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CLI Tools) ## :anger: Table of Contents Only main chapters: - **[CLI Tools](#cli-tools-toc)** - **[GUI Tools](#gui-tools-toc)** - **[Web Tools](#web-tools-toc)** - **[Systems/Services](#systemsservices-toc)** - **[Networks](#networks-toc)** - **[Manuals/Howtos/Tutorials](#manualshowtostutorials-toc)** - **[Inspiring Lists](#inspiring-lists-toc)** - **[Blogs/Podcasts/Videos](#blogspodcastsvideos-toc)** - **[Hacking/Penetration Testing](#hackingpenetration-testing-toc)** - **[Your daily knowledge and news](#your-daily-knowledge-and-news-toc)** - **[Other Cheat Sheets](#other-cheat-sheets-toc)** - **[One-liners](#one-liners-toc)** - **[Shell functions](#shell-functions-toc)** ## :trident: The Book of Secret Knowledge (Chapters) #### CLI Tools [<sup>[TOC]</sup>](#anger-table-of-contents) ##### :black_small_square: Shells <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/"><b>GNU Bash</b></a> - is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell and C shell.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.zsh.org/"><b>Zsh</b></a> - is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/Bash-it/bash-it"><b>bash-it</b></a> - is a framework for using, developing and maintaining shell scripts and custom commands.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://ohmyz.sh/"><b>Oh My ZSH!</b></a> - is the best framework for managing your Zsh configuration.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/oh-my-fish/oh-my-fish"><b>Oh My Fish</b></a> - the Fishshell framework.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Managers <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://midnight-commander.org/"><b>Midnight Commander</b></a> - is a visual file manager, licensed under GNU General Public License.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/ranger/ranger"><b>ranger</b></a> - is a VIM-inspired filemanager for the console.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/jarun/nnn"><b>nnn</b></a> - is a tiny, lightning fast, feature-packed file manager.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/"><b>screen</b></a> - is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki"><b>tmux</b></a> - is a terminal multiplexer, lets you switch easily between several programs in one terminal.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/peikk0/tmux-cssh"><b>tmux-cssh</b></a> - is a tool to set comfortable and easy to use functionality, clustering and synchronizing tmux-sessions.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Text editors <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/"><b>vi</b></a> - is one of the most common text editors on Unix.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.vim.org/"><b>vim</b></a> - is a highly configurable text editor.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/"><b>emacs</b></a> - is an extensible, customizable, free/libre text editor - and more.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Files and directories <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/sharkdp/fd"><b>fd</b></a> - is a simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Network <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.putty.org/"><b>PuTTY</b></a> - is an SSH and telnet client, developed originally by Simon Tatham.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://nmap.org/"><b>nmap</b></a> - is a free and open source (license) utility for network discovery and security auditing.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/robertdavidgraham/masscan"><b>masscan</b></a> - is the fastest Internet port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/gvb84/pbscan"><b>pbscan</b></a> - is a faster and more efficient stateless SYN scanner and banner grabber.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.hping.org/"><b>hping</b></a> - is a command-line oriented TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/traviscross/mtr"><b>mtr</b></a> - is a tool that combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://netcat.sourceforge.net/"><b>netcat</b></a> - is a networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.tcpdump.org/"><b>tcpdump</b></a> - is a powerful command-line packet analyzer.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/tshark.html"><b>tshark</b></a> - is a tool that allows us to dump and analyze network traffic (wireshark cli).<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://termshark.io/"><b>Termshark</b></a> - is a simple terminal user-interface for tshark.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/jpr5/ngrep"><b>ngrep</b></a> - is like GNU grep applied to the network layer.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/google/stenographer"><b>stenographer</b></a> - is a packet capture solution which aims to quickly spool all packets to disk.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/tgraf/bmon"><b>bmon</b></a> - is a monitoring and debugging tool to capture networking related statistics and prepare them visually.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://iptraf.seul.org/2.6/manual.html#installation"><b>iptraf-ng</b></a> - is a console-based network monitoring program for Linux that displays information about IP traffic.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://iperf.fr/"><b>iPerf3</b></a> - is a tool for active measurements of the maximum achievable bandwidth on IP networks.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Ethr"><b>ethr</b></a> - is a Network Performance Measurement Tool for TCP, UDP & HTTP.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/jwbensley/Etherate"><b>Etherate</b></a> - is a Linux CLI based Ethernet and MPLS traffic testing tool.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/troglobit/nemesis"><b>Nemesis</b></a> - packet manipulation CLI tool; craft and inject packets of several protocols.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/packetfu/packetfu"><b>packetfu</b></a> - a mid-level packet manipulation library for Ruby.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://scapy.net/"><b>Scapy</b></a> - packet manipulation library; forge, send, decode, capture packets of a wide number of protocols.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket"><b>impacket</b></a> - is a collection of Python classes for working with network protocols.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/arthepsy/ssh-audit"><b>ssh-audit</b></a> - is a tool for SSH server auditing.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://aria2.github.io/"><b>aria2</b></a> - is a lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source command-line download utility.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Network (DNS) <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/mschwager/fierce"><b>fierce</b></a> - is a DNS reconnaissance tool for locating non-contiguous IP space.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/subfinder/subfinder"><b>subfinder</b></a> - is a subdomain discovery tool that discovers valid subdomains for websites.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/aboul3la/Sublist3r"><b>sublist3r</b></a> - is a fast subdomains enumeration tool for penetration testers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/OWASP/Amass"><b>amass</b></a> - is tool that obtains subdomain names by scraping data sources, crawling web archives and more.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/google/namebench"><b>namebench</b></a> - provides personalized DNS server recommendations based on your browsing history.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/jedisct1/dnscrypt-proxy"><b>dnscrypt-proxy 2</b></a> - a flexible DNS proxy, with support for encrypted DNS protocols.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Network (HTTP) <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/"><b>Curl</b></a> - is a command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://gitlab.com/davidjpeacock/kurly"><b>kurly</b></a> - is an alternative to the widely popular curl program, written in Golang.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/jkbrzt/httpie"><b>HTTPie</b></a> - is an user-friendly HTTP client.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/wuzz"><b>wuzz</b></a> - is an interactive cli tool for HTTP inspection.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/trimstray/htrace.sh"><b>htrace.sh</b></a> - is a simple Swiss Army knife for http/https troubleshooting and profiling.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/reorx/httpstat"><b>httpstat</b></a> - is a tool that visualizes curl statistics in a way of beauty and clarity.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/gchaincl/httplab"><b>httplab</b></a> - is an interactive web server.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://lynx.browser.org/"><b>Lynx</b></a> - is a text browser for the World Wide Web.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/dhamaniasad/HeadlessBrowsers"><b>HeadlessBrowsers</b></a> - a list of (almost) all headless web browsers in existence.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/programs/ab.html"><b>ab</b></a> - is a single-threaded command line tool for measuring the performance of HTTP web servers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.joedog.org/siege-home/"><b>siege</b></a> - is an http load testing and benchmarking utility.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/wg/wrk"><b>wrk</b></a> - is a modern HTTP benchmarking tool capable of generating significant load.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/codesenberg/bombardier"><b>bombardier</b></a> - is a fast cross-platform HTTP benchmarking tool written in Go.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/cmpxchg16/gobench"><b>gobench</b></a> - http/https load testing and benchmarking tool.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/rakyll/hey"><b>hey</b></a> - HTTP load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement, formerly known as rakyll/boom.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/tarekziade/boom"><b>boom</b></a> - is a script you can use to quickly smoke-test your web app deployment.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/OJ/gobuster"><b>gobuster</b></a> - is a free and open source directory/file & DNS busting tool written in Go.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: SSL <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.openssl.org/"><b>openssl</b></a> - is a robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured toolkit for the TLS and SSL protocols.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://gnutls.org/manual/html_node/gnutls_002dcli-Invocation.html"><b>gnutls-cli</b></a> - client program to set up a TLS connection to some other computer.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/nabla-c0d3/sslyze"><b>sslyze </b></a> - fast and powerful SSL/TLS server scanning library.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/rbsec/sslscan"><b>sslscan</b></a> - tests SSL/TLS enabled services to discover supported cipher suites.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/drwetter/testssl.sh"><b>testssl.sh</b></a> - testing TLS/SSL encryption anywhere on any port.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/mozilla/cipherscan"><b>cipherscan</b></a> - a very simple way to find out which SSL ciphersuites are supported by a target.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.tarsnap.com/spiped.html"><b>spiped</b></a> - is a utility for creating symmetrically encrypted and authenticated pipes between socket addresses.