Other Lists Online

• .NET Programming - Software framework for Microsoft Windows platform development.
• JavaScript Programming - In-browser development and scripting.
• Python Programming by @vinta - General Python programming.
• Ruby Programming by @markets - The de-facto language for writing exploits.
• C/C++ Programming - One of the main language for open source security tools.
• Shell Scripting - Command line frameworks, toolkits, guides and gizmos.
• AppSec - Resources for learning about application security.
• Security - Software, libraries, documents, and other resources.
• CTFs - Capture The Flag frameworks, libraries, etc.
• Android Security - Collection of Android security related resources.
• Hacking - Tutorials, tools, and resources.
• Honeypots - Honeypots, tools, components, and more.
• Blue Team - Awesome resources, tools, and other shiny things for cybersecurity blue teams.
• Awesome Awesomeness - The List of the Lists.
• InfoSec § Hacking challenges - Comprehensive directory of CTFs, wargames, hacking challenge websites, pentest practice lab exercises, and more.
• Rawsec's CyberSecurity Inventory - An open-source inventory of tools, resources, CTF platforms and Operating Systems about CyberSecurity. ([Source](https://gitlab.com/rawsec/rawsec-cybersecurity-list))
• Node.js Programming by @sindresorhus - Curated list of delightful Node.js packages and resources.
• Ruby Programming by @Sdogruyol - The de-facto language for writing exploits.
• Ruby Programming by @dreikanter - The de-facto language for writing exploits.
• AWS Tool Arsenal - List of tools for testing and securing AWS environments.
• YARA - YARA rules, tools, and people.
• SecLists - Collection of multiple types of lists used during security assessments.
• Python Programming by @svaksha - General Python programming.
• Forensics - Free (mostly open source) forensic analysis tools and resources.
• Infosec - Information security resources for pentesting, forensics, and more.
• Awesome Censys Queries - A collection of fascinating and bizarre Censys Search Queries.
• Awesome Shodan Queries - Awesome list of useful, funny, and depressing search queries for Shodan.
• Python tools for penetration testers - Lots of pentesting tools are written in Python.
• Red Teaming - List of Awesome Red Teaming Resources.
• Security Talks - Curated list of security conferences.
• Pentest Cheat Sheets - Awesome Pentest Cheat Sheets.
• Awesome Malware - Curated collection of awesome malware, botnets, and other post-exploitation tools.
• Awesome ElectronJS Hacking - A curated list of awesome resources about Electron.js (in)security
• Serverless Security - Curated list of awesome serverless security resources such as (e)books, articles, whitepapers, blogs and research papers.
• Android Exploits - Guide on Android Exploitation and Hacks.
• SecTools - Top 125 Network Security Tools.
• Kali Linux Tools - List of tools present in Kali Linux.

Online Penetration Testing Resources

• MITRE's Adversarial Tactics, Techniques & Common Knowledge (ATT&CK) - Curated knowledge base and model for cyber adversary behavior.
• Penetration Testing Framework (PTF) - Outline for performing penetration tests compiled as a general framework usable by vulnerability analysts and penetration testers alike.
• XSS-Payloads - Resource dedicated to all things XSS (cross-site), including payloads, tools, games, and documentation.
• PENTEST-WIKI - Free online security knowledge library for pentesters and researchers.
• Penetration Testing Framework (PTF) - Outline for performing penetration tests compiled as a general framework usable by vulnerability analysts and penetration testers alike.

Online Operating Systems Resources

• DistroWatch.com's Security Category - Website dedicated to talking about, reviewing, and keeping up to date with open source operating systems.

Penetration Testing Report Templates

• T&VS Pentesting Report Template - Pentest report template provided by Test and Verification Services, Ltd.
• Public Pentesting Reports - Curated list of public penetration test reports released by several consulting firms and academic security groups.
• Web Application Security Assessment Report Template - Sample Web application security assessment reporting template provided by Lucideus.

Malware Analysis Books

• awesome-malware-analysis § Books

Tor Tools

• Android Hacker's Handbook by Joshua J. Drake et al., 2014
• BTFM: Blue Team Field Manual by Alan J White & Ben Clark, 2017
• Bug Hunter's Diary by Tobias Klein, 2011
• Car Hacker's Handbook by Craig Smith, 2016
• Fuzzing: Brute Force Vulnerability Discovery by Michael Sutton et al., 2007
• Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking by Georgia Weidman, 2014
• The Art of Exploitation by Jon Erickson, 2008
• The Database Hacker's Handbook, David Litchfield et al., 2005
• The Mac Hacker's Handbook by Charlie Miller & Dino Dai Zovi, 2009
• The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook by Dominic Chell et al., 2015
• iOS Hacker's Handbook by Charlie Miller et al., 2012
• The Art of Network Penetration Testing, 2020
• Effective Software Testing, 2021
• DEF CON Suggested Reading
• Fuzzing: Brute Force Vulnerability Discovery by Michael Sutton et al., 2007
• Advanced Persistent Threat Hacking: The Art and Science of Hacking Any Organization by Tyler Wrightson, 2014
• Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters by Justin Seitz, 2014
• Unauthorised Access: Physical Penetration Testing For IT Security Teams by Wil Allsopp, 2010
• RTFM: Red Team Field Manual by Ben Clark, 2014
• The Hacker Playbook by Peter Kim, 2014
• Penetration Testing: Procedures & Methodologies by EC-Council, 2010
• Advanced Penetration Testing for Highly-Secured Environments by Lee Allen, 2012

Intentionally Vulnerable Systems as Docker Containers

• awesome-lockpicking

Protocol Analyzers and Sniffers

• awesome-pcaptools
• Wireshark - Widely-used graphical, cross-platform network protocol analyzer.
• Dshell - Network forensic analysis framework.
• sniffglue - Secure multithreaded packet sniffer.
• netsniff-ng - Swiss army knife for network sniffing.
• Netzob - Reverse engineering, traffic generation and fuzzing of communication protocols.
• Debookee - Simple and powerful network traffic analyzer for macOS.
• Debookee - Simple and powerful network traffic analyzer for macOS.

