A collection of awesome software, libraries, documents, books, resources, and cool stuff about security.
Inspired by Awesome Security and Herman Slatman.
Thanks to all contributors. You're awesome. This wouldn't be possible without you! The goal is to build a categorized, community-driven collection of very well-known resources.
List links and description
- Cert and alerts
- Certification
- Organizations
- Informatives and Blogs
- CTF, Training L3g@l and G@mes
- Non-legal Cyber activism
- IT Hacking list
- AT Hacking list
- Courses and Guides Sites
- OS - Operation Systens
- Tools
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| CERT-EU - Latest News | (Latest News) Computer emergency response Tean for the EU (Europe Union) institutions, bodies, and agencies |
| CERT-US - ALERTS | (Alerts) US-CERT United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team |
| ICS-CERT-US - Alerts | An ICS-CERT Alert is intended to provide timely notification to critical infrastructure owners and operators concerning threats or activity with the potential to impact critical infrastructure computing networks. |
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| CEH - Certified Ethical Hacker | A Certified Ethical Hacker is a skilled professional who understands and knows how to look for weaknesses and vulnerabilities in target systems and uses the same knowledge and tools as a malicious hacker, but in a lawful and legitimate manner to assess the security posture of a target system(s). The CEH credential certifies individuals in the specific network security discipline of Ethical Hacking from a vendor-neutral perspective. |
| CISSP - CERTIFIED INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROFESSIONAL | The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is an information security certification for security analysts. |
| CompTIA Security + | CompTIA Security+ is a global certification that validates the baseline skills you need to perform core security functions and pursue an IT security career. |
| GPEN - GIAC Penetration Tester | The GPEN certification is for security personnel whose job duties involve assessing target networks and systems to find security vulnerabilities. Certification objectives include penetration-testing methodologies, the legal issues surrounding penetration testing and how to properly conduct a penetration test as well as best practice technical and non-technical techniques specific to conduct a penetration test. |
| PWK - Penetration Testing Training with Kali Linux | Penetration Testing with Kali (PWK) is a self-paced, online course that introduces students to the latest ethical hacking tools and techniques. |
| PNPT - Practical Network Penetration Tester | PNPT certification is an intermediate-level penetration testing exam experience. Students will have five (5) full days to complete the assessment and an additional two (2) days to write a professional report. |
| PENT - Professional Penetration Tester | PENT is a zero to hero style instructor-led cybersecurity course to equip students to learn professional penetration testing & vulnerability assessment skills by building lab networks to practice network and application enumeration scanning, exploitation, privilege escalation, and lateral movement skills. |
| OSCP - Offensive Security Certified Professional | The Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) is the companion certification for our Penetration Testing with Kali Linux training course and is the world’s first completely hands-on offensive information security certification. The OSCP challenges the students to prove they have a clear and practical understanding of the penetration testing process and life-cycle through an arduous twenty-four (24) hour certification exam. |
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| CIS Center for Internet Security | CIS® (Center for Internet Security, Inc.) is a forward-thinking, non-profit entity that harnesses the power of a global IT community to safeguard private and public organizations against cyber threats. |
| CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures | CVE® is a list of entries—each containing an identification number, a description, and at least one public reference—for publicly known cybersecurity vulnerabilities. |
| No more ransomware | Need Help unlocking your digital life without paying your attackers? |
| OWASP | Open Web Application Security Project |
| ZeroDayInitiative | (Alerts) Zero Day Initiative |
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Mandiant Research Blogs | Advesary and threat Research oriented cybersecurity blogs |
| Elastic Security Labs Blogs | Cybersecurity Research oriented blogs |
| DarkRelay Security Labs Blogs | Cybersecurity blogs |
| EffectHacking | Blog |
| ICS Sans | Sans Industrial Control Systems blog |
| GBHackers on Security | Security blog |
| Google Security Blog | Google Security Blog |
| g0tmi1k Blog | Hacker blog |
| Hacker Security | Hacker security News and Blog |
| HelpNetSecurity | Help Net Security |
| Security Focus | Security Focus |
| SecurityWeek | Internet and Enterprise Security News, Insights e Analysis |
| Security art Work | Security art Work |
| Security Affairs | Copyright 2015 Security Affairs by Pierluigi Paganini All Right Reserved. |
