Legitimized [GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester (GXPN)] Expert – Led Video Course – MASTERYTRAIL

Lesson 1: Introduction to Advanced Penetration Testing
1.1 Overview of GXPN objectives
1.2 Penetration testing methodology
1.3 Legal and ethical considerations
1.4 Risk assessment in pen-testing
1.5 Reconnaissance basics
1.6 Types of penetration tests
1.7 Penetration testing tools overview
1.8 Network vs application testing
1.9 Reporting and documentation
1.10 Planning a test lab
2. Reconnaissance and Information Gathering
2.1 Active vs passive reconnaissance
2.2 OSINT techniques
2.3 Footprinting networks
2.4 Social engineering principles
2.5 DNS enumeration
2.6 WHOIS and network mapping
2.7 Scanning for live hosts
2.8 Service enumeration
2.9 Banner grabbing
2.10 Automated reconnaissance tools
3. Vulnerability Assessment
3.1 Identifying vulnerabilities
3.2 CVE and vulnerability databases
3.3 Network vulnerability scanners
3.4 Web application scanning
3.5 Manual vs automated testing
3.6 Prioritizing vulnerabilities
3.7 Reporting vulnerabilities
3.8 Exploitability assessment
3.9 Patch management overview
3.10 Vulnerability lifecycle
4. Exploit Development Fundamentals
4.1 Understanding exploits
4.2 Types of exploits
4.3 Memory corruption basics
4.4 Stack-based buffer overflows
4.5 Heap-based buffer overflows
4.6 Return-oriented programming (ROP)
4.7 Format string vulnerabilities
4.8 Integer overflow/underflow
4.9 Exploit development workflow
4.10 Safe lab environment setup
5. Reverse Engineering for Exploit Development
5.1 Introduction to reverse engineering
5.2 Binary analysis basics
5.3 Disassemblers and decompilers
5.4 Understanding assembly language
5.5 Identifying vulnerable code
5.6 Debugging binaries
5.7 Control flow analysis
5.8 Dynamic vs static analysis
5.9 Patching binaries
5.10 Anti-reversing techniques
6. Fuzzing Techniques
6.1 Introduction to fuzzing
6.2 Types of fuzzers
6.3 Input validation testing
6.4 Coverage-guided fuzzing
6.5 Mutation vs generation fuzzing
6.6 Crash analysis
6.7 Automated fuzzing tools
6.8 Web application fuzzing
6.9 Network protocol fuzzing
6.10 Fuzzing best practices
7. Exploiting Web Applications
7.1 Web application attack surface
7.2 SQL injection techniques
7.3 Cross-site scripting (XSS)
7.4 Command injection
7.5 File inclusion vulnerabilities
7.6 Session management attacks
7.7 CSRF attacks
7.8 Server-side request forgery (SSRF)
7.9 Advanced web exploitation tools
7.10 Bypassing WAFs
8. Exploiting Network Services
8.1 Common network service vulnerabilities
8.2 SMB attacks
8.3 FTP, SSH, and Telnet attacks
8.4 SNMP exploitation
8.5 DNS attacks
8.6 SMTP and email service attacks
8.7 RDP exploitation
8.8 Network protocol fuzzing
8.9 Metasploit for network exploitation
8.10 Custom network exploits
9. Exploiting Client-Side Applications
9.1 Browser exploitation techniques
9.2 PDF and document exploits
9.3 Office application attacks
9.4 Media player vulnerabilities
9.5 Plugin exploitation
9.6 Social engineering and phishing
9.7 Client-side sandbox bypass
9.8 Exploit chaining
9.9 Post-exploitation on client
9.10 Exploit mitigation bypass
10. Shellcode Development
10.1 Introduction to shellcode
10.2 Payload types
10.3 Encoding and obfuscation
10.4 Windows shellcode
10.5 Linux shellcode
10.6 Network-aware shellcode
10.7 Polymorphic shellcode
10.8 Staged payloads
10.9 Testing shellcode
10.10 Safe execution environments