Network Reconnaissance Tools

• nmap - Free security scanner for network exploration & security audits.
• DNSDumpster - Online DNS recon and search service.
• dnstracer - Determines where a given DNS server gets its information from, and follows the chain of DNS servers.
• zmap - Open source network scanner that enables researchers to easily perform Internet-wide network studies.
• AQUATONE - Subdomain discovery tool utilizing various open sources producing a report that can be used as input to other tools.
• Mass Scan - TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes.
• fierce - Python3 port of the original `fierce.pl` DNS reconnaissance tool for locating non-contiguous IP space.
• passivedns - Network sniffer that logs all DNS server replies for use in a passive DNS setup.
• subbrute - DNS meta-query spider that enumerates DNS records, and subdomains.
• CloudFail - Unmask server IP addresses hidden behind Cloudflare by searching old database records and detecting misconfigured DNS.
• XRay - Network (sub)domain discovery and reconnaissance automation tool.
• smbmap - Handy SMB enumeration tool.
• scanless - Utility for using websites to perform port scans on your behalf so as not to reveal your own IP.
• ACLight - Script for advanced discovery of sensitive Privileged Accounts - includes Shadow Admins.
• ScanCannon - POSIX-compliant BASH script to quickly enumerate large networks by calling `masscan` to quickly identify open ports and then `nmap` to gain details on the systems/services on those ports.
• netdiscover - Network address discovery scanner, based on ARP sweeps, developed mainly for those wireless networks without a DHCP server.
• passivedns-client - Library and query tool for querying several passive DNS providers.
• OWASP Amass - Subdomain enumeration via scraping, web archives, brute forcing, permutations, reverse DNS sweeping, TLS certificates, passive DNS data sources, etc.
• dnstracer - Determines where a given DNS server gets its information from, and follows the chain of DNS servers.
• RustScan - Lightweight and quick open-source port scanner designed to automatically pipe open ports into Nmap.
• dnsrecon - DNS enumeration script.

Intentionally Vulnerable Systems as Docker Containers

• Intercepter-NG - Multifunctional network toolkit.
• Ncrack - High-speed network authentication cracking tool built to help companies secure their networks by proactively testing all their hosts and networking devices for poor passwords.
• Praeda - Automated multi-function printer data harvester for gathering usable data during security assessments.
• dsniff - Collection of tools for network auditing and pentesting.
• THC Hydra - Online password cracking tool with built-in support for many network protocols, including HTTP, SMB, FTP, telnet, ICQ, MySQL, LDAP, IMAP, VNC, and more.
• rshijack - TCP connection hijacker, Rust rewrite of `shijack`.
• CrackMapExec - Swiss army knife for pentesting networks.
• Printer Exploitation Toolkit (PRET) - Tool for printer security testing capable of IP and USB connectivity, fuzzing, and exploitation of PostScript, PJL, and PCL printer language features.
• Zarp - Network attack tool centered around the exploitation of local networks.
• dnstwist - Domain name permutation engine for detecting typo squatting, phishing and corporate espionage.
• Tsunami - General purpose network security scanner with an extensible plugin system for detecting high severity vulnerabilities with high confidence.
• SigPloit - Signaling security testing framework dedicated to telecom security for researching vulnerabilites in the signaling protocols used in mobile (cellular phone) operators.
• routersploit - Open source exploitation framework similar to Metasploit but dedicated to embedded devices.
• Legion - Graphical semi-automated discovery and reconnaissance framework based on Python 3 and forked from SPARTA.
• Network-Tools.com - Website offering an interface to numerous basic network utilities like `ping`, `traceroute`, `whois`, and more.
• Intercepter-NG - Multifunctional network toolkit.
• Praeda - Automated multi-function printer data harvester for gathering usable data during security assessments.
• IKEForce - Command line IPSEC VPN brute forcing tool for Linux that allows group name/ID enumeration and XAUTH brute forcing capabilities.
• pivotsuite - Portable, platform independent and powerful network pivoting toolkit.
• impacket - Collection of Python classes for working with network protocols.

DDoS Tools

• Anevicon - Powerful UDP-based load generator, written in Rust.
• HOIC - Updated version of Low Orbit Ion Cannon, has 'boosters' to get around common counter measures.
• T50 - Faster network stress tool.
• SlowLoris - DoS tool that uses low bandwidth on the attacking side.
• UFONet - Abuses OSI layer 7 HTTP to create/manage 'zombies' and to conduct different attacks using; `GET`/`POST`, multithreading, proxies, origin spoofing methods, cache evasion techniques, etc.
• Low Orbit Ion Canon (LOIC) - Open source network stress tool written for Windows.
• Memcrashed - DDoS attack tool for sending forged UDP packets to vulnerable Memcached servers obtained using Shodan API.

