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Awesome Penetration Testing

A collection of awesome penetration testing resources and tools

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General

Penetration testing

is the practice of launching authorized, simulated attacks against computer systems and their physical infrastructure to expose potential security weaknesses and vulnerabilities. Should you discover a vulnerability, please follow this guidance to report it responsibly.

Android Utilities

cSploit

Advanced IT security professional toolkit on Android featuring an integrated Metasploit daemon and MITM capabilities.

Fing

Network scanning and host enumeration app that performs NetBIOS, UPnP, Bonjour, SNMP, and various other advanced device fingerprinting techniques.

In 3 lists

NullKia

Mobile Security Framework supporting 500+ devices across 18 manufacturers with bootloader unlock, firmware extraction, baseband exploitation, and eSIM tools.

In 2 lists

MPT

MPT (Mobile Pentest Toolkit) is a must-have solutions for your android penetration testing workflow. It allows you to automate tasks.

In 2 lists

Anonymity Tools

I2P

The Invisible Internet Project.

In 4 listsDetails

Metadata Anonymization Toolkit (MAT)

Metadata removal tool, supporting a wide range of commonly used file formats, written in Python3.

In 2 lists

What Every Browser Knows About You

Comprehensive detection page to test your own Web browser's configuration for privacy and identity leaks.

Anonymity Tools >Tor Tools

Nipe

Script to redirect all traffic from the machine to the Tor network.

In 4 lists

OnionScan

Tool for investigating the Dark Web by finding operational security issues introduced by Tor hidden service operators.

Tails

Live operating system aiming to preserve your privacy and anonymity.

In 8 listsDetails

Tor

Free software and onion routed overlay network that helps you defend against traffic analysis.

In 14 listsDetails

dos-over-tor

Proof of concept denial of service over Tor stress test tool.

kalitorify

Transparent proxy through Tor for Kali Linux OS.

Anti-virus Evasion Tools

AntiVirus Evasion Tool (AVET)

Post-process exploits containing executable files targeted for Windows machines to avoid being recognized by antivirus software.

In 2 lists

CarbonCopy

Tool that creates a spoofed certificate of any online website and signs an Executable for AV evasion.

Hyperion

Runtime encryptor for 32-bit portable executables ("PE .exes").

Shellter

Dynamic shellcode injection tool, and the first truly dynamic PE infector ever created.

UniByAv

Simple obfuscator that takes raw shellcode and generates Anti-Virus friendly executables by using a brute-forcable, 32-bit XOR key.

Veil

Generate metasploit payloads that bypass common anti-virus solutions.

peCloakCapstone

Multi-platform fork of the peCloak.py automated malware antivirus evasion tool.

Amber

Reflective PE packer for converting native PE files to position-independent shellcode.

In 4 listsDetails

Books

Advanced Penetration Testing by Wil Allsopp, 2017

Advanced Penetration Testing for Highly-Secured Environments by Lee Allen, 2012

Advanced Persistent Threat Hacking: The Art and Science of Hacking Any Organization by Tyler Wrightson, 2014

Android Hacker's Handbook by Joshua J. Drake et al., 2014

BTFM: Blue Team Field Manual by Alan J White & Ben Clark, 2017

Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters by Justin Seitz, 2014

Bug Hunter's Diary by Tobias Klein, 2011

Car Hacker's Handbook by Craig Smith, 2016

In 2 lists

Effective Software Testing, 2021

A hands-on guide for developers on how to create high quality tests in a systematic and effective way.

In 2 lists

Fuzzing: Brute Force Vulnerability Discovery by Michael Sutton et al., 2007

Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide by David Kennedy et al., 2011

Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking by Georgia Weidman, 2014

Penetration Testing: Procedures & Methodologies by EC-Council, 2010

Professional Penetration Testing by Thomas Wilhelm, 2013

RTFM: Red Team Field Manual by Ben Clark, 2014

The Art of Exploitation by Jon Erickson, 2008

The Art of Network Penetration Testing, 2020

Book that is a hands-on guide to running your own penetration test on an enterprise network. (early access, published continuously, final release December 2020)

In 2 lists

The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing by Patrick Engebretson, 2013

The Database Hacker's Handbook, David Litchfield et al., 2005

The Hacker Playbook by Peter Kim, 2014

The Mac Hacker's Handbook by Charlie Miller & Dino Dai Zovi, 2009

The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook by Dominic Chell et al., 2015

Unauthorised Access: Physical Penetration Testing For IT Security Teams by Wil Allsopp, 2010

Violent Python by TJ O'Connor, 2012

iOS Hacker's Handbook by Charlie Miller et al., 2012

CTF Tools

CTF Field Guide

Everything you need to win your next CTF competition.

In 5 listsDetails

Ciphey

Automated decryption tool using artificial intelligence and natural language processing.

In 2 lists

RsaCtfTool

Decrypt data enciphered using weak RSA keys, and recover private keys from public keys using a variety of automated attacks.

In 2 lists

ctf-tools

Collection of setup scripts to install various security research tools easily and quickly deployable to new machines.

In 2 lists

shellpop

Easily generate sophisticated reverse or bind shell commands to help you save time during penetration tests.

Cloud Platform Attack Tools

Cloud Container Attack Tool (CCAT)

Tool for testing security of container environments.

CloudHunter

Looks for AWS, Azure and Google cloud storage buckets and lists permissions for vulnerable buckets.

Cloudsplaining

Identifies violations of least privilege in AWS IAM policies and generates a pretty HTML report with a triage worksheet.

Endgame

AWS Pentesting tool that lets you use one-liner commands to backdoor an AWS account's resources with a rogue AWS account.

GCPBucketBrute

Script to enumerate Google Storage buckets, determine what access you have to them, and determine if they can be privilege escalated.

In 3 lists

Collaboration Tools

Dradis

Open-source reporting and collaboration tool for IT security professionals.

Hexway Hive

Commercial collaboration, data aggregation, and reporting framework for red teams with a limited free self-hostable option.

Lair

Reactive attack collaboration framework and web application built with meteor.

Pentest Collaboration Framework (PCF)

Open source, cross-platform, and portable toolkit for automating routine pentest processes with a team.

Reconmap

Open-source collaboration platform for InfoSec professionals that streamlines the pentest process.

RedELK

Track and alarm about Blue Team activities while providing better usability in long term offensive operations.

Conferences and Events

BSides

Framework for organising and holding security conferences.

In 2 lists

CTFTime.org

Directory of upcoming and archive of past Capture The Flag (CTF) competitions with links to challenge writeups.

In 5 listsDetails

Conferences and Events >Asia

HITB

Deep-knowledge security conference held in Malaysia and The Netherlands.

HITCON

Hacks In Taiwan Conference held in Taiwan.

Nullcon

Annual conference in Delhi and Goa, India.

SECUINSIDE

Security Conference in Seoul.

In 2 lists

Conferences and Events >Europe

44Con

Annual Security Conference held in London.

In 2 lists

BalCCon

Balkan Computer Congress, annually held in Novi Sad, Serbia.

BruCON

Annual security conference in Belgium.

In 2 lists

CCC

Annual meeting of the international hacker scene in Germany.

DeepSec

Security Conference in Vienna, Austria.

DefCamp

Largest Security Conference in Eastern Europe, held annually in Bucharest, Romania.

FSec

FSec - Croatian Information Security Gathering in Varaždin, Croatia.

Hack.lu

Annual conference held in Luxembourg.

