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  • Overview
  • Tools & Cheatsheets
  • Hacking Methodology
  • Hands-on Practice
  • Linux
    • Linux Basics
  • Windows
    • Windows Basics
  • MacOS
    • MacOS Basics
  • Web
    • Web Basics
  • Mobile
    • iOS
    • Android
  • OS Agnostic
    • Template
  • Courses
    • Hack The Box
      • Bug Bounty Hunter
        • Module 1: Web Requests
        • Module 2: Introduction to Web Applications
        • Module 3: Using Web Proxies
        • Module 4: Information Gathering - Web Edition
        • Module 5: Attacking Web Applications with Ffuf
        • Module 6: JavaScript Deobfuscation
        • Module 7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
        • Module 8: SQL Injection Fundamentals
        • Module 9: SQLMap Essentials
        • Module 10: Command Injections
        • Module 11: File Upload Attacks
        • Module 12: Server-Side Attacks
        • Module 13: Login Brute Forcing
        • Module 14: Broken Authentication
        • Module 15: Web Attacks
        • Module 16: File Inclusion
        • Module 17: Session Security
        • Module 18: Web Service & API Attacks
        • Module 19: Hacking Wordpress
        • Module 20: Bug Bounty Hunting Process
    • OffSec
      • 🦊EXP-301
        • Module 1: Windows User Mode Exploit Development: General Course Information
        • Module 2: WinDbg and x86 Architecture
        • Module 3: Exploiting Stack Overflows
        • Module 4: Exploiting SEH Overflows
        • Module 5: Introduction to IDA Pro
        • Module 6: Overcoming Space Restrictions: Egghunters
        • Module 7: Creating Custom Shellcode
        • Module 8: Reverse Engineering for Bugs
        • Module 9: Stack Overflows and DEP Bypass
        • Module 10: Stack Overflows and ASLR Bypass
        • Module 11: Format String Specifier Attack Part I
        • Module 12: Format String Specifier Attack Part II
        • Module 13: Trying Harder: The Labs
      • 🐙EXP-312
        • Module 1: macOS Control Bypasses: General Course Information
        • Module 2: Virtual Machine Setup Guide
        • Module 3: Introduction to macOS
        • Module 4: macOS Binary Analysis Tools
        • Module 5: The Art of Crafting Shellcodes
        • Module 6: The Art of Crafting Shellcodes (Apple Silicon Edition)
        • Module 7: Dylib Injection
        • Module 8: The Mach Microkernel
        • Module 9: XPC Attacks
        • Module 10: Function Hooking on macOS
        • Module 11: The macOS Sandbox
        • Module 12: Bypassing Transparency, Consent, and Control (Privacy)
        • Module 13: GateKeeper Internals
        • Module 14: Bypassing GateKeeper
        • Module 15: Symlink and Hardlink Attacks
        • Module 16: Injecting Code into Electron Applications
        • Module 17: Getting Kernel Code Execution
        • Module 18: Mach IPC Exploitation
        • Module 19: macOS Penetration Testing
        • Module 20: Chaining Exploits on macOS Ventura
        • Module 21: Mount(ain) of Bugs (archived)
      • ⚓IR-200
        • Module 1: Incident Response Overview
        • Module 2: Fundamentals of Incident Response
        • Module 3: Phases of Incident Response
        • Module 4: Incident Response Communication Plans
        • Module 5: Common Attack Techniques
        • Module 6: Incident Detection and Identification
        • Module 7: Initial Impact Assessment
        • Module 8: Digital Forensics for Incident Responders
        • Module 9: Incident Response Case Management
        • Module 10: Active Incident Containment
        • Module 11: Incident Eradication and Recovery
        • Module 12: Post-Mortem Reporting
        • Module 13: Incident Response Challenge Labs
      • 🐉PEN-103
      • 🐲PEN-200
        • Module 1: Copyright
        • Module 2: Penetration Testing with Kali Linux: General Course Information
        • Module 3: Introduction to Cybersecurity
        • Module 4: Effective Learning Strategies
        • Module 5: Report Writing for Penetration Testers
        • Module 6: Information Gathering
        • Module 7: Vulnerability Scanning
        • Module 8: Introduction to Web Application Attacks
        • Module 9: Common Web Application Attacks
        • Module 10: SQL Injection Attacks
        • Module 11: Client-side Attacks
        • Module 12: Locating Public Exploits
        • Module 13: Fixing Exploits
        • Module 14: Antivirus Evasion
        • Module 15: Password Attacks
        • Module 16: Windows Privilege Escalation
        • Module 17: Linux Privilege Escalation
        • Module 18: Port Redirection and SSH Tunneling
        • Module 19: Tunneling Through Deep Packet Inspection
        • Module 20: The Metasploit Framework
        • Module 21: Active Directory Introduction and Enumeration
        • Module 22: Attacking Active Directory Authentication
        • Module 23: Lateral Movement in Active Directory
        • Module 24: Enumerating AWS Cloud Infrastructure
        • Module 25: Attacking AWS Cloud Infrastructure
        • Module 26: Assembling the Pieces
        • Module 27: Trying Harder: The Challenge Labs
      • 🛜PEN-210
        • Module 1: IEEE 802.11
        • Module 2: Wireless Networks
        • Module 3: Wi-Fi Encryption
        • Module 4: Linux Wireless Tools, Drivers, and Stacks
        • Module 5: Wireshark Essentials
        • Module 6: Frames and Network Interaction
        • Module 7: Aircrack-ng Essentials
        • Module 8: Cracking Authentication Hashes
        • Module 9: Attacking WPS Networks
        • Module 10: Rogue Access Points
        • Module 11: Attacking Captive Portals