Network Traffic Replay and Editing Tools

• TraceWrangler - Network capture file toolkit that can edit and merge `pcap` or `pcapng` files with batch editing features.
• tcpreplay - Suite of free Open Source utilities for editing and replaying previously captured network traffic.
• snort - Open Source Intrusion Prevention System
• scapy - Python-based interactive packet manipulation program and library.
• hping3 - Network tool able to send custom TCP/IP packets.
• pig - GNU/Linux packet crafting tool.
• bittwist - Simple yet powerful libpcap-based Ethernet packet generator useful in simulating networking traffic or scenario, testing firewall, IDS, and IPS, and troubleshooting various network problems.

Proxies and Machine-in-the-Middle (MITM) Tools

• BetterCAP - Modular, portable and easily extensible MITM framework.
• evilgrade - Modular framework to take advantage of poor upgrade implementations by injecting fake updates.
• SSH MITM - Intercept SSH connections with a proxy; all plaintext passwords and sessions are logged to disk.
• Morpheus - Automated ettercap TCP/IP Hijacking tool.
• friTap - Intercept SSL/TLS connections with frida; Allows TLS key extraction and decryption of TLS payload as PCAP in real time.
• dnschef - Highly configurable DNS proxy for pentesters.
• mallory - HTTP/HTTPS proxy over SSH.
• oregano - Python module that runs as a machine-in-the-middle (MITM) accepting Tor client requests.
• MITMf - Framework for Man-In-The-Middle attacks.
• Habu - Python utility implementing a variety of network attacks, such as ARP poisoning, DHCP starvation, and more.
• PETEP - Extensible TCP/UDP proxy with GUI for traffic analysis & modification with SSL/TLS support.
• Lambda-Proxy - Utility for testing SQL Injection vulnerabilities on AWS Lambda serverless functions.
• Ettercap - Comprehensive, mature suite for machine-in-the-middle attacks.

Wireless Network Tools

• Aircrack-ng - Set of tools for auditing wireless networks.
• BoopSuite - Suite of tools written in Python for wireless auditing.
• Kismet - Wireless network detector, sniffer, and IDS.
• Reaver - Brute force attack against WiFi Protected Setup.
• pwnagotchi - Deep reinforcement learning based AI that learns from the Wi-Fi environment and instruments BetterCAP in order to maximize the WPA key material captured.
• wifi-arsenal - Resources for Wi-Fi Pentesting.
• krackattacks-scripts - WPA2 Krack attack scripts.
• Fluxion - Suite of automated social engineering based WPA attacks.
• Wifite - Automated wireless attack tool.
• Cowpatty - Brute-force dictionary attack against WPA-PSK.
• Airgeddon - Multi-use bash script for Linux systems to audit wireless networks.
• infernal-twin - Automated wireless hacking tool.
• WiFi-Pumpkin - Framework for rogue Wi-Fi access point attack.
• KRACK Detector - Detect and prevent KRACK attacks in your network.
• Bully - Implementation of the WPS brute force attack, written in C.

Transport Layer Security Tools

• SSLyze - Fast and comprehensive TLS/SSL configuration analyzer to help identify security mis-configurations.
• tls_prober - Fingerprint a server's SSL/TLS implementation.
• crackpkcs12 - Multithreaded program to crack PKCS#12 files (`.p12` and `.pfx` extensions), such as TLS/SSL certificates.

Secure Shell Tools

• ssh-audit - SSH server & client auditing (banner, key exchange, encryption, mac, compression, compatibility, security, etc).

Web application and resource analysis tools

• Kali - Rolling Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution designed for penetration testing and digital forensics.
• ArchStrike - Arch GNU/Linux repository for security professionals and enthusiasts.
• Android Tamer - Distribution built for Android security professionals that includes tools required for Android security testing.
• BlackArch - Arch GNU/Linux-based distribution for penetration testers and security researchers.
• Buscador - GNU/Linux virtual machine that is pre-configured for online investigators.
• Parrot - Distribution similar to Kali, with support for multiple hardware architectures.
• PentestBox - Open source pre-configured portable penetration testing environment for the Windows Operating System.
• The Pentesters Framework - Distro organized around the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES), providing a curated collection of utilities that omits less frequently used utilities.
• AttifyOS - GNU/Linux distribution focused on tools useful during Internet of Things (IoT) security assessments.

Tor Tools

• Tor - Free software and onion routed overlay network that helps you defend against traffic analysis.
• OnionScan - Tool for investigating the Dark Web by finding operational security issues introduced by Tor hidden service operators.
• dos-over-tor - Proof of concept denial of service over Tor stress test tool.
• awesome-tor
• kalitorify - Transparent proxy through Tor for Kali Linux OS.
• Nipe - Script to redirect all traffic from the machine to the Tor network.

• Metadata Anonymization Toolkit (MAT) - Metadata removal tool, supporting a wide range of commonly used file formats, written in Python3.
• What Every Browser Knows About You - Comprehensive detection page to test your own Web browser's configuration for privacy and identity leaks.

Intercepting Web proxies

• Fiddler - Free cross-platform web debugging proxy with user-friendly companion tools.
• OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) - Feature-rich, scriptable HTTP intercepting proxy and fuzzer for penetration testing web applications.

Social Engineering Tools

• autochrome - Chrome browser profile preconfigured with appropriate settings needed for web application testing.
• sslstrip - Demonstration of the HTTPS stripping attacks.
• authoscope - Scriptable network authentication cracker.
• gobuster - Lean multipurpose brute force search/fuzzing tool for Web (and DNS) reconnaissance.
• FuzzDB - Dictionary of attack patterns and primitives for black-box application fault injection and resource discovery.
• Raccoon - High performance offensive security tool for reconnaissance and vulnerability scanning.
• WPSploit - Exploit WordPress-powered websites with Metasploit.
• sslstrip2 - SSLStrip version to defeat HSTS.