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/certbot/certbot"><b>Certbot</b></a> - is EFF's tool to obtain certs from Let's Encrypt and (optionally) auto-enable HTTPS on your server.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert"><b>mkcert</b></a> - simple zero-config tool to make locally trusted development certificates with any names you'd like.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/yassineaboukir/sublert"><b>Sublert</b></a> - is a security and reconnaissance tool to automatically monitor new subdomains.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/trimstray/mkchain"><b>mkchain</b></a> - open source tool to help you build a valid SSL certificate chain.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Security <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/5/html/deployment_guide/ch-selinux"><b>SELinux</b></a> - provides a flexible Mandatory Access Control (MAC) system built into the Linux kernel.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppArmor"><b>AppArmor</b></a> - proactively protects the operating system and applications from external or internal threats.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Auditing Tools <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.ossec.net/"><b>ossec</b></a> - actively monitoring all aspects of system activity with file integrity monitoring.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/security_guide/chap-system_auditing"><b>auditd</b></a> - provides a way to track security-relevant information on your system.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.nongnu.org/tiger/"><b>Tiger</b></a> - is a security tool that can be use both as a security audit and intrusion detection system.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://cisofy.com/lynis/"><b>Lynis</b></a> - battle-tested security tool for systems running Linux, macOS, or Unix-based operating system.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/rebootuser/LinEnum"><b>LinEnum</b></a> - scripted Local Linux Enumeration & Privilege Escalation Checks.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/installation/rkhunter"><b>Rkhunter</b></a> - scanner tool for Linux systems that scans backdoors, rootkits and local exploits on your systems.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/hasherezade/pe-sieve"><b>PE-sieve</b></a> - is a light-weight tool that helps to detect malware running on the system.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: System Diagnostics/Debuggers <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/strace/strace"><b>strace</b></a> - diagnostic, debugging and instructional userspace utility for Linux.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://dtrace.org/blogs/about/"><b>DTrace</b></a> - is a performance analysis and troubleshooting tool.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ltrace"><b>ltrace</b></a> - is a library call tracer, used to trace calls made by programs to library functions.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/brendangregg/perf-tools"><b>perf-tools</b></a> - performance analysis tools based on Linux perf_events (aka perf) and ftrace.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/iovisor/bpftrace"><b>bpftrace</b></a> - high-level tracing language for Linux eBPF.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/draios/sysdig"><b>sysdig</b></a> - system exploration and troubleshooting tool with first class support for containers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.valgrind.org/"><b>Valgrind</b></a> - is an instrumentation framework for building dynamic analysis tools.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools"><b>gperftools</b></a> - high-performance multi-threaded malloc() implementation, plus some performance analysis tools.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://nicolargo.github.io/glances/"><b>glances</b></a> - cross-platform system monitoring tool written in Python.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/hishamhm/htop"><b>htop</b></a> - interactive text-mode process viewer for Unix systems. It aims to be a better 'top'.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.atoptool.nl/"><b>atop</b></a> - ASCII performance monitor. Includes statistics for CPU, memory, disk, swap, network, and processes.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lsof"><b>lsof</b></a> - displays in its output information about files that are opened by processes.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.brendangregg.com/flamegraphs.html"><b>FlameGraph</b></a> - stack trace visualizer.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/zevv/lsofgraph"><b>lsofgraph</b></a> - small utility to convert Unix lsof output to a graph showing FIFO and UNIX interprocess communication.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/mozilla/rr"><b>rr</b></a> - is a lightweight tool for recording, replaying and debugging execution of applications.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://pcp.io/index.html"><b>Performance Co-Pilot</b></a> - a system performance analysis toolkit.</br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/sharkdp/hexyl"><b>hexyl</b></a> - a command-line hex viewer.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Log Analyzers <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/rcoh/angle-grinder"><b>angle-grinder</b></a> - slice and dice log files on the command line.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://lnav.org"><b>lnav</b></a> - log file navigator with search and automatic refresh.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://goaccess.io/"><b>GoAccess</b></a> - real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/lebinh/ngxtop"><b>ngxtop</b></a> - real-time metrics for nginx server.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Databases <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/xo/usql"><b>usql</b></a> - universal command-line interface for SQL databases.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli"><b>pgcli</b></a> - postgres CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/dbcli/mycli"><b>mycli</b></a> - terminal client for MySQL with autocompletion and syntax highlighting.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: TOR <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/GouveaHeitor/nipe"><b>Nipe</b></a> - script to make Tor Network your default gateway.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/trimstray/multitor"><b>multitor</b></a> - a tool that lets you create multiple TOR instances with a load-balancing.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Other <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://inotify.aiken.cz/"><b>incron</b></a> - is an inode-based filesystem notification technology.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/rgburke/grv"><b>GRV</b></a> - is a terminal based interface for viewing Git repositories.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://jonas.github.io/tig/"><b>Tig</b></a> - text-mode interface for Git.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr"><b>tldr</b></a> - simplified and community-driven man pages.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/mholt/archiver"><b>archiver</b></a> - easily create and extract .zip, .tar, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar.xz, .tar.lz4, .tar.sz, and .rar.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/tj/commander.js/"><b>commander.js</b></a> - minimal CLI creator in JavaScript.<br> </p> #### GUI Tools [<sup>[TOC]</sup>](#anger-table-of-contents) ##### :black_small_square: Terminal emulators <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/Guake/guake"><b>Guake</b></a> - is a dropdown terminal made for the GNOME desktop environment.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://gnometerminator.blogspot.com/p/introduction.html"><b>Terminator</b></a> - is based on GNOME Terminal, useful features for sysadmins and other users.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/"><b>Kitty</b></a> - is a GPU based terminal emulator that supports smooth scrolling and images.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Network <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.wireshark.org/"><b>Wireshark</b></a> - is the world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.ettercap-project.org/"><b>Ettercap</b></a> - is a comprehensive network monitor tool.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://etherape.sourceforge.io/"><b>EtherApe</b></a> - is a graphical network monitoring solution.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://jmeter.apache.org/"><b>JMeter™</b></a> - open source software to load test functional behavior and measure performance.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/locustio/locust"><b>locust</b></a> - scalable user load testing tool written in Python.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Browsers <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en"><b>TOR Browser</b></a> - protect your privacy and defend yourself against network surveillance and traffic analysis.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Password Managers <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://keepassxc.org/"><b>KeePassXC</b></a> - store your passwords safely and auto-type them into your everyday websites and apps.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.enpass.io/"><b>Enpass</b></a> - password manager and secure wallet.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Messengers/IRC Clients <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://hexchat.github.io/index.html"><b>HexChat</b></a> - is an IRC client based on XChat.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://pidgin.im/"><b>Pidgin</b></a> - is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Messengers (end-to-end encryption) <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.signal.org/"><b>Signal</b></a> - is an encrypted communications app.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://wire.com/en/"><b>Wire</b></a> - secure messaging, file sharing, voice calls and video conferences. All protected with end-to-end encryption.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/prof7bit/TorChat"><b>TorChat</b></a> - decentralized anonymous instant messenger on top of Tor Hidden Services.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Text editors <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.sublimetext.com/3"><b>Sublime Text</b></a> - is a lightweight, cross-platform code editor known for its speed, ease of use.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/"><b>Visual Studio Code</b></a> - an open-source and free source code editor developed by Microsoft.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://atom.io/"><b>Atom</b></a> - a hackable text editor for the 21st Century.<br> </p> #### Web Tools [<sup>[TOC]</sup>](#anger-table-of-contents) ##### :black_small_square: Browsers <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/viewMyClient.html"><b>SSL/TLS Capabilities of Your Browser</b></a> - test your browser's SSL implementation.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://caniuse.com/#home"><b>Can I use</b></a> - provides up-to-date browser support tables for support of front-end web technologies.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://panopticlick.eff.org/"><b>Panopticlick 3.0</b></a> - is your browser safe against tracking?