TCtcmb·Aug 18, 2023Submission
4 points · Open discussionenaqx
awesome-pentest
Learning & Reference2015–2023
enaqx / awesome-pentest
awesome-pentest
A collection of awesome penetration testing resources and tools
6Distinct people
6Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
27.7KGitHub stars
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What it is
A collection of awesome penetration testing resources and tools
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HN mentions by year6 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2015-09-24 03:07:32 UTC to 2023-08-18 19:08:30 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
6 sourcesBest to replace the term 'cracker' with security research, penetration testing, network security and there will be results. Also go broader than 'guy'. There's training programs, newsletters, books, certification, conferences. It's an industry of its own.
Ask HN: How do security researchers know where to look for vulnerabilites? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17176711
Ask HN: How did you get started in Network Security/Penetration Testing? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15152957
https://github.com/enaqx/awesome-pentest
In Ask HN: How do real crackers learn?Here are a few resources:
https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/ General news about netsec
https://github.com/enaqx/awesome-pentest List of tools and resources
https://github.com/wtsxDev/Penetration-Testing Another list of tools and resources
https://www.hackthebox.eu/ Hands on hacking (OSCP style) but free, unless you want to pay for a VIP version and get access to even more machines.
https://www.vulnhub.com/ Individual VMs you can hack into, most of them providing walkthroughs.
Web application wise I'd suggest starting with https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Juice_Shop_Project which is a modern version of the "damn vulnerable web app (DVWA)".
These may look quite "massive" for a beginner but I think it's the best way to start. The approach I would suggest would be to go download a VM from vulnhub and read its walkthrough. Then learn to use
Read the rest
the tools in that walkthrough (each machine may use a tool in a different way) until you're confident enough to make an attempt on your own.
Hope this is helpful!
A collection of awesome penetration testing resources, and other shiny things
1 points · Open discussionThere is something similar: https://github.com/enaqx/awesome-pentest.
In List of security linksAwesome Penetration Testing: Collection of awesome penetration testing resources
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