Social Engineering Tools

• Packet Storm - Compendium of exploits, advisories, tools, and other security-related resources aggregated from across the industry.
• 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.
• Packet Storm - Compendium of exploits, advisories, tools, and other security-related resources aggregated from across the industry.
• Snyk Vulnerability DB - Detailed information and remediation guidance for vulnerabilities known by Snyk.
• Bugtraq (BID) - Software security bug identification database compiled from submissions to the SecurityFocus mailing list and other sources, operated by Symantec, Inc.
• 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.
• Inj3ct0r - Exploit marketplace and vulnerability information aggregator. ([Onion service](http://mvfjfugdwgc5uwho.onion/).)
• Packet Storm - Compendium of exploits, advisories, tools, and other security-related resources aggregated from across the industry.
• Snyk Vulnerability DB - Detailed information and remediation guidance for vulnerabilities known by Snyk.
• Packet Storm - Compendium of exploits, advisories, tools, and other security-related resources aggregated from across the industry.
• Full-Disclosure - Public, vendor-neutral forum for detailed discussion of vulnerabilities, often publishes details before many other sources.
• Packet Storm - Compendium of exploits, advisories, tools, and other security-related resources aggregated from across the industry.
• SecuriTeam - Independent source of software vulnerability information.
• 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.
• Inj3ct0r - Exploit marketplace and vulnerability information aggregator. ([Onion service](http://mvfjfugdwgc5uwho.onion/).)
• Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories - Archive of security advisories impacting Mozilla software, including the Firefox Web Browser.
• Packet Storm - Compendium of exploits, advisories, tools, and other security-related resources aggregated from across the industry.

Zealandia

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

Tor Tools

• Shellter - Dynamic shellcode injection tool, and the first truly dynamic PE infector ever created.
• Hyperion - Runtime encryptor for 32-bit portable executables ("PE `.exe`s").
• 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.
• peCloakCapstone - Multi-platform fork of the peCloak.py automated malware antivirus evasion tool.
• AntiVirus Evasion Tool (AVET) - Post-process exploits containing executable files targeted for Windows machines to avoid being recognized by antivirus software.
• CarbonCopy - Tool that creates a spoofed certificate of any online website and signs an Executable for AV evasion.

North America

• AppSecUSA - Annual conference organized by OWASP.
• Hackfest - Largest hacking conference in Canada.
• LayerOne - Annual US security conference held every spring in Los Angeles.
• SkyDogCon - Technology conference in Nashville.
• ThotCon - Annual US hacker conference held in Chicago.
• Virus Bulletin Conference - Annual conference going to be held in Denver, USA for 2016.
• CarolinaCon - Infosec conference, held annually in North Carolina.
• DEF CON - Annual hacker convention in Las Vegas.
• 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.
• ShmooCon - Annual US East coast hacker convention.
• SummerCon - One of the oldest hacker conventions in America, held during Summer.

Europe

• BruCON - Annual security conference in Belgium.
• FSec - FSec - Croatian Information Security Gathering in Varaždin, Croatia.
• Infosecurity Europe - Europe's number one information security event, held in London, UK.
• HoneyCON - Annual Security Conference in Guadalajara, Spain. Organized by the HoneySEC association.
• Swiss Cyber Storm - Annual security conference in Lucerne, Switzerland.
• CCC - Annual meeting of the international hacker scene in Germany.
• DeepSec - Security Conference in Vienna, Austria.
• DefCamp - Largest Security Conference in Eastern Europe, held annually in Bucharest, Romania.
• Hack.lu - Annual conference held in Luxembourg.
• SteelCon - Security conference in Sheffield UK.
• 44Con - Annual Security Conference held in London.

South America

• Ekoparty - Largest Security Conference in Latin America, held annually in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 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

• CHCon - Christchurch Hacker Con, Only South Island of New Zealand hacker con.
• CHCon - Christchurch Hacker Con, Only South Island of New Zealand hacker con.

Malware Analysis Books

• CTFTime.org - Directory of upcoming and archive of past Capture The Flag (CTF) competitions with links to challenge writeups.