<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://privacy.net/analyzer/"><b>Privacy Analyzer</b></a> - see what data is exposed from your browser.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://browserleaks.com/"><b>Web Browser Security</b></a> - it's all about Web Browser fingerprinting.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.howsmyssl.com/"><b>How's My SSL?</b></a> - help a web server developer learn what real world TLS clients were capable of.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://suche.org/sslClientInfo"><b>sslClientInfo</b></a> - client test (incl TLSv1.3 information).<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: SSL/Security <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/"><b>SSLLabs Server Test</b></a> - free online service performs a deep analysis of the configuration of any SSL web server.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://dev.ssllabs.com/ssltest/"><b>SSLLabs Server Test (DEV)</b></a> - free online service performs a deep analysis of the configuration of any SSL web server.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.htbridge.com/ssl/"><b>ImmuniWeb® SSLScan</b></a> - test SSL/TLS (PCI DSS, HIPAA and NIST).<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://sslanalyzer.comodoca.com/"><b>COMODO SSL Analyzer</b></a> - ssl analyzer and ssl certificate checker.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.jitbit.com/sslcheck/"><b>SSL Check</b></a> - scan your website for non-secure content.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://cryptcheck.fr/"><b>CryptCheck</b></a> - test your TLS server configuration (e.g. ciphers).<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://urlscan.io/"><b>urlscan.io</b></a> - service to scan and analyse websites.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://report-uri.com/home/tools"><b>Report URI</b></a> - monitoring security policies like CSP and HPKP.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://csp-evaluator.withgoogle.com/"><b>CSP Evaluator</b></a> - allows developers and security experts to check if a Content Security Policy.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://uselesscsp.com/"><b>Useless CSP</b></a> - public list about CSP in some big players (might make them care a bit more).<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://whynohttps.com/"><b>Why No HTTPS?</b></a> - list of the world's top 100 websites by Alexa rank not automatically redirecting insecure requests.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://cipherli.st/"><b>cipherli.st</b></a> - strong ciphers for Apache, Nginx, Lighttpd and more.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://2ton.com.au/dhtool/"><b>dhtool</b></a> - public Diffie-Hellman parameter service/tool.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://badssl.com/"><b>badssl.com</b></a> - memorable site for testing clients against bad SSL configs.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://tlsfun.de/"><b>tlsfun.de</b></a> - registered for various tests regarding the TLS/SSL protocol.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://sslmate.com/caa/"><b>CAA Record Helper</b></a> - generate a CAA policy.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://ccadb.org/resources"><b>Common CA Database</b></a> - repository of information about CAs, and their root and intermediate certificates.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://certstream.calidog.io/"><b>CERTSTREAM</b></a> - real-time certificate transparency log update stream.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://crt.sh/"><b>crt.sh</b></a> - discovers certificates by continually monitoring all of the publicly known CT.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.hardenize.com/"><b>Hardenize</b></a> - deploy the security standards.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://cryptcheck.fr/suite/"><b>Cipher suite compatibility</b></a> - test TLS cipher suite compatibility.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.urlvoid.com/"><b>urlvoid</b></a> - this service helps you detect potentially malicious websites.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://securitytxt.org/"><b>security.txt</b></a> - a proposed standard (generator) which allows websites to define security policies.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: HTTP Headers & Web Linters <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://securityheaders.com/"><b>Security Headers</b></a> - analyse the HTTP response headers (with rating system to the results).<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://observatory.mozilla.org/"><b>Observatory by Mozilla</b></a> - set of tools to analyze your website.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://webhint.io/"><b>webhint</b></a> - is a linting tool that will help you with your site's accessibility, speed, security and more.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: DNS <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://viewdns.info/"><b>ViewDNS</b></a> - one source for free DNS related tools and information.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://dnslookup.org/"><b>DNSLookup</b></a> - is an advanced DNS lookup tool.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://dnslytics.com/"><b>DNSlytics</b></a> - online DNS investigation tool.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://dnsspy.io/"><b>DNS Spy</b></a> - monitor, validate and verify your DNS configurations.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://zonemaster.iis.se/en/"><b>Zonemaster</b></a> - helps you to control how your DNS works.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://leafdns.com/"><b>Leaf DNS</b></a> - comprehensive DNS tester.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://findsubdomains.com/"><b>Find subdomains online</b></a> - find subdomains for security assessment penetration test.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://dnsdumpster.com/"><b>DNSdumpster</b></a> - dns recon & research, find & lookup dns records.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://dnstable.com/"><b>DNS Table online</b></a> - search for DNS records by domain, IP, CIDR, ISP.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://intodns.com/"><b>intoDNS</b></a> - DNS and mail server health checker.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.zonecut.net/dns/"><b>DNS Bajaj</b></a> - check the delegation of your domain.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.buddyns.com/delegation-lab/"><b>BuddyDNS Delegation LAB</b></a> - check, trace and visualize delegation of your domain.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://dnssec-debugger.verisignlabs.com/"><b>dnssec-debugger</b></a> - DS or DNSKEY records validator.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://ptrarchive.com/"><b>PTRarchive.com</b></a> - this site is responsible for the safekeeping of historical reverse DNS records.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://xip.io/"><b>xip.io</b></a> - wildcard DNS for everyone.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://ceipam.eu/en/dnslookup.php"><b>dnslookup (ceipam)</b></a> - one of the best DNS propagation checker (and not only).<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://whatsmydns.com"><b>What's My DNS</b></a> - DNS propagation checking tool.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Mail <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx"><b>MX Toolbox</b></a> - all of your MX record, DNS, blacklist and SMTP diagnostics in one integrated tool.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.blacklistalert.org/"><b>blacklistalert</b></a> - checks to see if your domain is on a Real Time Spam Blacklist.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://multirbl.valli.org/"><b>MultiRBL</b></a> - complete IP check for sending Mailservers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://dkimvalidator.com/"><b>DKIM SPF & Spam Assassin Validator</b></a> - checks mail authentication and scores messages with Spam Assassin.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Encoders/Decoders and Regex testing <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.url-encode-decode.com/"><b>URL Encode/Decode</b></a> - tool from above to either encode or decode a string of text.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://uncoder.io/"><b>Uncoder</b></a> - the online translator for search queries on log data.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://regex101.com/"><b>Regex101</b></a> - online regex tester and debugger: PHP, PCRE, Python, Golang and JavaScript.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://regexr.com/"><b>RegExr</b></a> - online tool to learn, build, & test Regular Expressions (RegEx / RegExp).<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.regextester.com/"><b>RegEx Testing</b></a> - online regex testing tool.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.regexpal.com/"><b>RegEx Pal</b></a> - online regex testing tool + other tools.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/"><b>The Cyber Swiss Army Knife</b></a> - a web app for encryption, encoding, compression and data analysis.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Net-tools <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report"><b>Netcraft</b></a> - detailed report about the site, helping you to make informed choices about their integrity.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.ripe.net/"><b>RIPE NCC</b></a> - not-for-profit membership association, a Regional Internet Registry and the secretariat for the RIPE.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.robtex.com/"><b>Robtex</b></a> - uses various sources to gather public information about IP numbers, domain names, host names, routes etc.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://securitytrails.com/"><b>Security Trails</b></a> - APIs for Security Companies, Researchers and Teams.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://tools.keycdn.com/curl"><b>Online Curl</b></a> - curl test, analyze HTTP Response Headers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://ping.eu/"><b>Ping.eu</b></a> - online Ping, Traceroute, DNS lookup, WHOIS and others.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://network-tools.com/"><b>Network-Tools</b></a> - network tools for webmasters, IT technicians & geeks.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://riseup.net/"><b>Riseup</b></a> - provides online communication tools for people and groups working on liberatory social change.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.virustotal.com/#/home/upload"><b>VirusTotal</b></a> - analyze suspicious files and URLs to detect types of malware.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Privacy <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.privacytools.io/"><b>privacytools.io</b></a> - provides knowledge and tools to protect your privacy against global mass surveillance.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://dnsprivacy.org/wiki/display/DP/DNS+Privacy+Test+Servers"><b>DNS Privacy Test Servers</b></a> - DNS privacy recursive servers list (with a 'no logging' policy).<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Code parsers/playgrounds <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.shellcheck.net/"><b>ShellCheck</b></a> - finds bugs in your shell scripts.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://explainshell.com/"><b>explainshell</b></a> - get interactive help texts for shell commands.