CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003) Complete Certification Course

Did you know the Bureau of Labor Statistics is projecting 32% growth for information security analyst roles through 2032? This includes Penetration Testers. The CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003) certification is a pivotal credential for professionals aiming to specialize in penetration testing and vulnerability management. Professionals holding the PenTest+ certification earn an average salary of $110,540, reflecting the high demand and value of this expertise in the cybersecurity field.

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The Course

30+ hours of expert-led video training, 12 month access

Study Guide

Official CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003) study guide

eBook

Official CompTIA eBook

Labs

Hands-on labs to simulate real-world penetration testing scenarios

Practice Exams

700+ questions

Who This Course Is For

IT Professionals aspiring to become penetration testers
Cybersecurity Analysts and Consultants seeking advanced skills
Network Administrators responsible for securing systems
Ethical Hackers preparing for the CompTIA PenTest+ certification
Security Engineers and Incident Responders expanding their expertise

What You’ll Learn

This course thoroughly prepares you for the CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003) exam by covering all five key domains:

Planning and Scoping
Information Gathering and Vulnerability Identification
Attacks and Exploits
Reporting and Communication
Tools and Code Analysis

1 - Introduction Preview

0.4 Hours •7 Lessons

1. Introduction 12m:23sVideo
2. Download your free study guide PDF
3. Exam Tips 4m:14sVideo
4. How to Use the Lab Environment 5m:27sVideo
5. Labs: Exploring the PenTest+ Lab Environment Lab
6. 100% Pass Guarantee 3m:49sVideo
7. Checkpoint: Introduction Quiz

2 - PenTesting Overview

0.5 Hours •8 Lessons

1. PenTesting Overview 2m:54sVideo
2. Planning the Engagement 4m:23sVideo
3. Information Gathering 4m:2sVideo
4. Attacks and Exploits 3m:29sVideo
5. Post-Exploitation 3m:4sVideo
6. Reporting 3m:47sVideo
7. Overview of a PenTest 9m:18sVideo
8. Checkpoint: PenTesting Overview Quiz

3 - Pre-Engagement Activities

0.6 Hours •10 Lessons

1. Pre-Engagement Activities 3m:20sVideo
2. Regulations and Standards 6m:24sVideo
3. Types of Assessments 4m:32sVideo
4. Types of Agreements 4m:17sVideo
5. Legal and Ethical Considerations 4m:31sVideo
6. Rules of Engagement 4m:48sVideo
7. Target Selection 4m:54sVideo
8. Shared Responsibility Model 4m:23sVideo
9. Preparing to PenTest a Cloud Provider 4m:13sVideo
10. Checkpoint: Pre-Engagement Activities Quiz

4 - Frameworks

0.8 Hours •13 Lessons

1. Frameworks 3m:43sVideo
2. MITRE ATT&CK 4m:54sVideo
3. OWASP 4m:55sVideo
4. MASVS 4m:14sVideo
5. PTES 5m:22sVideo
6. CREST 3m:54sVideo
7. OSSTMM 3m:8sVideo
8. STRIDE 5m:41sVideo
9. Purdue Model 3m:55sVideo
10. OCTAVE 6m:53sVideo
11. DREAD 5m:9sVideo
12. Using the MITRE ATT&CK Framework 4m:33sVideo
13. Checkpoint: Frameworks Quiz

5 - Information Gathering

0.5 Hours •9 Lessons

1. Information Gathering 3m:9sVideo
2. Passive Reconnaissance 3m:30sVideo
3. Network Sniffing 5m:10sVideo
4. Active Reconnaissance 3m:47sVideo
5. Port and Protocol Scanning 5m:51sVideo
6. HTML Scraping and Cached Pages 2m:59sVideo
7. Banner Grabbing 5m:2sVideo
8. Conducting Banner Grabbing 3m:45sVideo
9. Checkpoint: Information Gathering Quiz

6 - Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)

0.7 Hours •9 Lessons

1. Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) 2m:48sVideo
2. Social Media and Job Boards 4m:45sVideo
3. Information Disclosures 4m:8sVideo
4. Cryptographic Flaws 6m:31sVideo
5. DNS Lookups 7m:40sVideo
6. Certificate Transparency Logs 4m:50sVideo
7. Search Engine Analysis 4m:27sVideo
8. Conducting OSINT 10m:35sVideo
9. Checkpoint: Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Quiz

