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This area contains a complete forest to which you must first access, then use PowerShell and other means to run Silver and Gold tickets as well as Kerberoasting. The machines will be configured with defenses in place, which means you will need to use powershell bypass techniques and other advanced methods to score points in the area.

CPENT is the first certification that requires locating IoT devices and then gaining network access. Once on the network, you must identify the firmware of the IoT device, extract it, and then perform reverse engineering.

Finding defective code is a necessary skill for competent penetration testers. In this area, you will have to find the defective binaries, then analyze them to write exploits allowing you to take control of the execution of the program. The task is complicated by the need to enter from the perimeter to access the network, then discover the binaries. Once this is done, you must proceed with reverse code engineering. Unlike other certifications, CPENT includes 32-bit and 64-bit code challenges, and some of the codes will be compiled with basic protections such as non-executable batteries. You must be able to write a pilot program to exploit these binaries, then discover a method to raise privileges. This will require advanced binary exploitation skills, including the latest debugging concepts and egg hunting techniques.

CPENT certification offers challenges in web areas that exist within a segmentation architecture. So you need to identify architecture filtering, then take advantage of this knowledge to access web applications. The next challenge is to compromise and then extract the data required from web applications to get points.

The CPENT Beach contains an area dedicated to SCADA ICS networks that the candidate will need to enter from the IT side to access the Operational Network (OT). Once on site, you will need to identify the programmable logic controller (PLC) and then modify the data to impact the OT network. You must be able to intercept Modbus communication protocol as well as communications between PLC and other nodes.

According to our beta tests, penetration testers find it difficult to identify the rules in place when they encounter a layered network. Therefore, in this area, you will need to identify the filtering rules, then enter the direct network. From there, candidates will have to try pivots to hidden networks using simple pivot methods, but through a filter. Most certifications do not offer a real pivot between disparate networks, and few (or none) require entering and leaving a filtering device.

Once you have faced and mastered the challenges of pivot, the next challenge is the double pivot. This is not something you can use a tool for; in most cases, the pivot must be configured manually. The CPENT is the world's first certification that requires you to access hidden networks using double pivot.

In this challenge, the latest methods of climbing privileges by inverse code engineering to take control of the execution, then exit the limited shell, are necessary to get root/admin rights.

The beach requires that your exploits be tested by different defenses that you are likely to encounter in the real world. Candidates must pass their exploits through the defenses by arming them.

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