A collection of awesome penetration testing resources
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- Online Resources
- Tools
- Penetration Testing Distributions
- Basic Penetration Testing Tools
- Docker for Penetration Testing
- Vulnerability Scanners
- Network Tools
- Wireless Network Tools
- SSL Analysis Tools
- Web Exploitation
- Hex Editors
- Hash Cracking Tools
- Windows Utils
- Linux Utils
- DDoS Tools
- Social Engineering Tools
- OSInt Tools
- Anonymity Tools
- Reverse Engineering Tools
- Physical Access Tools
- CTF Tools
- Books
- Vulnerability Databases
- Security Courses
- Information Security Conferences
- Information Security Magazines
- Awesome Lists
- Contribution
- License
- Metasploit Unleashed - Free Offensive Security Metasploit course
- PTES - Penetration Testing Execution Standard
- OWASP - Open Web Application Security Project
- PENTEST-WIKI - A free online security knowledge library for pentesters / researchers.
- Vulnerability Assessment Framework - Penetration Testing Framework.
- XSS-Payloads - Ultimate resource for all things cross-site including payloads, tools, games and documentation.
- Shellcode Tutorial - Tutorial on how to write shellcode
- Shellcode Examples - Shellcodes database
- Exploit Writing Tutorials - Tutorials on how to develop exploits
- shellsploit - New Generation Exploit Development Kit
- Voltron - A hacky debugger UI for hackers
- OSINT Framework - Collection of various OSInt tools broken out by category.
- Intel Techniques - A collection of OSINT tools. Menu on the left can be used to navigate through the categories.
- NetBootcamp OSINT Tools - A collection of OSINT links and custom Web interfaces to other services such as Facebook Graph Search and various paste sites.
- Social Engineering Framework - An information resource for social engineers
- Schuyler Towne channel - Lockpicking videos and security talks
- bosnianbill - More lockpicking videos
- /r/lockpicking - Resources for learning lockpicking, equipment recommendations.
- Security related Operating Systems @ Rawsec - Complete list of security related operating systems
- Best Linux Penetration Testing Distributions @ CyberPunk - Description of main penetration testing distributions
- Security @ Distrowatch - Website dedicated to talking about, reviewing and keeping up to date with open source operating systems
- cuckoo - Cuckoo Sandbox is a malware analysis system
- CAINE - (Computer Aided INvestigative Environment) is an Italian GNU/Linux live distribution created as a Digital Forensics project
- DEFT - Digital Evidence & Forensics Toolkit Live OS
- Tails - Live OS aimed at preserving privacy and anonymity
- Kali - A Linux distribution designed for digital forensics and penetration testing
- ArchStrike - An Arch Linux repository for security professionals and enthusiasts
- BlackArch - Arch Linux-based distribution for penetration testers and security researchers
- NST - Network Security Toolkit distribution
- Pentoo - Security-focused livecd based on Gentoo
- BackBox - Ubuntu-based distribution for penetration tests and security assessments
- Parrot - A distribution similar to Kali, with multiple architecture
- Buscador - A Linux Virtual Machine that is pre-configured for online investigators
- Fedora Security Lab - Provides a safe test environment to work on security auditing, forensics, system rescue and teaching security testing methodologies.
- The Pentesters Framework - PTF attempts to install all of your penetration testing tools (latest and greatest), compile them, build them, and make it so that you can install/update your distribution on any machine. Everything is organized in a fashion that is cohesive to the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES) and eliminates a lot of things that are hardly used.
- Metasploit Framework - World's most used penetration testing software
- ExploitPack - Graphical tool for penetration testing with a bunch of exploits
- BeeF - The Browser Exploitation Framework Project
- faraday - Collaborative Penetration Test and Vulnerability Management Platform
- evilgrade - The update explotation framework
- commix - Automated All-in-One OS Command Injection and Exploitation Tool
- routersploit - Automated penetration testing software for router
- redsnarf - Post-exploitation tool for grabbing credentials
- Bella - Bella is a pure Python post-exploitation data mining & remote administration tool for Mac OS.