Web path discovery and bruteforcing tools

• DotDotPwn - Directory traversal fuzzer.
• dirsearch - Web path scanner.
• recursebuster - Content discovery tool to perform directory and file bruteforcing.

Web Exploitation Books

• The Browser Hacker's Handbook by Wade Alcorn et al., 2014
• The Web Application Hacker's Handbook by D. Stuttard, M. Pinto, 2011

Web shells and C2 frameworks

• Merlin - Cross-platform post-exploitation HTTP/2 Command and Control server and agent written in Golang.
• Browser Exploitation Framework (BeEF) - Command and control server for delivering exploits to commandeered Web browsers.
• weevely3 - Weaponized PHP-based web shell.
• PhpSploit - Full-featured C2 framework which silently persists on webserver via evil PHP oneliner.
• DAws - Advanced Web shell.
• SharPyShell - Tiny and obfuscated ASP.NET webshell for C# web applications.

Web-accessible source code ripping tools

• GitTools - Automatically find and download Web-accessible `.git` repositories.
• git-dumper - Tool to dump a git repository from a website.
• DVCS Ripper - Rip web accessible (distributed) version control systems: SVN/GIT/HG/BZR.
• git-scanner - Tool for bug hunting or pentesting websites that have open `.git` repositories available in public.

Web injection tools

• Commix - Automated all-in-one operating system command injection and exploitation tool.
• NoSQLmap - Automatic NoSQL injection and database takeover tool.
• tplmap - Automatic server-side template injection and Web server takeover tool.

Web file inclusion tools

• LFISuite - Automatic LFI scanner and exploiter.
• fimap - Find, prepare, audit, exploit and even Google automatically for LFI/RFI bugs.
• Kadimus - LFI scan and exploit tool.
• liffy - LFI exploitation tool.

Reverse Engineering Tools

• Exploit Writing Tutorials - Tutorials on how to develop exploits.
• Shellcode Examples - Shellcodes database.
• The Shellcoder's Handbook by Chris Anley et al., 2007
• Shellcode Examples - Shellcodes database.
• Shellcode Tutorial - Tutorial on how to write shellcode.

Network device discovery tools

• Shodan - World's first search engine for Internet-connected devices.

OSINT Online Resources

• WiGLE.net - Information about wireless networks world-wide, with user-friendly desktop and web applications.
• GhostProject - Searchable database of billions of cleartext passwords, partially visible for free.
• NetBootcamp OSINT Tools - Collection of OSINT links and custom Web interfaces to other services.
• CertGraph - Crawls a domain's SSL/TLS certificates for its certificate alternative names.

Data Broker and Search Engine Services

• Hunter.io - Data broker providing a Web search interface for discovering the email addresses and other organizational details of a company.
• Threat Crowd - Search engine for threats.
• surfraw - Fast UNIX command line interface to a variety of popular WWW search engines.

Metadata harvesting and analysis

• FOCA (Fingerprinting Organizations with Collected Archives) - Automated document harvester that searches Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo to find and extrapolate internal company organizational structures.
• theHarvester - E-mail, subdomain and people names harvester.
• metagoofil - Metadata harvester.

Web application and resource analysis tools

• Wappalyzer - Wappalyzer uncovers the technologies used on websites.
• EyeWitness - Tool to take screenshots of websites, provide some server header info, and identify default credentials if possible.
• WhatWeb - Website fingerprinter.
• wafw00f - Identifies and fingerprints Web Application Firewall (WAF) products.
• WhatWaf - Detect and bypass web application firewalls and protection systems.
• VHostScan - Virtual host scanner that performs reverse lookups, can be used with pivot tools, detect catch-all scenarios, aliases and dynamic default pages.
• webscreenshot - Simple script to take screenshots of websites from a list of sites.
• BlindElephant - Web application fingerprinter.

Penetration Testing Report Templates

• awesome-osint
• sn0int - Semi-automatic OSINT framework and package manager.
• Sn1per - Automated Pentest Recon Scanner.
• recon-ng - Full-featured Web Reconnaissance framework written in Python.
• gOSINT - OSINT tool with multiple modules and a telegram scraper.
• Keyscope - An extensible key and secret validation for auditing active secrets against multiple SaaS vendors.
• Skiptracer - OSINT scraping framework that utilizes basic Python webscraping (BeautifulSoup) of PII paywall sites to compile passive information on a target on a ramen noodle budget.
• creepy - Geolocation OSINT tool.
• GyoiThon - GyoiThon is an Intelligence Gathering tool using Machine Learning.
• image-match - Quickly search over billions of images.
• Depix - Tool for recovering passwords from pixelized screenshots (by de-pixelating text).
• Intrigue - Automated OSINT & Attack Surface discovery framework with powerful API, UI and CLI.
• Facebook Friend List Scraper - Tool to scrape names and usernames from large friend lists on Facebook, without being rate limited.
• Spiderfoot - Multi-source OSINT automation tool with a Web UI and report visualizations.

