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Awesome Penetration Testing

A collection of awesome penetration testing resources

Online Resources
Tools
Books
Vulnerability Databases
Security Courses
Information Security Conferences
Information Security Magazines

Online Resources

Penetration Testing Resources

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.
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.

Exploit development

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

Social Engineering Resources

Social Engineering Framework - An information resource for social engineers

Lock Picking Resources

Schuyler Towne channel - Lockpicking videos and security talks
/r/lockpicking - Resources for learning lockpicking, equipment recommendations.

Tools

Penetration Testing Distributions

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
Fedora Security Lab - Provides a safe test environment to work on security auditing, forensics, system rescue and teaching security testing methodologies.

Basic Penetration Testing Tools

Metasploit Framework - World's most used penetration testing software
Burp Suite - An integrated platform for performing security testing of web applications
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] (https://github.com/nccgroup/redsnarf) - Post-exploitation tool for grabbing credentials

Docker for Penetration Testing

docker pull kalilinux/kali-linux-docker official Kali Linux
docker pull owasp/zap2docker-stable - official OWASP ZAP
docker pull wpscanteam/wpscan - official WPScan
docker pull pandrew/metasploit - docker-metasploit
docker pull citizenstig/dvwa - Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA)
docker pull wpscanteam/vulnerablewordpress - Vulnerable WordPress Installation
docker pull hmlio/vaas-cve-2014-6271 - Vulnerability as a service: Shellshock
docker pull hmlio/vaas-cve-2014-0160 - Vulnerability as a service: Heartbleed
docker pull opendns/security-ninjas - Security Ninjas
docker pull diogomonica/docker-bench-security - Docker Bench for Security
docker pull ismisepaul/securityshepherd - OWASP Security Shepherd
docker pull danmx/docker-owasp-webgoat - OWASP WebGoat Project docker image
docker-compose build && docker-compose up - OWASP NodeGoat
docker pull citizenstig/nowasp - OWASP Mutillidae II Web Pen-Test Practice Application
docker pull bkimminich/juice-shop - OWASP Juice Shop

Vulnerability Scanners

Nexpose - Vulnerability Management & Risk Management Software
Nessus - Vulnerability, configuration, and compliance assessment
Nikto - Web application vulnerability scanner
OpenVAS - Open Source vulnerability scanner and manager
OWASP Zed Attack Proxy - Penetration testing tool for web applications
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

Network Tools

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
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

Wireless Network Tools

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
wifiphisher - Automated phishing attacks against Wi-Fi networks

SSL Analysis Tools

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

Web exploitation

WPScan - Black box WordPress vulnerability scanner
SQLmap - Automatic SQL injection and database 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

Hex Editors

HexEdit.js - Browser-based hex editing
Hexinator (commercial) - World's finest Hex Editor
HxD - Freeware Hex Editor and Disk Editor

Crackers

John the Ripper - Fast password cracker
Online MD5 cracker - Online MD5 hash Cracker
Hashcat - The more fast hash cracker
THC Hydra - Another Great Password Cracker

Windows Utils

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 - Empire is a pure PowerShell post-exploitation agent
Fibratus - Tool for exploration and tracing of the Windows kernel

Linux Utils

Linux Exploit Suggester - Linux Exploit Suggester; based on operating system release number.

DDoS Tools

LOIC - An open source network stress tool for Windows
JS LOIC - JavaScript in-browser version of LOIC
T50 - The more fast network stress tool

Social Engineering Tools

SET - The Social-Engineer Toolkit from TrustedSec

OSInt Tools

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
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

Anonymity Tools

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.

Reverse Engineering Tools

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

CTF Tools

Pwntools - CTF framework for use in CTFs

Books

Penetration Testing Books

Hackers Handbook Series

Defensive Development

Network Analysis Books

Reverse Engineering Books

Malware Analysis Books

Windows Books

Windows Internals by Mark Russinovich et al., 2012

Social Engineering Books

Lock Picking Books

Vulnerability Databases

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

Security Courses

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

Information Security Conferences

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
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

Information Security Magazines

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

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