Episode 39 – John’s OSCP Journey

Over the past few months, John has been working on obtaining his OSCP certification.  Recently he attempted and successfully passed the exam!  In this episode he goes over his journey, what he learned as well as a few tips to help those attempting this rather difficult certification. Some links of interest: Penetration Testing - A Hands On Introduction to Hacking - https://www.amazon.com/Penetration-Testing-Hands-Introduction-Hacking/dp/1593275641 Web Application Hacker's Handbook 2nd Edition - https://www.amazon.com/Web-Application-Hackers-Handbook-Exploiting/dp/1118026470 OSCP Prep: https://www.abatchy.com/2017/03/how-to-prepare-for-pwkoscp-noob https://github.com/burntmybagel/OSCP-Prep http://niiconsulting.com/checkmate/2017/06/a-detail-guide-on-oscp-preparation-from-newbie-to-oscp/ https://medium.com/@andr3w_hilton/oscp-training-vms-hosted-on-vulnhub-com-22fa061bf6a1 https://tulpa-security.com/2016/09/19/prep-guide-for-offsecs-pwk/ VulnHub - https://www.vulnhub.com/ HackTheBox - https://www.hackthebox.eu/ Infosec Mastodon - https://infosec.exchange/auth/sign_up Want to reach out to the show?  There's a few ways to get in touch! Purple Squad Security's Twitter: @PurpleSquadSec John's Twitter: @JohnsNotHere John's Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@JohnsNotHere Podcast Website: purplesquadsec.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/purplesquadsec Sign-Up for our Slack community: https://signup.purplesquadsec.com Thanks for listening, and as always, I will talk with you all again next time. Find out more at http://purplesquadsec.com