I recently completed a 4-day boot camp with Peter, and I must say that, among all the similar courses I’ve taken on this topic, nothing quite compares to this one in terms of the breadth and depth of knowledge imparted in such a short span. Peter is an exceptionally motivated technology enthusiast with an amazing ability to simplify highly complex subjects, making them easily understandable. Admittedly, due to the nature of the topics covered in the boot camp, you might feel mentally taxed, but the wealth of knowledge gained is truly remarkable. I can’t recommend taking any of his classes enough. Now, it’s time to connect all the dots Peter delivered to me, and after that, I’m looking forward to enrolling in the advanced class next year.
If you really want to learn exploit writing instead of just talking about it this is the course you have to take. In 3 days i learned so much deep operating system stuff and debuggers, that an advanced SANS course seems to be a skript kiddie/rookie course compared with this one. Peter is a true legend in the security community and also an absolutely cool and unbelievable modest person, With mona he also developed THE industrial standard when it comes to exploit writing and i still can’t believe he gives that tool away for free. Thank you peter for an amazing expierence that let my brain melt and inspired me to work harder on my own skills. It was an honor to meet a true hacker. I hope i will be prepared quick enough to visit your Advanced class to complete my knowledge ;-).
I can only recommend the course. Peter is very professional and explains each concept with passion and experience. In addition to up-to-date content, students leave with many exercises to do at home and support from the slack group in case of problems. I can say that I had a great time with this course and I can only recommend it.
The Corelan Bootcamp training was one of the most interesting trainings I have ever taken. The instructor really knows how to transfer his extensive knowledge from the past years (decades!) in a very structured way. I went from having opened a debugger only a handful of times in my life to constructing a whole ROP Chain bypassing Data Execution Prevention on real applications for existing CVEs. I would 100% recommend this training to anyone working in cyber security having an interest in general Windows internals and willing to write working exploits. With the amount of homework for post-training exercises, I’m preparing for the advanced class already!
After finishing one course in late 2019, I immediately signed up for the other one. Unfortunately, the following year brought some… complications. Peter offered a refund when travel restrictions caused delays, but I can confidently say that this training is worth waiting 3 years for.
The course structure, pace, and content are all impeccable. The examples, exercises, and homework use actual CVEs from real software. The importance of being able to easily ask questions at any time cannot be understated. Finally, I don’t know of any other course that offers the same level of post-training support from the instructor.
The Corelan Bootcamp was by far the best stack based exploitation course I have ever taken. The instructor was incredibly knowledgeable and presented the course material in a clear and digestible format. The labs were excellent and were all based on real world scenarios. I would definitely recommend this training to anyone working in the vulnerability research and exploitation field.
Peter is a fantastic instructor – probably the best I’ve ever had. He takes complex topics and explains them in a way anyone can understand. When focusing on sections I was already familiar with, Peter filled critical gaps in my understanding of the subject. The exercises are just challenging enough to be fun without feeling forced or unrealistic.
If you are looking to learn stack exploitation and love to be challenged, this training is perfect for you. The amount of knowledge that you are able to obtain in such a short time is insane. If you walk in with limited to no knowledge, you will definitely walk out with a new skill and be able to use it in practice.
Peter will refute about every single thing you might have learned so far related to the topic in other courses (such as OSCP and eLearnSecurity), and then teach you it the right way from the ground up.
This was my first exploit dev course and before entering the room on the first day I thought I already knew a bit about how stack buffer overflow worked. The truth is : I didn’t. With Peter’s training you don’t only write exploits, you understand all the underlying mechanisms. II’m now able to say that I know what a stack buffer overflow is, I know what happens when a shell pops in metasploit. After taking Peter’s bootcamp, NOP sleds won’t be part of your life anymore !
If you’re going to take the bootcamp please note that it is intense. Peter does an excellent job of thoroughly going through all of the concepts. He makes it’s a priority to answers all of your questions — was very supportive throughout the entire boot camp.
Highly recommend!!