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://jsbin.com/?html,output"><b>jsbin</b></a> - live pastebin for HTML, CSS & JavaScript and more.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://codepen.io/pen"><b>CodePen</b></a> - a social development environment for front-end designers and developers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://codesandbox.io/"><b>CodeSandbox</b></a> - online code editor for web application development. Supports React, Vue, Angular, CxJS, Dojo, etc.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/"><b>PHP Sandbox</b></a> - test your PHP code with this code tester.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.repl.it/"><b>Repl.it</b></a> - an instant IDE to learn, build, collaborate, and host all in one place.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Performance <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://gtmetrix.com/"><b>GTmetrix</b></a> - analyze your site’s speed and make it faster.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://performance.sucuri.net/"><b>Sucuri loadtimetester</b></a> - test here the performance of any of your sites from across the globe.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://tools.pingdom.com/"><b>Pingdom Tools</b></a> - analyze your site’s speed around the world.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://pingme.io/"><b>PingMe.io</b></a> - run website latency tests across multiple geographic regions.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/"><b>PageSpeed Insights</b></a> - analyze your site’s speed and make it faster.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://web.dev/"><b>web.dev</b></a> - helps developers like you learn and apply the web's modern capabilities to your own sites and apps.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Mass scanners (search engines) <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://censys.io/"><b>Censys</b></a> - platform that helps information security practitioners discover, monitor, and analyze devices.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.shodan.io/"><b>Shodan</b></a> - the world's first search engine for Internet-connected devices.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://2000.shodan.io/#/"><b>Shodan 2000</b></a> - do you use Shodan for everyday work? This tool looks for randomly generated data from Shodan.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://viz.greynoise.io/table"><b>GreyNoise</b></a> - mass scanner such as Shodan and Censys.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.zoomeye.org/"><b>ZoomEye</b></a> - search engine for cyberspace that lets the user find specific network components.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://fofa.so/"><b>FOFA</b></a> - is a cyberspace search engine.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.onyphe.io/"><b>onyphe</b></a> - is a search engine for open-source and cyber threat intelligence data collected.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://intelx.io/"><b>IntelligenceX</b></a> - is a search engine and data archive.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://app.binaryedge.io/"><b>binaryedge</b></a> - it scan the entire internet space and create real-time threat intelligence streams and reports.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://wigle.net/"><b>wigle</b></a> - is a submission-based catalog of wireless networks. All the networks. Found by Everyone.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://publicwww.com/"><b>PublicWWW</b></a> - find any alphanumeric snippet, signature or keyword in the web pages HTML, JS and CSS code.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://inteltechniques.com/menu.html"><b>IntelTechniques</b></a> - this repository contains hundreds of online search utilities.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://hackle.dev/"><b>Hackle</b></a> - search engine for hackers and security professionals.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://hunter.io/"><b>hunter</b></a> - lets you find email addresses in seconds and connect with the people that matter for your business.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://ghostproject.fr/"><b>GhostProject?</b></a> - search by full email address or username.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.databreaches.live/"><b>databreaches</b></a> - was my email affected by data breach?<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://buckets.grayhatwarfare.com/"><b>Buckets by Grayhatwarfar</b></a> - database with public search for Open Amazon S3 Buckets and their contents.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://vigilante.pw/"><b>Vigilante.pw</b></a> - the breached database directory.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://builtwith.com/"><b>builtwith</b></a> - find out what websites are built with.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.mmnt.net/"><b>Mamont's open FTP Index</b></a> - if a target has an open FTP site with accessible content it will be listed here.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://osintframework.com/"><b>OSINT Framework</b></a> - focused on gathering information from free tools or resources.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.maltiverse.com/search"><b>maltiverse</b></a> - is a service oriented to cybersecurity analysts for the advanced analysis of indicators of compromise.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://leakedsource.ru/main/"><b>Leaked Source</b></a> - is a collaboration of data found online in the form of a lookup.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://search.weleakinfo.com/"><b>We Leak Info</b></a> - to help everyday individuals secure their online life, avoiding getting hacked.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://pipl.com/"><b>pipl</b></a> - is the place to find the person behind the email address, social username or phone number.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://abuse.ch/"><b>abuse.ch</b></a> - is operated by a random swiss guy fighting malware for non-profit.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://malc0de.com/database/"><b>malc0de</b></a> - malware search engine.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://cybercrime-tracker.net/index.php"><b>Cybercrime Tracker</b></a> - monitors and tracks various malware families that are used to perpetrate cyber crimes.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://nerdydata.com/"><b>NerdyData</b></a> - search source code across 65 million websites.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://searchcode.com/"><b>searchcode</b></a> - helping you find real world examples of functions, API's and libraries.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.insecam.org/"><b>Insecam</b></a> - the world biggest directory of online surveillance security cameras.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://index-of.es/"><b>index-of</b></a> - contains great stuff like: security, hacking, reverse engineering, cryptography, programming etc.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Passwords <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://gotcha.pw/"><b>Gotcha?</b></a> - list of 1.4 billion accounts circulates around the Internet.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://haveibeenpwned.com/"><b>have i been pwned?</b></a> - check if you have an account that has been compromised in a data breach.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: CVE/Exploits databases <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://cve.mitre.org/"><b>CVE Mitre</b></a> - list of publicly known cybersecurity vulnerabilities.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.cvedetails.com/"><b>CVE Details</b></a> - CVE security vulnerability advanced database.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.exploit-db.com/"><b>Exploit DB</b></a> - CVE compliant archive of public exploits and corresponding vulnerable software.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://0day.today/"><b>0day.today</b></a> - exploits market provides you the possibility to buy zero-day exploits and also to sell 0day exploits.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://sploitus.com/"><b>sploitus</b></a> - the exploit and tools database.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://cxsecurity.com/exploit/"><b>cxsecurity</b></a> - free vulnerability database.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://cveapi.com/"><b>cveapi</b></a> - free API for CVE data.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Mobile apps scanners <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.htbridge.com/mobile/"><b>ImmuniWeb® Mobile App Scanner</b></a> - test security and privacy of mobile apps (iOS & Android).<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://vulnerabilitytest.quixxi.com/"><b>Quixxi</b></a> - free Mobile App Vulnerability Scanner for Android & iOS.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.ostorlab.co/scan/mobile/"><b>Ostorlab</b></a> - analyzes mobile application to identify vulnerabilities and potential weaknesses.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Private Search Engines <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.startpage.com/"><b>Startpage</b></a> - the world's most private search engine.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://searx.me/"><b>searX</b></a> - a privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://darksearch.io/"><b>darksearch</b></a> - the 1st real Dark Web search engine.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Secure WebMail Providers <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://countermail.com/"><b>CounterMail</b></a> - is a secure and easy to use online email service, designed to provide maximum security and privacy.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://mail2tor.com/"><b>Mail2Tor</b></a> - is a Tor Hidden Service that allows anyone to send and receive emails anonymously.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://tutanota.com/"><b>Tutanota</b></a> - is the world's most secure email service and amazingly easy to use.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://protonmail.com/"><b>Protonmail</b></a> - is the world's largest secure email service, developed by CERN and MIT scientists.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.startmail.com/en/"><b>Startmail</b></a> - private & encrypted email made easy.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Crypto <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://keybase.io/"><b>Keybase</b></a> - it's open source and powered by public-key cryptography.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: PGP Keyservers <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/"><b>SKS OpenPGP Key server</b></a> - services for the SKS keyservers used by OpenPGP.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Other <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/"><b>thispersondoesnotexist</b></a> - generate fake faces in one click - endless possibilities.<br> </p> #### Systems/Services [<sup>[TOC]</sup>](#anger-table-of-contents) ##### :black_small_square: Operating Systems <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.slackware.com/"><b>Slackware</b></a> - the most "Unix-like" Linux distribution.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.openbsd.org/"><b>OpenBSD</b></a> - multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://hardenedbsd.org/"><b>HardenedBSD</b></a> - HardenedBSD aims to implement innovative exploit mitigation and security solutions.