docker pull kalilinux/kali-linux-dockerofficial Kali Linuxdocker pull owasp/zap2docker-stable- official OWASP ZAPdocker pull wpscanteam/wpscan- official WPScandocker pull citizenstig/dvwa- Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA)docker pull wpscanteam/vulnerablewordpress- Vulnerable WordPress Installationdocker pull hmlio/vaas-cve-2014-6271- Vulnerability as a service: Shellshockdocker pull hmlio/vaas-cve-2014-0160- Vulnerability as a service: Heartbleeddocker pull opendns/security-ninjas- Security Ninjasdocker pull diogomonica/docker-bench-security- Docker Bench for Securitydocker pull ismisepaul/securityshepherd- OWASP Security Shepherddocker pull danmx/docker-owasp-webgoat- OWASP WebGoat Project docker imagedocker-compose build && docker-compose up- OWASP NodeGoatdocker pull citizenstig/nowasp- OWASP Mutillidae II Web Pen-Test Practice Applicationdocker pull bkimminich/juice-shop- OWASP Juice Shopdocker pull kalilinux/kali-linux-docker- Kali Linux Docker Imagedocker pull remnux/metasploit- docker-metasploit
- Nexpose - Vulnerability Management & Risk Management Software
- Nessus - Vulnerability, configuration, and compliance assessment
- Nikto - Web application vulnerability scanner
- OpenVAS - Open Source vulnerability scanner and manager
- Secapps - Integrated web application security testing environment
- w3af - Web application attack and audit framework
- Wapiti - Web application vulnerability scanner
- WebReaver - Web application vulnerability scanner for Mac OS X
- DVCS Ripper - Rip web accessible (distributed) version control systems: SVN/GIT/HG/BZR
- arachni - Web Application Security Scanner Framework
- Vuls - Vulnerability scanner for Linux/FreeBSD, agentless, written in Go
- zmap - Open-source network scanner that enables researchers to easily perform Internet-wide network studies
- nmap - Free Security Scanner For Network Exploration & Security Audits
- pig - A Linux packet crafting tool
- tcpdump/libpcap - A common packet analyzer that runs under the command line
- Wireshark - A network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows
- Network Tools - Different network tools: ping, lookup, whois, etc
- netsniff-ng - A Swiss army knife for for network sniffing
- Intercepter-NG - a multifunctional network toolkit
- SPARTA - Network Infrastructure Penetration Testing Tool
- dnschef - A highly configurable DNS proxy for pentesters
- DNSDumpster - Online DNS recon and search service
- 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
- dnstracer - Determines where a given DNS server gets its information from, and follows the chain of DNS servers
- passivedns-client - Provides a library and a query tool for querying several passive DNS providers
- passivedns - A network sniffer that logs all DNS server replies for use in a passive DNS setup
- Mass Scan - TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes.
- Zarp - Zarp is a network attack tool centered around the exploitation of local networks
- mitmproxy - An interactive SSL-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers
- Morpheus - automated ettercap TCP/IP Hijacking tool
- mallory - HTTP/HTTPS proxy over SSH
- Netzob - Reverse engineering, traffic generation and fuzzing of communication protocols
- DET - DET is a proof of concept to perform Data Exfiltration using either single or multiple channel(s) at the same time
- pwnat - punches holes in firewalls and NATs
- dsniff - a collection of tools for network auditing and pentesting
- tgcd - a simple Unix network utility to extend the accessibility of TCP/IP based network services beyond firewalls
- smbmap - a handy SMB enumeration tool
- scapy - a python-based interactive packet manipulation program & library
- Dshell - Network forensic analysis framework
- Debookee (MAC OS X) - Intercept traffic from any device on your network
- Dripcap - Caffeinated packet analyzer
- PRET - Printer Exploitation Toolkit offers commands useful for printer attacks and fuzzing
- Aircrack-ng - a set of tools for auditing wireless network
- Kismet - Wireless network detector, sniffer, and IDS
- Reaver - Brute force attack against Wifi Protected Setup
- Wifite - Automated wireless attack tool
- SSLyze - SSL configuration scanner
- sslstrip - a demonstration of the HTTPS stripping attacks
- sslstrip2 - SSLStrip version to defeat HSTS
- tls_prober - fingerprint a server's SSL/TLS implementation
- OWASP Zed Attack Proxy - Penetration testing tool for web applications
- Burp Suite - An integrated platform for performing security testing of web applications
- autochrome - Easy to install a test browser with all the appropriate setting needed for web application testing with native Burp support, from NCCGroup.
- WPScan - Black box WordPress vulnerability scanner
- Wordpress Exploit Framework - A Ruby framework for developing and using modules which aid in the penetration testing of WordPress powered websites and systems.
- WPSploit - WPSploit - Exploiting Wordpress With Metasploit
- SQLmap - Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool
- tplmap - Automatic server-side template injection and Web server takeover tool
- weevely3 - Weaponized web shell
- Wappalyzer - Wappalyzer uncovers the technologies used on websites
- cms-explorer - CMS Explorer is designed to reveal the the specific modules, plugins, components and themes that various CMS driven web sites are running.
