Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) Training Course

Introduction to Offensive Security and OSCP

• Overview of the OSCP exam and certification process
• Lab environment and Kali Linux toolkit
• Ethical hacking principles and legal considerations

Information Gathering and Target Enumeration

• Reconnaissance techniques and tools
• Active and passive scanning with Nmap, Netcat
• Service enumeration (HTTP, SMB, FTP, etc.)

Vulnerability Analysis

• Manual and automated vulnerability discovery
• Using searchsploit, CVE databases, and scanners
• Identifying false positives and risk assessment

Exploitation Techniques

• Exploiting services and common misconfigurations
• Buffer overflows and custom exploit development
• Metasploit Framework usage and manual exploits

Privilege Escalation and Post-Exploitation

• Linux and Windows privilege escalation techniques
• Persistence mechanisms and credential harvesting
• File transfers, pivoting, and port forwarding

OSCP Practice Labs

• Target walkthroughs aligned with OSCP-style boxes
• Enumeration strategy and attack chain development
• Time management and problem-solving tips

Reporting and Review

• Writing a professional penetration testing report
• Documenting findings and mitigation steps
• Final review and readiness checklist

Summary and Next Steps