Infosecurity Europe

Europe's number one information security event, held in London, UK.

SteelCon

Security conference in Sheffield UK.

Swiss Cyber Storm

Annual security conference in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Troopers

Annual international IT Security event with workshops held in Heidelberg, Germany.

HoneyCON

Annual Security Conference in Guadalajara, Spain. Organized by the HoneySEC association.

Conferences and Events >North America

AppSecUSA

Annual conference organized by OWASP.

In 2 lists

Black Hat

Annual security conference in Las Vegas.

CarolinaCon

Infosec conference, held annually in North Carolina.

DEF CON

Annual hacker convention in Las Vegas.

In 3 lists

DerbyCon

Annual hacker conference based in Louisville.

Hackers Next Door

Cybersecurity and social technology conference held in New York City.

Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE)

Semi-annual conference held in New York City.

In 2 lists

Hackfest

Largest hacking conference in Canada.

LayerOne

Annual US security conference held every spring in Los Angeles.

National Cyber Summit

Annual US security conference and Capture the Flag event, held in Huntsville, Alabama, USA.

PhreakNIC

Technology conference held annually in middle Tennessee.

RSA Conference USA

Annual security conference in San Francisco, California, USA.

ShmooCon

Annual US East coast hacker convention.

SkyDogCon

Technology conference in Nashville.

SummerCon

One of the oldest hacker conventions in America, held during Summer.

ThotCon

Annual US hacker conference held in Chicago.

Virus Bulletin Conference

Annual conference going to be held in Denver, USA for 2016.

Conferences and Events >South America

Ekoparty

Largest Security Conference in Latin America, held annually in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Conferences and Events >Zealandia

CHCon

Christchurch Hacker Con, Only South Island of New Zealand hacker con.

Exfiltration Tools

DET

Proof of concept to perform data exfiltration using either single or multiple channel(s) at the same time.

Iodine

Tunnel IPv4 data through a DNS server; useful for exfiltration from networks where Internet access is firewalled, but DNS queries are allowed.

TrevorC2

Client/server tool for masking command and control and data exfiltration through a normally browsable website, not typical HTTP POST requests.

dnscat2

Tool designed to create an encrypted command and control channel over the DNS protocol, which is an effective tunnel out of almost every network.

In 2 lists

pwnat

Punches holes in firewalls and NATs.

In 3 lists

tgcd

Simple Unix network utility to extend the accessibility of TCP/IP based network services beyond firewalls.

QueenSono

Client/Server Binaries for data exfiltration with ICMP. Useful in a network where ICMP protocol is less monitored than others (which is a common case).

In 2 lists

Exploit Development Tools

H26Forge

Domain-specific infrastructure for analyzing, generating, and manipulating syntactically correct but semantically spec-non-compliant video files.

Magic Unicorn

Shellcode generator for numerous attack vectors, including Microsoft Office macros, PowerShell, HTML applications (HTA), or certutil (using fake certificates).

Pwntools

Rapid exploit development framework built for use in CTFs.

In 3 lists

Wordpress Exploit Framework

Ruby framework for developing and using modules which aid in the penetration testing of WordPress powered websites and systems.

peda

Python Exploit Development Assistance for GDB.

In 5 listsDetails

File Format Analysis Tools

ExifTool

Platform-independent Perl library plus a command-line application for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files.

In 3 lists

Hachoir

Python library to view and edit a binary stream as tree of fields and tools for metadata extraction.

Kaitai Struct

File formats and network protocols dissection language and web IDE, generating parsers in C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby.

In 3 lists

peepdf

Python tool to explore PDF files in order to find out if the file can be harmful or not.

In 3 lists

Veles

Binary data visualization and analysis tool.

GNU/Linux Utilities

Hwacha

Post-exploitation tool to quickly execute payloads via SSH on one or more Linux systems simultaneously.

Linux Exploit Suggester

Heuristic reporting on potentially viable exploits for a given GNU/Linux system.

In 2 lists

Lynis

Auditing tool for UNIX-based systems.

In 4 listsDetails

checksec.sh

Shell script designed to test what standard Linux OS and PaX security features are being used.

Hash Cracking Tools

BruteForce Wallet

Find the password of an encrypted wallet file (i.e. wallet.dat).

CeWL

Generates custom wordlists by spidering a target's website and collecting unique words.

duplicut

Quickly remove duplicates, without changing the order, and without getting OOM on huge wordlists.

In 4 lists

GoCrack

Management Web frontend for distributed password cracking sessions using hashcat (or other supported tools) written in Go.

Hashcat

The more fast hash cracker.

hate_crack

Tool for automating cracking methodologies through Hashcat.

In 2 lists

JWT Cracker

Simple HS256 JSON Web Token (JWT) token brute force cracker.

In 2 lists

John the Ripper

Fast password cracker.

In 3 lists

Rar Crack

RAR bruteforce cracker.

Hex Editors

Bless

High quality, full featured, cross-platform graphical hex editor written in Gtk#.

Frhed

Binary file editor for Windows.

Hex Fiend

Fast, open source, hex editor for macOS with support for viewing binary diffs.

HexEdit.js

Browser-based hex editing.

In 2 lists

Hexinator

World's finest (proprietary, commercial) Hex Editor.

hexedit

Simple, fast, console-based hex editor.

wxHexEditor

Free GUI hex editor for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Industrial Control and SCADA Systems

Industrial Exploitation Framework (ISF)

Metasploit-like exploit framework based on routersploit designed to target Industrial Control Systems (ICS), SCADA devices, PLC firmware, and more.

In 2 lists

s7scan

Scanner for enumerating Siemens S7 PLCs on a TCP/IP or LLC network.

OpalOPC

Commercial OPC UA vulnerability assessment tool, sold by Molemmat.

Intentionally Vulnerable Systems

Pentest-Ground

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In 4 lists

OopsSec Store

Run npx create-oss-store, open your browser, and start hunting flags.

In 4 listsDetails

Intentionally Vulnerable Systems >Intentionally Vulnerable Systems as Docker Containers

Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA)

docker pull citizenstig/dvwa.

OWASP Juice Shop

docker pull bkimminich/juice-shop.

In 3 lists

OWASP Mutillidae II Web Pen-Test Practice Application

docker pull citizenstig/nowasp.

OWASP NodeGoat

docker-compose build && docker-compose up.

In 4 lists

OWASP Security Shepherd

docker pull ismisepaul/securityshepherd.

OWASP WebGoat Project 7.1 docker image

docker pull webgoat/webgoat-7.1.

OWASP WebGoat Project 8.0 docker image

docker pull webgoat/webgoat-8.0.

Vulnerability as a service: Heartbleed

docker pull hmlio/vaas-cve-2014-0160.

Vulnerability as a service: SambaCry

docker pull vulnerables/cve-2017-7494.

Vulnerability as a service: Shellshock

docker pull hmlio/vaas-cve-2014-6271.

Vulnerable WordPress Installation

docker pull wpscanteam/vulnerablewordpress.

macOS Utilities

Bella

Pure Python post-exploitation data mining and remote administration tool for macOS.

EvilOSX

Modular RAT that uses numerous evasion and exfiltration techniques out-of-the-box.

Multi-paradigm Frameworks

Armitage

Java-based GUI front-end for the Metasploit Framework.

AutoSploit

Automated mass exploiter, which collects target by employing the Shodan.io API and programmatically chooses Metasploit exploit modules based on the Shodan query.