Asia

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

Social Engineering Tools

• wifiphisher - Automated phishing attacks against WiFi networks.
• 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.
• FiercePhish - Full-fledged phishing framework to manage all phishing engagements.
• King Phisher - Phishing campaign toolkit used for creating and managing multiple simultaneous phishing attacks with custom email and server content.
• SocialFish - Social media phishing framework that can run on an Android phone or in a Docker container.
• phishery - TLS/SSL enabled Basic Auth credential harvester.
• Beelogger - Tool for generating keylooger.
• Catphish - Tool for phishing and corporate espionage written in Ruby.
• Modlishka - Flexible and powerful reverse proxy with real-time two-factor authentication.
• Social Engineer Toolkit (SET) - Open source pentesting framework designed for social engineering featuring a number of custom attack vectors to make believable attacks quickly.
• ReelPhish - Real-time two-factor phishing tool.

Social Engineering Books

• Social Engineering in IT Security: Tools, Tactics, and Techniques by Sharon Conheady, 2014
• 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
• The Art of Deception by Kevin D. Mitnick & William L. Simon, 2002
• Ghost in the Wires by Kevin D. Mitnick & William L. Simon, 2011
• No Tech Hacking by Johnny Long & Jack Wiles, 2008

Reverse Engineering Tools

• awesome-social-engineering

Social Engineering Online Resources

• Social Engineering Framework - Information resource for social engineers.

Intentionally Vulnerable Systems as Docker Containers

• Pupy - Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, macOS, Android) remote administration and post-exploitation tool.
• Faraday - Multiuser integrated pentesting environment for red teams performing cooperative penetration tests, security audits, and risk assessments.
• Metasploit - Software for offensive security teams to help verify vulnerabilities and manage security assessments.
• Armitage - Java-based GUI front-end for the Metasploit Framework.
• 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.

Network Reconnaissance Tools

• 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.
• fierce - Python3 port of the original `fierce.pl` DNS reconnaissance tool for locating non-contiguous IP space.
• netdiscover - Network address discovery scanner, based on ARP sweeps, developed mainly for those wireless networks without a DHCP server.
• dnsenum - Perl script that enumerates DNS information from a domain, attempts zone transfers, performs a brute force dictionary style attack, and then performs reverse look-ups on the results.
• dnsmap - Passive DNS network mapper.
• dnsrecon - DNS enumeration script.
• Mass Scan - TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes.
• 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.
• XRay - Network (sub)domain discovery and reconnaissance automation tool.
• dnstracer - Determines where a given DNS server gets its information from, and follows the chain of DNS servers.
• nmap - Free security scanner for network exploration & security audits.
• passivedns - Network sniffer that logs all DNS server replies for use in a passive DNS setup.
• RustScan - Lightweight and quick open-source port scanner designed to automatically pipe open ports into Nmap.
• smbmap - Handy SMB enumeration tool.
• zmap - Open source network scanner that enables researchers to easily perform Internet-wide network studies.
• ACLight - Script for advanced discovery of sensitive Privileged Accounts - includes Shadow Admins.
• AQUATONE - Subdomain discovery tool utilizing various open sources producing a report that can be used as input to other tools.
• scanless - Utility for using websites to perform port scans on your behalf so as not to reveal your own IP.
• subbrute - DNS meta-query spider that enumerates DNS records, and subdomains.
• DNSDumpster - Online DNS recon and search service.
• CloudFail - Unmask server IP addresses hidden behind Cloudflare by searching old database records and detecting misconfigured DNS.

Network Traffic Replay and Editing Tools

• 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.
• TraceWrangler - Network capture file toolkit that can edit and merge `pcap` or `pcapng` files with batch editing features.
• hping3 - Network tool able to send custom TCP/IP packets.
• pig - GNU/Linux packet crafting tool.
• scapy - Python-based interactive packet manipulation program and library.
• tcpreplay - Suite of free Open Source utilities for editing and replaying previously captured network traffic.

