CompTIA PenTest+: Establishing & Maintaining Persistence

Skillsoft issued completion badges are earned based on viewing the percentage required or receiving a passing score when assessment is required. Establishing and maintaining persistence during penetration testing (pen testing) exercises enables testers to maintain access and control over a compromised system or network even after initial access has been achieved. This is a crucial phase in the penetration test because it simulates how a real attacker might try to maintain unauthorized access over an extended period. In this course, explore how to schedule tasks and cron jobs, manually create services, and create persistent reverse shells. Next, discover how to hack with bind shells, utilize internal persistence techniques, and establish persistence using registry run keys. Finally, learn about command and control (C2) frameworks, common exploits, and tampering techniques. This course is one of a collection that helps prepare learners for the CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003) certification exam.