VM Penetration Lab

Resources for security, penetration testing and the OSCP certification

###Requirements

• You have adminstrator privileges on the host
• Git for Windows is installed
• <path to Git software directory>/bin/ssh.exe is in %PATH% variable
• Virtualbox is installed
• Vagrant is installed
• vagrant-hostmanager plugin is installed

###Set-up

• Clone pentest-lab repo locally (or just download the zip file):

  > git clone https://github.com/jhwohlgemuth/pentest-lab.git

• Change into pentest-lab directory:

  > cd pentest-lab

• Create Vagrant VM environment:

  > vagrant up

Note: You will have to acknowledge Windows UAC dialogues twice during this step to set the host names of the VMs

• Access the kali client with

  > vagrant ssh kali-client

• Navigate to dvwa.server.io/setup.php in you favorite browser and click "Create / Reset Database"

• Administer the DVWA from dvwa.server.io

  Username: admin

  Password: password

• PWN DVWA FTW!!!

###Help

• Vagrant
• DVWA - PHP/MySQL web application that is d*** vulnerable
• Mutillidae - free, open source, deliberately vulnerable web-application providing a target for web-security enthusiest

##Resources

• Kali Linux
  • Listing of publicly available Vagrant Kali Linux boxes
  • Guide for installing Kali on cubox-i computer
  • Kali Linux Downloads page
• OSCP
  • OSCP Personal Experience of Mike Czumak
  • OSCP Personal Experience of Sanjiv Kawa
  • Sample Penetration Report from offensive-security.com
• Penetration Testing/Security Cheatsheets
• Metasploit Unleashed
• Basic Linux Privilege Escalation
• Windows Privilege Escalation Fundamentals
• Reverse Shell Cheat Sheet
• The Art of the Command Line - Master the command line, in one page
• Vulnerable by Design
• Exploit Database - Archive of Exploits, Shellcode, and Security Papers
• webpwnized YouTube Channel - Short, topic-focused videos detailing web application pen testing, secure web development, and the tools used to test web applications
• OpenVAS on Open Hub

##To-do

• Configure autonomous OpenVAS configuration
• Add Mutillidae (?)