7 - Scanning and Enumeration

1.0 Hours •14 Lessons

1. Scanning and Enumeration 3m:56sVideo
2. OS and Service Discovery 14m:58sVideo
3. Enumerating Protocols 4m:52sVideo
4. Enumerating DNS 3m:56sVideo
5. Enumerating Directories 5m:1sVideo
6. Enumerating Hosts 6m:44sVideo
7. Enumerating Users 2m:45sVideo
8. Enumerating Email 3m:17sVideo
9. Enumerating Permissions 4m:57sVideo
10. Enumerating Wireless Devices 4m:27sVideo
11. Enumerating Secrets 4m:53sVideo
12. Enumerating the Web 4m:38sVideo
13. Attack Path Mapping 3m:22sVideo
14. Checkpoint: Scanning and Enumeration Quiz

8 - Recon and Enumeration Tools

1.1 Hours •12 Lessons

1. Reconnaissance and Enumeration Tools 3m:36sVideo
2. Wayback Machine 2m:46sVideo
3. theHarvester and Hunter.io 4m:54sVideo
4. OSINT Tools 4m:5sVideo
5. Whois and recon-ng 20m:32sVideo
6. nslookup and dig 6m:58sVideo
7. DNSdumpster and Amass 6m:30sVideo
8. Shodan and Censys.io 5m:42sVideo
9. tcpdump 5m:31sVideo
10. Wireshark 5m:42sVideo
11. Wireless Analysis Tools 5m:12sVideo
12. Checkpoint: Recon and Enumeration Tools Quiz

9 - Nmap and NSE

0.7 Hours •7 Lessons

1. Nmap and NSE 2m:34sVideo
2. Nmap Discovery Scans 7m:54sVideo
3. Nmap Port Scans 9m:13sVideo
4. Nmap Fingerprinting 4m:13sVideo
5. Using Nmap 11m:31sVideo
6. Nmap Scripting Engine 7m:0sVideo
7. Checkpoint: Nmap and NSE Quiz

10 - Scripting Basics

0.8 Hours •8 Lessons

1. Scripting Basics 2m:11sVideo
2. Shells and Programming Languages 9m:48sVideo
3. Variables 7m:52sVideo
4. Loops 5m:20sVideo
5. Logic Control 4m:33sVideo
6. Data Structures 12m:37sVideo
7. Object Oriented Programming 6m:58sVideo
8. Checkpoint: Scripting Basics Quiz

11 - Modifying Scripts

1.5 Hours •11 Lessons

1. Modifying Scripts 2m:55sVideo
2. Bash Fundamentals 21m:16sVideo
3. Understanding a Bash Script 4m:31sVideo
4. Modifying a Bash Script 8m:44sVideo
5. PowerShell Fundamentals 15m:41sVideo
6. Understanding a PowerShell Script 3m:20sVideo
7. Modifying a PowerShell Script 7m:42sVideo
8. Python Fundamentals 20m:27sVideo
9. Understanding a Python Script 3m:35sVideo
10. Modifying a Python Script 5m:33sVideo
11. Checkpoint: Modifying Scripts Quiz

12 - Analyzing Scans

0.8 Hours •13 Lessons

1. Analyzing Scans 3m:11sVideo
2. Positive and Negative Results 4m:12sVideo
3. Validating Scan Results 3m:56sVideo
4. Using CVEs and CVSS 6m:16sVideo
5. Exploit Prediction Scoring System 3m:44sVideo
6. Target Prioritization 3m:50sVideo
7. Common Target Criteria 4m:3sVideo
8. Scripting for Result Validation 3m:1sVideo
9. Scan Validations 3m:38sVideo
10. Capability Selection 4m:30sVideo
11. Documenting the Attack 6m:12sVideo
12. Other Attack Considerations 4m:25sVideo
13. Checkpoint: Analyzing Scans Quiz

