Yeah, I noticed (and replied to) that post as well. I'm not sure where they are getting their information.

I have not heard anything either way. I would think that in order to align with the updated exam, the courseware will have to change. Maybe they'll keep most/all of it and add in parts that need to be included. Maybe they'll scrap it all and rewrite it. I honestly don't know.

If I were to make a guess, it will be (unfortunately) very similar to v7 with some minor changes. At which point, I don't know how that puts your chances for passing the exam. I would have to look through the v7 courseware and see how close it actually is to the new v8 exam.

Sorry to hear that, but you should probably contact http://www.eccouncil.org/ and see if they can help you.

@DragonGorge: I think you're right on the money from what I've seen so far. I have two different V7 CEH video series, got the second because the first was being taught by a guy that I couldn't listen to for any amount of time.
As a training instructor and web training developer, I was extremely disappointed by the series I got from Career Academy because this guy, although seemingly very knowledgeable, sounds like the mother in "Throw Mamma From the Train".
No offense but he literally sounded throughout the series like he was either succumbing to a tumor on the vocal chords or in process of a huge bout of Laryngitis. Made it impossible to sit through more than 30 minutes without jumping out the second story window.
The course I got from CBT nuggets uses the same slides from the course manual, but the narrator is much easier on the ears and engaging, makes it fun to get the info and really understand it. NO, I do not work for that company.
I am really concerned by all this thread because I've been working very hard to grasp the information and really learn the materials of the V7 course. I would hate to think that all this effort would be negated by the time I get to the point of being prepared to test.
I was so glad to hear you say they need to focus on the few tools that are most used. That would really help. I had a friend who is very old in the security industry tell me that main effort would be best spent initially with really learning to use NMAP, Metasploit, and some BASH scripting experience. There are of course minor things such as whoami, dnsookup, etc. for recon, but he said that with proper use of Google you can recon a good portion of a hack. Got a Johnny Long Google hacking book for that one, and man I had no idea how powerful Google is. Anyway, I completely agree with every single point you made, and no I'm not sucking up. I just know from experience that these are true pain points with the manual for this cert. Thanks!