Advanced Hacking & Offensive Security
Where the ethical-hacking course leaves off: attacking Windows networks and Active Directory, privilege escalation, lateral movement and red-team tradecraft — what a real penetration test actually looks like.
About this course
The ethical-hacking course gets you to web hacking; this one starts there. You're no longer dealing with a single machine but a real network: several servers, a Windows domain and users you have to pick off one by one until you reach the domain controller.
Everything is practised on a lab you build yourself, exactly like a real engagement: from initial recon to getting a foothold, escalating it to domain admin, moving laterally across machines and finally writing the report a client receives.
What you'll learn
- Active Directory attacks: Kerberoasting, AS-REP Roasting, Pass-the-Hash and lateral movement
- Linux and Windows privilege escalation, from a plain user to root and SYSTEM
- Pivoting and tunnelling into the internal networks behind the target
- How a red-team operation is structured, and working with C2 (Sliver, Havoc)
- Reading, modifying and writing exploits; an introduction to buffer overflows
- The basics of getting past antivirus and AV/EDR
- Writing the penetration-test report a client actually receives
Who this course is for
- Anyone who has finished the ethical-hacking course and wants a serious next step.
- Aspiring pentesters who want to move from hacking one box to hacking a whole network.
- People preparing for certifications like OSCP who want hands-on practice.
Prerequisites
- A good grasp of the ethical-hacking material or the equivalent (Linux, networking, Nmap, Metasploit).
- A machine with at least 16 GB of RAM to run several VMs at once.
- Reasonable comfort with the Linux and Windows command line.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a good place to start?
No. This is a second-level course and assumes you know the ethical-hacking basics. If you're new, start with the complete ethical-hacking course first.
Will it help with OSCP?
Yes. It focuses on exactly the skills you need for OSCP and real pentests: Active Directory, privilege escalation and reporting.
What about price and start date?
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