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# Awesome Resources For Learning Ethical Hacking & Pentesting ⚡️ [![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) ![Awesome Hacking](https://img.shields.io/badge/awesome-hacking-red.svg) ![Awesome community](https://img.shields.io/badge/awesome-community-green.svg)



What I’m sharing here is a collection of some best resources about Hacking & Penetration Testing to make you learn faster! Let's make it the best resource repository for our community.



## Contents



- [Books](#books)

- [Online ](#online)

- [Offline](#offline)

- [Vulnerable Machines and Websites](#Vulnerable-machines-and-websites)

- [Vulnerability Databases And Resources](#vulnerability-databases-and-resources)

- [Malware Analysis](#malware-analysis)

- [Linux Penetration Testing OS](#linux-penetration-testing-os)

- [Courses](#courses)

- [Workshop Playlists](#workshop-playlists)

- [Security Talks and Conferences](#security-talks-and-conferences)

- [YouTube Channels](#youtube-channels)

- [Forums](#forums)



**You are welcome to fork and contribute.**



**Also you can find my writeups/tutorials on medium: @hussnainfareed  :)**



## Books



1.	The Hacker Playbook 2: Practical Guide To Penetration Testing

2.	The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing, Second Edition: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy

3.	Breaking into Information Security: Learning the Ropes 101

4.	Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking

5.	Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking

6.	Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition

7.	Web Hacking 101

8.	OWASP Testing Guide (A must-read for web application developers and penetration testers)

9.	The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws

10. The Basics of Web Hacking: Tools and Techniques to Attack the Web



## Learning Platforms to Sharpen Your Skills



### Online

Name  |  Description

----  |  ----

[CTF Hacker101](https://ctf.hacker101.com/) | The Hacker101 CTF is a game designed to let you learn to hack in a safe, rewarding environment. Hacker101 is a free educational site for hackers.

[Hack The Box :: Penetration Testing Labs](https://www.hackthebox.eu) | An online platform to test and advance your skills in penetration testing and cyber security. Join today and start training in our online labs.

[TryHackMe](https://tryhackme.com) | TryHackMe is an online platform that teaches cyber security through short, gamified real-world labs.

[CTF365](https://ctf365.com/) | An account-based ctf site, awarded by Kaspersky, MIT, and T-Mobile.

[Backdoor](https://backdoor.sdslabs.co) | Pen testing labs that have a space for beginners, a practice arena, and various competitions, account required.

[Hack.me](https://hack.me/) | Lets you build/host/attack vulnerable web apps.

[CTFLearn](https://ctflearn.com/) | An account-based ctf site, where users can go in and solve a range of challenges.

[OWASP Vulnerable Web Applications Directory Project (Online)](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Vulnerable_Web_Applications_Directory_Project#tab=On-Line_apps) | List of online available vulnerable applications for learning purposes.

[Pentestit labs](https://lab.pentestit.ru) | Hands-on Pentesting Labs (OSCP style)

[Root-me.org](https://www.root-me.org) | Hundreds of challenges are available to train yourself in different and not simulated environments

[Vulnhub.com](https://www.vulnhub.com) | Vulnerable By Design VMs for practical 'hands-on' experience in digital security

[Windows / Linux Local Privilege Escalation Workshop](https://github.com/sagishahar/lpeworkshop) | Practice your Linux and Windows privilege escalation.

[Hacking Articles](http://www.hackingarticles.in/ctf-challenges1/) | CTF Brief Write-up collection with a lot of screenshots good for beginners.

[Rafay Hacking Articles, a great blog](http://www.rafayhackingarticles.net/) | Write up collections by Rafay Baloch.

[PentesterLab](https://pentesterlab.com/) | 20$ signature, complete content basic to write exploits, web, android.

[CyberSec WTF](https://cybersecurity.wtf/)| Emulated web pentesting challenges from bounty write-ups

[Pentest-Ground](https://pentest-ground.com/) | Pentest Ground is a free playground with deliberately vulnerable web applications and network services.



