A personal review of the INE eCPPTv3 (Certified Professional Penetration Tester) exam, covering the exam structure, lab environment quirks, tools used, and study recommendations. The author passed with 82% after 14-15 active hours in the 24-hour window. Key takeaways include: the INE training alone is insufficient (especially for Active Directory), supplementing with HackTheBox AD modules is recommended, certain tools like Evil-WinRM had issues in the exam environment, and the exam heavily focuses on AD, hash cracking, privilege escalation, and web app exploitation. Sections like Buffer Overflows and C2 frameworks can be skipped for exam prep.
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