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.kali.org/"><b>Kali Linux</b></a> - Linux distribution used for Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacking and network security assessments.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://backbox.org/"><b>Backbox Linux</b></a> - penetration test and security assessment oriented Ubuntu-based Linux distribution.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://blackarch.org/"><b>BlackArch</b></a> - is an Arch Linux-based penetration testing distribution for penetration testers and security researchers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://securityonion.net/"><b>Security Onion</b></a> - Linux distro for intrusion detection, enterprise security monitoring, and log management.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://tails.boum.org/"><b>Tails</b></a> - is a live system that aims to preserve your privacy and anonymity.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: HTTP(s) Services <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://varnish-cache.org/"><b>Varnish Cache</b></a> - HTTP accelerator designed for content-heavy dynamic web sites.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://nginx.org/"><b>Nginx</b></a> - open source web and reverse proxy server that is similar to Apache, but very light weight.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/alibaba/tengine"><b>Tengine</b></a> - a distribution of Nginx with some advanced features.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://caddyserver.com/"><b>Caddy Server</b></a> - is an open source, HTTP/2-enabled web server with HTTPS by default.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.haproxy.org/"><b>HAProxy</b></a> - the reliable, high performance TCP/HTTP load balancer.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://traefik.io/"><b>Traefik</b></a> - open source reverse proxy/load balancer provides easier integration with Docker and Let's encrypt.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: DNS Services <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.unbound.net/"><b>Unbound</b></a> - validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver (with TLS).<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.knot-resolver.cz/"><b>Knot Resolver</b></a> - caching full resolver implementation, including both a resolver library and a daemon.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.powerdns.com/"><b>PowerDNS</b></a> - is an open source authoritative DNS server, written in C++ and licensed under the GPL.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Other Services <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/z3APA3A/3proxy"><b>3proxy</b></a> - tiny free proxy server.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Security/hardening <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://emeraldonion.org/"><b>Emerald Onion</b></a> - is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and transit internet service provider (ISP) based in Seattle.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole"><b>pi-hole</b></a> - the Pi-hole® is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/stamparm/maltrail"><b>maltrail</b></a> - malicious traffic detection system.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/Netflix/security_monkey"><b>security_monkey</b></a> - monitors AWS, GCP, OpenStack, and GitHub orgs for assets and their changes over time.<br> </p> #### Networks [<sup>[TOC]</sup>](#anger-table-of-contents) ##### :black_small_square: Tools <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.capanalysis.net/ca/"><b>CapAnalysis</b></a> - web visual tool to analyze large amounts of captured network traffic (PCAP analyzer).<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox"><b>netbox</b></a> - IP address management (IPAM) and data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tool.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Labs <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://labs.networkreliability.engineering/"><b>NRE Labs</b></a> - learn automation by doing it. Right now, right here, in your browser.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Other <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://ee.lbl.gov/"><b>LBNL's Network Research Group</b></a> - home page of the Network Research Group (NRG); tools, talks, papers and more.<br> </p> #### Manuals/Howtos/Tutorials [<sup>[TOC]</sup>](#anger-table-of-contents) ##### :black_small_square: Shell/Command line <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/dylanaraps/pure-bash-bible"><b>pure-bash-bible</b></a> - a collection of pure bash alternatives to external processes.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/start"><b>The Bash Hackers Wiki</b></a> - hold documentation of any kind about GNU Bash.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/contents.html"><b>Shell & Utilities</b></a> - describes the commands and utilities offered to application programs by POSIX-conformant systems.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/jlevy/the-art-of-command-line"><b>the-art-of-command-line</b></a> - master the command line, in one page.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://google.github.io/styleguide/shell.xml"><b>Shell Style Guide</b></a> - a shell style guide for Google-originated open-source projects.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Text Editors <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://vim.rtorr.com/"><b>Vim Cheat Sheet</b></a> - great multi language vim guide.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Python <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://awesome-python.com/"><b>Awesome Python</b></a> - a curated list of awesome Python frameworks, libraries, software and resources.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/gto76/python-cheatsheet"><b>python-cheatsheet</b></a> - comprehensive Python cheatsheet.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Sed & Awk & Other <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://posts.specterops.io/fawk-yeah-advanced-sed-and-awk-usage-parsing-for-pentesters-3-e5727e11a8ad?gi=c8f9506b26b6"><b>F’Awk Yeah!</b></a> - advanced sed and awk usage (Parsing for Pentesters 3).<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: \*nix & Network <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.cyberciti.biz/"><b>nixCraft</b></a> - linux and unix tutorials for new and seasoned sysadmin.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.tecmint.com/"><b>TecMint</b></a> - the ideal Linux blog for Sysadmins & Geeks.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.omnisecu.com/"><b>Omnisecu</b></a> - free Networking, System Administration and Security tutorials.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/cirosantilli/linux-cheat"><b>linux-cheat</b></a> - Linux tutorials and cheatsheets. Minimal examples. Mostly user-land CLI utilities.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://cb.vu/unixtoolbox.xhtml"><b>Unix Toolbox</b></a> - collection of Unix/Linux/BSD commands and tasks which are useful for IT work or for advanced users.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://linuxguideandhints.com/"><b>Linux Guide and Hints</b></a> - tutorials on system administration in Fedora and CentOS.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/NanXiao/strace-little-book"><b>strace-little-book</b></a> - a little book which introduces strace.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/bagder/http2-explained"><b>http2-explained</b></a> - a detailed document explaining and documenting HTTP/2.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/bagder/http3-explained"><b>http3-explained</b></a> - a document describing the HTTP/3 and QUIC protocols.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/trimstray/nginx-admins-handbook"><b>Nginx Admin's Handbook</b></a> - describes how to improve NGINX performance, security and other important things.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://infosec.mozilla.org/guidelines/openssh"><b>openssh guideline</b></a> - is to help operational teams with the configuration of OpenSSH server and client.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Large-scale systems <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer"><b>The System Design Primer</b></a> - learn how to design large-scale systems.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/binhnguyennus/awesome-scalability"><b>Awesome Scalability</b></a> - best practices in building High Scalability, High Availability, High Stability and more.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://engineering.videoblocks.com/web-architecture-101-a3224e126947?gi=a896808d22a"><b>Web Architecture 101</b></a> - the basic architecture concepts.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: System hardening <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-benchmarks/"><b>CIS Benchmarks</b></a> - are secure configuration settings for over 100 technologies, available as a free PDF download.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://iase.disa.mil/stigs/Pages/index.aspx"><b>STIGs</b></a> - are the configuration standards for DOD IA and IA-enabled devices/systems.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://highon.coffee/blog/security-harden-centos-7/"><b>Security Harden CentOS 7</b></a> - this walks you through the steps required to security harden CentOS.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.lisenet.com/2017/centos-7-server-hardening-guide/"><b>CentOS 7 Server Hardening Guide</b></a> - great guide for hardening CentOS; familiar with OpenSCAP.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/trimstray/the-practical-linux-hardening-guide"><b>The Practical Linux Hardening Guide</b></a> - provides a high-level overview of hardening GNU/Linux systems.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Security & Privacy <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.hackingarticles.in/"><b>Hacking Articles</b></a> - LRaj Chandel's Security & Hacking Blog.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/toniblyx/my-arsenal-of-aws-security-tools"><b>AWS security tools</b></a> - make your AWS cloud environment more secure.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://inventory.rawsec.ml/index.html"><b>Rawsec's CyberSecurity Inventory</b></a> - an inventory of tools and resources about CyberSecurity.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://tls.ulfheim.net/"><b>The Illustrated TLS Connection</b></a> - every byte of a TLS connection explained and reproduced.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/ssllabs/research/wiki/SSL-and-TLS-Deployment-Best-Practices"><b>SSL Research</b></a> - SSL and TLS Deployment Best Practices by SSL Labs.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://smallstep.com/blog/everything-pki.html"><b>Certificates and PKI</b></a> - everything you should know about certificates and PKI but are too afraid to ask.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://appsecco.com/books/subdomain-enumeration/"><b>The Art of Subdomain Enumeration</b></a> - a reference for subdomain enumeration techniques.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://lifehacker.com/the-comprehensive-guide-to-quitting-google-1830001964"><b>Quitting Google</b></a> - the comprehensive guide to quitting Google.