Voleur is a medium Windows box simulating an assumed-breach with low-priv user creds. Crack an encrypted Excel to get creds, use WinRM via password-spraying and DACL abuse, restore an AD user from Recycle Bin, decrypt DPAPI to extract an SSH key for WSL, access mounted `C:\` as root to dump NTDS backups and parse NTDS to obtain a Domain Administrator shell.

My perspective and certification review of the Hack The Box Certified Penetration Testing Specialist (CPTS) exam - what to expect, how I prepared, and how it compares to other hands-on pentesting certifications.

My personal review of the TryHackMe PT1 (Junior Penetration Tester) exam - what to expect, how I prepared, what went well, and what didn't.

My Point of View and Certification Review for the INE eCPPTv3 Exam by eLearnSecurity I took on the 1st April, 2025.