module 15 – Physical Penetration Testing
- Bypassing physical locks and access controls
- Rogue device attacks (Rubber Ducky, Bash Bunny)
- Social engineering with physical access
- Module 16 – Advanced Social Engineering
- Multi-stage phishing campaigns
- Spear phishing with malicious documents
- Voice phishing (vishing) and deepfake-based attacks
- Module 17 – Red Team Operations
- Planning & executing red team campaigns
- Blending in with normal user activity
- Long-term engagement OPSEC
- Module 18 – Purple Teaming
- Working with defenders to improve detection
- Using MITRE ATT&CK for defense validation
- Joint red-blue exercises
- Module 19 – Advanced Reporting & Executive Briefings
- Writing reports for high-stakes stakeholders
- Mapping findings to business risk
- Communicating without revealing operational tradecraft
- Module 20 – Final APT Simulation
- End-to-end adversary simulation in a live enterprise lab
- Multi-vector attack scenario (network, cloud, social engineering)
- Final report & stakeholder presentation

Advanced Penetration Testing (APT)