Introduction
Hi everyone, I will share my journey of obtaining the CRTP and what to expect in the course and exam.
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Course
The course starts off with introducing PowerShell, its built in security features and basics of active directory. The course, labs and exam mimic an assumed breach model whereby you have access to a domain joined user. You can connect to the user through the web browser or download a VPN file and RDP yourself. The course will teach the fundamentals of active directory such as organizational units (OUs), Group Policy Object, Access Control Lists (ACLs), and Domain Trusts. The attacking aspect of it like privilege escalation, abusing applications in the domain (Jenkins, MSSQL), AMSI bypass (payload crafted for you), how to evade AV by modifying tools (built for you), Kerberos based attacks (delegations, tickets, roasting) , Persistence, Forest Trust Abuse (inter and intra), Active Directory Certificate Services, and MSSQL database links are covered.
I felt the course materials were concise and clear. I read through the slides and complemented it with the videos. I recommend to watch the videos as personally I feel I learn better with videos mixed with text instead of solely relying on text. The only complaint would be some slides go through the topic too quickly without explaining it further/in more depth. However, as this course is built for beginners, it is understandable. If you require more background/wonder how or why this attack works, you should definitely Google around and read up on it.