13 - Discovering Vulnerabilities

0.8 Hours •12 Lessons

1. Discovering Vulnerabilities 2m:14sVideo
2. Application Scanning 4m:55sVideo
3. Software Analysis 5m:54sVideo
4. Host-Based Scanning 4m:25sVideo
5. Network Scanning 5m:3sVideo
6. Mobile Scanning 3m:17sVideo
7. Container Scanning 5m:11sVideo
8. Scanning IaC 5m:34sVideo
9. ICS Vulnerability Discovery 5m:21sVideo
10. Wireless Scans 4m:56sVideo
11. Static Code Analysis (SonarQube) 5m:49sVideo
12. Checkpoint: Discovering Vulnerabilities Quiz

14 - Vulnerability Discovery Tools

0.7 Hours •10 Lessons

1. Vulnerability Discovery Tools 2m:12sVideo
2. Nikto 5m:16sVideo
3. Greenbone/OpenVAS 13m:32sVideo
4. Trivy 3m:44sVideo
5. BloodHound 6m:6sVideo
6. PowerSploit 1m:30sVideo
7. Grype 3m:13sVideo
8. Kube-Hunter 3m:10sVideo
9. TruffleHog 3m:25sVideo
10. Checkpoint: Vulnerability Discovery Tools Quiz

15 - Social Engineering Attacks

1.0 Hours •12 Lessons

1. Social Engineering Attacks 3m:15sVideo
2. Methods of Influence 11m:2sVideo
3. Phishing Campaigns 4m:35sVideo
4. Using the Social Engineering Toolkit (SET) 13m:38sVideo
5. Gophish 6m:12sVideo
6. Impersonation 4m:17sVideo
7. Surveillance Techniques 2m:45sVideo
8. Watering Hole 3m:2sVideo
9. Evilginx 5m:35sVideo
10. Tailgating and Piggybacking 3m:40sVideo
11. Browser Exploitation Framework (BeEF) 3m:4sVideo
12. Checkpoint: Social Engineering Attacks Quiz

16 - Wireless Attacks

1.0 Hours •11 Lessons

1. Wireless Attacks 2m:38sVideo
2. Wireless Security 16m:26sVideo
3. Wireless Signal Exploitation 4m:1sVideo
4. Aircrack-ng 4m:54sVideo
5. Wireless Hacking 8m:34sVideo
6. WPS PIN Attacks 11m:37sVideo
7. Captive Portal Attacks 4m:28sVideo
8. Evil Twin 2m:59sVideo
9. Kismet 3m:51sVideo
10. Wi-Fi Protocol Fuzzing 4m:21sVideo
11. Checkpoint: Wireless Attacks Quiz

17 - Network Attacks

1.2 Hours •15 Lessons

1. Network Attacks 3m:51sVideo
2. Stress Testing 6m:22sVideo
3. Bypassing Segmentation 5m:21sVideo
4. MAC Spoofing 5m:12sVideo
5. NAC Bypass 4m:42sVideo
6. Session-Based Attacks 3m:51sVideo
7. Service Exploitation 5m:25sVideo
8. Packet Crafting 4m:24sVideo
9. Netcat 7m:36sVideo
10. Using Netcat 10m:59sVideo
11. Default Network Credentials 5m:2sVideo
12. LLMNR/NBT-NS Poisoning 4m:43sVideo
13. ARP Poisoning 7m:5sVideo
14. Intro to Metasploit 5m:29sVideo
15. Checkpoint: Network Attacks Quiz

18 - Authentication Attacks

0.8 Hours •11 Lessons

1. Authentication Attacks 3m:24sVideo
2. Types of Password Attack 4m:3sVideo
3. Password Cracking Tools 7m:54sVideo
4. Credential Attacks 7m:10sVideo
5. Credential Passing Attacks 5m:9sVideo
6. Directory Service Attacks 4m:16sVideo
7. CrackMapExec (CME) 2m:8sVideo
8. SAML Attacks 5m:27sVideo
9. OpenID Connect (OIDC) Attacks 5m:42sVideo
10. Hash Attacks 4m:3sVideo
11. Checkpoint: Authentication Attacks Quiz

