My Experience with TCM Security's Practical Ethical Hacker Course

I recently completed the Practical Ethical Hacker course offered by TCM Security, focusing on Active Directory penetration testing. This hands-on experience provided valuable insights into enterprise security assessment.

The course required setting up a complete Active Directory environment for testing. This involved:

• Creating a Windows Server as Domain Controller
• Adding workstations to the domain
• Configuring user accounts and permissions
• Setting up network services

• Throughout the course, I learned and implemented various attack techniques:
• Initial Enumeration
• Network scanning
• Service identification
• User enumeration
• Gaining Initial Access
• Password spraying
• LLMNR poisoning
• SMB relay attacks
• Privilege Escalation
• Kerberoasting
• Token impersonation
• Misconfigured services
• Domain Dominance
• Pass-the-hash attacks
• Golden ticket attacks
• Domain persistence techniques

The course provided several valuable lessons:

• The importance of proper Active Directory configuration and hardening
• Common misconfigurations that lead to compromise
• Detection and prevention of various attack vectors
• Real-world application of penetration testing tools

TCM Security's Practical Ethical Hacker course offered an excellent hands-on learning experience. The knowledge gained will be invaluable for conducting security assessments and implementing better defensive measures.