- joomscan - Joomla CMS scanner
- WhatWeb - Website Fingerprinter
- BlindElephant - Web Application Fingerprinter
- fimap - Find, prepare, audit, exploit and even google automatically for LFI/RFI bugs
- Kadabra - Automatic LFI exploiter and scanner
- Kadimus - LFI scan and exploit tool
- liffy - LFI exploitation tool
- GitTools - Automatically find and download Web-accessible
.gitrepositories - Commix - Automated All-in-One OS command injection and exploitation tool
- HexEdit.js - Browser-based hex editing
- Hexinator (commercial) - World's finest Hex Editor
- Kaitai Struct - File formats and network protocols dissection language and web IDE, generating parsers in C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
- Veles - Binary data visualization and analysis tool
- Hachoir - Python library to view and edit a binary stream as tree of fields and tools for metadata extraction
- John the Ripper - Fast password cracker
- Hashcat - The more fast hash cracker
- CeWL - Generates custom wordlists by spidering a target's website and collecting unique words
- Sysinternals Suite - The Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities
- Windows Credentials Editor - security tool to list logon sessions and add, change, list and delete associated credentials
- mimikatz - Credentials extraction tool for Windows OS
- PowerSploit - A PowerShell Post-Exploitation Framework
- Windows Exploit Suggester - Detects potential missing patches on the target
- Responder - A LLMNR, NBT-NS and MDNS poisoner
- Bloodhound - A graphical Active Directory trust relationship explorer
- Empire - A pure PowerShell post-exploitation agent
- Fibratus - Tool for exploration and tracing of the Windows kernel
- wePWNise - Generates architecture independent VBA code to be used in Office documents or templates and automates bypassing application control and exploit mitigation software
- Linux Exploit Suggester - Linux Exploit Suggester; based on operating system release number.
- LOIC - An open source network stress tool for Windows
- JS LOIC - JavaScript in-browser version of LOIC
- 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
- T50 - The more fast network stress tool
- UFONet - 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.
- SET - The Social-Engineer Toolkit from TrustedSec
- King Phisher - Phishing campaign toolkit used for creating and managing multiple simultaneous phishing attacks with custom email and server content
- Evilginx - MITM attack framework used for phishing credentials and session cookies from any Web service
- wifiphisher - Automated phishing attacks against Wi-Fi networks
- Maltego - Proprietary software for open source intelligence and forensics, from Paterva.
- theHarvester - E-mail, subdomain and people names harvester
- creepy - A geolocation OSINT tool
- metagoofil - Metadata harvester
- Google Hacking Database - a database of Google dorks; can be used for recon
- Google-dorks - Common google dorks and others you prolly don't know
- GooDork - Command line go0gle dorking tool
- dork-cli - Command-line Google dork tool.
- Censys - Collects data on hosts and websites through daily ZMap and ZGrab scans
- Shodan - Shodan is the world's first search engine for Internet-connected devices
- recon-ng - A full-featured Web Reconnaissance framework written in Python
- github-dorks - CLI tool to scan github repos/organizations for potential sensitive information leak
- vcsmap - A plugin-based tool to scan public version control systems for sensitive information
- Spiderfoot - multi-source OSINT automation tool with a Web UI and report visualizations
- BinGoo - A Linux bash based Bing and Google Dorking Tool
- fast-recon - Does some google dorks against a domain
- snitch - information gathering via dorks
- Sn1per - Automated Pentest Recon Scanner
- Threat Crowd - A search engine for threats
- Virus Total - VirusTotal is a free service that analyzes suspicious files and URLs and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware.
- DataSploit - OSINT visualizer utilizing Shodan, Censys, Clearbit, EmailHunter, FullContact, and Zoomeye behind the scenes.
- Tor - The free software for enabling onion routing online anonymity
- I2P - The Invisible Internet Project
- Nipe - Script to redirect all traffic from the machine to the Tor network.
- IDA Pro - A Windows, Linux or Mac OS X hosted multi-processor disassembler and debugger
- IDA Free - The freeware version of IDA v5.0
- WDK/WinDbg - Windows Driver Kit and WinDbg
- OllyDbg - An x86 debugger that emphasizes binary code analysis
- Radare2 - Opensource, crossplatform reverse engineering framework
- x64_dbg - An open-source x64/x32 debugger for windows
- Immunity Debugger - A powerful new way to write exploits and analyze malware
- Evan's Debugger - OllyDbg-like debugger for Linux
- Medusa disassembler - An open source interactive disassembler
- plasma - Interactive disassembler for x86/ARM/MIPS. Generates indented pseudo-code with colored syntax code
- peda - Python Exploit Development Assistance for GDB
- dnSpy - dnSpy is a tool to reverse engineer .NET assemblies
- LAN Turtle - a covert "USB Ethernet Adapter" that provides remote access, network intelligence gathering, and MITM capabilities when installed in a local network.