19 - Host Attacks

1.1 Hours •14 Lessons

1. Host Attacks 3m:16sVideo
2. Privilege Escalation 6m:31sVideo
3. Conducting Privilege Escalation 13m:6sVideo
4. Credential Harvesting 3m:55sVideo
5. Misconfigured Endpoints 3m:34sVideo
6. Unquoted Service Paths 4m:25sVideo
7. Disabling Security Software 6m:19sVideo
8. Payload Obfuscation 4m:27sVideo
9. User-Controlled Access Bypass 7m:2sVideo
10. Shell and Kiosk Escapes 3m:58sVideo
11. Library and Process Injection 6m:57sVideo
12. Log Tampering 3m:3sVideo
13. Living Off the Land 3m:28sVideo
14. Checkpoint: Host Attacks Quiz

20 - Web Application Vulnerabilities

1.0 Hours •11 Lessons

1. Web Application Vulnerabilities 2m:51sVideo
2. Race Conditions 4m:53sVideo
3. Buffer Overflows 12m:26sVideo
4. Buffer Overflow Attacks 6m:13sVideo
5. Authentication Flaws and Insecure References 5m:53sVideo
6. Improper Error Handling 5m:13sVideo
7. Improper Headers 6m:8sVideo
8. Code Signing 1m:58sVideo
9. Vulnerable Components 11m:41sVideo
10. Software Composition 9m:46sVideo
11. Checkpoint: Web Application Vulnerabilities Quiz

21 - Web Application Attacks

1.6 Hours •15 Lessons

1. Web Application Attacks 3m:20sVideo
2. Directory Traversals 9m:32sVideo
3. Directory Traversal Tools 10m:32sVideo
4. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) 8m:56sVideo
5. Request Forgeries 4m:5sVideo
6. SQL Injections 7m:0sVideo
7. Performing SQL Injection Attacks 8m:27sVideo
8. Injection Attacks 5m:21sVideo
9. File Inclusions 3m:52sVideo
10. Arbitrary Code Execution 4m:20sVideo
11. Web Application Session Hijacking 5m:39sVideo
12. Abusing APIs 7m:17sVideo
13. OWASP ZAP 5m:7sVideo
14. Attacking Web Applications 15m:36sVideo
15. Checkpoint: Web Application Attacks Quiz

22 - Cloud Attacks

1.0 Hours •13 Lessons

1. Cloud Attacks 2m:53sVideo
2. Identity and Access Management (IAM) Misconfigurations 4m:13sVideo
3. Resource Misconfigurations 4m:33sVideo
4. Logging Information Exposures 4m:32sVideo
5. Metadata Service Attacks 6m:27sVideo
6. Image and Artifact Tampering 5m:59sVideo
7. Supply Chain Attacks 4m:54sVideo
8. Container Exploits and Attacks 3m:46sVideo
9. Trust Relationship Abuse 6m:38sVideo
10. Third-party Integration Exploits 5m:12sVideo
11. Cloud Security Testing 6m:11sVideo
12. Conducting Cloud Audits 13m:58sVideo
13. Checkpoint: Cloud Attacks Quiz

23 - Attacking Specialized Systems

0.9 Hours •10 Lessons

1. Attacking Specialized Systems 2m:46sVideo
2. Mobile Device Attacks 12m:15sVideo
3. Tools for Mobile Device Attacks 5m:8sVideo
4. Bluetooth Attacks 3m:9sVideo
5. NFC and RFID Attacks 4m:46sVideo
6. AI Attacks 4m:35sVideo
7. Operational Technology (OT) 9m:14sVideo
8. OT Attacks 10m:50sVideo
9. Testing OT Systems 3m:37sVideo
10. Checkpoint: Attacking Specialized Systems Quiz

24 - Automated Attacks

0.7 Hours •12 Lessons

1. Automated Attacks 2m:58sVideo
2. Automating Attacks with Bash 3m:41sVideo
3. Empire/PowerSploit 4m:47sVideo
4. PowerView 4m:29sVideo
5. PowerUpSQL 5m:47sVideo
6. AD Search 5m:34sVideo
7. Impacket 3m:8sVideo
8. Scapy 6m:49sVideo
9. Caldera 4m:8sVideo
10. Infection Monkey 3m:9sVideo
11. Atomic Red Team 4m:10sVideo
12. Checkpoint: Automated Attacks Quiz