In 3 lists

Decker

Penetration testing orchestration and automation framework, which allows writing declarative, reusable configurations capable of ingesting variables and using outputs of tools it has run as inputs to others.

Faraday

Multiuser integrated pentesting environment for red teams performing cooperative penetration tests, security audits, and risk assessments.

In 3 lists

Metasploit

Software for offensive security teams to help verify vulnerabilities and manage security assessments.

In 4 listsDetails

Pupy

Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, macOS, Android) remote administration and post-exploitation tool.

In 3 lists

Ronin

Free and Open Source Ruby Toolkit for Security Research and Development, providing many different libraries and commands for a variety of security tasks, such as recon, vulnerability scanning, exploit development, exploitation, post-exploitation, and more.

Network Tools

CrackMapExec

Swiss army knife for pentesting networks.

In 2 lists

IKEForce

Command line IPSEC VPN brute forcing tool for Linux that allows group name/ID enumeration and XAUTH brute forcing capabilities.

Intercepter-NG

Multifunctional network toolkit.

In 2 lists

Legion

Graphical semi-automated discovery and reconnaissance framework based on Python 3 and forked from SPARTA.

In 3 lists

Ncrack

High-speed network authentication cracking tool built to help companies secure their networks by proactively testing all their hosts and networking devices for poor passwords.

Praeda

Automated multi-function printer data harvester for gathering usable data during security assessments.

Printer Exploitation Toolkit (PRET)

Tool for printer security testing capable of IP and USB connectivity, fuzzing, and exploitation of PostScript, PJL, and PCL printer language features.

In 3 lists

SPARTA

Graphical interface offering scriptable, configurable access to existing network infrastructure scanning and enumeration tools.

SigPloit

Signaling security testing framework dedicated to telecom security for researching vulnerabilites in the signaling protocols used in mobile (cellular phone) operators.

In 2 lists

Smart Install Exploitation Tool (SIET)

Scripts for identifying Cisco Smart Install-enabled switches on a network and then manipulating them.

THC Hydra

Online password cracking tool with built-in support for many network protocols, including HTTP, SMB, FTP, telnet, ICQ, MySQL, LDAP, IMAP, VNC, and more.

In 4 listsDetails

Tsunami

General purpose network security scanner with an extensible plugin system for detecting high severity vulnerabilities with high confidence.

In 3 lists

Zarp

Network attack tool centered around the exploitation of local networks.

In 2 lists

dnstwist

Domain name permutation engine for detecting typo squatting, phishing and corporate espionage.

In 4 lists

dsniff

Collection of tools for network auditing and pentesting.

In 2 lists

impacket

Collection of Python classes for working with network protocols.

pivotsuite

Portable, platform independent and powerful network pivoting toolkit.

routersploit

Open source exploitation framework similar to Metasploit but dedicated to embedded devices.

rshijack

TCP connection hijacker, Rust rewrite of shijack.

In 3 lists

Network Tools >DDoS Tools

Anevicon

Powerful UDP-based load generator, written in Rust.

In 2 lists

D(HE)ater

D(HE)ater sends forged cryptographic handshake messages to enforce the Diffie-Hellman key exchange.

HOIC

Updated version of Low Orbit Ion Cannon, has 'boosters' to get around common counter measures.

Low Orbit Ion Canon (LOIC)

Open source network stress tool written for Windows.

Memcrashed

DDoS attack tool for sending forged UDP packets to vulnerable Memcached servers obtained using Shodan API.

SlowLoris

DoS tool that uses low bandwidth on the attacking side.

In 2 lists

T50

Faster network stress tool.

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.

In 2 lists

Network Tools >Network Reconnaissance Tools

ACLight

Script for advanced discovery of sensitive Privileged Accounts - includes Shadow Admins.

AQUATONE

Subdomain discovery tool utilizing various open sources producing a report that can be used as input to other tools.

In 5 listsDetails

CloudFail

Unmask server IP addresses hidden behind Cloudflare by searching old database records and detecting misconfigured DNS.

DNSDumpster

Online DNS recon and search service.

In 5 listsDetails

Mass Scan

TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes.

In 7 listsDetails

OWASP Amass

Subdomain enumeration via scraping, web archives, brute forcing, permutations, reverse DNS sweeping, TLS certificates, passive DNS data sources, etc.

In 7 listsDetails

ScanCannon

POSIX-compliant BASH script to quickly enumerate large networks by calling masscan to quickly identify open ports and then nmap to gain details on the systems/services on those ports.

In 2 lists

XRay

Network (sub)domain discovery and reconnaissance automation tool.

In 4 listsDetails

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.

In 2 lists

dnsmap

Passive DNS network mapper.

dnsrecon

DNS enumeration script.

In 3 lists

dnstracer

Determines where a given DNS server gets its information from, and follows the chain of DNS servers.

fierce

Python3 port of the original fierce.pl DNS reconnaissance tool for locating non-contiguous IP space.

In 3 lists

netdiscover

Network address discovery scanner, based on ARP sweeps, developed mainly for those wireless networks without a DHCP server.

nmap

Free security scanner for network exploration & security audits.

In 10 listsDetails

passivedns-client

Library and query tool for querying several passive DNS providers.

passivedns

Network sniffer that logs all DNS server replies for use in a passive DNS setup.

In 3 lists

RustScan

Lightweight and quick open-source port scanner designed to automatically pipe open ports into Nmap.

In 5 listsDetails

scanless

Utility for using websites to perform port scans on your behalf so as not to reveal your own IP.

smbmap

Handy SMB enumeration tool.

In 2 lists

subbrute

DNS meta-query spider that enumerates DNS records, and subdomains.

zmap

Open source network scanner that enables researchers to easily perform Internet-wide network studies.

In 2 lists

Have I Been Squatted

A fast domain typosquatting detection tool

In 3 lists

Subfinder

Fast passive subdomain enumeration tool.

In 6 listsDetails

Naabu

Fast port scanner written in Go with focus on reliability.

In 4 listsDetails

Katana

Next-generation crawling and spidering framework.

In 6 listsDetails

Network Tools >Protocol Analyzers and Sniffers

Debookee

Simple and powerful network traffic analyzer for macOS.

Dshell

Network forensic analysis framework.

In 4 lists

Netzob

Reverse engineering, traffic generation and fuzzing of communication protocols.

Wireshark

Widely-used graphical, cross-platform network protocol analyzer.

In 20 listsDetails

netsniff-ng

Swiss army knife for network sniffing.

sniffglue

Secure multithreaded packet sniffer.

In 4 listsDetails

tcpdump/libpcap

Common packet analyzer that runs under the command line.

In 5 listsDetails

Sniffnet

App to comfortably monitor your Internet traffic.

In 8 listsDetails

Network Tools >Network Traffic Replay and Editing Tools

snort

Open Source Intrusion Prevention System

In 3 lists

TraceWrangler

Network capture file toolkit that can edit and merge pcap or pcapng files with batch editing features.

In 2 lists

WireEdit

Full stack WYSIWYG pcap editor (requires a free license to edit packets).

In 2 lists

bittwist

Simple yet powerful libpcap-based Ethernet packet generator useful in simulating networking traffic or scenario, testing firewall, IDS, and IPS, and troubleshooting various network problems.

hping3

Network tool able to send custom TCP/IP packets.

pig

GNU/Linux packet crafting tool.

In 4 lists

scapy

Python-based interactive packet manipulation program and library.