Protocol Analyzers and Sniffers

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

DDoS Tools

• Anevicon - Powerful UDP-based load generator, written in Rust.
• D(HE)ater - D(HE)ater sends forged cryptographic handshake messages to enforce the Diffie-Hellman key exchange.
• D(HE)ater - D(HE)ater sends forged cryptographic handshake messages to enforce the Diffie-Hellman key exchange.
• Memcrashed - DDoS attack tool for sending forged UDP packets to vulnerable Memcached servers obtained using Shodan API.
• SlowLoris - DoS tool that uses low bandwidth on the attacking side.
• HOIC - Updated version of Low Orbit Ion Cannon, has 'boosters' to get around common counter measures.
• 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.

Transport Layer Security Tools

• crackpkcs12 - Multithreaded program to crack PKCS#12 files (`.p12` and `.pfx` extensions), such as TLS/SSL certificates.
• tls_prober - Fingerprint a server's SSL/TLS implementation.
• SSLyze - Fast and comprehensive TLS/SSL configuration analyzer to help identify security mis-configurations.
• testssl.sh - Command line tool which checks a server's service on any port for the support of TLS/SSL ciphers, protocols as well as some cryptographic flaws.

Intentionally Vulnerable Systems as Docker Containers

• Smart Install Exploitation Tool (SIET) - Scripts for identifying Cisco Smart Install-enabled switches on a network and then manipulating them.
• impacket - Collection of Python classes for working with network protocols.
• Intercepter-NG - Multifunctional network toolkit.
• 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.
• 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.
• rshijack - TCP connection hijacker, Rust rewrite of `shijack`.
• SigPloit - Signaling security testing framework dedicated to telecom security for researching vulnerabilites in the signaling protocols used in mobile (cellular phone) operators.
• Tsunami - General purpose network security scanner with an extensible plugin system for detecting high severity vulnerabilities with high confidence.
• Zarp - Network attack tool centered around the exploitation of local 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.
• 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.
• CrackMapExec - Swiss army knife for pentesting networks.
• IKEForce - Command line IPSEC VPN brute forcing tool for Linux that allows group name/ID enumeration and XAUTH brute forcing capabilities.
• dnstwist - Domain name permutation engine for detecting typo squatting, phishing and corporate espionage.
• dsniff - Collection of tools for network auditing and pentesting.
• pivotsuite - Portable, platform independent and powerful network pivoting toolkit.
• routersploit - Open source exploitation framework similar to Metasploit but dedicated to embedded devices.

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

• Ettercap - Comprehensive, mature suite for machine-in-the-middle attacks.
• BetterCAP - Modular, portable and easily extensible MITM framework.
• Habu - Python utility implementing a variety of network attacks, such as ARP poisoning, DHCP starvation, and more.
• Lambda-Proxy - Utility for testing SQL Injection vulnerabilities on AWS Lambda serverless functions.
• mallory - HTTP/HTTPS proxy over SSH.
• oregano - Python module that runs as a machine-in-the-middle (MITM) accepting Tor client requests.
• sylkie - Command line tool and library for testing networks for common address spoofing security vulnerabilities in IPv6 networks using the Neighbor Discovery Protocol.
• PETEP - Extensible TCP/UDP proxy with GUI for traffic analysis & modification with SSL/TLS support.
• MITMf - Framework for Man-In-The-Middle attacks.
• Morpheus - Automated ettercap TCP/IP Hijacking tool.
• SSH MITM - Intercept SSH connections with a proxy; all plaintext passwords and sessions are logged to disk.
• dnschef - Highly configurable DNS proxy for pentesters.
• evilgrade - Modular framework to take advantage of poor upgrade implementations by injecting fake updates.

Wireless Network Tools

• Bully - Implementation of the WPS brute force attack, written in C.
• PSKracker - Collection of WPA/WPA2/WPS default algorithms, password generators, and PIN generators written in C.
• WiFi Pineapple - Wireless auditing and penetration testing platform.
• Aircrack-ng - Set of tools for auditing wireless networks.
• Airgeddon - Multi-use bash script for Linux systems to audit wireless networks.
• BoopSuite - Suite of tools written in Python for wireless auditing.
• infernal-twin - Automated wireless hacking tool.
• krackattacks-scripts - WPA2 Krack attack scripts.
• wifi-arsenal - Resources for Wi-Fi Pentesting.
• Bully - Implementation of the WPS brute force attack, written in C.
• Cowpatty - Brute-force dictionary attack against WPA-PSK.
• Fluxion - Suite of automated social engineering based WPA attacks.
• KRACK Detector - Detect and prevent KRACK attacks in your network.
• Kismet - Wireless network detector, sniffer, and IDS.
• Reaver - Brute force attack against WiFi Protected Setup.
• WiFi-Pumpkin - Framework for rogue Wi-Fi access point attack.
• Wifite - Automated wireless attack tool.
• 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.