### Off-Line

Name  |  Description

----  |  ----

[Damn Vulnerable Xebia Training Environment](https://github.com/davevs/dvxte) | Docker Container including several vulnerable web applications (DVWA, DVWServices, DVWSockets, WebGoat, Juiceshop, Railsgoat, django.NV, Buggy Bank, Mutilidae II and more)

[OWASP Vulnerable Web Applications Directory Project (Offline)](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Vulnerable_Web_Applications_Directory_Project#tab=Off-Line_apps) | List of offline available vulnerable applications for learning purposes



## Vulnerable Machines/Websites



1.	[FiringRange](https://public-firing-range.appspot.com/)



## Vulnerability Databases And Resources



Vulnerability Databases are the first place to start your day as a security professional. Any new vulnerability detection is generally available through the public vulnerability databases. These databases are a big source of information for hackers to be able to understand and exploit/avoid/fix the vulnerability. 

 



* http://www.exploit-db.com/

* http://1337day.com/

* http://securityvulns.com/

* http://www.securityfocus.com/

* http://www.osvdb.org/

* http://www.securiteam.com/

* http://secunia.com/advisories/

* http://insecure.org/sploits_all.html

* http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/published/

* http://nmrc.org/pub/index.html

* http://web.nvd.nist.gov

* http://www.vupen.com/english/security-advisories/

* http://www.vupen.com/blog/

* http://cvedetails.com/

* http://www.rapid7.com/vulndb/index.jsp

* http://oval.mitre.org/

* http://sploitus.com/

* http://cxsecurity.com/



### Malware Analysis

Name    |    Description

----    |    ----

[Malware traffic analysis](http://www.malware-traffic-analysis.net/) | list of traffic analysis exercises

[Malware Analysis - CSCI 4976](https://github.com/RPISEC/Malware/blob/master/README.md) | another class from the folks at RPISEC, quality content

[Bad Binaries] (https://www.badbinaries.com/) | walkthrough documents of malware traffic analysis exercises and some occasional malware analysis.



### Linux Penetration Testing OS

Name    |    Description

----    |    -----

[Kali](http://kali.org/) | the infamous pen-testing distro from the folks at Offensive Security

[Parrot ](https://www.parrotsec.org/) | Debian includes a full portable lab for security, DFIR, and development

[Android Tamer](https://androidtamer.com//) | Android Tamer is a Virtual / Live Platform for Android Security professionals.

[BlackArch](https://blackarch.org/index.html) | Arch Linux-based pentesting distro, compatible with Arch installs

[LionSec Linux](https://lionsec-linux.org/) | pentesting OS based on Ubuntu



## Courses



1.	[Computer Systems Security, MIT](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-858-computer-systems-security-fall-2014/)

2. [cisco's cources](https://www.netacad.com/courses/cybersecurity)

3.[cybrary](https://www.cybrary.it/catalog/cybersecurity/)

4.[hackers academy](https://hackersacademy.com/)



For those who want to do CEH, the following links are for you.	

2. [CBT Nuggets CEH Training](http://goo.gl/JuW85U)

3. [CEH Books](https://goo.gl/gjCBLK) 

4. [Guide to Binary Exploitation](https://github.com/r0hi7/binexp)



## Workshops/Playlists



1.	[Web Hacking](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJM73L2pQRd4lXBZjsHAmeEqsn5pENXxN)

2.	[Ethical Hacking, A Comprehensive Playlist covering almost everything](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkRo97mCIn9lgvE7AskNsmwJVOlJX2zaI)



## Security Talks and Conferences



1.  [InfoCon - Hacking Conference Archive](https://infocon.org/cons/)

2.  [Curated list of Security Talks and Videos](https://github.com/PaulSec/awesome-sec-talks)

3.  [Blackhat](https://www.youtube.com/user/BlackHatOfficialYT)

4.  [Defcon](https://www.youtube.com/user/DEFCONConference)

5.  [Security Tube](http://www.securitytube.net/)

6.	[Kevin Mitnick: Live Hack at CeBIT](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7G3kKRdUl4)

7.	[Ghost in the Cloud, Kevin Mitnick](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76yrWGzScgI)

8.	[Kevin Mitnick | Talks at Google](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUqes9QdLQ4)

9.	[Complete Free Hacking Course: Go from Beginner to Expert Hacker Today](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nF2BAfWUEg)



## YouTube Channels



Now let’s get Towards YouTube Channel Links... These Channels are Shared By Hackers where They Upload their Video POCs.. Watching them u can actually understand how to demonstrate these types of attacks...



