My Guide to HTB’s CPTS Course/Exam 

Well done! I just finished OSCP and am starting the course modules . I think you are the first person to provide a review on the course. Thank you very much

Nice video mate! Congrats on the CPTS!

Very nice video! Gives a really good overview of what to expect and also your workflow, keep up the good content!

Great video. I am currently working on the HTB pentester path. Looking forward to take the exam in the future.

Congrats ! Thanks a lot for your feedback !

very informative, thank you for this!

Currently busy with the CPTS path and was a bit worried if it would be worth it, you convinced me that it is. Great vid! Thank you!

thank you for taking the time to give review - great \o/

Thank you for the information!

Been waiting for a review on this since I saw it come out. I’m about 42% of the way through the path. Let’s see that CBBH review as well!

Great video, thanks

ur amazing bro, god bless you

Great explanation, I'm also full time penetration tester and to be honest I was struggle with some labs with DNS etc. I will watch this one more time before taking exam because it is a full useful information

Bro.. you should keep making videos.. this was 🔥!!. Do share your pentesting knowledge.. i think you have done prettymuch every certs.

Great guide!

Thanks a lot. Keep upload more video

Great video🎉

This is really good review.

Thnx man!

Thanks man

Excellent.

I'm at 40%, and it feels like the endless story movie

Wow, first to pass that's awesome. TOP review, thanks. Also, that is some serious elevator music.

Convinced me to go for it.

Thank you for including the time limit you have on the exam. I have been trying to look for that info since I started the course. I am excited to complete the course and take the exam. I just wish you could turn off the black background on academy. In my personal experience it makes things hard to read without increasing my screen brightness.

Certificate - Passing is all good but you have amazing note taking skills :)

You convinced me to sign up.

Looks Like CPTS shows more care for customers ,OSCP shows more care to the money :D

good one

Thank you ... I saw that John Hammond failed and was just like 🥺...considering taking it so anymore advice is much appreciated. Liked and Subbed!!!

98 pages!?!?! SHEESH lol. Just picked the course up! I have done PNPT, CRTO, and CRTP. Hoping this can piggy back off of them.

Thanks

nice review and congratulations on pasing the exam.

Thank you william for tgis video and would you share with us how to build a pentesting note hierarchy ?

I was waiting for your subjective opinion on which exam is more difficult :) My understanding is that CPTS is more difficult as it covers a lot more stuff (see John Hammond's video) Also, is going through HTB Academy Pentester path + TCP Security Practical Ethical Hacking + HTB machines + Proving Grounds a good preparation for OSCP?

hey I just started the CPTS course. So far its going great. Its definitely alot of reading for now. They really are hard about information gathering and covering all aspects of finding all vulnerabilities. How did you organize all your notes, screenshots, found credentials, and commands? Possibly a quick video?

Wow the first well done!

Hi , first of all great video. I want to know about your note taking, I don't want your personal notes. Just want to know the detailed way in which you take notes and if you prefer. One tip I can provide is when you copy-paste commands for quick use in your notes, replace the "target ip" with $IP in your notes and in your terminal just do export IP="target ip", so you can just paste the commands directly and the "$IP" would replace with the exported target IP in the terminal. When you close that terminal instance it would clear the $IP var.

OSCP might be left in the dust soon. The only reason I say that is, with organizations like HTB and TCM Security putting out certifications that are "realistic" in nature (ALL TOOLS available and actual test environment) it almost puts the OSCP to shame. The OSCP both shines and fails by requiring the 24 hour test and no automated tools available which removes the realism of a penetration test but also helps in forcing you to know how to "live off the land" so to speak. This is, of course, just my two cents.

could you make a video to share what is the best way to store all the command line used and credential found?Are there an automated way of doing it or simply just copy and paste whenever a command worked?

Let’s fucking gooooo

Hey man, thank you so much for the review. Very informative! I also saw that your notes on Cherrytree look very neat. Please share them with me if possible. I m preparing for the same cert, and I find it very hard to organize my notes

Great video! One small suggestion, your audio is a little low. Maybe bump it up a wee bit.

You could also do 1 month Platinum and 1 month gold that will give 1500 cubes, rest should come from completing modules.

Can you share your notes? Really liked the way it's formatted

If you were to hire a penetration tester and you had 3 candidates. All 3 have no experience. One has OSCP, one has PNPT, and one has CPTS. Which candidate would you be confident would be able to perform the job with minimal training?

New Subs here! just a question, I want to shift career into pentesting. I'm just starting my eJPT course and will take the once I get comfortable and learn by heart. after that PNPT or eCPPT but along with that, will you recommend doing the CPTS course for a beginner like me ? can I cope up with the course ? i need your honest opinion thank you

Nice one, clear, concise, and articulate explanation. One question I have is in regards to time management. how did you manage to work full time, do gym and prepare for the cert? I’m in a bit of a pickle myself where I’m about to enter a full-time job but I also have training on the side, and to add the CPTS cert on top would be quite deadly. I’d like to know how you ended up managing everything in sync so that I can apply it to myself 💉 Keep it up with the videos, very informative!

Hey, thanks a lot for the insight. Do you think the cert is doable if didnt have any other certs or job experience? Do you think the modules prepare you well enough?