In 7 listsDetails

tcpreplay

Suite of free Open Source utilities for editing and replaying previously captured network traffic.

In 2 lists

Network Tools >Proxies and Machine-in-the-Middle (MITM) Tools

BetterCAP

Modular, portable and easily extensible MITM framework.

Ettercap

Comprehensive, mature suite for machine-in-the-middle attacks.

Habu

Python utility implementing a variety of network attacks, such as ARP poisoning, DHCP starvation, and more.

In 2 lists

Lambda-Proxy

Utility for testing SQL Injection vulnerabilities on AWS Lambda serverless functions.

MITMf

Framework for Man-In-The-Middle attacks.

In 2 lists

Morpheus

Automated ettercap TCP/IP Hijacking tool.

In 3 lists

SSH MITM

Intercept SSH connections with a proxy; all plaintext passwords and sessions are logged to disk.

In 3 lists

dnschef

Highly configurable DNS proxy for pentesters.

evilgrade

Modular framework to take advantage of poor upgrade implementations by injecting fake updates.

mallory

HTTP/HTTPS proxy over SSH.

oregano

Python module that runs as a machine-in-the-middle (MITM) accepting Tor client requests.

sylkie

Command line tool and library for testing networks for common address spoofing security vulnerabilities in IPv6 networks using the Neighbor Discovery Protocol.

PETEP

Extensible TCP/UDP proxy with GUI for traffic analysis & modification with SSL/TLS support.

In 2 lists

friTap

Intercept SSL/TLS connections with frida; Allows TLS key extraction and decryption of TLS payload as PCAP in real time.

In 3 lists

Network Tools >Transport Layer Security Tools

CryptoLyzer

Fast and flexible server cryptographic (TLS/SSL/SSH/HTTP) settings analyzer library for Python with CLI.

SSLyze

Fast and comprehensive TLS/SSL configuration analyzer to help identify security mis-configurations.

In 3 lists

crackpkcs12

Multithreaded program to crack PKCS#12 files (.p12 and .pfx extensions), such as TLS/SSL certificates.

testssl.sh

Command line tool which checks a server's service on any port for the support of TLS/SSL ciphers, protocols as well as some cryptographic flaws.

In 2 lists

tls_prober

Fingerprint a server's SSL/TLS implementation.

tlsmate

Framework to create arbitrary TLS test cases. Comes with a TLS server scanner plugin.

Network Tools >Secure Shell Tools

ssh-audit

SSH server & client auditing (banner, key exchange, encryption, mac, compression, compatibility, security, etc).

In 4 lists

Network Tools >Wireless Network Tools

Aircrack-ng

Set of tools for auditing wireless networks.

In 3 lists

Airgeddon

Multi-use bash script for Linux systems to audit wireless networks.

In 2 lists

BoopSuite

Suite of tools written in Python for wireless auditing.

Bully

Implementation of the WPS brute force attack, written in C.

Cowpatty

Brute-force dictionary attack against WPA-PSK.

In 2 lists

Fluxion

Suite of automated social engineering based WPA attacks.

In 3 lists

KRACK Detector

Detect and prevent KRACK attacks in your network.

Kismet

Wireless network detector, sniffer, and IDS.

In 2 lists

PSKracker

Collection of WPA/WPA2/WPS default algorithms, password generators, and PIN generators written in C.

Reaver

Brute force attack against WiFi Protected Setup.

WiFi Pineapple

Wireless auditing and penetration testing platform.

WiFi-Pumpkin3

Framework for rogue Wi-Fi access point attack.

Wifite

Automated wireless attack tool.

In 2 lists

infernal-twin

Automated wireless hacking tool.

krackattacks-scripts

WPA2 Krack attack scripts.

In 4 lists

pwnagotchi

Deep reinforcement learning based AI that learns from the Wi-Fi environment and instruments BetterCAP in order to maximize the WPA key material captured.

In 3 lists

wifi-arsenal

Resources for Wi-Fi Pentesting.

Network Vulnerability Scanners

celerystalk

Asynchronous enumeration and vulnerability scanner that "runs all the tools on all the hosts" in a configurable manner.

kube-hunter

Open-source tool that runs a set of tests ("hunters") for security issues in Kubernetes clusters from either outside ("attacker's view") or inside a cluster.

In 2 lists

Nessus

Commercial vulnerability management, configuration, and compliance assessment platform, sold by Tenable.

Netsparker Application Security Scanner

Application security scanner to automatically find security flaws.

Nexpose

Commercial vulnerability and risk management assessment engine that integrates with Metasploit, sold by Rapid7.

OpenVAS

Free software implementation of the popular Nessus vulnerability assessment system.

In 2 lists

Vuls

Agentless vulnerability scanner for GNU/Linux and FreeBSD, written in Go.

In 4 lists

Network Vulnerability Scanners >Web Vulnerability Scanners

ACSTIS

Automated client-side template injection (sandbox escape/bypass) detection for AngularJS.

In 2 lists

Arachni

Scriptable framework for evaluating the security of web applications.

JCS

Joomla Vulnerability Component Scanner with automatic database updater from exploitdb and packetstorm.

In 2 lists

Nikto

Noisy but fast black box web server and web application vulnerability scanner.

In 4 listsDetails

SQLmate

Friend of sqlmap that identifies SQLi vulnerabilities based on a given dork and (optional) website.

SecApps

In-browser web application security testing suite.

WPScan

Black box WordPress vulnerability scanner.

Wapiti

Black box web application vulnerability scanner with built-in fuzzer.

WebReaver

Commercial, graphical web application vulnerability scanner designed for macOS.

cms-explorer

Reveal the specific modules, plugins, components and themes that various websites powered by content management systems are running.

joomscan

Joomla vulnerability scanner.

skipfish

Performant and adaptable active web application security reconnaissance tool.

w3af

Web application attack and audit framework.

In 3 lists

WAFtester

WAF security testing CLI that fingerprints 197+ WAF vendors, benchmarks rule coverage with quantitative scoring, and automates bypass discovery with 70+ evasion techniques.

In 2 lists

nuclei

Fast and customizable vulnerability scanner based on simple YAML based DSL.

In 8 listsDetails

Lonkero

Enterprise-grade web vulnerability scanner with 60+ attack modules, built in Rust for penetration testing and security assessments.

In 4 listsDetails

jiraffe

Security reconnaissance and vulnerability scanner for Atlassian Jira, focused on misconfigurations, unauthenticated access and CVE validation.

Dalfox

Fast parameter analysis and XSS scanner.

In 3 lists

Ghauri

Advanced SQL injection detection and exploitation tool.

In 2 lists

Online Resources >Online Operating Systems Resources

DistroWatch.com's Security Category

Website dedicated to talking about, reviewing, and keeping up to date with open source operating systems.

Online Resources >Online Penetration Testing Resources

MITRE's Adversarial Tactics, Techniques & Common Knowledge (ATT&CK)

Curated knowledge base and model for cyber adversary behavior.

In 4 listsDetails

Metasploit Unleashed

Free Offensive Security Metasploit course.

In 4 lists

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)

Worldwide not-for-profit charitable organization focused on improving the security of especially Web-based and Application-layer software.

In 4 lists

PENTEST-WIKI

Free online security knowledge library for pentesters and researchers.

In 2 lists

Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES)

Documentation designed to provide a common language and scope for performing and reporting the results of a penetration test.

Penetration Testing Framework (PTF)

Outline for performing penetration tests compiled as a general framework usable by vulnerability analysts and penetration testers alike.

