Hello everybody and welcome to this course titled windows privilege escalation for beginners.
My name is Heath Adams and I'm going to be your instructor for this course.
So a quick Who am I.
I am a husband hacker military veteran etc. I'm actually a former accountant turned security geek and
I love to teach I am an ethical hacker day to day and I'm actually a business owner over at TCM security
which focuses primarily on ethical hacking so you can see some of my certifications I have including
several certifications in the pen testing field and I'm also a twitch streamer YouTube HR etc..
By the identity of the cyber mentor.
If you're curious to check me out and my other courses I do have the Udemy course of practical ethical
hacking which at the time of recording does have over one hundred thousand students So I have taught
quite a few of you and I'm really excited for those who have joined this course and are looking to learn
with me even more so why this cause.
Well really to gain a better understanding of privilege escalation techniques and what is privilege
escalation well and ethical hacking when you land on a machine and that machine is not system or not
root then you have to escalate your privileges and there are a multitude of techniques that you can
use to escalate your privileges.
So we're going to teach not just the techniques but the methodology behind that in this course.
And another reason is to improve your Capture the Flag skill set.
So maybe you're deficient in your escalation techniques in your struggling on Capture the Flag or hack
the box or try hack me or any of those sites where you can attack vulnerable machines and you just want
to improve there.
Lastly is to prepare for certification courses the OSTP the e-learning security PDP even the U.N. Security
PBS and the CAA now have practical portions of their exams or all practical and they require some sort
of privilege escalation.
So if you're trying to prepare for that type of course then this is the course for you.
So let's briefly talk about the prerequisites and requirements of this course.
Now some ethical hacking knowledge is strongly recommended this course is meant to teach you prevent
escalation but is not going to hold your hand like you are a beginner.
It does assume some knowledge if you have no experience in ethical hacking you are going to be lost
in this course.
It is strongly recommended that you check out the practical ethical hacking course first and then migrate
over here once you've completed that course.
If you do have some ethical hacking knowledge and you want to take this course and move forward.
The only other thing that you need is really a Linux or ethical hacking workstation of your choice.
There will not be any lab set up.
From our perspective it is assumed that you know how to run a Linux machine or an ethical hacking machine.
At this point now two big things to point out a subscription to hack the box is really really really
recommended is not required but it's really recommended as a good majority.
The machines that we walk there are half the box related.
Now there is also a subscription to try hack me for a couple of the machines that we walk through.
However I have built an entire lab out and try hack me that will be free for this cause.
So you do not have to subscribe to either of these but it is recommended to do it especially in the
hack the box side.
At the time of recording it is 13 U.S. dollars to subscribe to hack the box in around 10 U.S. dollars
to subscribe to try hack me and please no I have no affiliation with either these I have no kickbacks
or anything.
The reasoning behind this is that Windows licensing is very very expensive.
So in order to have you build your own lab and purchase your own license we were talking a lot of time
and expense.
A subscription to hack the box and try hack me was a lot cheaper alternative and an easier way to teach
course than having you download and install your own windows machines and purchasing the licensing behind
it.
So with that all the way.
Let's talk about what you're going to learn.
So the big focus is going to be on how to enumerate Windows systems manually and with tools you're going
to have a lot of hands on practice in this course.
There are 13 vulnerable machines at this time of recording and there are full plans to add more machines.
As time goes on there is going to be a custom lab out there with no installation will either use hack
the box machines or they try hack new lab that I have built out and there is going to be a capstone
challenge of five machines so throughout the course you're going to have eight machines to practice
on the capstone is going to be five machines by itself and you're going to get to see and test your
skills and everything that you've learned.
Now we have a multitude of private escalation techniques in this course that we are going to teach including
kernel exploits password hunting impersonation attacks etc. Even some newer techniques like the Windows
subsystem for Linux and CV e 20 19 13 88.
The goal of this course and for me personally as an instructor is that I will continue to update this
as new privilege escalation techniques and I feel that are relevant for this cause.
So when it's all said and done you will have learned a wide variety of privilege escalation techniques
and the ways to enumerate them manually and with tools.
My goal for you is that you should be able to get through this course and feel a lot more comfortable
when it's all said and done with your previous escalation capabilities and the last thing to point out
is there are important resources for this course.
But you have to check the bonus video which is the last video in the course.
I have a Dischord channel that you guys can come check out.
It has access to Q and A sections and you have direct access to not just me but other people that are
taking the course and it's a the fastest resource to get help when you have any sort of problem you're
stuck within the course.
So if you run into issues you want to network with other people etc. There is a discord channel due
to you to me rules we have to actually post that in the bonus video.
So come check out the bonus video and we'll get you linked over to the discovery channel.
With that being said I really do hope you enjoyed this course.
I look forward to teaching you and I'm excited to get started.
Let's go ahead and move on to the next video and we're going to start talking about the important resources
to know for Prevent Escalation and how to be successful in this course.
So I'll catch you over in the next video.