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Web Apps <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page"><b>OWASP</b></a> - worldwide not-for-profit charitable organization focused on improving the security of software.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Application_Security_Verification_Standard_Project"><b>OWASP ASVS 3.0.1</b></a> - OWASP Application Security Verification Standard Project.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/Santandersecurityresearch/asvs"><b>OWASP ASVS 3.0.1 Web App</b></a> - simple web app that helps developers understand the ASVS requirements.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/OWASP/ASVS/tree/master/4.0"><b>OWASP ASVS 4.0</b></a> - is a list of application security requirements or tests.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Testing_Project"><b>OWASP Testing Guide v4</b></a> - includes a "best practice" penetration testing framework.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/OWASP/DevGuide"><b>OWASP Dev Guide</b></a> - this is the development version of the OWASP Developer Guide.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://infosec.mozilla.org/guidelines/web_security.html"><b>Mozilla Web Security</b></a> - help operational teams with creating secure web applications.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://enable-cors.org/index.html"><b>Enable CORS</b></a> - enable cross-origin resource sharing.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://appsecwiki.com/#/"><b>Application Security Wiki</b></a> - is an initiative to provide all application security related resources at one place.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/GrrrDog/weird_proxies/wiki"><b>Weird Proxies</b></a> - reverse proxy related attacks; it is a result of analysis of various reverse proxies, cache proxies, etc.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://dfir.it/blog/2015/08/12/webshell-every-time-the-same-purpose/"><b>Webshells</b></a> - great series about malicious payloads.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://portswigger.net/blog/practical-web-cache-poisoning"><b>Practical Web Cache Poisoning</b></a> - show you how to compromise websites by using esoteric web features.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://medium.com/@_bl4de/hidden-directories-and-files-as-a-source-of-sensitive-information-about-web-application-84e5c534e5ad"><b>Hidden directories and files</b></a> - as a source of sensitive information about web application.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.netsparker.com/security-cookies-whitepaper/"><b>Security Cookies</b></a> - this paper will take a close look at cookie security.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: All-in-one <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://lzone.de/cheat-sheet/"><b>LZone Cheat Sheets</b></a> - all cheat sheets.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/rstacruz/cheatsheets"><b>Dan’s Cheat Sheets’s</b></a> - massive cheat sheets documentation.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://devhints.io/"><b>Rico's cheatsheets</b></a> - this is a modest collection of cheatsheets.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://devdocs.io/"><b>DevDocs API</b></a> - combines multiple API documentations in a fast, organized, and searchable interface.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Other <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://bitvijays.github.io/LFC-VulnerableMachines.html"><b>CTF Series : Vulnerable Machines</b></a> - the steps below could be followed to find vulnerabilities and exploits.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/manoelt/50M_CTF_Writeup"><b>50M_CTF_Writeup</b></a> - $50 million CTF from Hackerone - writeup.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/j00ru/ctf-tasks"><b>ctf-tasks</b></a> - an archive of low-level CTF challenges developed over the years.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://hshrzd.wordpress.com/how-to-start/"><b>How to start RE/malware analysis?</b></a> - collection of some hints and useful links for the beginners.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.kegel.com/c10k.html"><b>The C10K problem</b></a> - it's time for web servers to handle ten thousand clients simultaneously, don't you think?<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://bankgradesecurity.com/"><b>Bank Grade Security</b></a> - when companies say they have "Bank Grade Security" they imply that it is a good thing.<b>*</b><br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://nickcraver.com/blog/2017/05/22/https-on-stack-overflow/"><b>HTTPS on Stack Overflow</b></a> - this is the story of a long journey regarding the implementation of SSL.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://drawings.jvns.ca/"><b>Julia's Drawings</b></a> - some drawings about programming and unix world, zines about systems & debugging tools.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/corkami/collisions"><b>Hash collisions</b></a> - this great repository is focused on hash collisions exploitation.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://labs.ripe.net/Members/cteusche/bgp-meets-cat"><b>BGP Meets Cat</b></a> - after 3072 hours of manipulating BGP, Job Snijders has succeeded in drawing a Nyancat.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://robertheaton.com/2018/11/28/https-in-the-real-world/"><b>HTTPS in the real world</b></a> - great tutorial explain how HTTPS works in the real world.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/2018/11/14/how-we-spent-two-weeks-hunting-an-nfs-bug/"><b>Gitlab and NFS bug</b></a> - how we spent two weeks hunting an NFS bug in the Linux kernel.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html"><b>How To Become A Hacker</b></a> - if you want to be a hacker, keep reading.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://ithare.com/infographics-operation-costs-in-cpu-clock-cycles/"><b>Operation Costs in CPU</b></a> - an infographics which should help to estimate costs of certain operations in CPU clocks.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://cstack.github.io/db_tutorial/"><b>Let's Build a Simple Database</b></a> - writing a sqlite clone from scratch in C.<br> </p> #### Inspiring Lists [<sup>[TOC]</sup>](#anger-table-of-contents) ##### :black_small_square: SysOps/DevOps <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/kahun/awesome-sysadmin"><b>Awesome Sysadmin</b></a> - amazingly awesome open source sysadmin resources.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/alebcay/awesome-shell"><b>Awesome Shell</b></a> - awesome command-line frameworks, toolkits, guides and gizmos.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/learnbyexample/Command-line-text-processing"><b>Command-line-text-processing</b></a> - from finding text to search and replace, from sorting to beautifying text and more.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/caesar0301/awesome-pcaptools"><b>Awesome Pcaptools</b></a> - collection of tools developed by other researchers to process network traces.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/leandromoreira/linux-network-performance-parameters"><b>Linux Network Performance</b></a> - learn where some of the network sysctl variables fit into the Linux/Kernel network flow.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/dhamaniasad/awesome-postgres"><b>Awesome Postgres</b></a> - list of awesome PostgreSQL software, libraries, tools and resources.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/enochtangg/quick-SQL-cheatsheet"><b>quick-SQL-cheatsheet</b></a> - a quick reminder of all SQL queries and examples on how to use them.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted"><b>Awesome-Selfhosted</b></a> - list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted locally.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way"><b>kubernetes-the-hard-way</b></a> - bootstrap Kubernetes the hard way on Google Cloud Platform. No scripts.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/jamesward/kubernetes-the-easy-way"><b>kubernetes-the-easy-way</b></a> - bootstrap Kubernetes the easy way on Google Cloud Platform. No scripts.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_applications"><b>List of applications</b></a> - huge collection of applications sorted by category, as a reference for those looking for packages. <br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Developers <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist"><b>Front-End-Checklist</b></a> - the perfect Front-End Checklist for modern websites and meticulous developers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://rszalski.github.io/magicmethods/"><b>Python's Magic Methods</b></a> - what are magic methods? They're everything in object-oriented Python.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/satwikkansal/wtfpython"><b>wtfpython</b></a> - a collection of surprising Python snippets and lesser-known features.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/twhite96/js-dev-reads"><b>js-dev-reads</b></a> - a list of books and articles for the discerning web developer to read.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/RomuloOliveira/commit-messages-guide"><b>Commit messages guide</b></a> - a guide to understand the importance of commit messages.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Security/Pentesting <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/qazbnm456/awesome-web-security"><b>Awesome Web Security</b></a> - a curated list of Web Security materials and resources.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/joe-shenouda/awesome-cyber-skills"><b>awesome-cyber-skills</b></a> - a curated list of hacking environments where you can train your cyber skills.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/infosecn1nja/Red-Teaming-Toolkit"><b>Red-Teaming-Toolkit</b></a> - a collection of open source and commercial tools that aid in red team operations.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/snoopysecurity/awesome-burp-extensions"><b>awesome-burp-extensions</b></a> - a curated list of amazingly awesome Burp Extensions.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/Hack-with-Github/Free-Security-eBooks"><b>Free Security eBooks</b></a> - list of a Free Security and Hacking eBooks.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/wtsxDev/reverse-engineering"><b>reverse-engineering</b></a> - list of awesome reverse engineering resources.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/michalmalik/linux-re-101"><b>linux-re-101</b></a> - a collection of resources for linux reverse engineering.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/onethawt/reverseengineering-reading-list"><b>reverseengineering-reading-list</b></a> - a list of Reverse Engineering articles, books, and papers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/0xInfection/Awesome-WAF"><b>Awesome-WAF</b></a> - a curated list of awesome web-app firewall (WAF) stuff.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/danielmiessler/RobotsDisallowed"><b>RobotsDisallowed</b></a> - a curated list of the most common and most interesting robots.txt disallowed directories.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/k4m4/movies-for-hackers"><b>Movies for Hackers</b></a> - list of movies every hacker & cyberpunk must watch.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/trimstray/technical-whitepapers"><b>technical-whitepapers</b></a> - IT whitepapers; hacking, web app security, db, reverse engineering and more; EN/PL.