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ECCouncil LPT (LPT Master)
The LPT Master program teaches elite testers advanced network penetration, web exploitation, post‑exploitation, AD and cloud attacks, and social engineering, enabling multi‑vector assaults on hardened enterprises.
1080
Minutes
70/100
Passing Score
$899
Exam Cost
Who Should Take This
It is intended for senior penetration testers, red‑team engineers, and security consultants who have at least three years of hands‑on experience in vulnerability assessment and exploitation. These professionals seek to master complex, multi‑vector engagements, certify expertise in advanced AD, cloud, and physical penetration, and lead high‑stakes security assessments.
What's Covered
1
Advanced Network Penetration
2
Advanced Web Application Exploitation
3
Advanced Exploitation and Post-Exploitation
4
Active Directory and Cloud Exploitation
5
Social Engineering and Physical Penetration
6
IoT and Embedded System Penetration
7
Wireless and RF Penetration
8
Advanced Reporting and Engagement Management
9
Purple Team and Adversary Emulation
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Practice Questions
Lesson Modules
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20 Activity Formats
Course Outline
60 learning goals
1
Advanced Network Penetration
3 topics
Network reconnaissance and mapping
- Apply advanced network reconnaissance including passive DNS analysis BGP route analysis and OSINT correlation for target infrastructure mapping.
- Apply advanced port scanning and service fingerprinting using fragmented packets decoy scans and timing evasion against IDS/IPS-protected networks.
- Analyze network architecture from reconnaissance data to identify trust relationships segmentation weaknesses and lateral movement paths.
Advanced exploitation and pivoting
- Apply advanced pivoting techniques including SSH tunneling SOCKS proxy chains and multi-hop routing through compromised network segments.
- Apply protocol-level attacks including LLMNR/NBT-NS poisoning Kerberoasting and NTLM relay for Active Directory credential harvesting.
- Apply VLAN hopping and network segmentation bypass including double tagging switch spoofing and inter-VLAN exploitation techniques.
- Analyze network defense evasion requirements to select appropriate tunneling encryption and traffic obfuscation for maintaining persistent access.
Firewall and IDS evasion
- Apply firewall evasion techniques including packet fragmentation protocol tunneling and application-layer encapsulation to bypass perimeter controls.
- Apply IDS/IPS evasion including polymorphic shellcode encrypted payloads and traffic normalization exploitation against signature-based detection.
- Design multi-vector network penetration strategy combining exploitation pivoting and evasion for comprehensive enterprise network assessment.
2
Advanced Web Application Exploitation
2 topics
Advanced injection techniques
- Apply advanced SQL injection techniques including second-order injection out-of-band extraction and WAF bypass for database compromise.
- Apply server-side template injection including Jinja2 Twig and Freemarker exploitation for remote code execution on web servers.
- Apply SSRF exploitation including cloud metadata access internal service discovery and chained SSRF for pivoting into internal networks.
- Analyze web application attack surface to identify chained vulnerability paths from initial access through privilege escalation to data exfiltration.
Business logic and authentication
- Apply business logic flaw exploitation including workflow bypass race conditions and state manipulation for unauthorized actions.
- Apply advanced authentication bypass including JWT manipulation OAuth flow abuse and SSO token forging techniques.
- Apply API exploitation including GraphQL introspection abuse REST parameter tampering and gRPC service enumeration for API-driven applications.
- Design comprehensive web application assessment methodology incorporating automated scanning manual testing and business logic review.
3
Advanced Exploitation and Post-Exploitation
2 topics
Exploit development
- Apply custom shellcode development including position-independent code encoder creation and staged payload generation for target-specific exploitation.
- Apply return-oriented programming including ROP chain construction gadget discovery and DEP bypass for modern exploit development.
- Apply heap exploitation techniques including use-after-free heap spray and type confusion for browser and application exploitation.
- Analyze exploit reliability factors including ASLR entropy stack cookie implementations and CFI to evaluate exploitation feasibility.
Post-exploitation operations
- Apply advanced persistence techniques including rootkit deployment scheduled task manipulation and WMI event subscription for long-term access.
- Apply credential harvesting including memory extraction Kerberos ticket manipulation and credential store dumping across compromised systems.
- Apply data exfiltration techniques including DNS tunneling steganographic channels and encrypted C2 communication for covert data transfer.
- Analyze post-exploitation operational security to maintain stealth avoid forensic artifacts and minimize detection during extended engagements.
4
Active Directory and Cloud Exploitation
2 topics
Active Directory attacks
- Apply Active Directory enumeration including BloodHound analysis ACL abuse path discovery and trust relationship mapping for domain escalation.
- Apply Kerberos attacks including AS-REP roasting Golden Ticket Silver Ticket and constrained delegation abuse for domain dominance.
- Apply Active Directory Certificate Services abuse including template misconfiguration exploitation and certificate-based persistence for domain control.