1. [LiveOverflow](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClcE-kVhqyiHCcjYwcpfj9w)    

2. [Black Hat](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ6q9Ie29ajGqKApbLqfBOg)

3. [Injector Pca](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRFG_j0cgLWtJOG6fl_-rxQ)

4. [Hisham Mir](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTK8lk8oLLaA330rqd0qgA)

5. [Devil Killer](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwfYw-C2xqemqrXq0IKF_Mg)

6. [Suleman Malik](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC59IHQcCmgNw4GIvsXeLnDQ)

7. [Dem0n](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_jNs1biBixcQeSUoJxvNLw)

8. [Frans Rosén](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV89UhUtxqwP0j4o9tMipsA)

9. [HackerOne](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsgzmECky2Q9lQMWzDwMhYw)

10. [ak1t4 machine](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaftcKRiJJW0AJHmR1E5MAQ)

11. [Shawar Khan](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPxJLZCoIRJHs1VebWeaByA)

12. [vulnerability0lab](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4QJ7X4nnkAYXsnFQpdytcA)

13. [Bugcrowd](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo1NHk_bgbAbDBc4JinrXww)

14. [Vijay Kumar](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs2NmJGRecw_huNzvQNf2_A)

15. [Web Development Tutorials](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS0y5e-AMsZO8GEFtKBAzkA)

16. [Jan Wikholm](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOQtLXVJduZ4-YUFOi5EzIA)

17. [Bhargav Tandel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh5MTJLt3LYr_rkwcOQJNWg)

18. [ErrOr SquaD](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCou-7r8Mk4oQcBmazxp5uwg)

19. [SecurityIdiots](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPPAYs04kwfXcHnerm_ueFw)

20. [Penetration Testing in Linux](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC286ntgASMskhPIJQebJVvA)

21. [Hussnain Fareed](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbq5fgcqUz-PlMs3RCOUrXw)

22. [Null Byte](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgTNupxATBfWmfehv21ym-g)

23. [ZAID](https://www.youtube.com/user/zaidsabeeh)

24. [vabs tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa0wCQEB8CRKzjJV2GZ_EzA)

25. [the cyber mentor](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ArlFuFYMpEewyRBzdLHiw)

26. [PwnFunction](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW6MNdOsqv2E9AjQkv9we7A)

27. [GetCyber](https://www.youtube.com/@GetCyber/videos)

28. [Loi Liang Yang](https://www.youtube.com/@LoiLiangYang)



Any Channel Link Missing? Kindly add it in the Comments 



### Forums

Name    |    Description

----    |    ----

[0x00sec](https://0x00sec.org/) | hacker, malware, computer engineering, Reverse engineering

[Antichat](https://forum.antichat.ru/) | russian based forum

[CODEBY.NET](https://codeby.net/) | hacker, WAPT, malware, computer engineering, Reverse engineering, forensics - russian based forum

[EAST Exploit database](http://eastexploits.com/) | exploit DB for commercial exploits written for EAST Pentest Framework

[Greysec](https://greysec.net) | hacking and security forum

[Hackforums](https://hackforums.net/) | posting webstite for hacks/exploits/various discussion



### Contribution

Your contributions and suggestions are heartily welcome. ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key)) 



# NOTE:

All references are taken from the Internet and shared on the Internet xD Thanks to those who shared their opinion before that helped me learn 😉

if you have any questions, please ask in the comments. If you know about any good resource for beginners, please share it here.