Awesome Resources For Learning Hacking & Pentesting

Basically What I’m sharing here is a Collection of some best resources about Penetration Testing & Reverse Engineering That I want to Share with you all.., Along with Some Blogs Links, & YouTube Channels :)

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Books

1. The Hacker Playbook 2: Practical Guide To Penetration Testing
2. The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing, Second Edition: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy
3. Breaking into Information Security: Learning the Ropes 101
4. Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking
5. Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking
6. Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition
7. Web Hacking 101
8. OWASP Testing Guide (A must read for web application developers and penetration testers)

Learning Platforms

Online

• Hack The Box :: Penetration Testing Labs

• OWASP Vulnerable Web Applications Directory Project (Online) - List of online available vulnerable applications for learning purposes

• Pentestit labs - Hands-on Pentesting Labs (OSCP style)

• Root-me.org - Hundreds of challenges are available to train yourself in different and not simulated environments

• Vulnhub.com - Vulnerable By Design VMs for practical 'hands-on' experience in digital security

• Infosecinstitute.com

• PentesterLab.com

• Complete Penetration Testing Tutorials by OWASP

• Silesia Security Lab

• Rafay Hacking Articles, a great blog

• Troyhunt

Off-Line

• Damn Vulnerable Xebia Training Environment - Docker Container including several vurnerable web applications (DVWA,DVWServices, DVWSockets, WebGoat, Juiceshop, Railsgoat, django.NV, Buggy Bank, Mutilidae II and more)
• OWASP Vulnerable Web Applications Directory Project (Offline) - List of offline available vulnerable applications for learning purposes

Vulnerable Machines/Websites

1. FiringRange

Courses

1. Computer Systems Security, MIT

For those who want to do CEH, the following links are for you. 2. CBT Nuggets CEH Training 3. CEH Books

Workshops/Playlists

1. Web Hacking
2. Ethical Hacking, A Comprehensive Playlist covering almost everything

Security Talks and Conferences

1. InfoCon - Hacking Conference Archive
2. Curated list of Security Talks and Videos
3. Blackhat
4. Defcon
5. Security Tube
6. Kevin Mitnick: Live Hack at CeBIT
7. Ghost in the Cloud, Kevin Mitnick
8. Kevin Mitnick | Talks at Google
9. Complete Free Hacking Course: Go from Beginner to Expert Hacker Today

YouTube Channels

Now let’s get Towards YouTube Channel Links... These Channels are Shared By Hackers where They Upload their Video POCs.. Watching them u can actually understand how to demonstrate these type of attacks...

1. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPPAYs04kwfXcHnerm_ueFw
2. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ6q9Ie29ajGqKApbLqfBOg
3. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRFG_j0cgLWtJOG6fl_-rxQ
4. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTK8lk8oLLaA330rqd0qgA
5. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwfYw-C2xqemqrXq0IKF_Mg
6. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC59IHQcCmgNw4GIvsXeLnDQ
7. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_jNs1biBixcQeSUoJxvNLw
8. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV89UhUtxqwP0j4o9tMipsA
9. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsgzmECky2Q9lQMWzDwMhYw
10. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaftcKRiJJW0AJHmR1E5MAQ
11. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPxJLZCoIRJHs1VebWeaByA
12. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4QJ7X4nnkAYXsnFQpdytcA
13. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo1NHk_bgbAbDBc4JinrXww
14. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs2NmJGRecw_huNzvQNf2_A
15. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS0y5e-AMsZO8GEFtKBAzkA
16. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOQtLXVJduZ4-YUFOi5EzIA
17. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh5MTJLt3LYr_rkwcOQJNWg
18. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCou-7r8Mk4oQcBmazxp5uwg
19. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbq5fgcqUz-PlMs3RCOUrXw
20. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC286ntgASMskhPIJQebJVvA

Any Channel Link Missing? Kindly add it in Comments

NOTE:

All references taken from Internet and shared on internet xD Thanks to those who shared their opinion before that helped me learn 😉 if you have any questions, please ask in the comments. If you know about any good resource for beginners, please share it.

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