Awesome Cyber Security

A collection of awesome software, libraries, documents, books, resources, and cool stuff about security.

Inspired by Awesome Security and Herman Slatman.

Thanks to all contributors. You're awesome. This wouldn't be possible without you! The goal is to build a categorized, community-driven collection of very well-known resources.

List links and description

• Cert and alerts
• Certification
• Organizations
• Informatives and Blogs
• CTF, Training L3g@l and G@mes
• Non-legal Cyber activism
• IT Hacking list
• OT Hacking list
• Courses and Guides Sites
• OS - Operation Systens
• Tools

CERT and alerts

Link	Description
CERT-EU - Latest News	(Latest News) Computer emergency response Tean for the EU (Europe Union) institutions, bodies, and agencies
CERT-US - ALERTS	(Alerts) US-CERT United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team
ICS-CERT-US - Alerts	An ICS-CERT Alert is intended to provide timely notification to critical infrastructure owners and operators concerning threats or activity with the potential to impact critical infrastructure computing networks.

Certification

Link	Description
CEH - Certified Ethical Hacker	A Certified Ethical Hacker is a skilled professional who understands and knows how to look for weaknesses and vulnerabilities in target systems and uses the same knowledge and tools as a malicious hacker, but in a lawful and legitimate manner to assess the security posture of a target system(s). The CEH credential certifies individuals in the specific network security discipline of Ethical Hacking from a vendor-neutral perspective.
CISSP - CERTIFIED INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROFESSIONAL	The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is an information security certification for security analysts.
CompTIA Security +	CompTIA Security+ is a global certification that validates the baseline skills you need to perform core security functions and pursue an IT security career.
GPEN - GIAC Penetration Tester	The GPEN certification is for security personnel whose job duties involve assessing target networks and systems to find security vulnerabilities. Certification objectives include penetration-testing methodologies, the legal issues surrounding penetration testing and how to properly conduct a penetration test as well as best practice technical and non-technical techniques specific to conduct a penetration test.
PWK - Penetration Testing Training with Kali Linux	Penetration Testing with Kali (PWK) is a self-paced, online course that introduces students to the latest ethical hacking tools and techniques.
PNPT - Practical Network Penetration Tester	PNPT certification is an intermediate-level penetration testing exam experience. Students will have five (5) full days to complete the assessment and an additional two (2) days to write a professional report.
PENT - Professional Penetration Tester	PENT is a zero to hero style instructor-led cybersecurity course to equip students to learn professional penetration testing & vulnerability assessment skills by building lab networks to practice network and application enumeration scanning, exploitation, privilege escalation, and lateral movement skills.
OSCP - Offensive Security Certified Professional	The Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) is the companion certification for our Penetration Testing with Kali Linux training course and is the world’s first completely hands-on offensive information security certification. The OSCP challenges the students to prove they have a clear and practical understanding of the penetration testing process and life-cycle through an arduous twenty-four (24) hour certification exam.

Organizations

Link	Description
CIS Center for Internet Security	CIS® (Center for Internet Security, Inc.) is a forward-thinking, non-profit entity that harnesses the power of a global IT community to safeguard private and public organizations against cyber threats.
CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures	CVE® is a list of entries—each containing an identification number, a description, and at least one public reference—for publicly known cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
No more ransomware	Need Help unlocking your digital life without paying your attackers?
OWASP	Open Web Application Security Project
ZeroDayInitiative	(Alerts) Zero Day Initiative
National Vulnerability Database	U.S. government repository of standards-based vulnerability management data.
MITRE ATT&CK	Globally accessible knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world observations of cybersecurity threats.
Electronic Frontier Foundation	Nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world.

Informatives and blogs

Link	Description
Mandiant Research Blogs	Advesary and threat Research oriented cybersecurity blogs
Elastic Security Labs Blogs	Cybersecurity Research oriented blogs
DarkRelay Security Labs Blogs	Cybersecurity blogs
EffectHacking	Blog
ICS Sans	Sans Industrial Control Systems blog
GBHackers on Security	Security blog
Google Security Blog	Google Security Blog
g0tmi1k Blog	Hacker blog
Hacker Security	Hacker security News and Blog
HelpNetSecurity	Help Net Security
Security Focus	Security Focus
SecurityWeek	Internet and Enterprise Security News, Insights e Analysis
Security art Work	Security art Work
Security Affairs	Copyright 2015 Security Affairs by Pierluigi Paganini All Right Reserved.
The Hacker News	The Hacker News Security in a Serius Way
Virus Guides	Powered by Knowledge
Malwaretech	News about Malware
WeLiveSecurity	News, Views, and insight from the ESET security community
Virtual Dispersive Networking	Virtual Dispersive Networking for Cyber Security Blog
Advisory Week	Security Advisories published by major vendors this week
InfoStealers by Hudson Rock	The all-around Infostealer malware hub with recent news and publications

