Advanced Threat Tactics

2 Day Training: Tuesday (10/23) and Wednesday (10/24)

Class Summary:

This two-day demonstration and lab-oriented class teaches IT professionals, penetration testers, and developers how to emulate a modern hacking threat using Cobalt Strike, Armitage, and the
Metasploit Framework. This course starts with the basics and quickly moves into the workflow of modern hacker threats.

During the labs, you will execute the tactics presented manually to connect with the material. You will also have an opportunity to use tools, to see how things are done “the easy way”. This course concludes with an open-ended exercise where you will attack a simulated corporate network and use your new skills to achieve one of four objectives. The objectives require you to gain access through spear phishing and client-side attacks, spy on users, sift through data, and use your foothold to attack hosts until you reach your objective.

The course topics include:

  • Penetration Testing Process and Threat Emulation
  • The Metasploit Framework, Armitage, and Cobalt Strike
  • Attacking with Exploits
  • Attacking with Features
  • Social Engineering and Spear Phishing
  • Defeating Security Products
  • Post Exploitation – How to spy on a user
  • Manuever – Attack from a foothold
  • Team Operations

Course Requirements:

To participate in the labs, students must have a laptop with VMWare Player, VMWare Fusion, or VMWare Workstation installed. Student laptops must be able to connect to a wireless network. The instructor will provide a virtual machine with a Cobalt Strike extended trial and other software needed for the course. Laptops must have 12GB of free disk space and 2GB of RAM.

Who is this course for?

This is a course on how to hack into modern networks. This course is made for a diverse audience, including: developers, IT professionals, tech savvy managers, and penetration testers. You should feel comfortable with command line in either Linux or Windows. The advanced material will assume some programming background. You do not need a programming background to participate in the labs or exercise. This course does not assume that you’re familiar with the Metasploit Framework, Armitage, or Cobalt Strike.

More information is available at:
http://www.advancedpentest.com/downloads/advthreattactics_class_small.pdf

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Raphael MudgeRaphael Mudge is the founder of Strategic Cyber LLC, a Veteran-owned business that creates software for red teams. Raphael created Armitage for Metasploit, Cortana, and Cobalt Strike. His work made the cover of the Linux Journal, was seen on the Fox sitcom Breaking In, and is used by security professionals all over the world. Raphael speaks and writes on security topics and provides red team support to many Cyber Defense competitions across the country