25 - Persistence

0.7 Hours •11 Lessons

1. Persistence 2m:37sVideo
2. Command and Control 3m:41sVideo
3. Automating Persistence 5m:6sVideo
4. Remote Shells 4m:8sVideo
5. Using Remote Shells 4m:55sVideo
6. Backdoor 5m:53sVideo
7. Remote Access Trojans 5m:45sVideo
8. Account Credentials 5m:32sVideo
9. Browser-Based Persistence 5m:16sVideo
10. Security Control Tampering 6m:53sVideo
11. Checkpoint: Persistence Quiz

26 - Lateral Movement

0.9 Hours •13 Lessons

1. Lateral Movement 3m:4sVideo
2. Pivoting and Relaying 3m:5sVideo
3. Using ProxyChains 7m:43sVideo
4. Enumerating for Lateral Movement 3m:21sVideo
5. Service Discovery 5m:41sVideo
6. Protocol Discovery 3m:0sVideo
7. Remote Access Discovery 4m:27sVideo
8. Printer Discovery 4m:19sVideo
9. Discovering Internal Websites 8m:26sVideo
10. Living Off the Land Tools 4m:30sVideo
11. sshuttle 4m:39sVideo
12. Covenant 5m:7sVideo
13. Checkpoint: Lateral Movement Quiz

27 - Exfiltration

0.5 Hours •9 Lessons

1. Exfiltration 2m:33sVideo
2. Covert Channels 4m:4sVideo
3. Steganography 5m:46sVideo
4. Covert Channel Using DNS 7m:39sVideo
5. Covert Channel Using ICMP 3m:34sVideo
6. Covert Channel Using HTTPS 4m:42sVideo
7. Alternate Data Streams (ADS) 3m:50sVideo
8. Exfiltrating Data 4m:15sVideo
9. Checkpoint: Exfiltration Quiz

28 - Cleanup and Restoration

0.3 Hours •9 Lessons

1. Cleanup and Restoration 2m:6sVideo
2. Persistence Removal 3m:20sVideo
3. Revert Configuration Changes 3m:23sVideo
4. Created Credentials Removal 2m:32sVideo
5. Removal of Testing Tools 2m:25sVideo
6. Decommission Testing Infrastructure 3m:9sVideo
7. Artifact Preservation 2m:38sVideo
8. Secure Data Destruction 2m:34sVideo
9. Checkpoint: Cleanup and Restoration Quiz

29 - Remediation Recommendations

1.0 Hours •13 Lessons

1. Remediation Recommendations 2m:27sVideo
2. System Hardening 10m:50sVideo
3. User Input Sanitization 4m:42sVideo
4. Network and Infrastructure Controls 3m:55sVideo
5. Authentication Recommendations 4m:27sVideo
6. Encryption Recommendations 4m:45sVideo
7. Patch Management 3m:51sVideo
8. Process Level Remediation 2m:57sVideo
9. Administrative Controls 14m:20sVideo
10. Physical Controls 6m:55sVideo
11. Operational Controls and Policies 2m:55sVideo
12. Implementing Recommendations 8m:50sVideo
13. Checkpoint: Remediation Recommendations Quiz

30 - Penetration Test Reporting

0.6 Hours •10 Lessons

1. Penetration Test Reporting 2m:30sVideo
2. Executive Summary Process 2m:57sVideo
3. Root Cause Analysis 4m:24sVideo
4. Report Components 4m:25sVideo
5. Risk Scoring and Prioritization 3m:39sVideo
6. Definitions in the Report 3m:37sVideo
7. Limits and Assumptions 4m:23sVideo
8. Special Considerations 5m:37sVideo
9. Report Analysis Workshop 7m:3sVideo
10. Checkpoint: Penetration Test Reporting Quiz

31 - Conclusion

0.3 Hours •3 Lessons

1. Conclusion 12m:47sVideo
2. BONUS: What comes next? 3m:44sVideo
3. Practice Exam Exam

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