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[Guides](#guides)\n- [Manual Reference](#manual-reference)\n  - [Cheatsheets](#cheatsheets)\n    - [Sanity Checks](#sanity-checks)\n    - [Comprehensive Lists](#comprehensive-lists)\n    - [Tool Suggestions](#tool-suggestions)\n  - [Best Practices](#best-practices)\n  - [Vulnerability Lists](#vulnerability-lists)\n- [Automation](#automation)\n  - [Automated Searching](#automated-searching)\n  - [Static Analysis Tools](#static-analysis-tools)\n  - [Simple Fuzzers](#simple-fuzzers)\n- [Practice](#practice)\n  - [War Games / CTFs](#war-games--ctfs)\n- [Other Awesome Lists](#other-awesome-lists)\n- [Thanks](#thanks)\n- [Contribute](#contribute)\n\n## Introduction\n\n### Guides\n\n- [CTF Field Guide - Auditing Source Code](https://trailofbits.github.io/ctf/vulnerabilities/source.html) - this was my first introduction to source auditing, I highly recommend watching the lectures.\n- [OWASP Code Review Guide](https://owasp.org/www-project-code-review-guide/) - this guide is quite large but it might be helpful to mentally index it and keep the link handy.\n\n## Manual Reference\n\n### Cheatsheets\n\n#### Sanity Checks\n\n- [Kudelski Security's Auditing code for crypto flaws: the first 30 minutes](https://research.kudelskisecurity.com/2017/04/24/auditing-code-for-crypto-flaws-the-first-30-minutes/)\n- [Kudelski Security's Auditing Rust Crypto: The First Hours](https://research.kudelskisecurity.com/2019/02/07/auditing-rust-crypto-the-first-hours/)\n\n#### Comprehensive Lists\n\n- [iSECPartners LibTech-Auditing-Cheatsheet](https://github.com/iSECPartners/LibTech-Auditing-Cheatsheet) - awesome checklist, albeit slightly outdated (I forked it with the intention of modernizing it, feel free to chime in with your thoughts [here](https://github.com/sgmenda/LibTech-Auditing-Cheatsheet/issues).)\n\n#### Tool Suggestions\n\n- [Security assessment techniques for Go projects](https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/11/07/attacking-go-vr-ttps/) - awesome blog post, so good that this is the only Go resource on this page!\n\n### Best Practices\n\n- [Pornin's Constant-Time Crypto](https://bearssl.org/constanttime.html) - the definitive source for constant-time crypto.\n- [veorq's Cryptocoding](https://github.com/veorq/cryptocoding) - the definitive source cryptocoding recommendations.\n\n### Vulnerability Lists\n\n- [OWASP Top Ten](https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/)\n- [2020 CWE Top 25](https://cwe.mitre.org/top25/archive/2020/2020_cwe_top25.html)\n- CWE Views:\n  - [CWE VIEW: Weaknesses Introduced During Design](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/701.html)\n  - [CWE VIEW: Weaknesses Introduced During Implementation](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/702.html)\n  - [CWE VIEW: Weaknesses in Software Written in C](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/658.html)\n  - [CWE VIEW: Weaknesses in Software Written in C++](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/659.html)\n  - [CWE VIEW: Weaknesses in Software Written in Java](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/660.html)\n- [Bugs You'll Probably Only Have in Rust](https://gankra.github.io/blah/only-in-rust/)\n\n## Automation\n\n### Automated Searching\n\n- [Sourcetrail](https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail) - source explorer that makes it easy to understand and navigate large code bases.\n- [Semgrep](https://github.com/returntocorp/semgrep) - static analysis tool that makes it really easy to search code.\n- [CodeQL](https://securitylab.github.com/tools/codeql) - static analysis tool that is much more powerful than semgrep, but also harder to use.\n- [Joern](https://github.com/ShiftLeftSecurity/joern) - looks like an open-source alternative to CodeQL (I haven't had a chance to play with it yet).\n\n### Static Analysis Tools\n\n- Basic Sanitizers:\n  - [AddressSanitizer​](https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AddressSanitizer.html)\n  - [MemorySanitizer](https://clang.llvm.org/docs/MemorySanitizer.html)\n  - [UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer](https://clang.llvm.org/docs/UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer.html)\n  - [ThreadSanitizer](https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ThreadSanitizer.html)\n- [clang static analyzer](https://clang-analyzer.llvm.org/scan-build.html) - easy to use, and might be a good second step after the sanitizers.\n- [cppcheck](https://github.com/danmar/cppcheck) - simple static analysis tool for C/C++.\n- [RATS](https://github.com/andrew-d/rough-auditing-tool-for-security) - seems a outdated but you might still be able to get something out of it (I haven't even compiled it, so no warranties here.)\n- [slither](https://github.com/crytic/slither) - the goto static analysis tool for solidity.\n- [Creating an LLVM Sanitizer from Hopes and Dreams](https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/06/25/creating-an-llvm-sanitizer-from-hopes-and-dreams/) - tutorial on how to write a new LLVM sanitizer.\n\n### Simple Fuzzers\n\n- clang [libfuzzer](https://llvm.org/docs/LibFuzzer.html) - a standard no-frills fuzzing engine\n- [AFL](https://github.com/google/AFL) - a standard no-frills fuzzing engine\n- [Rust Fuzz Book](https://rust-fuzz.github.io/book/introduction.html) - instructions on how to fuzz rust projects.\n\n## Practice\n\n### War Games / CTFs\n\n- [The Ethernaut](https://ethernaut.openzeppelin.com/)\n- [Cryptopals](https://cryptopals.com/)\n- [exploit.education](https://exploit.education/)\n\n## Other Awesome Lists\n\n- [Awesome Security](https://github.com/sbilly/awesome-security/)\n\n## Thanks\n\n- I used [dar5hak/generator-awesome-list](https://github.com/dar5hak/generator-awesome-list) to generate the template for this repo.\n\n## Contribute\n\nContributions welcome! 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