Certified Ethical Hacking Practical Exam Prep (Unofficial)

Understand the practical exam structure: a browser-based layout with a parrot VM and a Windows machine, questions on the left, no multiple-choice options, and case-sensitive manual hashes with five attempts.

Learn how the certified ethical hacking practical exam works: six hours, 20 scenario-based questions with at least 14 to pass, plus lab access, retakes, and EC Council continuing education renewals.

Download VMware to run multiple guest virtual machines via a hypervisor that shares memory and processing, then download for Windows and install, with a YouTube guide if needed.

Follow steps to download Windows 10 ISO using the download tool from Chrome, save the ISO to desktop, and skip or remind later prompts.

Download the Parrot iso file, then choose the security edition for the practical exam to access the pentesting tools; if space is limited, download the home edition.

Install Parrot OS in a virtual machine by creating the VM, allocating 4 gb memory, mounting the ISO image, and completing the install with English and non-root login.

Install Windows 10 on VMware using the Windows ISO, with quick, fundamentals-focused guidance and links to resources for troubleshooting.

Download and install Nox Player, an Android emulator, then use ADB to access a file with secret text for pen testing, including static and dynamic testing.

Discover a crucial GitHub repository for the unofficial ethical hacking practical exam prep, featuring nodes with commands and tools. Bookmark it to excel in the open-book exam and sample questions.

Learn the fundamentals of scanning and enumeration and how to use nmap and zenmap as essential tools for ethical hacking, practical exams, and network discovery.

Find a machine's IP address using ifconfig on Linux or ipconfig on Windows, then scan the 192.168.77.0/24 subnet with netdiscover or nmap to identify alive hosts and open ports.

Explore Nmap for vulnerability assessment and network scanning, including port and host discovery across domains, IPs, subnets, and ranges; use verbose modes, -sA firewall detection, and sudo for privileged scans.

Learn to scan targets from input.txt with nmap -iL, using syn scan (-s), udp scan (-sU), tcp port scans (-sT), and -sN ping sweeps with OS detection (-O).

Explore Zenmap, the GUI for Nmap, to guide installation and target scanning on Windows or Parrot, leveraging Nmap's profiles to reveal ports, services, and host details.

Demonstrate Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) setup, connect to a Windows machine, and use net user to identify registered accounts during a data breach scenario.

Learn to assess WordPress security using wpscan, Metasploit, and Hydra to enumerate users and perform brute-force testing, with practical guidance on commands and workflows for ethical hacking.

Learn how to use Hydra for brute force and password spraying to crack FTP credentials, including installation, common flags, and practical steps with FTP logins and file retrieval.

Use Android Debug Bridge (adb) to access an Android device on an ip. Scan the subnet with nmap -Pn to find ip with port 5555 open, then connect to adb.

Learn to connect to an Android device with adb, locate secret.txt using ls and cd sdcard, and reveal the account number with cat.

Learn steganography by concealing data with the snow tool to hide content in files, practice revealing hidden messages with a password, and explore open stego as a lighter alternative.

Install OpenStego from its official website and use extract data to recover hidden text. Example uses message.txt and nature.png with password magic and default encryption 128.

Learn the fundamentals of cryptography and use the hash calculator tool to generate MD5 and SHA1 hashes for files, including practical exam scenarios and security considerations.

Explore Veracrypt for disk encryption by creating an encrypted file container, mounting a volume, and using a password to access the secret file for exam tasks.

Discover how to crack hashes and recover original data using simple hash values. Use hashes.com or crackstation to crack MD5 and other hash types during practical exams.

Learn how to use a text encoder tool to encode and decode data with a password, including download steps, safe usage, and exam-based decoding scenarios.

download the grip tool from cryptool.org, install Cryptool 11.4.42, and encrypt a file with arc4 using a 14-bit key before decrypting it in Cryptool.

Decrypt an ECB-encrypted file to recover FTP credentials for login. Export the file in cryptool, decrypt with ECB, log in to the FTP server, and fetch the flag.txt.

Learn how SQL injection exploits vulnerable input fields to bypass authentication, bypass login, and access backend data, with practical steps using Port Swigger lab and Burp Suite.

Demonstrate how sql injection bypasses login on a vulnerable site and how to exploit insecure direct object reference to reveal a user's email, illustrating exam-style authentication bypass and idor concepts.

Learn to use OWASP ZAP for automated web application testing, including spidering and active scanning to detect SQL injection, and distinguish get versus post methods in vulnerabilities.

Master wireshark basics to capture, analyze, and troubleshoot real-time network traffic. Use display filters and follow tcp stream to reveal login credentials in pcap files for the exam.

Analyze DoS and DoS pcap files to identify the attacking IP and count the attacking machines using Wireshark filters, source and destination addresses, and TCP flags.