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December 14, 2024 3 min read

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Awesome Lists

Awesome lists are comprehensive, community-maintained collections that aggregate hundreds of valuable resources across a wide range of niches, making it easy to find tools, guides, and references for any area of interest.

Entries marked with ❤️ denote a focus in red team/offensive security resources; entries marked with 💙 denote a focus in blue team/defensive security resources; entries marked with 💜 feature a mixture of both offensive & defensive security resources.

Name	Discipline	Relevance
Awesome Bug Bounty	📑¹	❤️
Awesome CTF	🏁²	💜
Awesome Cryptography	🔑³	💙
Awesome Cybersecurity Blue Team	💾⁴ 🚨⁵	💙
Awesome Exploit Development	✒️⁶ 🔨⁷	❤️
Awesome Forensics	💾⁴ 🚨⁵	💙
Awesome Hacking	✒️⁶	❤️
Awesome Malware Analysis	💾⁴ 🔨⁷ 🔓⁸	💙
Awesome Threat Intelligence	🚨⁵ 🔓⁸	💙
Awesome Security	💾⁴ 🚨⁵	💙
Awesome Red Teaming	✒️⁶	❤️
Awesome Reverse Engineering	🔨⁷	💜
Awesome OSINT	🔍⁹	💙
Awesome Pentest	✒️⁶	❤️
Awesome Privacy	🔍⁹ 🔇¹⁰	💙
Awesome Privacy Tools	🔇¹⁰	💙
Awesome Web Security	📑¹ ✒️⁶	❤️

Capture the Flags

Name	Beginner Friendly	Guided	Discipline	Relevance
Blue Team Labs Online	⭕	❌	💾⁴ 🚨⁵ 🔓⁸	💙
CtfLearn	⭕	❌	📑¹ 💻¹¹	❤️
CryptoHack	❌	❌	🔑³	💙
DEF CON CTF	❌	❌	📑¹ ✒️⁶	❤️
Google CTF	❌	❌	📑¹ 💻¹¹	❤️
HackMyVM	❌	❌	✒️⁶	❤️
HackTheBox	❌	❌	📑¹ ✒️⁶	💜
HackTheBox Academy	⭕	⭕	📑¹ ✒️⁶	💜
HackThisSite	❌	❌	📑¹ 💻¹¹	❤️
Mossse Institute	⭕	⭕	💾⁴ 🚨⁵	💙
OverTheWire	⭕	❌	💻¹¹	❤️
PentesterLab	❌	❌	📑¹ ✒️⁶	❤️
PicoCTF	⭕	⭕	📑¹ ✒️⁶	💜
Pwn.tn	❌	❌	💻¹¹	❤️
Pwnable.kr	❌	⭕	💻¹¹	❤️
PwnCollege	⭕	❌	💻¹¹	❤️
Prompt Riddle	⭕	⭕	🔑³ 💻¹¹	💙
RingZer0	❌	❌	📑¹ 💻¹¹	❤️
Root Me	❌	❌	📑¹ 💻¹¹	❤️
TryHackMe	⭕	⭕	💾⁴ 🚨⁵ ✒️⁶	💜
UnderTheWire	❌	❌	✒️⁶ 💻¹¹	❤️
VulnHub	❌	❌	✒️⁶	❤️

Conferences

Name	Location	Relevance
AusCERT	AUS	💙
Black Hat	NA, EU	💜
Black Hat Asia	APAC	💜
BSides	Global	💜
CanSecWest	NA	❤️
Chaos Communication Congress (CCC)	EU	💜
DEATH CON	NA, EU	💙
DEF CON	NA	💜
FuzzSec	NA, EU	❤️
HITB (Hack In The Box)	EU, MEA, APAC	❤️
OWASP Global AppSec	NA, EU, APAC	❤️
RSA Conference	NA, EU, APAC	💜
Ruxcon	AUS	❤️
SecTor	NA	💙
Sharkfest	NA, EU	💙
ShmooCon	NA	❤️
Troopers	EU	❤️
Virus Bulletin	NA	💙

Data Repositories

This section links to large publicly accessible resource aggregations with widely varying content, dependant on the hoarder’s resource priorities. Download malware at your own risk.

Name	Topics
DDoSSecrets	Archive of leaked documents in the public interest
InfoCon	Conference talks, documentaries, podcasts, rainbow tables, skills, wordlists
VX-Underground	Malware samples, malware research, eCrime resources

Podcasts & Videos

Name	Discipline	Relevance
13Cubed	💾⁴ 🚨⁵ 🔨⁷ 🔓⁸	💙
Aurora	🚨⁵	💙
BlackHillsInfoSecurity	💾⁴ 🚨⁵	💙
Deviant Ollam	🚪¹² 🔌¹³	❤️
Hackersploit	📑¹	❤️
Hak5	✒️⁶ 🔌¹³	❤️
IppSec	🏁² 🔨⁷	❤️
John Hammond	🏁² 🚨⁵ 🔓⁸	💜
LiveOverflow	🔨⁷ 💻¹¹	❤️
OffensiveSecurity	📑¹ ✒️⁶	❤️
SecurityNow	🚨⁵	💙
StationSec	🔓⁸	💜
The Cyber Mentor	📑¹ ✒️⁶	❤️
TheHackerBryan	✒️⁶	❤️
Tinkr	📑¹ ✒️⁶	❤️

📑 Web Application Penetration Testing ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
🏁 Capture The Flag (CTF) ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
🔑 Cryptography ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
💾 Digital Forensics ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
🚨 Incident Response ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
✒️ Penetration Testing ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
🔨 Reverse Engineering ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
🔓 Malware Analysis ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
🔍 Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) ↩︎ ↩︎
🔇 Digital Privacy ↩︎ ↩︎
💻 Programming, Computer Science ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
🚪 Physical Security ↩︎
🔌 Hardware Hacking ↩︎ ↩︎

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