Client XSS Introduction

Comprehensive introduction to client-side cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

In 2 lists

Online Resources >Other Lists Online

.NET Programming

Software framework for Microsoft Windows platform development.

In 5 listsDetails

Infosec/hacking videos recorded by cooper

Collection of security conferences recorded by Cooper.

Android Exploits

Guide on Android Exploitation and Hacks.

In 2 lists

Android Security

Collection of Android security related resources.

In 5 listsDetails

AppSec

Resources for learning about application security.

In 5 listsDetails

Awesome Awesomeness

The List of the Lists.

In 7 listsDetails

Awesome Malware

Curated collection of awesome malware, botnets, and other post-exploitation tools.

Awesome Shodan Queries

Awesome list of useful, funny, and depressing search queries for Shodan.

Awesome Censys Queries

A collection of fascinating and bizarre Censys Search Queries.

AWS Tool Arsenal

List of tools for testing and securing AWS environments.

In 4 lists

Blue Team

Awesome resources, tools, and other shiny things for cybersecurity blue teams.

In 2 listsDetails

C/C++ Programming

One of the main language for open source security tools.

In 8 listsDetails

CTFs

Capture The Flag frameworks, libraries, etc.

In 5 listsDetails

Forensics

Free (mostly open source) forensic analysis tools and resources.

In 5 listsDetails

Hacking

Tutorials, tools, and resources.

In 4 listsDetails

Honeypots

Honeypots, tools, components, and more.

In 5 listsDetails

InfoSec § Hacking challenges

Comprehensive directory of CTFs, wargames, hacking challenge websites, pentest practice lab exercises, and more.

Infosec

Information security resources for pentesting, forensics, and more.

In 4 listsDetails

JavaScript Programming

In-browser development and scripting.

In 5 listsDetails

Kali Linux Tools

List of tools present in Kali Linux.

Node.js Programming by @sindresorhus

Curated list of delightful Node.js packages and resources.

In 5 listsDetails

Pentest Cheat Sheets

Awesome Pentest Cheat Sheets.

Python Programming by @svaksha

General Python programming.

In 2 lists

Python Programming by @vinta

General Python programming.

In 15 listsDetails

Python tools for penetration testers

Lots of pentesting tools are written in Python.

Rawsec's CyberSecurity Inventory

An open-source inventory of tools, resources, CTF platforms and Operating Systems about CyberSecurity. (Source)

In 4 lists

Red Teaming

List of Awesome Red Teaming Resources.

In 2 lists

Ruby Programming by @Sdogruyol

The de-facto language for writing exploits.

In 2 lists

Ruby Programming by @dreikanter

The de-facto language for writing exploits.

In 4 listsDetails

Ruby Programming by @markets

The de-facto language for writing exploits.

In 7 listsDetails

SecLists

Collection of multiple types of lists used during security assessments.

In 14 listsDetails

SecTools

Top 125 Network Security Tools.

In 2 lists

Security Talks

Curated list of security conferences.

In 6 listsDetails

Security

Software, libraries, documents, and other resources.

In 8 listsDetails

Serverless Security

Curated list of awesome serverless security resources such as (e)books, articles, whitepapers, blogs and research papers.

In 2 lists

Shell Scripting

Command line frameworks, toolkits, guides and gizmos.

In 11 listsDetails

YARA

YARA rules, tools, and people.

In 2 lists

Awesome ElectronJS Hacking

A curated list of awesome resources about Electron.js (in)security

In 2 lists

Online Resources >Penetration Testing Report Templates

Public Pentesting Reports

Curated list of public penetration test reports released by several consulting firms and academic security groups.

In 3 lists

Pentest reports

Information hub with list of public penetration test reports, companies, tools and vulnerabilities all in one place.

T&VS Pentesting Report Template

Pentest report template provided by Test and Verification Services, Ltd.

Web Application Security Assessment Report Template

Sample Web application security assessment reporting template provided by Lucideus.

Open Sources Intelligence (OSINT)

DataSploit

OSINT visualizer utilizing Shodan, Censys, Clearbit, EmailHunter, FullContact, and Zoomeye behind the scenes.

In 2 lists

Depix

Tool for recovering passwords from pixelized screenshots (by de-pixelating text).

In 2 lists

GyoiThon

GyoiThon is an Intelligence Gathering tool using Machine Learning.

In 2 lists

Intrigue

Automated OSINT & Attack Surface discovery framework with powerful API, UI and CLI.

Maltego

Proprietary software for open sources intelligence and forensics.

PacketTotal

Simple, free, high-quality packet capture file analysis facilitating the quick detection of network-borne malware (using Zeek and Suricata IDS signatures under the hood).

In 2 lists

Skiptracer

OSINT scraping framework that utilizes basic Python webscraping (BeautifulSoup) of PII paywall sites to compile passive information on a target on a ramen noodle budget.

Sn1per

Automated Pentest Recon Scanner.

In 3 lists

Spiderfoot

Multi-source OSINT automation tool with a Web UI and report visualizations.

In 2 lists

creepy

Geolocation OSINT tool.

In 2 lists

gOSINT

OSINT tool with multiple modules and a telegram scraper.

In 3 lists

image-match

Quickly search over billions of images.

recon-ng

Full-featured Web Reconnaissance framework written in Python.

In 6 listsDetails

sn0int

Semi-automatic OSINT framework and package manager.

In 4 listsDetails

Keyscope

An extensible key and secret validation for auditing active secrets against multiple SaaS vendors.

In 4 lists

Facebook Friend List Scraper

Tool to scrape names and usernames from large friend lists on Facebook, without being rate limited.

In 4 listsDetails

wayparam

Tools designed to discover hidden or undocumented parameters and endpoints by generating or normalizing request inputs, often used to identify input handling issues and unexpected application behavior.

In 2 lists

Open Sources Intelligence (OSINT) >Data Broker and Search Engine Services

Hunter.io

Data broker providing a Web search interface for discovering the email addresses and other organizational details of a company.

In 8 listsDetails

Leaker

Passive leak enumeration CLI tool that searches across 10 breach databases simultaneously.

In 3 lists

Threat Crowd

Search engine for threats.

In 4 listsDetails

Virus Total

Free service that analyzes suspicious files and URLs and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware.

In 13 listsDetails

surfraw

Fast UNIX command line interface to a variety of popular WWW search engines.

Open Sources Intelligence (OSINT) >Dorking tools

BinGoo

GNU/Linux bash based Bing and Google Dorking Tool.

In 2 lists

dorkbot

Command-line tool to scan Google (or other) search results for vulnerabilities.

github-dorks

CLI tool to scan GitHub repos/organizations for potential sensitive information leaks.

In 3 lists

GooDork

Command line Google dorking tool.

In 2 lists

Google Hacking Database

Database of Google dorks; can be used for recon.

In 6 listsDetails

dork-cli

Command line Google dork tool.

In 2 lists

dorks

Google hack database automation tool.

fast-recon

Perform Google dorks against a domain.

pagodo

Automate Google Hacking Database scraping.

In 2 lists

snitch

Information gathering via dorks.

In 3 lists

Open Sources Intelligence (OSINT) >Email search and analysis tools

SimplyEmail

Email recon made fast and easy.

WhatBreach

Search email addresses and discover all known breaches that this email has been seen in, and download the breached database if it is publicly available.