Great video, thank you for the info. Can you point me to the report template?

thanks for this review i just started the modules and i was wondering if i would pursue the cert at the end. is the cert something that would get you into a job as a pen tester?

big congrats on the certification and the video. Dude I need to ask. If you had done the opposite, first you had studied for the CPTS, with the knowledge of it you can pass the OSCP. Dude, I've already done OSCP 2 times and I'm going to the third exam, my best score was 60 points (no hypocrisies, no examservices dumps of course). I ask all this because I'm thinking about studying for the CPTS and I wanted to take advantage of the knowledge to refine and pass the OSCP too. Do you think it is possible ? thanks man

Can you make a crash course video of particular subjects?

Hey, how has doing the CPTS benefited you in doing the HTB active/retired content?

I have many account passwords, tried evim-winrm, psexec... all failed I don't know what to do next, I may have missed some way to get the shell, I hope you to advise for me I guess it is the Active Directory penetration knowledge that I have missed. I searched the relevant modules and still have no answer. I saw the mind map you recommended, which is very good.

Excelent video 🎉 cheers is it possible to share your notes? I been looking for notes CPTS. I find more about CISSP than from the CPTS.

Hi, is it possible on HTB to cancel a monthly subscription after 3 or 4 months or it's a monthly payment but for a full year ? Because i just need 2000 cubes.

Do you think CPTS covers most of the CBBH and would be a better option if taking only one of the two exams, or is CBBH way more in-depth for apps? (I know it's for web specifically, but a lot of modules overlap :( ) The real question is, if CPTS has enough web/app info for Bug bounty? Since it's got a broader scope I see it as a better option.

What you think about THM SOC level 1

Hi this is really informative Thanks! Just wanna ask, is it better to buy cubes or just get the Silver Annual subscription that includes exam? ($490)

how many cubes can I get for the monthly student plan?

Would a 2 cpu cores 4 gb ram vm be enough?

In terms of the training aspect, can you compare/contrast the type of people who may enjoy the training part of PNPT versus that of CPTS?

Do you think CPTS it's enough to get an entry level job ? Thanks!

thanks a lot. could you share these notes with us?

Looking at your time log (c. 5:00), I'm guessing that some of those slots are for sleep! (E.g. 01:09-08:07 on day 4.) Were you basically full-time in exam mode during your waking hours, or did you fit the exam in around your day job? Just as a minor correction, OffSec will now offer feedback on the OSCP exam report. I'm not allowed to share mine: "Sharing OSCP exam feedback details with others is prohibited and will be considered a violation of our academic protocol." However, I'd say that it's less detailed than the feedback you got.

What the difference between this course and the CBBH course ?

Does the exam let you into a VM to do the testing or you use your own VM. Also for everyday testing, do you use VMs or a machine with main OS linux?

I read somewhere that if you manage CPTS , you should be able to do OSCP without any bigger problems. Do you agree with this? If yes, does this mean that the CBBH is the equitant to OSWE?

You can indeed still download the PDF. I just came off of my 4th failure. The exam format is very stressful indeed. You feel the pressure of the clock. I'm taking a break for about a month, but I am thinking about going after the CPTS. The lack of feedback on the OSCP kinda sucks.

How would you compare this in difficulty to PNPT?

Is CPTS harder than OSCP? if I take CPTS course and exam, I will be prepared enough to take OSCP exam?

I remember when OSCP exam attempts user to be $60 a pop. Sigh

I'm a lucky guy

Hello, Does this exam have tool restrictions like sqlmap, metasploit, etc, etc just like the OSCP?

Hey !! I have a question: I'm very interested in the internet security exams and certificates, but I have a very basic knowledge in coding, do you think it's possible?

well this looks like hell tbh, the report part in particular. damn it looks so demanding

can you post your commands file you made?

Hey bro I'm new to pentesting I wanted to ask you what should I start first... The pnpt certification or the cpts

May I ask how to use genericwrite in ad? I know that I can modify the user password, add spn and get hash, but I have many accounts and passwords but I can’t get the shell. Please advise, thank you

PNPT review

Why did you stop uploading 😢

What about the AD part of the exam!? It was heavy!?

What about beginners? i think i need more time than 49 days hahaXD

Why you stopped making videos?

Really were you the first person to pass this exam?

Looking at your wall you are obviously not only certified from top to bottom part have a ridiculous amount of experience I wanted to ask you and I hope you actually see this for someone that is handicapped and can only work from home from all the courses and search Etc would you say that the hack the box would be ideal given that they are highly practical and I believe one of them was in collaboration with heck of one and it doesn't need to be on a resume I guess what I'm saying is from your experience if you strip everything away and you had your standard Security knowledge do you think that those two pathways would allow you to begin working from home at least to begin? If not would you choose a different approach I really appreciate it if you don't answer.

Sure, now stop using my hardware for a dam dart board

Bro turn off this music.

Great vid ! I’m a student and want to start my journey early. Would this be considered a good pathway? given the CPTS is harder than the PNPT. 1. Tryhackme 2. eJPTv1 and/or v2 3. PNPT 4. Hackthebox academy - CBBH - CPTS 5. OSCP ( or maybe the OSCP before the CPTS?) Thanks in advance!

they lost me when they said it was free then expected ppl to pay tryhack me + vulnhub is a much better option