- Analyze Active Directory security posture to identify attack paths privilege escalation chains and trust exploitation opportunities across forests.
Cloud penetration
- Apply cloud exploitation including IAM privilege escalation metadata service abuse and cross-account lateral movement in AWS Azure and GCP.
- Apply Azure AD and Entra ID exploitation including token theft conditional access bypass and hybrid identity attack chains.
- Design cloud penetration testing methodology addressing shared responsibility model compliance constraints and multi-tenant isolation verification.
5
Social Engineering and Physical Penetration
2 topics
Advanced social engineering
- Apply advanced phishing campaigns including spear-phishing infrastructure setup credential harvesting pages and payload delivery for initial access.
- Apply vishing and pretexting techniques including authority impersonation technical support scenarios and vendor impersonation for social access.
- Analyze social engineering effectiveness to evaluate human vulnerability patterns organizational security culture and awareness training gaps.
Physical penetration
- Apply physical penetration techniques including lock bypass tailgating badge cloning and access control system exploitation.
- Apply physical implant deployment including network taps rogue access points and USB drop attacks for persistent physical access.
- Design combined physical and cyber penetration test plan integrating physical access exploitation with network compromise for realistic threat simulation.
6
IoT and Embedded System Penetration
2 topics
Firmware and hardware analysis
- Apply firmware extraction and analysis including SPI flash dumping binary analysis and filesystem mounting for embedded device assessment.
- Apply hardware interface exploitation including UART JTAG SWD and I2C debugging ports for device access and memory extraction.
- Analyze IoT communication protocols including MQTT CoAP Zigbee and BLE to identify authentication weaknesses and data exposure.
IoT exploitation
- Apply IoT device exploitation including default credential abuse insecure update mechanisms and cloud API manipulation for device compromise.
- Design IoT penetration testing methodology addressing device firmware cloud backend and mobile application attack surfaces.
7
Wireless and RF Penetration
2 topics
Advanced wireless attacks
- Apply advanced wireless attacks including WPA3 downgrade PMKID capture and enterprise 802.1X credential interception for WiFi penetration.
- Apply rogue access point deployment including evil twin attacks captive portal credential harvesting and wireless MitM techniques.
- Analyze wireless security posture to identify unauthorized access points weak encryption and segmentation failures in enterprise wireless networks.
RF and Bluetooth exploitation
- Apply Bluetooth Low Energy exploitation including GATT service enumeration characteristic manipulation and BLE relay attacks for device compromise.
- Apply software-defined radio techniques for wireless protocol analysis including Zigbee Z-Wave and proprietary RF protocol reverse engineering.
- Design wireless penetration testing methodology covering WiFi Bluetooth RF and NFC attack surfaces for comprehensive wireless security assessment.
8
Advanced Reporting and Engagement Management
2 topics
Expert-level reporting
- Apply executive-level penetration test reporting quantifying business risk impact using FAIR methodology and translating findings for C-suite audiences.
- Apply technical finding documentation including proof-of-concept reproduction steps attack chain visualization and remediation verification procedures.
- Analyze assessment results to prioritize remediation based on exploitability business impact and defensive gap severity across the organization.
Engagement management
- Apply red team engagement management including rules of engagement scoping deconfliction procedures and safe communication channels.
- Design adversary simulation program incorporating threat intelligence-driven scenarios purple team integration and continuous security validation.
9
Purple Team and Adversary Emulation
2 topics
Threat-informed testing
- Apply MITRE ATT&CK framework mapping to develop threat-actor-specific attack scenarios aligned with organizational threat intelligence.
- Apply adversary emulation using commercial and open-source C2 frameworks including Cobalt Strike Mythic and Sliver for realistic threat simulation.
- Analyze detection gap coverage by mapping test results against MITRE ATT&CK techniques to identify undetected attack patterns.
Continuous validation
- Apply breach and attack simulation tools to automate continuous security control validation across network endpoint and cloud environments.
- Design continuous security validation program integrating automated testing purple team exercises and red team engagements for ongoing assurance.
Scope
Included Topics
- All domains in EC-Council LPT covering advanced penetration testing methodologies multi-vector attack techniques and expert-level exploitation.
- Advanced network penetration including pivoting tunneling and multi-layered network exploitation.
- Advanced web application exploitation including logic flaws business logic bypass and chained attack techniques.
- Social engineering campaigns including physical penetration pretexting and advanced phishing techniques.
- Advanced exploit development including shellcode writing ROP chains and custom exploit creation.
- IoT and embedded system penetration testing including firmware analysis hardware hacking and protocol exploitation.
- Advanced reporting including executive communication risk quantification and remediation verification.
Not Covered
- Basic ethical hacking covered by CEH.
- Standard penetration testing covered by CPENT.
- SOC operations covered by CSA.
- Digital forensics covered by CHFI.
- Network defense covered by CND.
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