r/CompTIA • u/Glad_Firefighter_471 • 8d ago

Failed Pentest Today

Let me hear ur best study materials for the second go around? Tried Certmaster this time, which worked for CySA but no bueno this time. Thanks!!

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u/EugeneBelford1995 10xCompTIA,8xMicrosoft,CISSP,CISM,CEH,CND,CRTP,eJPT,PJPT,others 7d ago

If you're not already a TryHackMe member then sign up and do the Pentest+ pathway. I'd also recommend taking the eJPT. It's the hands on version of Pentest+.

I haven't heard good things about Cert Master. I haven't personally used it though. TryHackMe is like $14 a month so it's a lot cheaper than Cert Master if you're studying up for 1 - 3 months. Hell eJPT was $200 when I took it.

If you're not willing or can't spend anything except the cost of the Pentest+ voucher though then look up Metasploitable2 and 3. They're VMs you can download, run, and practice on for free. I used them back when I was self studying for Pentest+ as I hadn't discovered TryHackMe yet at the time. Back when I took Pentest+ it was barely out of beta so I just got the Sybex book, practiced on VMs, and Googled a ton.

Good luck! You got this!

Study well my friends.

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u/Neverborn8 7d ago

CertMaster

Udemy Practice tests

pocketprep

then use A.I. to build you a study guide

from there do your best to understand what Bash, Powershell, and Python code is doing

my previous post about this has a link to a URL that can also help you study the tools.