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.
• DAws - Advanced Web shell.
• PhpSploit - Full-featured C2 framework which silently persists on webserver via evil PHP oneliner.
• SharPyShell - Tiny and obfuscated ASP.NET webshell for C# web applications.
• weevely3 - Weaponized PHP-based web shell.

Social Engineering Tools

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

Web file inclusion tools

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

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.
• SQLmap - Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool.

Web path discovery and bruteforcing tools

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

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.
• mitmproxy - Interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.
• Burp Suite - Integrated platform for performing security testing of web applications.

Web-accessible source code ripping tools

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

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

Other Lists Online

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

Penetration Testing Report Templates

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

Online Penetration Testing Resources

• Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) - Worldwide not-for-profit charitable organization focused on improving the security of especially Web-based and Application-layer software.
• Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES) - Documentation designed to provide a common language and scope for performing and reporting the results of a penetration test.
• Penetration Testing Framework (PTF) - Outline for performing penetration tests compiled as a general framework usable by vulnerability analysts and penetration testers alike.
• MITRE's Adversarial Tactics, Techniques & Common Knowledge (ATT&CK) - Curated knowledge base and model for cyber adversary behavior.
• PENTEST-WIKI - Free online security knowledge library for pentesters and researchers.
• XSS-Payloads - Resource dedicated to all things XSS (cross-site), including payloads, tools, games, and documentation.
• Metasploit Unleashed - Free Offensive Security Metasploit course.

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

• awesome-osint
• Intrigue - Automated OSINT & Attack Surface discovery framework with powerful API, UI and CLI.
• creepy - Geolocation OSINT tool.
• DataSploit - OSINT visualizer utilizing Shodan, Censys, Clearbit, EmailHunter, FullContact, and Zoomeye behind the scenes.
• Maltego - Proprietary software for open sources intelligence and forensics.
• Sn1per - Automated Pentest Recon Scanner.
• Depix - Tool for recovering passwords from pixelized screenshots (by de-pixelating text).
• 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.
• GyoiThon - GyoiThon is an Intelligence Gathering tool using Machine Learning.
• gOSINT - OSINT tool with multiple modules and a telegram scraper.
• image-match - Quickly search over billions of images.
• recon-ng - Full-featured Web Reconnaissance framework written in Python.
• sn0int - Semi-automatic OSINT framework and package manager.
• PacketTotal - Simple, free, high-quality packet capture file analysis facilitating the quick detection of network-borne malware (using Zeek and Suricata IDS signatures under the hood).

Data Broker and Search Engine Services

• Threat Crowd - Search engine for threats.
• Hunter.io - Data broker providing a Web search interface for discovering the email addresses and other organizational details of a company.
• Virus Total - Free service that analyzes suspicious files and URLs and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware.
• surfraw - Fast UNIX command line interface to a variety of popular WWW search engines.

Dorking tools

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

Email search and analysis tools

• SimplyEmail - Email recon made fast and easy.
• 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.

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.
• metagoofil - Metadata harvester.
• theHarvester - E-mail, subdomain and people names harvester.

Network device discovery tools

• Shodan - World's first search engine for Internet-connected devices.
• ZoomEye - Search engine for cyberspace that lets the user find specific network components.

OSINT Online Resources

• WiGLE.net - Information about wireless networks world-wide, with user-friendly desktop and web applications.
• CertGraph - Crawls a domain's SSL/TLS certificates for its certificate alternative names.
• 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.
• OSINT Framework - Collection of various OSINT tools broken out by category.