- USB Rubber Ducky - customizable keystroke injection attack platform masquerading as a USB thumbdrive
- Poisontap - siphons cookies, exposes internal (LAN-side) router and installs web backdoor on locked computers
- Pwntools - Rapid exploit development framework built for use in CTFs
- RsaCtfTool - Decrypt data enciphered using weak RSA keys, and recover private keys from public keys using a variety of automated attacks
- The Art of Exploitation by Jon Erickson, 2008
- Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide by David Kennedy et al., 2011
- Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking by Georgia Weidman, 2014
- Rtfm: Red Team Field Manual by Ben Clark, 2014
- The Hacker Playbook by Peter Kim, 2014
- The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing by Patrick Engebretson, 2013
- Professional Penetration Testing by Thomas Wilhelm, 2013
- Advanced Penetration Testing for Highly-Secured Environments by Lee Allen, 2012
- Violent Python by TJ O'Connor, 2012
- Fuzzing: Brute Force Vulnerability Discovery by Michael Sutton et al., 2007
- Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters by Justin Seitz, 2014
- Penetration Testing: Procedures & Methodologies by EC-Council, 2010
- Unauthorised Access: Physical Penetration Testing For IT Security Teams by Wil Allsopp, 2010
- Advanced Persistent Threat Hacking: The Art and Science of Hacking Any Organization by Tyler Wrightson, 2014
- Bug Hunter's Diary by Tobias Klein, 2011
- The Database Hacker's Handbook, David Litchfield et al., 2005
- The Shellcoders Handbook by Chris Anley et al., 2007
- The Mac Hacker's Handbook by Charlie Miller & Dino Dai Zovi, 2009
- The Web Application Hackers Handbook by D. Stuttard, M. Pinto, 2011
- iOS Hackers Handbook by Charlie Miller et al., 2012
- Android Hackers Handbook by Joshua J. Drake et al., 2014
- The Browser Hackers Handbook by Wade Alcorn et al., 2014
- The Mobile Application Hackers Handbook by Dominic Chell et al., 2015
- Car Hacker's Handbook by Craig Smith, 2016
- Nmap Network Scanning by Gordon Fyodor Lyon, 2009
- Practical Packet Analysis by Chris Sanders, 2011
- Wireshark Network Analysis by by Laura Chappell & Gerald Combs, 2012
- Network Forensics: Tracking Hackers through Cyberspace by Sherri Davidoff & Jonathan Ham, 2012
- Reverse Engineering for Beginners by Dennis Yurichev
- Hacking the Xbox by Andrew Huang, 2003
- The IDA Pro Book by Chris Eagle, 2011
- Practical Reverse Engineering by Bruce Dang et al., 2014
- Gray Hat Hacking The Ethical Hacker's Handbook by Daniel Regalado et al., 2015
- Practical Malware Analysis by Michael Sikorski & Andrew Honig, 2012
- The Art of Memory Forensics by Michael Hale Ligh et al., 2014
- Malware Analyst's Cookbook and DVD by Michael Hale Ligh et al., 2010
- The Art of Deception by Kevin D. Mitnick & William L. Simon, 2002
- The Art of Intrusion by Kevin D. Mitnick & William L. Simon, 2005
- Ghost in the Wires by Kevin D. Mitnick & William L. Simon, 2011
- No Tech Hacking by Johnny Long & Jack Wiles, 2008
- Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking by Christopher Hadnagy, 2010
- 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
- Practical Lock Picking by Deviant Ollam, 2012
- Keys to the Kingdom by Deviant Ollam, 2012
- CIA Lock Picking Field Operative Training Manual
- Lock Picking: Detail Overkill by Solomon
- Eddie the Wire books
- NVD - US National Vulnerability Database
- CERT - US Computer Emergency Readiness Team
- OSVDB - Open Sourced Vulnerability Database
- Bugtraq - Symantec SecurityFocus
- Exploit-DB - Offensive Security Exploit Database
- Fulldisclosure - Full Disclosure Mailing List
- MS Bulletin - Microsoft Security Bulletin
- MS Advisory - Microsoft Security Advisories
- Inj3ct0r - Inj3ct0r Exploit Database
- Packet Storm - Packet Storm Global Security Resource
- SecuriTeam - Securiteam Vulnerability Information
- CXSecurity - CSSecurity Bugtraq List
- Vulnerability Laboratory - Vulnerability Research Laboratory
- ZDI - Zero Day Initiative
- Vulners - Security database of software vulnerabilities
- Offensive Security Training - Training from BackTrack/Kali developers
- SANS Security Training - Computer Security Training & Certification
- Open Security Training - Training material for computer security classes
- CTF Field Guide - everything you need to win your next CTF competition
- 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.