In 4 listsDetails

Open Sources Intelligence (OSINT) >Metadata harvesting and analysis

FOCA (Fingerprinting Organizations with Collected Archives)

Automated document harvester that searches Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo to find and extrapolate internal company organizational structures.

metagoofil

Metadata harvester.

In 4 listsDetails

theHarvester

E-mail, subdomain and people names harvester.

In 6 listsDetails

Open Sources Intelligence (OSINT) >Network device discovery tools

Censys

Collects data on hosts and websites through daily ZMap and ZGrab scans.

In 7 listsDetails

Shodan

World's first search engine for Internet-connected devices.

In 12 listsDetails

ZoomEye

Search engine for cyberspace that lets the user find specific network components.

In 7 listsDetails

Open Sources Intelligence (OSINT) >OSINT Online Resources

CertGraph

Crawls a domain's SSL/TLS certificates for its certificate alternative names.

In 2 lists

GhostProject

Searchable database of billions of cleartext passwords, partially visible for free.

NetBootcamp OSINT Tools

Collection of OSINT links and custom Web interfaces to other services.

In 2 lists

OSINT Framework

Collection of various OSINT tools broken out by category.

In 2 lists

WiGLE.net

Information about wireless networks world-wide, with user-friendly desktop and web applications.

In 5 listsDetails

certgrep

A fast Certificate Transparency Log regex domain lookup tool

In 3 lists

Open Sources Intelligence (OSINT) >Source code repository searching tools

vcsmap

Plugin-based tool to scan public version control systems for sensitive information.

In 2 lists

Yar

Clone git repositories to search through the whole commit history in order of commit time for secrets, tokens, or passwords.

Open Sources Intelligence (OSINT) >Web application and resource analysis tools

BlindElephant

Web application fingerprinter.

EyeWitness

Tool to take screenshots of websites, provide some server header info, and identify default credentials if possible.

In 2 lists

GraphQL Voyager

Represent any GraphQL API as an interactive graph, letting you explore data models from any Web site with a GraphQL query endpoint.

VHostScan

Virtual host scanner that performs reverse lookups, can be used with pivot tools, detect catch-all scenarios, aliases and dynamic default pages.

In 3 lists

Wappalyzer

Wappalyzer uncovers the technologies used on websites.

In 4 listsDetails

WhatWaf

Detect and bypass web application firewalls and protection systems.

WhatWeb

Website fingerprinter.

In 4 listsDetails

wafw00f

Identifies and fingerprints Web Application Firewall (WAF) products.

In 4 listsDetails

webscreenshot

Simple script to take screenshots of websites from a list of sites.

Operating System Distributions

Android Tamer

Distribution built for Android security professionals that includes tools required for Android security testing.

In 4 listsDetails

ArchStrike

Arch GNU/Linux repository for security professionals and enthusiasts.

In 3 lists

AttifyOS

GNU/Linux distribution focused on tools useful during Internet of Things (IoT) security assessments.

In 3 lists

BlackArch

Arch GNU/Linux-based distribution for penetration testers and security researchers.

In 5 listsDetails

Buscador

GNU/Linux virtual machine that is pre-configured for online investigators.

In 2 lists

Kali

Rolling Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution designed for penetration testing and digital forensics.

In 7 listsDetails

Network Security Toolkit (NST)

Fedora-based GNU/Linux bootable live Operating System designed to provide easy access to best-of-breed open source network security applications.

Parrot

Distribution similar to Kali, with support for multiple hardware architectures.

NullSec Linux

Debian-based security distribution with 135+ tools including specialized editions for cloud, AI/ML, hardware, automotive, and mobile security testing.

In 4 listsDetails

PentestBox

Open source pre-configured portable penetration testing environment for the Windows Operating System.

The Pentesters Framework

Distro organized around the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES), providing a curated collection of utilities that omits less frequently used utilities.

In 2 lists

Periodicals

2600: The Hacker Quarterly

American publication about technology and computer "underground" culture.

Phrack Magazine

By far the longest running hacker zine.

Physical Access Tools

AT Commands

Use AT commands over an Android device's USB port to rewrite device firmware, bypass security mechanisms, exfiltrate sensitive information, perform screen unlocks, and inject touch events.

Hak5

Commercial pentest hardware shop for USB attack platforms and network implants, including the USB Rubber Ducky, Bash Bunny, Key Croc, Packet Squirrel, and LAN Turtle.

PCILeech

Uses PCIe hardware devices to read and write from the target system memory via Direct Memory Access (DMA) over PCIe.

In 4 listsDetails

Poisontap

Siphons cookies, exposes internal (LAN-side) router and installs web backdoor on locked computers.

Proxmark3

RFID/NFC cloning, replay, and spoofing toolkit often used for analyzing and attacking proximity cards/readers, wireless keys/keyfobs, and more.

Thunderclap

Open source I/O security research platform for auditing physical DMA-enabled hardware peripheral ports.

Privilege Escalation Tools

Active Directory and Privilege Escalation (ADAPE)

Umbrella script that automates numerous useful PowerShell modules to discover security misconfigurations and attempt privilege escalation against Active Directory.

In 2 lists

GTFOBins

Curated list of Unix binaries that can be used to bypass local security restrictions in misconfigured systems.

In 4 listsDetails

LOLBAS (Living Off The Land Binaries and Scripts)

Documents binaries, scripts, and libraries that can be used for "Living Off The Land" techniques, i.e., binaries that can be used by an attacker to perform actions beyond their original purpose.

In 3 lists

LinEnum

Scripted local Linux enumeration and privilege escalation checker useful for auditing a host and during CTF gaming.

In 3 lists

Postenum

Shell script used for enumerating possible privilege escalation opportunities on a local GNU/Linux system.

unix-privesc-check

Shell script to check for simple privilege escalation vectors on UNIX systems.

In 2 lists

mcafee-xpass

Decrypts encrypted administrator passwords from McAfee Sitelist.xml files using known XOR + 3DES logic. Useful for Red Team privilege escalation and forensic recovery.

pspy

Unprivileged Linux process sniffer that monitors commands and cron jobs as they execute via procfs scans and inotify.

In 3 lists

Privilege Escalation Tools >Password Spraying Tools

DomainPasswordSpray

Tool written in PowerShell to perform a password spray attack against users of a domain.

SprayingToolkit

Scripts to make password spraying attacks against Lync/S4B, Outlook Web Access (OWA) and Office 365 (O365) a lot quicker, less painful and more efficient.

Reverse Engineering >Reverse Engineering Books

Gray Hat Hacking The Ethical Hacker's Handbook by Daniel Regalado et al., 2015

Hacking the Xbox by Andrew Huang, 2003

Practical Reverse Engineering by Bruce Dang et al., 2014

Reverse Engineering for Beginners by Dennis Yurichev

In 2 lists

The IDA Pro Book by Chris Eagle, 2011

Reverse Engineering >Reverse Engineering Tools

angr

Platform-agnostic binary analysis framework.

Capstone

Lightweight multi-platform, multi-architecture disassembly framework.

Detect It Easy(DiE)

Program for determining types of files for Windows, Linux and MacOS.

In 3 lists

Evan's Debugger

OllyDbg-like debugger for GNU/Linux.

In 3 lists

Frida

Dynamic instrumentation toolkit for developers, reverse-engineers, and security researchers.

In 3 lists

Fridax

Read variables and intercept/hook functions in Xamarin/Mono JIT and AOT compiled iOS/Android applications.