Web application and resource analysis tools

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

Source code repository searching tools

• vcsmap - Plugin-based tool to scan public version control systems for sensitive information.
• Yar - Clone git repositories to search through the whole commit history in order of commit time for secrets, tokens, or passwords.

• Metadata Anonymization Toolkit (MAT) - Metadata removal tool, supporting a wide range of commonly used file formats, written in Python3.
• I2P - The Invisible Internet Project.
• What Every Browser Knows About You - Comprehensive detection page to test your own Web browser's configuration for privacy and identity leaks.

Tor Tools

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

Intentionally Vulnerable Systems as Docker Containers

• OWASP NodeGoat - `docker-compose build && docker-compose up`.
• Vulnerability as a service: Heartbleed - `docker pull hmlio/vaas-cve-2014-0160`.
• Vulnerability as a service: Shellshock - `docker pull hmlio/vaas-cve-2014-6271`.
• OWASP Juice Shop - `docker pull bkimminich/juice-shop`.

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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.

Web Vulnerability Scanners

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

Wireless Network Tools

• celerystalk - Asynchronous enumeration and vulnerability scanner that "runs all the tools on all the hosts" in a configurable manner.
• Netsparker Application Security Scanner - Application security scanner to automatically find security flaws.
• 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.

Social Engineering Tools

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

Tor Tools

• Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide by David Kennedy et al., 2011
• Violent Python by TJ O'Connor, 2012
• DEF CON Suggested Reading
• Android Hacker's Handbook by Joshua J. Drake et al., 2014
• Fuzzing: Brute Force Vulnerability Discovery by Michael Sutton et al., 2007
• The Art of Exploitation by Jon Erickson, 2008
• Penetration Testing: Procedures & Methodologies by EC-Council, 2010
• RTFM: Red Team Field Manual by Ben Clark, 2014
• The Hacker Playbook by Peter Kim, 2014
• Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking by Georgia Weidman, 2014
• 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
• Advanced Penetration Testing by Wil Allsopp, 2017
• 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
• 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
• Effective Software Testing, 2021
• The Art of Network Penetration Testing, 2020
• The Database Hacker's Handbook, David Litchfield et al., 2005
• Advanced Persistent Threat Hacking: The Art and Science of Hacking Any Organization by Tyler Wrightson, 2014

Malware Analysis Books

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Malware Analysis Books

• Ciphey - Automated decryption tool using artificial intelligence and natural language processing.
• 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.
• CTF Field Guide - Everything you need to win your next CTF competition.

Malware Analysis Books

• Cloudsplaining - Identifies violations of least privilege in AWS IAM policies and generates a pretty HTML report with a triage worksheet.
• Endgame - AWS Pentesting tool that lets you use one-liner commands to backdoor an AWS account's resources with a rogue AWS account.
• HackingThe.cloud
• Cloud Container Attack Tool (CCAT) - Tool for testing security of container environments.
• CloudHunter - Looks for AWS, Azure and Google cloud storage buckets and lists permissions for vulnerable buckets.
• GCPBucketBrute - Script to enumerate Google Storage buckets, determine what access you have to them, and determine if they can be privilege escalated.

Malware Analysis Books

• Reconmap - Open-source collaboration platform for InfoSec professionals that streamlines the pentest process.
• Dradis - Open-source reporting and collaboration tool for IT security professionals.
• Lair - Reactive attack collaboration framework and web application built with meteor.
• Pentest Collaboration Framework (PCF) - Open source, cross-platform, and portable toolkit for automating routine pentest processes with a team.
• 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.
• Hexway Hive - Commercial collaboration, data aggregation, and reporting framework for red teams with a limited free self-hostable option.

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• Lynis - Auditing tool for UNIX-based systems.
• Hwacha - Post-exploitation tool to quickly execute payloads via SSH on one or more Linux systems simultaneously.