- Cybrary - Free courses in ethical hacking and advanced penetration testing. Advanced penetration testing courses are based on the book 'Penetration Testing for Highly Secured Enviroments'.
- Computer Security Student - Many free tutorials, great for beginners, $10/mo membership unlocks all content
- European Union Agency for Network and Information Security - ENISA Cyber Security Training material
- DEF CON - An annual hacker convention in Las Vegas
- Black Hat - An annual security conference in Las Vegas
- BSides - A framework for organising and holding security conferences
- CCC - An annual meeting of the international hacker scene in Germany
- DerbyCon - An annual hacker conference based in Louisville
- PhreakNIC - A technology conference held annually in middle Tennessee
- ShmooCon - An annual US east coast hacker convention
- CarolinaCon - An infosec conference, held annually in North Carolina
- CHCon - Christchurch Hacker Con, Only South Island of New Zealand hacker con
- SummerCon - One of the oldest hacker conventions, held during Summer
- Hack.lu - An annual conference held in Luxembourg
- Hackfest - Largest hacking conference in Canada
- HITB - Deep-knowledge security conference held in Malaysia and The Netherlands
- Troopers - Annual international IT Security event with workshops held in Heidelberg, Germany
- Hack3rCon - An annual US hacker conference
- ThotCon - An annual US hacker conference held in Chicago
- LayerOne - An annual US security conference held every spring in Los Angeles
- DeepSec - Security Conference in Vienna, Austria
- SkyDogCon - A technology conference in Nashville
- SECUINSIDE - Security Conference in Seoul
- DefCamp - Largest Security Conference in Eastern Europe, held anually in Bucharest, Romania
- AppSecUSA - An annual conference organised by OWASP
- BruCON - An annual security conference in Belgium
- Infosecurity Europe - Europe's number one information security event, held in London, UK
- Nullcon - An annual conference in Delhi and Goa, India
- RSA Conference USA - An annual security conference in San Francisco, California, USA
- Swiss Cyber Storm - An annual security conference in Lucerne, Switzerland
- Virus Bulletin Conference - An annual conference going to be held in Denver, USA for 2016
- Ekoparty - Largest Security Conference in Latin America, held annually in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 44Con - Annual Security Conference held in London
- BalCCon - Balkan Computer Congress, annualy held in Novi Sad, Serbia
- FSec - FSec - Croatian Information Security Gathering in Varaždin, Croatia
- 2600: The Hacker Quarterly - An American publication about technology and computer "underground"
- Phrack Magazine - By far the longest running hacker zine
- Kali Linux Tools - List of tools present in Kali Linux
- SecTools - Top 125 Network Security Tools
- Pentest Cheat Sheets - Awesome Pentest Cheat Sheets
- C/C++ Programming - One of the main language for open source security tools
- .NET Programming - A software framework for Microsoft Windows platform development
- Shell Scripting - Command-line frameworks, toolkits, guides and gizmos
- Ruby Programming by @dreikanter - The de-facto language for writing exploits
- Ruby Programming by @markets - The de-facto language for writing exploits
- Ruby Programming by @Sdogruyol - The de-facto language for writing exploits
- JavaScript Programming - In-browser development and scripting
- Node.js Programming by @sindresorhus - A curated list of delightful Node.js packages and resources
- Python tools for penetration testers - Lots of pentesting tools are written in Python
- Python Programming by @svaksha - General Python programming
- Python Programming by @vinta - General Python programming
- Android Security - A collection of android security related resources
- Awesome Awesomness - The List of the Lists
- AppSec - Resources for learning about application security
- CTFs - Capture The Flag frameworks, libraries, etc
- InfoSec § Hacking challenges - Comprehensive directory of CTFs, wargames, hacking challenge websites, pentest practice lab exercises, and more
- Hacking - Tutorials, tools, and resources
- Honeypots - Honeypots, tools, components, and more
- Infosec - Information security resources for pentesting, forensics, and more
- Malware Analysis - Tools and resources for analysts
- PCAP Tools - Tools for processing network traffic
- Security - Software, libraries, documents, and other resources
- Awesome List - A curated list of awesome lists
- SecLists - Collection of multiple types of lists used during security assessments
- Security Talks - A curated list of security conferences
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