CTF, Training L3g@l and G@mes

Link	Description
BetterMotherFucking CTF	MotherfuckingCTF inspired platform. But better.
CTF365	CTF Practicing
FBCTF	Facebook Capture the Flag
Hacker Experience	Game of Hacker Experience
Hackflag	Brazilian Hackflag
Hacking-LAB	Hacking-Lab is an online ethical hacking, computer network and security challenge platform, dedicated to finding and educating cyber security talents.
HackTheBox	Pen-testing Labs
Over The Wire	The wargames offered by the OverTheWire community can help you to learn and practice security concepts in the form of fun-filled games.
Open Security Training	OpenSecurityTraining.info is dedicated to sharing training material for computer security classes, on any topic, that are at least one day long.
Pwnable.kr	'pwnable.kr' is a non-commercial wargame site which provides various pwn challenges regarding system exploitation.
Trailofbits Github	CTF Field Guide
Shellter	Social Network focused on information security
CyberPython	Practical cyber security challenges with own research
OSS – OopsSec Store	Self-hosted CTF platform with intentionally vulnerable e-commerce application. Quick setup with npx create-oss-store.

Non-legal Cyber activism

Link	Description
Zone-H	List of sites attacked by unethical Hackers
WikiLeaks	WikiLeaks is a multi-national media organization and associated library.

IT Hacking DB list

Link	Description
Google Hacking Database	Google Hacking Database (GHDB)

AT Hacking list

Link	Description
Shodan	Open ports in A.T
Critifence	Default Password database of A.T

Courses and Guides Sites

Link	Description
Cybrary	Free and Open Source Cyber Security Learning
O Tao do Desenvolvimento Seguro	[PT-BR] Safe Development Guide
Guru99	Website with guides and a Free Ethical Hacking Course
PortSwigger Labs	Free learning resources focused on web and API security only
DarkRelay Security Labs	Free & paid cybersecurity trainings with certifications
LabEx	Free & paid cybersecurity hands-on labs

OS - Operation Systens

Link	Description
BackBoxLinux	BackBox Linux is a penetration testing and security assessment-oriented Linux distro.
BlackArchLinux	BlackArch Linux is an Arch Linux-based penetration testing distribution for penetration testers and security researchers. The repository contains 1925 tools. You can install tools individually or in groups. BlackArch Linux is compatible with existing Arch installs.
Kali	Penetration Testing Distribution OS
Kali Purple	Kali OS but for Defense
ParrotSec	Parrot Security Operating System is a Penetration Testing & Forensics Distro dedicated to Ethical Hackers & Cyber Security Professionals.
QubesOS	Qubes OS is a security-oriented operating system (OS). The OS is the software that runs all the other programs on a computer. Some examples of popular OSes are Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Android, and iOS. Qubes is free and open-source software (FOSS).
Samurai Web Tester Framework	Web Tester OS
PENTOOS	Pentoo is a security-focused livecd based on Gentoo
Vulnhub	OS with vulnerabilities for pentests

Tools

Link	Description
Beelzebub	A secure low code honeypot framework, leveraging AI for System Virtualization.
CrackStation	Uses lookup tables to crack password hashes.
CrowdSec	Collaborative IPS/IDS, analyzes visitor behavior & adapts responses.
Find Sec Bugs	Security audits plugin for Java Web Applications.
Ghidra	NSA reverse engineering tool.
ghidraMCP	Autonomous reverse engineering with Ghidra using Model Context Protocol.
Hudson Rock	Infostealer malware exposure checker.
Metasploit Framework	Pentesting framework used by Kali Linux.
Netcat	Networking utility for TCP/IP protocol.
NMap	Network discovery and security auditing tool.
OSSEC	Multiplatform open-source HIDS.
OWASP ZAP	Open-source MITM proxy for security testing.
Pareto Security	Open-source systray app for basic security hygiene on Linux/Mac/Wins desktops.
Pixee	Finds security & performance issues in code and creates merge-ready pull requests.
PunkSPIDER	Web application vulnerability search engine.
Vulert	Vulert secures software by detecting vulnerabilities in open-source dependencies—without accessing your code. It supports Js, PHP, Java, Python, and more.
rengine	reNgine is an automated reconnaissance framework for web applications with a focus on highly configurable streamlined recon process
Sonarqube	Static code reviewer.
Stellastra	Email authentication and security issues scanner.
TCPDump	Network packet analysis tool.
UUSEC WAF	Industry-leading free, high-performance, AI and semantic technology Web Application Firewall.
w3af	Web Application Attack and Audit Framework.
Wazuh	Security monitoring solution for threat detection and compliance.
Wireshark	Network protocol analyzer.
Zeek	Network security monitoring tool.
zeek2es	Converts Zeek logs to Elastic/OpenSearch.
subdomainradar	All-in-one recon platform: 50+ data sources for subdomain discovery, port & vulnerability scans, screenshots, and API access
leakradar	Instant search across 2 B+ plain-text info-stealer credentials; email, domain, metadata queries, monitoring & API

Books

Link	Description
The Security Engineer Handbook	a small book on how to make it in a security team, as part of a broader organization