Web application and resource analysis tools

• AttifyOS - GNU/Linux distribution focused on tools useful during Internet of Things (IoT) security assessments.
• BlackArch - Arch GNU/Linux-based distribution for penetration testers and security researchers.
• Android Tamer - Distribution built for Android security professionals that includes tools required for Android security testing.
• ArchStrike - Arch GNU/Linux repository for security professionals and enthusiasts.
• Buscador - GNU/Linux virtual machine that is pre-configured for online investigators.
• Kali - Rolling Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution designed for penetration testing and digital forensics.
• 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.
• Network Security Toolkit (NST) - Fedora-based GNU/Linux bootable live Operating System designed to provide easy access to best-of-breed open source network security applications.

Reverse Engineering Tools

• boxxy - Linkable sandbox explorer.
• dnSpy - Tool to reverse engineer .NET assemblies.
• 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.
• UEFITool - UEFI firmware image viewer and editor.
• Voltron - Extensible debugger UI toolkit written in Python.
• rVMI - Debugger on steroids; inspect userspace processes, kernel drivers, and preboot environments in a single tool.
• Immunity Debugger - Powerful way to write exploits and analyze malware.
• Medusa - Open source, cross-platform interactive disassembler.
• angr - Platform-agnostic binary analysis framework.
• Capstone - Lightweight multi-platform, multi-architecture disassembly framework.
• Detect It Easy(DiE) - Program for determining types of files for Windows, Linux and MacOS.
• OllyDbg - x86 debugger for Windows binaries that emphasizes binary code analysis.
• PyREBox - Python scriptable Reverse Engineering sandbox by Cisco-Talos.
• Evan's Debugger - OllyDbg-like debugger for GNU/Linux.
• Frida - Dynamic instrumentation toolkit for developers, reverse-engineers, and security researchers.
• Fridax - Read variables and intercept/hook functions in Xamarin/Mono JIT and AOT compiled iOS/Android applications.
• Interactive Disassembler (IDA Pro) - Proprietary multi-processor disassembler and debugger for Windows, GNU/Linux, or macOS; also has a free version, [IDA Free](https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/support/download_freeware.shtml).
• Radare2 - Open source, crossplatform reverse engineering framework.
• 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.

Reverse Engineering Books

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

Password Spraying Tools

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Reverse Engineering Tools

• Offensive Security Training - Training from BackTrack/Kali developers.
• Roppers Academy Training - Free courses on computing and security fundamentals designed to train a beginner to crush their first CTF.
• ARIZONA CYBER WARFARE RANGE - 24x7 live fire exercises for beginners through real world operations; capability for upward progression into the real world of cyber warfare.
• SANS Security Training - Computer Security Training & Certification.

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.

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.

Web Exploitation Books

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

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

Web application and resource analysis tools

• PCILeech - Uses PCIe hardware devices to read and write from the target system memory via Direct Memory Access (DMA) over PCIe.
• 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.
• 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.
• LAN Turtle - Covert "USB Ethernet Adapter" that provides remote access, network intelligence gathering, and MITM capabilities when installed in a local network.

Web application and resource analysis tools

• Postenum - Shell script used for enumerating possible privilege escalation opportunities on a local GNU/Linux system.
• 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.
• GTFOBins - Curated list of Unix binaries that can be used to bypass local security restrictions in misconfigured systems.
• unix-privesc-check - Shell script to check for simple privilege escalation vectors on UNIX 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.
• Postenum - Shell script used for enumerating possible privilege escalation opportunities on a local GNU/Linux system.

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.

Intentionally Vulnerable Systems as Docker Containers

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Reverse Engineering Tools

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

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• Iodine - Tunnel IPv4 data through a DNS server; useful for exfiltration from networks where Internet access is firewalled, but DNS queries are allowed.
• tgcd - Simple Unix network utility to extend the accessibility of TCP/IP based network services beyond firewalls.
• DET - Proof of concept to perform data exfiltration using either single or multiple channel(s) at the same time.
• 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).

Zealandia

• 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.
• H26Forge - Domain-specific infrastructure for analyzing, generating, and manipulating syntactically correct but semantically spec-non-compliant video files.
• Magic Unicorn - Shellcode generator for numerous attack vectors, including Microsoft Office macros, PowerShell, HTML applications (HTA), or `certutil` (using fake certificates).

Zealandia

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

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• 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.
• OpalOPC - Commercial OPC UA vulnerability assessment tool, sold by Molemmat.

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.