Dorking tools

• BinGoo - GNU/Linux bash based Bing and Google Dorking Tool.
• snitch - Information gathering via dorks.
• github-dorks - CLI tool to scan GitHub repos/organizations for potential sensitive information leaks.
• pagodo - Automate Google Hacking Database scraping.
• dorkbot - Command-line tool to scan Google (or other) search results for vulnerabilities.
• GooDork - Command line Google dorking tool.
• dork-cli - Command line Google dork tool.
• fast-recon - Perform Google dorks against a domain.
• dorks - Google hack database automation tool.

Email search and analysis tools

• WhatBreach - Search email addresses and discover all known breaches that this email has been seen in, and download the breached database if it is publicly available.
• SimplyEmail - Email recon made fast and easy.

Source code repository searching tools

• vcsmap - Plugin-based tool to scan public version control systems for sensitive information.

Intentionally Vulnerable Systems as Docker Containers

• Metasploit - Software for offensive security teams to help verify vulnerabilities and manage security assessments.
• Armitage - Java-based GUI front-end for the Metasploit Framework.
• Faraday - Multiuser integrated pentesting environment for red teams performing cooperative penetration tests, security audits, and risk assessments.
• Pupy - Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, macOS, Android) remote administration and post-exploitation tool.
• AutoSploit - Automated mass exploiter, which collects target by employing the Shodan.io API and programmatically chooses Metasploit exploit modules based on the Shodan query.
• Decker - Penetration testing orchestration and automation framework, which allows writing declarative, reusable configurations capable of ingesting variables and using outputs of tools it has run as inputs to others.

Malware Analysis Books

• CTFTime.org - Directory of upcoming and archive of past Capture The Flag (CTF) competitions with links to challenge writeups.
• BSides - Framework for organising and holding security conferences.

Asia

• HITB - Deep-knowledge security conference held in Malaysia and The Netherlands.
• SECUINSIDE - Security Conference in Seoul.
• HITCON - Hacks In Taiwan Conference held in Taiwan.
• Nullcon - Annual conference in Delhi and Goa, India.

Europe

• 44Con - Annual Security Conference held in London.
• CCC - Annual meeting of the international hacker scene in Germany.
• DeepSec - Security Conference in Vienna, Austria.
• Hack.lu - Annual conference held in Luxembourg.
• SteelCon - Security conference in Sheffield UK.
• Swiss Cyber Storm - Annual security conference in Lucerne, Switzerland.
• HoneyCON - Annual Security Conference in Guadalajara, Spain. Organized by the HoneySEC association.
• DefCamp - Largest Security Conference in Eastern Europe, held annually in Bucharest, Romania.

North America

• CarolinaCon - Infosec conference, held annually in North Carolina.
• DerbyCon - Annual hacker conference based in Louisville.
• Hackers Next Door - Cybersecurity and social technology conference held in New York City.
• Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE) - Semi-annual conference held in New York City.
• National Cyber Summit - Annual US security conference and Capture the Flag event, held in Huntsville, Alabama, USA.
• PhreakNIC - Technology conference held annually in middle Tennessee.
• RSA Conference USA - Annual security conference in San Francisco, California, USA.
• SummerCon - One of the oldest hacker conventions in America, held during Summer.
• DEF CON - Annual hacker convention in Las Vegas.
• PhreakNIC - Technology conference held annually in middle Tennessee.
• ShmooCon - Annual US East coast hacker convention.
• Black Hat - Annual security conference in Las Vegas.

South America

• Hackers to Hackers Conference (H2HC) - Oldest security research (hacking) conference in Latin America and one of the oldest ones still active in the world.

Zealandia

• Lynis - Auditing tool for UNIX-based systems.
• Hwacha - Post-exploitation tool to quickly execute payloads via SSH on one or more Linux systems simultaneously.
• Linux Exploit Suggester - Heuristic reporting on potentially viable exploits for a given GNU/Linux system.

Tor Tools

• Shellter - Dynamic shellcode injection tool, and the first truly dynamic PE infector ever created.
• UniByAv - Simple obfuscator that takes raw shellcode and generates Anti-Virus friendly executables by using a brute-forcable, 32-bit XOR key.
• Veil - Generate metasploit payloads that bypass common anti-virus solutions.
• Amber - Reflective PE packer for converting native PE files to position-independent shellcode.
• AntiVirus Evasion Tool (AVET) - Post-process exploits containing executable files targeted for Windows machines to avoid being recognized by antivirus software.
• peCloakCapstone - Multi-platform fork of the peCloak.py automated malware antivirus evasion tool.
• CarbonCopy - Tool that creates a spoofed certificate of any online website and signs an Executable for AV evasion.
• Hyperion - Runtime encryptor for 32-bit portable executables ("PE `.exe`s").

Malware Analysis Books

• HackingThe.cloud
• Cloud Container Attack Tool (CCAT) - Tool for testing security of container environments.
• GCPBucketBrute - Script to enumerate Google Storage buckets, determine what access you have to them, and determine if they can be privilege escalated.
• CloudHunter - Looks for AWS, Azure and Google cloud storage buckets and lists permissions for vulnerable buckets.

Malware Analysis Books

• Dradis - Open-source reporting and collaboration tool for IT security professionals.
• Hexway Hive - Commercial collaboration, data aggregation, and reporting framework for red teams with a limited free self-hostable option.
• Lair - Reactive attack collaboration framework and web application built with meteor.
• Reconmap - Open-source collaboration platform for InfoSec professionals that streamlines the pentest process.
• RedELK - Track and alarm about Blue Team activities while providing better usability in long term offensive operations.