Ghidra

Suite of free software reverse engineering tools developed by NSA's Research Directorate originally exposed in WikiLeaks's "Vault 7" publication and now maintained as open source software.

In 5 listsDetails

Immunity Debugger

Powerful way to write exploits and analyze malware.

Interactive Disassembler (IDA Pro)

Proprietary multi-processor disassembler and debugger for Windows, GNU/Linux, or macOS; also has a free version, IDA Free.

In 4 lists

Medusa

Open source, cross-platform interactive disassembler.

OllyDbg

x86 debugger for Windows binaries that emphasizes binary code analysis.

In 5 listsDetails

PyREBox

Python scriptable Reverse Engineering sandbox by Cisco-Talos.

In 2 lists

Radare2

Open source, crossplatform reverse engineering framework.

UEFITool

UEFI firmware image viewer and editor.

In 2 lists

Voltron

Extensible debugger UI toolkit written in Python.

In 2 lists

WDK/WinDbg

Windows Driver Kit and WinDbg.

In 2 lists

binwalk

Fast, easy to use tool for analyzing, reverse engineering, and extracting firmware images.

In 3 lists

boxxy

Linkable sandbox explorer.

dnSpy

Tool to reverse engineer .NET assemblies.

In 3 lists

plasma

Interactive disassembler for x86/ARM/MIPS. Generates indented pseudo-code with colored syntax code.

In 3 lists

pwndbg

GDB plug-in that eases debugging with GDB, with a focus on features needed by low-level software developers, hardware hackers, reverse-engineers, and exploit developers.

In 3 lists

rVMI

Debugger on steroids; inspect userspace processes, kernel drivers, and preboot environments in a single tool.

x64dbg

Open source x64/x32 debugger for windows.

Cutter

Free and open source reverse engineering platform powered by Rizin.

In 3 lists

rizin

Free and open-source Reverse Engineering framework, fork of radare2.

ImHex

Feature-rich hex editor for reverse engineers and programmers.

In 4 listsDetails

Brida

Burp Suite extension that, working as a bridge between Burp and Frida, lets you use and manipulate applications' own methods while tampering the traffic exchanged between the applications and their back-end services.

In 3 lists

Security Education Courses

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 Environments'.

European Union Agency for Network and Information Security

ENISA Cyber Security Training material.

Offensive Security Training

Training from BackTrack/Kali developers.

In 2 lists

Open Security Training

Training material for computer security classes.

Roppers Academy Training

Free courses on computing and security fundamentals designed to train a beginner to crush their first CTF.

SANS Security Training

Computer Security Training & Certification.

Shellcoding Guides and Tutorials

Exploit Writing Tutorials

Tutorials on how to develop exploits.

In 4 lists

Shellcode Examples

Shellcodes database.

In 2 lists

Shellcode Tutorial

Tutorial on how to write shellcode.

The Shellcoder's Handbook by Chris Anley et al., 2007

Side-channel Tools

ChipWhisperer

Complete open-source toolchain for side-channel power analysis and glitching attacks.

SGX-Step

Open-source framework to facilitate side-channel attack research on Intel x86 processors in general and Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions) platforms in particular.

TRRespass

Many-sided rowhammer tool suite able to reverse engineer the contents of DDR3 and DDR4 memory chips protected by Target Row Refresh mitigations.

Social Engineering >Social Engineering Books

Ghost in the Wires by Kevin D. Mitnick & William L. Simon, 2011

No Tech Hacking by Johnny Long & Jack Wiles, 2008

Social Engineering in IT Security: Tools, Tactics, and Techniques by Sharon Conheady, 2014

The Art of Deception by Kevin D. Mitnick & William L. Simon, 2002

The Art of Intrusion by Kevin D. Mitnick & William L. Simon, 2005

Unmasking the Social Engineer: The Human Element of Security by Christopher Hadnagy, 2014

Social Engineering >Social Engineering Online Resources

Social Engineering Framework

Information resource for social engineers.

Social Engineering >Social Engineering Tools

Catphish

Tool for phishing and corporate espionage written in Ruby.

In 2 lists

Evilginx2

Standalone Machine-in-the-Middle (MitM) reverse proxy attack framework for setting up phishing pages capable of defeating most forms of 2FA security schemes.

In 6 listsDetails

FiercePhish

Full-fledged phishing framework to manage all phishing engagements.

GitPhish

GitHub Device Code phishing security assessment tool with dynamic device-code generation and automated landing page deployment.

Gophish

Open-source phishing framework.

In 5 listsDetails

King Phisher

Phishing campaign toolkit used for creating and managing multiple simultaneous phishing attacks with custom email and server content.

In 4 lists

Modlishka

Flexible and powerful reverse proxy with real-time two-factor authentication.

In 3 lists

ReelPhish

Real-time two-factor phishing tool.

Social Engineer Toolkit (SET)

Open source pentesting framework designed for social engineering featuring a number of custom attack vectors to make believable attacks quickly.

In 5 listsDetails

SocialFish

Social media phishing framework that can run on an Android phone or in a Docker container.

In 3 lists

phishery

TLS/SSL enabled Basic Auth credential harvester.

wifiphisher

Automated phishing attacks against WiFi networks.

In 3 lists

Static Analyzers

Brakeman

Static analysis security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications.

In 6 listsDetails

FindBugs

Free software static analyzer to look for bugs in Java code.

In 3 lists

Progpilot

Static security analysis tool for PHP code.

In 3 lists

RegEx-DoS

Analyzes source code for Regular Expressions susceptible to Denial of Service attacks.

bandit

Security oriented static analyser for Python code.

cppcheck

Extensible C/C++ static analyzer focused on finding bugs.

In 3 lists

sobelow

Security-focused static analysis for the Phoenix Framework.

In 2 lists

cwe_checker

Suite of tools built atop the Binary Analysis Platform (BAP) to heuristically detect CWEs in compiled binaries and firmware.

In 5 listsDetails

Agentic Radar

Open-source CLI security scanner for agentic AI workflows.

In 6 listsDetails

Steganography Tools

Cloakify

Textual steganography toolkit that converts any filetype into lists of everyday strings.

In 2 lists

StegOnline

Web-based, enhanced, and open-source port of StegSolve.

StegCracker

Steganography brute-force utility to uncover hidden data inside files.

In 2 lists

Vulnerability Databases

Bugtraq (BID)

Software security bug identification database compiled from submissions to the SecurityFocus mailing list and other sources, operated by Symantec, Inc.

CISA Known Vulnerabilities Database (KEV)

Vulnerabilities in various systems already known to America's cyber defense agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, to be actively exploited.

CXSecurity

Archive of published CVE and Bugtraq software vulnerabilities cross-referenced with a Google dork database for discovering the listed vulnerability.

China National Vulnerability Database (CNNVD)

Chinese government-run vulnerability database analoguous to the United States's CVE database hosted by Mitre Corporation.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

Dictionary of common names (i.e., CVE Identifiers) for publicly known security vulnerabilities.

In 3 lists

Exploit-DB

Non-profit project hosting exploits for software vulnerabilities, provided as a public service by Offensive Security.

In 8 listsDetails

Full-Disclosure

Public, vendor-neutral forum for detailed discussion of vulnerabilities, often publishes details before many other sources.

GitHub Advisories

Public vulnerability advisories published by or affecting codebases hosted by GitHub, including open source projects.

In 2 lists

HPI-VDB

Aggregator of cross-referenced software vulnerabilities offering free-of-charge API access, provided by the Hasso-Plattner Institute, Potsdam.

