Looking for Free Resources to Improve Practical Pentesting, Enumeration, and Exploitation Skills
Hey everyone,
I’m a cybersecurity professional with a degree in cybersecurity and a few certifications. Even with that background, I feel like my practical pentesting, active enumeration, and exploitation skills could be much stronger.
For example, I can identify vulnerabilities and explain how an attacker might use that information, but when it comes to actually validating exploitability and executing the next steps myself, I sometimes get stuck or end up jumping between tools without a clear process.
I’m looking to build stronger real-world skills in pentesting, enumeration, and exploitation, ideally starting with free resources or structured learning paths.
Does anyone have recommendations for labs, courses, guides, books, YouTube channels, or general tips for improving practical offensive security skills? Preferably starting free but open to paid sources.
Thanks in advance!
Edit:
Just to preface, I have a Sec+ and some AWS security creds in addition to my university degree, I mainly focus in audits, but would like to expand my pentesting potential. TY