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Other <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.cheatography.com/"><b>Cheatography</b></a> - over 3,000 free cheat sheets, revision aids and quick references.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/mre/awesome-static-analysis"><b>awesome-static-analysis</b></a> - static analysis tools for all programming languages.<br> </p> #### Blogs/Podcasts/Videos [<sup>[TOC]</sup>](#anger-table-of-contents) ##### :black_small_square: SysOps/DevOps <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAFpkV5-vuI"><b>Varnish for PHP developers</b></a> - very interesting presentation of Varnish by Mattias Geniar.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAFpkV5-vuI"><b>A Netflix Guide to Microservices</b></a> - Josh Evans talks about the chaotic and vibrant world of microservices at Netflix.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Developers <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOyaJXpAYZQ"><b>Comparing C to machine language</b></a> - compare a simple C program with the compiled machine code of that program.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Geeky Persons <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.brendangregg.com/"><b>Brendan Gregg's Blog</b></a> - is an industry expert in computing performance and cloud computing.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://gynvael.coldwind.pl/"><b>Gynvael "GynDream" Coldwind</b></a> - is a IT security engineer at Google.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/"><b>Michał "lcamtuf" Zalewski</b></a> - white hat hacker, computer security expert.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://ma.ttias.be/"><b>Mattias Geniar</b></a> - developer, sysadmin, blogger, podcaster and public speaker.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://nickcraver.com/"><b>Nick Craver</b></a> - software developer and systems administrator for Stack Exchange.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://scotthelme.co.uk/"><b>Scott Helme</b></a> - security researcher, international speaker and founder of securityheaders.com and report-uri.com.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/"><b>Brian Krebs</b></a> - The Washington Post and now an Independent investigative journalist.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.schneier.com/"><b>Bruce Schneier</b></a> - is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a "security guru".<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://chrissymorgan.co.uk/"><b>Chrissy Morgan</b></a> - advocate of practical learning, Chrissy also takes part in bug bounty programs.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://blog.zsec.uk/"><b>Andy Gill</b></a> - is a hacker at heart who works as a senior penetration tester.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://danielmiessler.com/"><b>Daniel Miessler</b></a> - cybersecurity expert and writer.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.j4vv4d.com/"><b>Javvad Malik</b></a> - is a security advocate at AlienVault, a blogger event speaker and industry commentator.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.grahamcluley.com/"><b>Graham Cluley</b></a> - public speaker and independent computer security analyst.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://security.szurek.pl/"><b>Kacper Szurek</b></a> - detection engineer at ESET.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.troyhunt.com/"><b>Troy Hunt</b></a> - web security expert known for public education and outreach on security topics.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://raymii.org/s/index.html"><b>raymii.org</b></a> - sysadmin specializing in building high availability cloud environments.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://robert.penz.name/"><b>Robert Penz</b></a> - IT security expert.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Geeky Blogs <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://linux-audit.com/"><b>Linux Audit</b></a> - the Linux security blog about auditing, hardening and compliance by Michael Boelen.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://linuxsecurity.expert/"><b> Linux Security Expert</b></a> - trainings, howtos, checklists, security tools and more.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.grymoire.com/"><b>The Grymoire</b></a> - collection of useful incantations for wizards, be you computer wizards, magicians, or whatever.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://portswigger.net/blog"><b>PortSwigger Web Security Blog</b></a> - about web app security vulns and top tips from our team of web security.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.secjuice.com"><b>Secjuice</b></a> - is the only non-profit, independent and volunteer led publication in the information security space.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://duo.com/decipher"><b>Decipher</b></a> - security news that informs and inspires.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Geeky Vendor Blogs <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.tenable.com/podcast"><b>Tenable Podcast</b></a> - conversations and interviews related to Cyber Exposure, and more.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/"><b>Sophos</b></a> - threat news room, giving you news, opinion, advice and research on computer security issues.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/"><b>Tripwire State of Security</b></a> - blog featuring the latest news, trends and insights on current information security issues.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://blog.malwarebytes.com/"><b>Malwarebytes Labs Blog</b></a> - security blog aims to provide insider news about cybersecurity.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.trustedsec.com/category/articles/"><b>TrustedSec</b></a> - latest news, and trends about cybersecurity.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://alienvault.com/blogs"><b>AT&T Cybersecurity blog</b></a> - news on emerging threats and practical advice to simplify threat detection.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://thycotic.com/company/blog/"><b>Thycotic</b></a> - where CISOs and IT Admins come to learn about industry trends, IT security, data breaches, and more.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Geeky Cybersecurity Podcasts <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://risky.biz/netcasts/risky-business/"><b>Risky Business</b></a> - is a weekly information security podcast featuring news and in-depth interviews.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/topic/cyber"><b>Cyber, by Motherboard</b></a> - stories, and focus on the ideas about cybersecurity.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.tenable.com/podcast"><b>Tenable Podcast</b></a> - conversations and interviews related to Cyber Exposure, and more.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cybercrime-investigations/id1428801405"><b> Cybercrime Investigations</b></a> - podcast by Geoff White about cybercrimes.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://themanyhats.club/tag/episodes/"><b>The many hats club</b></a> - featuring stories from a wide range of Infosec people (Whitehat, Greyhat and Blackhat).<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://darknetdiaries.com/"><b>Darknet Diaries</b></a> - true stories from the dark side of the Internet.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Geeky Cybersecurity Video Blogs <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCzvJStjySZVvOBsPl-Vgj0g"><b>rev3rse security</b></a> - offensive, binary exploitation, web application security, vulnerability, hardening, red team, blue team.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClcE-kVhqyiHCcjYwcpfj9w"><b>LiveOverflow</b></a> - a lot more advanced topics than what is typically offered in paid online courses - but for free.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/infoseccynic"><b>J4vv4D</b></a> - the important information regarding our internet security.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="www.cybertalks.co.uk"><b> CyberTalks</b></a> - talks, interviews, and article about cybersecurity.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Best Personal Twitter Accounts <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://twitter.com/blackroomsec"><b>@blackroomsec</b></a> - a white-hat hacker/pentester. Intergalactic Minesweeper Champion 1990.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcoCiappelli"><b>@MarcoCiappelli</b></a> - Co-Founder @ITSPmagazine, at the intersection of IT security and society.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://twitter.com/binitamshah"><b>@binitamshah</b></a> - Linux Evangelist. Malwares. Kernel Dev. Security Enthusiast.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://twitter.com/joe_carson"><b>@joe_carson</b></a> - an InfoSec Professional and Tech Geek.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://twitter.com/mikko"><b>@mikko</b></a> - CRO at F-Secure, Reverse Engineer, TED Speaker, Supervillain<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Best Commercial Twitter Accounts <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://twitter.com/haveibeenpwned"><b>@haveibeenpwned</b></a> - check if you have an account that has been compromised in a data breach.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://twitter.com/bugcrowd"><b>@bugcrowd</b></a> - trusted by more of the Fortune 500 than any other crowdsourced security platform.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://twitter.com/Malwarebytes"><b>@Malwarebytes</b></a> - most trusted security company. Unmatched threat visibility.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://twitter.com/sansforensics"><b>@sansforensics</b></a> - the world's leading Digital Forensics and Incident Response provider.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://twitter.com/attcyber"><b>@attcyber</b></a> - AT&T Cybersecurity’s Edge-to-Edge technologies provide threat intelligence, and more.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://twitter.com/TheManyHatsClub"><b>@TheManyHatsClub</b></a> - an information security focused podcast and group of individuals from all walks of life.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://twitter.com/hedgehogsec"><b>@hedgehogsec</b></a> - Hedgehog Cyber. Gibraltar and Manchester's top boutique information security firm.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://twitter.com/NCSC"><b>@NCSC</b></a> - the National Cyber Security Centre. Helping to make the UK the safest place to live and work online.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://twitter.com/Synacktiv"><b>@Synacktiv</b></a> - IT security experts.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: A piece of history <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/howto/"><b>How to Do Things at ARL</b></a> - how to configure modems, scan images, record CD-ROMs, and other useful techniques.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Other <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QnD2c4Xovk"><b>Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange (short version)</b></a> - how Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange worked.<br> </p> #### Hacking/Penetration Testing [<sup>[TOC]</sup>](#anger-table-of-contents) ##### :black_small_square: Pentesters arsenal tools <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.syhunt.com/sandcat/"><b>Sandcat Browser</b></a> - a penetration-oriented browser with plenty of advanced functionality already built in.