Zealandia

• Iodine - Tunnel IPv4 data through a DNS server; useful for exfiltration from networks where Internet access is firewalled, but DNS queries are allowed.
• TrevorC2 - Client/server tool for masking command and control and data exfiltration through a normally browsable website, not typical HTTP POST requests.
• dnscat2 - Tool designed to create an encrypted command and control channel over the DNS protocol, which is an effective tunnel out of almost every network.
• pwnat - Punches holes in firewalls and NATs.
• QueenSono - Client/Server Binaries for data exfiltration with ICMP. Useful in a network where ICMP protocol is less monitored than others (which is a common case).
• DET - Proof of concept to perform data exfiltration using either single or multiple channel(s) at the same time.
• tgcd - Simple Unix network utility to extend the accessibility of TCP/IP based network services beyond firewalls.

Zealandia

• peepdf - Python tool to explore PDF files in order to find out if the file can be harmful or not.
• Veles - Binary data visualization and analysis tool.

Zealandia

• CeWL - Generates custom wordlists by spidering a target's website and collecting unique words.
• Rar Crack - RAR bruteforce cracker.
• hate_crack - Tool for automating cracking methodologies through Hashcat.
• duplicut - Quickly remove duplicates, without changing the order, and without getting OOM on huge wordlists.
• JWT Cracker - Simple HS256 JSON Web Token (JWT) token brute force cracker.
• BruteForce Wallet - Find the password of an encrypted wallet file (i.e. `wallet.dat`).
• GoCrack - Management Web frontend for distributed password cracking sessions using hashcat (or other supported tools) written in Go.

Zealandia

• Hexinator - World's finest (proprietary, commercial) Hex Editor.
• wxHexEditor - Free GUI hex editor for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.
• hexedit - Simple, fast, console-based hex editor.
• Bless - High quality, full featured, cross-platform graphical hex editor written in Gtk#.
• Frhed - Binary file editor for Windows.
• Hex Fiend - Fast, open source, hex editor for macOS with support for viewing binary diffs.

Zealandia

• OpalOPC - Commercial OPC UA vulnerability assessment tool, sold by Molemmat.
• awesome-industrial-control-system-security
• Industrial Exploitation Framework (ISF) - Metasploit-like exploit framework based on routersploit designed to target Industrial Control Systems (ICS), SCADA devices, PLC firmware, and more.
• s7scan - Scanner for enumerating Siemens S7 PLCs on a TCP/IP or LLC network.

Zealandia

• Pentest-Ground
• awesome-vulnerable

Intentionally Vulnerable Systems as Docker Containers

• OWASP NodeGoat - `docker-compose build && docker-compose up`.

Wireless Network Tools

• Nexpose - Commercial vulnerability and risk management assessment engine that integrates with Metasploit, sold by Rapid7.
• Vuls - Agentless vulnerability scanner for GNU/Linux and FreeBSD, written in Go.
• celerystalk - Asynchronous enumeration and vulnerability scanner that "runs all the tools on all the hosts" in a configurable manner.

Web Vulnerability Scanners

• Nikto - Noisy but fast black box web server and web application vulnerability scanner.
• SecApps - In-browser web application security testing suite.
• WPScan - Black box WordPress vulnerability scanner.
• WebReaver - Commercial, graphical web application vulnerability scanner designed for macOS.
• skipfish - Performant and adaptable active web application security reconnaissance tool.
• nuclei - Fast and customizable vulnerability scanner based on simple YAML based DSL.
• Nikto - Noisy but fast black box web server and web application vulnerability scanner.
• w3af - Web application attack and audit framework.
• JCS - Joomla Vulnerability Component Scanner with automatic database updater from exploitdb and packetstorm.
• ACSTIS - Automated client-side template injection (sandbox escape/bypass) detection for AngularJS.
• Wapiti - Black box web application vulnerability scanner with built-in fuzzer.
• SQLmate - Friend of `sqlmap` that identifies SQLi vulnerabilities based on a given dork and (optional) website.

Web application and resource analysis tools

• 2600: The Hacker Quarterly - American publication about technology and computer "underground" culture.
• Phrack Magazine - By far the longest running hacker zine.

Web application and resource analysis tools

• AT Commands - Use AT commands over an Android device's USB port to rewrite device firmware, bypass security mechanisms, exfiltrate sensitive information, perform screen unlocks, and inject touch events.
• Poisontap - Siphons cookies, exposes internal (LAN-side) router and installs web backdoor on locked computers.
• Proxmark3 - RFID/NFC cloning, replay, and spoofing toolkit often used for analyzing and attacking proximity cards/readers, wireless keys/keyfobs, and more.
• Thunderclap - Open source I/O security research platform for auditing physical DMA-enabled hardware peripheral ports.
• PCILeech - Uses PCIe hardware devices to read and write from the target system memory via Direct Memory Access (DMA) over PCIe.
• USB Rubber Ducky - Customizable keystroke injection attack platform masquerading as a USB thumbdrive.

Web application and resource analysis tools

• GTFOBins - Curated list of Unix binaries that can be used to bypass local security restrictions in misconfigured systems.
• LOLBAS (Living Off The Land Binaries and Scripts) - Documents binaries, scripts, and libraries that can be used for "Living Off The Land" techniques, i.e., binaries that can be used by an attacker to perform actions beyond their original purpose.
• LinEnum - Scripted local Linux enumeration and privilege escalation checker useful for auditing a host and during CTF gaming.
• unix-privesc-check - Shell script to check for simple privilege escalation vectors on UNIX systems.
• Active Directory and Privilege Escalation (ADAPE) - Umbrella script that automates numerous useful PowerShell modules to discover security misconfigurations and attempt privilege escalation against Active Directory.
• mcafee-xpass

Password Spraying Tools

• DomainPasswordSpray - Tool written in PowerShell to perform a password spray attack against users of a domain.
• SprayingToolkit - Scripts to make password spraying attacks against Lync/S4B, Outlook Web Access (OWA) and Office 365 (O365) a lot quicker, less painful and more efficient.