Inj3ct0r

Exploit marketplace and vulnerability information aggregator. (Onion service.)

Microsoft Security Advisories and Bulletins

Archive and announcements of security advisories impacting Microsoft software, published by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories

Archive of security advisories impacting Mozilla software, including the Firefox Web Browser.

National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

United States government's National Vulnerability Database provides additional meta-data (CPE, CVSS scoring) of the standard CVE List along with a fine-grained search engine.

Open Source Vulnerabilities (OSV)

Database of vulnerabilities affecting open source software, queryable by project, Git commit, or version.

In 3 lists

Packet Storm

Compendium of exploits, advisories, tools, and other security-related resources aggregated from across the industry.

SecuriTeam

Independent source of software vulnerability information.

In 2 lists

Snyk Vulnerability DB

Detailed information and remediation guidance for vulnerabilities known by Snyk.

US-CERT Vulnerability Notes Database

Summaries, technical details, remediation information, and lists of vendors affected by software vulnerabilities, aggregated by the United States Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT).

VulDB

Independent vulnerability database with user community, exploit details, and additional meta data (e.g. CPE, CVSS, CWE)

In 2 lists

Vulnerability Lab

Open forum for security advisories organized by category of exploit target.

In 2 lists

Vulners

Security database of software vulnerabilities.

In 2 lists

Vulmon

Vulnerability search engine with vulnerability intelligence features that conducts full text searches in its database.

In 3 lists

Zero Day Initiative

Bug bounty program with publicly accessible archive of published security advisories, operated by TippingPoint.

In 2 lists

Web Exploitation

FuzzDB

Dictionary of attack patterns and primitives for black-box application fault injection and resource discovery.

In 6 listsDetails

Offensive Web Testing Framework (OWTF)

Python-based framework for pentesting Web applications based on the OWASP Testing Guide.

Raccoon

High performance offensive security tool for reconnaissance and vulnerability scanning.

In 4 listsDetails

WPSploit

Exploit WordPress-powered websites with Metasploit.

autochrome

Chrome browser profile preconfigured with appropriate settings needed for web application testing.

authoscope

Scriptable network authentication cracker.

In 2 lists

gobuster

Lean multipurpose brute force search/fuzzing tool for Web (and DNS) reconnaissance.

In 7 listsDetails

sslstrip2

SSLStrip version to defeat HSTS.

sslstrip

Demonstration of the HTTPS stripping attacks.

Web Exploitation >Intercepting Web proxies

Burp Suite

Integrated platform for performing security testing of web applications.

In 7 listsDetails

Fiddler

Free cross-platform web debugging proxy with user-friendly companion tools.

In 4 listsDetails

OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP)

Feature-rich, scriptable HTTP intercepting proxy and fuzzer for penetration testing web applications.

In 4 listsDetails

mitmproxy

Interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.

In 10 listsDetails

Web Exploitation >Web file inclusion tools

Kadimus

LFI scan and exploit tool.

LFISuite

Automatic LFI scanner and exploiter.

In 3 lists

fimap

Find, prepare, audit, exploit and even Google automatically for LFI/RFI bugs.

liffy

LFI exploitation tool.

Web Exploitation >Web injection tools

Commix

Automated all-in-one operating system command injection and exploitation tool.

In 7 listsDetails

NoSQLmap

Automatic NoSQL injection and database takeover tool.

In 4 listsDetails

SQLmap

Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool.

In 3 lists

tplmap

Automatic server-side template injection and Web server takeover tool.

In 3 lists

Web Exploitation >Web path discovery and bruteforcing tools

DotDotPwn

Directory traversal fuzzer.

dirsearch

Web path scanner.

In 4 listsDetails

recursebuster

Content discovery tool to perform directory and file bruteforcing.

In 3 lists

Web Exploitation >Web shells and C2 frameworks

Browser Exploitation Framework (BeEF)

Command and control server for delivering exploits to commandeered Web browsers.

In 4 listsDetails

DAws

Advanced Web shell.

Merlin

Cross-platform post-exploitation HTTP/2 Command and Control server and agent written in Golang.

In 4 lists

PhpSploit

Full-featured C2 framework which silently persists on webserver via evil PHP oneliner.

In 4 listsDetails

Reverse Shell as a Service

Easy to remember reverse shell that should work on most Unix-like systems.

In 2 lists

SharPyShell

Tiny and obfuscated ASP.NET webshell for C# web applications.

weevely3

Weaponized PHP-based web shell.

In 3 lists

Web Exploitation >Web-accessible source code ripping tools

DVCS Ripper

Rip web accessible (distributed) version control systems: SVN/GIT/HG/BZR.

In 4 listsDetails

GitTools

Automatically find and download Web-accessible .git repositories.

In 2 lists

git-dumper

Tool to dump a git repository from a website.

In 3 lists

git-scanner

Tool for bug hunting or pentesting websites that have open .git repositories available in public.

In 2 lists

Web Exploitation >Web Exploitation Books

The Browser Hacker's Handbook by Wade Alcorn et al., 2014

The Web Application Hacker's Handbook by D. Stuttard, M. Pinto, 2011

Windows Utilities

Bloodhound

Graphical Active Directory trust relationship explorer.

Commando VM

Automated installation of over 140 Windows software packages for penetration testing and red teaming.

Covenant

ASP.NET Core application that serves as a collaborative command and control platform for red teamers.

In 3 lists

ctftool

Interactive Collaborative Translation Framework (CTF) exploration tool capable of launching cross-session edit session attacks.

In 4 listsDetails

DeathStar

Python script that uses Empire's RESTful API to automate gaining Domain Admin rights in Active Directory environments.

Empire

Post-exploitation and adversary emulation framework with PowerShell, Python, and C# agents.

Fibratus

Tool for exploration and tracing of the Windows kernel.

In 8 listsDetails

Inveigh

Windows PowerShell ADIDNS/LLMNR/mDNS/NBNS spoofer/machine-in-the-middle tool.

In 2 lists

LaZagne

Credentials recovery project.

In 4 listsDetails

MailSniper

Modular tool for searching through email in a Microsoft Exchange environment, gathering the Global Address List from Outlook Web Access (OWA) and Exchange Web Services (EWS), and more.

PowerSploit

PowerShell Post-Exploitation Framework.

In 7 listsDetails

RID_ENUM

Python script that can enumerate all users from a Windows Domain Controller and crack those user's passwords using brute-force.

In 2 lists

Responder

Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR), NBT-NS, and mDNS poisoner.

In 2 lists

Rubeus

Toolset for raw Kerberos interaction and abuses.

In 2 lists

Ruler

Abuses client-side Outlook features to gain a remote shell on a Microsoft Exchange server.

In 3 lists

SCOMDecrypt

Retrieve and decrypt RunAs credentials stored within Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) databases.

Sysinternals Suite

The Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities.

Windows Credentials Editor

Inspect logon sessions and add, change, list, and delete associated credentials, including Kerberos tickets.

Windows Exploit Suggester

Detects potential missing patches on the target.

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mimikatz

Credentials extraction tool for Windows operating system.

redsnarf

Post-exploitation tool for retrieving password hashes and credentials from Windows workstations, servers, and domain controllers.

wePWNise

Generates architecture independent VBA code to be used in Office documents or templates and automates bypassing application control and exploit mitigation software.

WinPwn

Internal penetration test script to perform local and domain reconnaissance, privilege escalation and exploitation.

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