| The Hacker News | The Hacker News Security in a Serius Way |
| Virus Guides | Powered by Knowledge |
| Malwaretech | News about Malware |
| WeLiveSecurity | News, Views, and insight from the ESET security community |
| Virtual Dispersive Networking | Virtual Dispersive Networking for Cyber Security Blog |
| Advisory Week | Security Advisories published by major vendors this week |
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| BetterMotherFucking CTF | MotherfuckingCTF inspired platform. But better. |
| CTF365 | CTF Practicing |
| FBCTF | Facebook Capture the Flag |
| Hacker Experience | Game of Hacker Experience |
| Hackflag | Brazilian Hackflag |
| Hacking-LAB | Hacking-Lab is an online ethical hacking, computer network and security challenge platform, dedicated to finding and educating cyber security talents. |
| HackTheBox | Pen-testing Labs |
| Over The Wire | The wargames offered by the OverTheWire community can help you to learn and practice security concepts in the form of fun-filled games. |
| Open Security Training | OpenSecurityTraining.info is dedicated to sharing training material for computer security classes, on any topic, that are at least one day long. |
| Pwnable.kr | 'pwnable.kr' is a non-commercial wargame site which provides various pwn challenges regarding system exploitation. |
| Trailofbits Github | CTF Field Guide |
| Shellter | Social Network focused on information security |
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Zone-H | List of sites attacked by unethical Hackers |
| WikiLeaks | WikiLeaks is a multi-national media organization and associated library. |
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Google Hacking Database | Google Hacking Database (GHDB) |
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Shodan | Open ports in A.T |
| Critifence | Default Password database of A.T |
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Cybrary | Free and Open Source Cyber Security Learning |
| O Tao do Desenvolvimento Seguro | [PT-BR] Safe Development Guide |
| Guru99 | Website with guides and a Free Ethical Hacking Course |
| PortSwigger Labs | Free learning resources focused on web and API security only |
| DarkRelay Security Labs | Free & paid cybersecurity trainings with certifications |
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| BackBoxLinux | BackBox Linux is a penetration testing and security assessment-oriented Linux distro. |
| BlackArchLinux | BlackArch Linux is an Arch Linux-based penetration testing distribution for penetration testers and security researchers. The repository contains 1925 tools. You can install tools individually or in groups. BlackArch Linux is compatible with existing Arch installs. |
| Kali | Penetration Testing Distribution OS |
| Kali Purple | Kali OS but for Defense |
| ParrotSec | Parrot Security Operating System is a Penetration Testing & Forensics Distro dedicated to Ethical Hackers & Cyber Security Professionals. |
| QubesOS | Qubes OS is a security-oriented operating system (OS). The OS is the software that runs all the other programs on a computer. Some examples of popular OSes are Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Android, and iOS. Qubes is free and open-source software (FOSS). |
| Samurai Web Tester Framework | Web Tester OS |
| PENTOOS | Pentoo is a security-focused livecd based on Gentoo |
| Vulnhub | OS with vulnerabilities for pentests |
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Pixee | Finds security & performance issues in code and creates merge-ready pull requests with recommended fixes. |
| CrowdSec | Open-source, free, & collaborative IPS/IDS (Go lang), analyzes visitor behavior & provide an adapted response. |
| Find Sec Bugs | The FindBugs plugin for security audits of Java Web Applications. |
| Sonarqube | Static Code Reviewer |
| PunkSPIDER | A global web application vulnerability search engine. |
| Metasploit Framework | Pentest Framework used by Kali Linux. |
| NMap | Nmap "Network Mapper" is a free and open source utility for network discovery and security auditing. |
| Netcat | Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. |
| TCPDump | Tcpdump prints out a description of the contents of packets on a network interface that match the boolean expression; |
| OSSEC | OSSEC is a multiplatform, opensource and free HIDS |
| Wazuh | Wazun is an open source enterprise-ready security monitoring solution for threat detection, integrity monitoring, incident response and compliance. |
| w3af | Web Application Attack And Audit Framework |
| Wireshark | Wireshark is the world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer |
| OWASP ZAP | OWASP ZAP is a MITM which is free and open source |
| Zeek | Zeek is an open source network security monitoring tool |
| zeek2es | An open source tool to convert Zeek logs to Elastic/OpenSearch. You can also output pure JSON from Zeek's TSV logs! |
| Stellastra | Scans email headers to diagnose authentication and security issues including SPF, DKIM, and DMARC analysis. |
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| The Security Engineer Handbook | a small book on how to make it in a security team, as part of a broader organization |