Reverse Engineering Books

• Hacking the Xbox by Andrew Huang, 2003
• Practical Reverse Engineering by Bruce Dang et al., 2014
• The IDA Pro Book by Chris Eagle, 2011
• Gray Hat Hacking The Ethical Hacker's Handbook by Daniel Regalado et al., 2015

Reverse Engineering Tools

• angr - Platform-agnostic binary analysis framework.
• Capstone - Lightweight multi-platform, multi-architecture disassembly framework.
• Immunity Debugger - Powerful way to write exploits and analyze malware.
• OllyDbg - x86 debugger for Windows binaries that emphasizes binary code analysis.
• UEFITool - UEFI firmware image viewer and editor.
• pwndbg - GDB plug-in that eases debugging with GDB, with a focus on features needed by low-level software developers, hardware hackers, reverse-engineers, and exploit developers.
• Voltron - Extensible debugger UI toolkit written in Python.
• Medusa - Open source, cross-platform interactive disassembler.
• Detect It Easy(DiE) - Program for determining types of files for Windows, Linux and MacOS.
• Brida - Burp Suite extension that, working as a bridge between Burp and Frida, lets you use and manipulate applications' own methods while tampering the traffic exchanged between the applications and their back-end services.
• PyREBox - Python scriptable Reverse Engineering sandbox by Cisco-Talos.
• boxxy - Linkable sandbox explorer.
• dnSpy - Tool to reverse engineer .NET assemblies.
• OllyDbg - x86 debugger for Windows binaries that emphasizes binary code analysis.
• binwalk - Fast, easy to use tool for analyzing, reverse engineering, and extracting firmware images.
• plasma - Interactive disassembler for x86/ARM/MIPS. Generates indented pseudo-code with colored syntax code.

Password Spraying Tools

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Reverse Engineering Tools

• Roppers Academy Training - Free courses on computing and security fundamentals designed to train a beginner to crush their first CTF.
• Offensive Security Training - Training from BackTrack/Kali developers.
• SANS Security Training - Computer Security Training & Certification.
• Cybrary - Free courses in ethical hacking and advanced penetration testing. Advanced penetration testing courses are based on the book 'Penetration Testing for Highly Secured Environments'.

Social Engineering Books

• Ghost in the Wires by Kevin D. Mitnick & William L. Simon, 2011
• The Art of Deception by Kevin D. Mitnick & William L. Simon, 2002
• The Art of Intrusion by Kevin D. Mitnick & William L. Simon, 2005
• Unmasking the Social Engineer: The Human Element of Security by Christopher Hadnagy, 2014
• Social Engineering in IT Security: Tools, Tactics, and Techniques by Sharon Conheady, 2014

Social Engineering Tools

• Social Engineer Toolkit (SET) - Open source pentesting framework designed for social engineering featuring a number of custom attack vectors to make believable attacks quickly.
• Beelogger - Tool for generating keylooger.
• Evilginx2 - Standalone Machine-in-the-Middle (MitM) reverse proxy attack framework for setting up phishing pages capable of defeating most forms of 2FA security schemes.
• Catphish - Tool for phishing and corporate espionage written in Ruby.
• SocialFish - Social media phishing framework that can run on an Android phone or in a Docker container.
• Modlishka - Flexible and powerful reverse proxy with real-time two-factor authentication.
• FiercePhish - Full-fledged phishing framework to manage all phishing engagements.
• phishery - TLS/SSL enabled Basic Auth credential harvester.
• GitPhish - GitHub Device Code phishing security assessment tool with dynamic device-code generation and automated landing page deployment.
• King Phisher - Phishing campaign toolkit used for creating and managing multiple simultaneous phishing attacks with custom email and server content.
• wifiphisher - Automated phishing attacks against WiFi networks.
• ReelPhish - Real-time two-factor phishing tool.

Reverse Engineering Tools

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Social Engineering Tools

• Bugtraq (BID) - Software security bug identification database compiled from submissions to the SecurityFocus mailing list and other sources, operated by Symantec, Inc.
• CISA Known Vulnerabilities Database (KEV) - Vulnerabilities in various systems already known to America's cyber defense agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, to be actively exploited.
• CXSecurity - Archive of published CVE and Bugtraq software vulnerabilities cross-referenced with a Google dork database for discovering the listed vulnerability.
• China National Vulnerability Database (CNNVD) - Chinese government-run vulnerability database analoguous to the United States's CVE database hosted by Mitre Corporation.
• Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - Dictionary of common names (i.e., CVE Identifiers) for publicly known security vulnerabilities.
• Exploit-DB - Non-profit project hosting exploits for software vulnerabilities, provided as a public service by Offensive Security.
• HPI-VDB - Aggregator of cross-referenced software vulnerabilities offering free-of-charge API access, provided by the Hasso-Plattner Institute, Potsdam.
• National Vulnerability Database (NVD) - United States government's National Vulnerability Database provides additional meta-data (CPE, CVSS scoring) of the standard CVE List along with a fine-grained search engine.
• Open Source Vulnerabilities (OSV) - Database of vulnerabilities affecting open source software, queryable by project, Git commit, or version.
• US-CERT Vulnerability Notes Database - Summaries, technical details, remediation information, and lists of vendors affected by software vulnerabilities, aggregated by the United States Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT).
• Vulnerability Lab - Open forum for security advisories organized by category of exploit target.
• Vulners - Security database of software vulnerabilities.
• Vulmon - Vulnerability search engine with vulnerability intelligence features that conducts full text searches in its database.
• SecuriTeam - Independent source of software vulnerability information.
• Full-Disclosure - Public, vendor-neutral forum for detailed discussion of vulnerabilities, often publishes details before many other sources.
• Zero Day Initiative - Bug bounty program with publicly accessible archive of published security advisories, operated by TippingPoint.
• China National Vulnerability Database (CNNVD) - Chinese government-run vulnerability database analoguous to the United States's CVE database hosted by Mitre Corporation.

