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awesome-oscp
→ View on GitHubAI Summary: The Awesome OSCP repository is a curated collection of resources aimed at individuals preparing for the Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) certification. It includes a variety of materials such as reviews, guides, cheatsheets, and specialized scripts covering key topics like buffer overflows and privilege escalation, facilitating a structured and comprehensive study approach for aspiring penetration testers. Notable features include extensive links to preparation guides, practical hacking tips, and tools specifically designed to aid in the OSCP exam.
README
Awesome OSCP
A curated list of awesome OSCP resources
Contents
Resources
OSCP Reviews and Guides
- Official OSCP Certification Exam Guide
- Luke’s Ultimate OSCP Guide (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
- How to prepare for PWK/OSCP, a noob-friendly guide
- n3ko1’s OSCP Guide
- Jan’s “Path to OSCP” Videos
- Offensive Security’s PWB and OSCP - My Experience (+ some scripts)
- OSCP Lab and Exam Review
- OSCP Preparation Notes
- A Detailed Guide on OSCP Preparation – From Newbie to OSCP
- My Fight for OSCP
- The Ultimate OSCP Preparation Guide
- The Journey to Try Harder: TJnull’s Preparation Guide for PEN-200 PWK/OSCP 2.0
Cheatsheets and Scripts
- Luke’s Practical hacking tips and tricks
- Penetration Testing Tools Cheat Sheet
- How to Pass OSCP
- Reverse Shell Cheat Sheet
- Reverse Shell Generator
- 7 Linux Shells Using Built-in Tools
- Windows Exploit Suggester
- Linux Exploit Suggester
- OSCPRepo
- Go-for-OSCP
- Pentest Compilation
- Collection of OSCP scripts
Topics
Buffer Overflow
- Corelan’s Exploit writing tutorial part 1 : Stack Based Overflows
- Justin’s DoStackBufferOverflowGood
- Writing Exploits for Win32 Systems from Scratch
- 32-Bit Windows Buffer Overflows Made Easy
- Introduction to Buffer Overflow Video
- OverTheWire’s Narnia Wargame
Privilege Escalation
- Windows Privilege Escalation Fundamentals
- Common Windows Privilege Escalation Vectors
- Encyclopaedia Of Windows Privilege Escalation by Brett Moore
- Level Up! Practical Windows Privilege Escalation by Andrew Smith
- Basic Linux Privilege Escalation
- Linux privilege escalation by Jake Williams
Active-Directory
- Active Directory Methodology
- Active Directory Exploitation Cheat Sheet
- PayloadsAllTheThings AD
- Attacking Active Directory: 0 to 0.9
- PowerView-3.0 tips and tricks
Hands-On Resources.
- TryHackMe
- Active Directory Basics - Easy
- Post-Exploitation Basics - Easy
- Vulnnet Roasted - Easy
- Attacktive Directory - Medium
- raz0r black - Medium
- Enterprise - Medium
- Vulnnet Active - Medium
- Zero Logon - Hard
- Holo - Hard
- Throwback - Easy
- HackTheBox
- HackTheBox Academy ( PAID )
- Introduction to Active Directory - Fundamental
- ActiveDirectory LDAP - Medium
- ActiveDirectory Powerview - Medium
- ActiveDirectory BloodHound - Medium
- ActiveDirectory Enumeration & Attacks - Medium
- Proving Grounds
- PG-Practice ( PAID )
- Hutch
- Heist
- Vault
- PG-Practice ( PAID )
Other OSCP Resources
- PWK Syllabus
- OSCP-Prep-Resources
- Offensive Security Bookmarks
- The how to get the OSCP certification wiki
- OSCP Goldmine
- Penetration Testing Study Notes
- OSCP-like Vulnhub VMs
- Metasploit Unleashed
- Awesome Penetration Testing
- OSCP Exam Report Template in Markdown
Books
- Penetration Testing: A Hands-on Introduction to Hacking
- The Hacker Playbook 3: Practical Guide to Penetration Testing
- RTFM: Red Team Field Manual
- RTFM: Red Team Field Manual v2
- The Web Application Hacker’s Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws (2nd Edition)
License
To the extent possible under law, Adel "0x4D31" Karimi has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.