How I Passed The OSCP On My First Attempt!

This video documents my entire OSCP journey, I have tried to condense it into what I call the complete OSCP roadmap and share as much information as I can to help other prepare without violation the Offensive Security Terms of Service.

Feel free to comment down below anything you think might be helpful for others as long as it does not violate Offensive Securities Policies.

00:00 Introduction
00:38 Exam Day
01:12 Foothold on AD (30 Minutes In)
02:19 Scanning Stand Alone Machines (4pm -7pm)
03:03 First Long Break (One Hour)
03:53 Back To AD (8pm)
04:34 Second AD Machine (10pm)
04:47 Third AD Machine (12am)
05:07 First Standalone Machine (2am)
05:52 K.I.S.S
06:24 Going To Bed (4am)
06:48 Waking Up (7am)
07:11 60 Points (8am)
07:45 Second Standalone Machine (9am)
08:59 Time Zone Issues (Midday)
09:47 End of Exam
10:14 Offsec Email (You Have PASSED)
10:32 My Background
11:38 OSCP Like VMs
12:26 PEN-200 Course
13:22 Hack The Box (AD)
13:47 HTB AD Machines You Should Do!
14:07 HTB Vs PEN-200 Labs
14:46 Proving Grounds
16:41 Most Used Platforms
16:57 How To Prepare For ACTIVE DIRECTORY
18:41 Did Experience With The PNPT Help?
20:06 Paid Courses For AD
21:04 How To Get The Initial Shell
21:28 Does AutoRecon Help With The OSCP?
22:22 Enumeration Is NOT Key
23:31 How To Escalate Privileges
24:31 TCM Security Courses For Privilege Escalation
25:56 Tiberius' Courses For Privilege Escalation
26:59 GOOGLE EVERYTHING
27:39 Take Long Breaks
28:24 You'll Run Out Of Ideas Before You Run Out Of Time
28:54 Refer To Your 'Good' Notes
29:40 Exams Restrictions Questions
30:18 Should You Use Metasploit/Meterpreter?
31:07 I Hate Buffer Overflows, Should I Skip Them?
32:59 What Is Your Methodology?
33:22 How Long Did It Take You From Noob To OSCP?
33:38 What Areas Should One Master?
34:26 Recommended Resources - Free & Paid
35:56 TryHackMe vs HackTheBox
36:23 Do You Need To Know Programming For The OSCP?
37:27 What Cert Should I Do Before The OSCP?
37:58 How Do You Get The 40 AD Points?
38:38 Closing Remarks (Summary)

[Deathfreeze]

Man congrats, I been following you for some time. I just got my PNPT voucher today and looking at tackling OSCP after but thanks for sharing all your experiences.

[borrisnorris]

Congratulations friend... All that hard work and determination paid off!

[infoseckid]

Congratulations 🎈thanks for sharing your experience specially taking the break.

[marlinshanklin-wwem]

I started the PEH course the second week of January the first step in my OSCP journey.

[darkerberry]

I swear my heart was clenched throughout the beginning, bruv I was scared for you 😂😂

[DavidAlvesWeb]

So happy for you man!!! Congratulations!!! 🥳🥳

[JP-mjmz]

Your channel is really dope bro. This is a great vid thank you! Congratulations on passing OSCP I hope to get there one day 🙌

[beneveche]

Hey, wow, amazing how you tell the whole proccess which is not easy!

[Ternary]

Dang bro, quality video as always...Your gonna blow up!!

[jackshepherd]

Man this is the best video to the preparation for the OSCP in youtube, thanks for all 🫶🏻

[erikan]

Following you from Germany your videos are extremely helpful and easy to understand thank u 🙏😊😊😊

[noone-ldpt]

Thanks so much man, starting my journey and this will be immensly helpful!

[merrell]

Thanks and congrats! How is your practice methodology? If you are stuck on a box, how long before you seek help for hints or writeups? What boxes do you do on htb, easy/medium/hard?

[joelortiz]

God help you pass your test. Congratulations on your certification

[theblowupdollsmusic]

Thank you so much for the helpful video! You keep mentioning "ETC". I can't seem to figure out what that tool is. lol

[huuloc]

Congrats! Thanks for making this helpful video.

[rishi]

Are you in a full-time job or were you studying full-time this pentesting stuff only?
Would like to know your computer machine specifications also!!
Congrats on passing the OSCP 👍

[hackingdemon]

i also planned to take pnpt then i am gonna go through oscp

[MygenteTV]

congrats brother. I have a question, im doing the oscp, I'm doing the exercises first then I will jump to do the laps, any advises on how to go about them. my only experience on cyber security is bug bounty, this is my first time doing any course.

[nirantardeshmukh]

bro i have completed tj null hack the box list all machines(without walkthrough on my own) boot to root can i give oscp exam