        • Module 12: Attacking WPA Enterprise
        • Module 13: bettercap Essentials
        • Module 14: Determining Chipsets and Drivers
        • Module 15: Kismet Essentials
        • Module 16: Manual Network Connections
      • 🔗PEN-300
        • Module 1: Evasion Techniques and Breaching Defenses: General Course Information
        • Module 2: Operating System and Programming Theory
        • Module 3: Client Side Code Execution With Office
        • Module 4: Phishing with Microsoft Office
        • Module 5: Client Side Code Execution With Windows Script Host
        • Module 6: Reflective PowerShell
        • Module 7: Process Injection and Migration
        • Module 8: Introduction to Antivirus Evasion
        • Module 9: Advanced Antivirus Evasion
        • Module 10: Application Whitelisting
        • Module 11: Bypassing Network Filters
        • Module 12: Linux Post-Exploitation
        • Module 13: Kiosk Breakouts
        • Module 14: Windows Credentials
        • Module 15: Windows Lateral Movement
        • Module 16: Linux Lateral Movement
        • Module 17: Microsoft SQL Attacks
        • Module 18: Active Directory Exploitation
        • Module 19: Attacking Active Directory
        • Module 20: Combining the Pieces
        • Module 21: Trying Harder: The Labs
      • ⚛️SEC-100
      • 🛡️SOC-200
        • Module 1: Introduction to SOC-200
        • Module 2: Attacker Methodology Introduction
        • Module 3: Windows Endpoint Introduction
        • Module 4: Windows Server Side Attacks
        • Module 5: Windows Client-Side Attacks
        • Module 6: Windows Privilege Escalation
        • Module 7: Windows Persistence
        • Module 8: Linux Endpoint Introduction
        • Module 9: Linux Server Side Attacks
        • Module 10: Linux Privilege Escalation
        • Module 11: Network Detections
        • Module 12: Antivirus Alerts and Evasion
        • Module 13: Active Directory Enumeration
        • Module 14: Network Evasion and Tunneling
        • Module 15: Windows Lateral Movement
        • Module 16: Active Directory Persistence
        • Module 17: SIEM Part One: Intro to ELK
        • Module 18: SIEM Part Two: Combining the Logs
        • Module 19: Trying Harder: The Labs
      • TH-200
        • Module 1: Threat Hunting Concepts and Practices
        • Module 2: Threat Actor Landscape Overview
        • Module 3: Communication and Reporting for Threat Hunters
        • Module 4: Hunting With Network Data
        • Module 5: Hunting on Endpoints
        • Module 6: Theat Hunting Without IoCs
        • Module 7: Threat Hunting Challenge Labs
      • 🦉WEB-200
        • Module 1: Introduction to WEB-200
        • Module 2: Tools (archived)
        • Module 3: Web Application Enumeration Methodology
        • Module 4: Introduction to Burp Suite
        • Module 5: Cross-Site Scripting Introduction and Discovery
        • Module 6: Cross-Site Scripting Exploitation and Case Study
        • Module 7: Cross-Origin Attacks
        • Module 8: Introduction to SQL
        • Module 9: SQL Injection
        • Module 10: Directory Traversal Attacks
        • Module 11: XML External Entities
        • Module 12: Server-side Template Injection - Discovery and Exploitation
        • Module 13: Command Injection
        • Module 14: Server-side Request Forgery
        • Module 15: Insecure Direct Object Referencing
        • Module 16: Assembling the Pieces: Web Application Assessment Breakdown
      • 🕷️WEB-300
        • Module 1: Introduction
        • Module 2: Tools & Methodologies
        • Module 3: ManageEngine Applications Manager AMUserResourcesSyncServlet SSQL Injection RCE
        • Module 4: DotNetNuke Cookie Deserialization RCE
        • Module 5: ERPNext Authentication Bypass and Remote Code Execution
        • Module 6: openCRX Authentication Bypass and Remote Code Execution
        • Module 7: openITCOCKPIT XSS and OS Command Injection - Blackbox
        • Module 8: Concord Authentication Bypass to RCE
        • Module 9: Server-Side Request Forgery
        • Module 10: Guacamole Lite Prototype Pollution
        • Module 11: Dolibarr Eval Filter Bypass RCE
        • Module 12: RudderStack SQLi and Coraza WAF Bypass
        • Module 13: Conclusion
        • Module 14: ATutor Authentication Bypass and RCE (archived)
        • Module 15: ATutor LMS Type Juggling Vulnerability (archived)
        • Module 16: Atmail Mail Server Appliance: from XSS to RCE (archived)
        • Module 17: Bassmaster NodeJS Arbitrary JavaScript Injection Vulnerability (archived)
    • SANS
      • FOR572
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  • Taking Screenshots
  • Tools to Take Screenshots
  • Writing Effective Technical Penetration Testing Reports
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  • Executive Summary
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  • Technical Summary
  • Technical Findings and Recommendation
  • Appendices, Further Information, and References
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Module 5: Report Writing for Penetration Testers

Understanding Note-Taking

Penetration Testing Deliverables

Note Portability

The General Structure of Penetration Testing Notes

Choosing the Right Note-Taking Tool

Taking Screenshots

Tools to Take Screenshots

Writing Effective Technical Penetration Testing Reports

Purpose of a Technical Report

Tailor the Content

Executive Summary

Testing Environment Considerations

Technical Summary

Technical Findings and Recommendation

Appendices, Further Information, and References

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