Web Exploitation Books

• Empire - Pure PowerShell post-exploitation agent.
• Windows Credentials Editor - Inspect logon sessions and add, change, list, and delete associated credentials, including Kerberos tickets.
• wePWNise - Generates architecture independent VBA code to be used in Office documents or templates and automates bypassing application control and exploit mitigation software.
• Ruler - Abuses client-side Outlook features to gain a remote shell on a Microsoft Exchange server.
• ctftool - Interactive Collaborative Translation Framework (CTF) exploration tool capable of launching cross-session edit session attacks.
• Fibratus - Tool for exploration and tracing of the Windows kernel.
• Covenant - ASP.NET Core application that serves as a collaborative command and control platform for red teamers.
• PowerSploit - PowerShell Post-Exploitation Framework.
• LaZagne - Credentials recovery project.
• RID_ENUM - Python script that can enumerate all users from a Windows Domain Controller and crack those user's passwords using brute-force.
• Responder - Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR), NBT-NS, and mDNS poisoner.
• DeathStar - Python script that uses Empire's RESTful API to automate gaining Domain Admin rights in Active Directory environments.
• Rubeus - Toolset for raw Kerberos interaction and abuses.
• MailSniper - Modular tool for searching through email in a Microsoft Exchange environment, gathering the Global Address List from Outlook Web Access (OWA) and Exchange Web Services (EWS), and more.
• Inveigh - Windows PowerShell ADIDNS/LLMNR/mDNS/NBNS spoofer/machine-in-the-middle tool.
• redsnarf - Post-exploitation tool for retrieving password hashes and credentials from Windows workstations, servers, and domain controllers.
• Commando VM - Automated installation of over 140 Windows software packages for penetration testing and red teaming.
• Windows Exploit Suggester - Detects potential missing patches on the target.
• SCOMDecrypt - Retrieve and decrypt RunAs credentials stored within Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) databases.
• Bloodhound - Graphical Active Directory trust relationship explorer.

Social Engineering Tools

• sobelow - Security-focused static analysis for the Phoenix Framework.
• Brakeman - Static analysis security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications.
• cwe_checker - Suite of tools built atop the Binary Analysis Platform (BAP) to heuristically detect CWEs in compiled binaries and firmware.
• Progpilot - Static security analysis tool for PHP code.
• Agentic Radar - Open-source CLI security scanner for agentic AI workflows.
• RegEx-DoS - Analyzes source code for Regular Expressions susceptible to Denial of Service attacks.
• cppcheck - Extensible C/C++ static analyzer focused on finding bugs.
• FindBugs - Free software static analyzer to look for bugs in Java code.

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• peda - Python Exploit Development Assistance for GDB.
• Pwntools - Rapid exploit development framework built for use in CTFs.
• Wordpress Exploit Framework - Ruby framework for developing and using modules which aid in the penetration testing of WordPress powered websites and systems.
• Magic Unicorn - Shellcode generator for numerous attack vectors, including Microsoft Office macros, PowerShell, HTML applications (HTA), or `certutil` (using fake certificates).
• H26Forge - Domain-specific infrastructure for analyzing, generating, and manipulating syntactically correct but semantically spec-non-compliant video files.

Web Exploitation Books

• enaqx/awesome-pentest

Malware Analysis Books

• ctf-tools - Collection of setup scripts to install various security research tools easily and quickly deployable to new machines.
• shellpop - Easily generate sophisticated reverse or bind shell commands to help you save time during penetration tests.
• RsaCtfTool - Decrypt data enciphered using weak RSA keys, and recover private keys from public keys using a variety of automated attacks.
• Ciphey - Automated decryption tool using artificial intelligence and natural language processing.

Intentionally Vulnerable Systems as Docker Containers

• EvilOSX - Modular RAT that uses numerous evasion and exfiltration techniques out-of-the-box.
• Bella - Pure Python post-exploitation data mining and remote administration tool for macOS.

Social Engineering Tools

• Cloakify - Textual steganography toolkit that converts any filetype into lists of everyday strings.
• StegCracker - Steganography brute-force utility to uncover hidden data inside files.

Reverse Engineering Tools

• SGX-Step - Open-source framework to facilitate side-channel attack research on Intel x86 processors in general and Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions) platforms in particular.
• TRRespass - Many-sided rowhammer tool suite able to reverse engineer the contents of DDR3 and DDR4 memory chips protected by Target Row Refresh mitigations.
• ChipWhisperer - Complete open-source toolchain for side-channel power analysis and glitching attacks.