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.metasploit.com/"><b>Metasploit</b></a> - tool and framework for pentesting system, web and many more, contains a lot a ready to use exploit.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://portswigger.net/burp"><b>Burp Suite</b></a> - tool for testing web application security, intercepting proxy to replay, inject, scan and fuzz HTTP requests.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Zed_Attack_Proxy_Project"><b>OWASP Zed Attack Proxy</b></a> - intercepting proxy to replay, inject, scan and fuzz HTTP requests.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://w3af.org/"><b>w3af</b></a> - is a Web Application Attack and Audit Framework.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://mitmproxy.org/"><b>mitmproxy</b></a> - an interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://cirt.net/Nikto2"><b>Nikto2</b></a> - web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://sqlmap.org/"><b>sqlmap</b></a> - tool that automates the process of detecting and exploiting SQL injection flaws.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.faradaysec.com/"><b>Faraday</b></a> - an Integrated Multiuser Pentest Environment.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/s0md3v/Photon"><b>Photon</b></a> - incredibly fast crawler designed for OSINT.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/s0md3v/XSStrike"><b>XSStrike</b></a> - most advanced XSS detection suite.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/1N3/Sn1per"><b>Sn1per</b></a> - automated pentest framework for offensive security experts.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/michenriksen/aquatone"><b>aquatone</b></a> - a tool for domain flyovers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/Ekultek/WhatWaf"><b>WhatWaf</b></a> - detect and bypass web application firewalls and protection systems.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.openwall.com/john/"><b>John The Ripper</b></a> - is a fast password cracker, currently available for many flavors of Unix, Windows, and other.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://hashcat.net/hashcat/"><b>hashcat</b></a> - world's fastest and most advanced password recovery utility.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/p0f3/"><b>p0f</b></a> - is a tool to identify the players behind any incidental TCP/IP communications.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://bitbucket.org/LaNMaSteR53/recon-ng"><b>Recon-ng</b></a> - is a full-featured Web Reconnaissance framework written in Python.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/mozilla/ssh_scan"><b>ssh_scan</b></a> - a prototype SSH configuration and policy scanner.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/offensive-security/exploitdb"><b>exploitdb</b></a> - searchable archive from The Exploit Database.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/zardus/ctf-tools"><b>ctf-tools</b></a> - some setup scripts for security research tools.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/Gallopsled/pwntools"><b>pwntools</b></a> - CTF framework and exploit development library.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/bl4de/security-tools"><b>security-tools</b></a> - collection of small security tools created mostly in Python. CTFs, pentests and so on.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/fuzzdb-project/fuzzdb"><b>fuzzdb</b></a> - dictionary of attack patterns and primitives for black-box application fault injection and resource discovery.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/google/syzkaller"><b>syzkaller</b></a> - is an unsupervised, coverage-guided kernel fuzzer.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg"><b>pwndbg</b></a> - exploit development and reverse engineering with GDB made easy.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/longld/peda"><b>GDB PEDA</b></a> - Python Exploit Development Assistance for GDB.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/index.shtml"><b>IDA</b></a> - multi-processor disassembler and debugger useful for reverse engineering malware.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/radare/radare2"><b>radare2</b></a> - framework for reverse-engineering and analyzing binaries.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/threat9/routersploit"><b>routersploit</b></a> - exploitation framework for embedded devices.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra"><b>Ghidra</b></a> - is a software reverse engineering (SRE) framework.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/salesforce/vulnreport"><b>Vulnreport</b></a> - open-source pentesting management and automation platform by Salesforce Product Security.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/sc0tfree/mentalist"><b>Mentalist</b></a> - is a graphical tool for custom wordlist generation.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/archerysec/archerysec"><b>archerysec</b></a> - vulnerability assessment and management helps to perform scans and manage vulnerabilities.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/j3ssie/Osmedeus"><b>Osmedeus</b></a> - fully automated offensive security tool for reconnaissance and vulnerability scanning.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/beefproject/beef"><b>beef</b></a> - the browser exploitation framework project.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/NullArray/AutoSploit"><b>AutoSploit</b></a> - automated mass exploiter.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Backdoors/exploits <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/bartblaze/PHP-backdoors"><b>PHP-backdoors</b></a> - a collection of PHP backdoors. For educational or testing purposes only.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Pentests bookmarks collection <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.pentest-standard.org/index.php/Main_Page"><b>PTES</b></a> - the penetration testing execution standard.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.amanhardikar.com/mindmaps/Practice.html"><b>Pentests MindMap</b></a> - amazing mind map with vulnerable apps and systems.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.amanhardikar.com/mindmaps/webapptest.html"><b>WebApps Security Tests MindMap</b></a> - incredible mind map for WebApps security tests.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://brutelogic.com.br/blog/"><b>Brute XSS</b></a> - master the art of Cross Site Scripting.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://jivoi.github.io/2015/07/03/offensive-security-bookmarks/"><b>Offensive Security Bookmarks</b></a> - security bookmarks collection, all that things I need to pass OSCP.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/coreb1t/awesome-pentest-cheat-sheets"><b>Awesome Pentest Cheat Sheets</b></a> - collection of the cheat sheets useful for pentesting.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/Hack-with-Github/Awesome-Hacking"><b>Awesome Hacking by HackWithGithub</b></a> - awesome lists for hackers, pentesters and security researchers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/carpedm20/awesome-hacking"><b>Awesome Hacking by carpedm20</b></a> - a curated list of awesome hacking tutorials, tools and resources.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/vitalysim/Awesome-Hacking-Resources"><b>Awesome Hacking Resources</b></a> - collection of hacking/penetration testing resources to make you better.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/enaqx/awesome-pentest"><b>Awesome Pentest</b></a> - collection of awesome penetration testing resources, tools and other shiny things.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/ksanchezcld/Hacking_Cheat_Sheet"><b>Hacking Cheat Sheet</b></a> - author hacking and pentesting notes.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://jdow.io/blog/2018/03/18/web-application-penetration-testing-methodology/"><b>Web App Pentesting Cheat Sheet</b></a> - the typical steps performed when conducting a web application penetration test.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/The-Art-of-Hacking/h4cker"><b>Cyber Security Resources</b></a> - includes thousands of cybersecurity-related references and resources.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/jhaddix/pentest-bookmarks"><b>Pentest Bookmarks</b></a> - there are a LOT of pentesting blogs.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings"><b>PayloadsAllTheThings</b></a> - a list of useful payloads and bypass for Web Application Security and Pentest/CTF.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/foospidy/payloads"><b>payloads</b></a> - git all the Payloads! A collection of web attack payloads.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://highon.coffee/blog/penetration-testing-tools-cheat-sheet/"><b>Pentesting Tools Cheat Sheet</b></a> - a quick reference high level overview for typical penetration testing engagements.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/OWASP/CheatSheetSeries/tree/master/cheatsheets"><b>OWASP Cheat Sheet Series</b></a> - collection of high value information on specific application security topics.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://media.defcon.org/"><b>DEF CON Media Server</b></a> - great stuff from DEFCON.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/rshipp/awesome-malware-analysis"><b>Awesome Malware Analysis</b></a> - a curated list of awesome malware analysis tools and resources.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.netsparker.com/blog/web-security/sql-injection-cheat-sheet/"><b>SQL Injection Cheat Sheet</b></a> - detailed technical information about the many different variants of the SQL Injection.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://kb.entersoft.co.in/"><b>Entersoft Knowledge Base</b></a> - great and detailed reference about vulnerabilities.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://html5sec.org/"><b>HTML5 Security Cheatsheet</b></a> - a collection of HTML5 related XSS attack vectors.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://evuln.com/tools/xss-encoder/"><b>XSS String Encoder</b></a> - for generating XSS code to check your input validation filters against XSS.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://gtfobins.github.io/"><b>GTFOBins</b></a> - list of Unix binaries that can be exploited by an attacker to bypass local security restrictions.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://guif.re/"><b>Guifre Ruiz Notes</b></a> - collection of security, system, network and pentest cheatsheets.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://blog.safebuff.com/2016/07/03/SSRF-Tips/index.html"><b>SSRF Tips</b></a> - a collection of SSRF Tips.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://shell-storm.org/repo/CTF/"><b>shell-storm repo CTF</b></a> - great archive of CTFs.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/bl4de/ctf"><b>ctf</b></a> - CTF (Capture The Flag) writeups, code snippets, notes, scripts.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/OWASP/owasp-mstg"><b>MSTG</b></a> - The Mobile Security Testing Guide (MSTG) is a comprehensive manual for mobile app security testing.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Wordlists and Weak passwords <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://weakpass.com/"><b>Weakpass</b></a> - for any kind of bruteforce find wordlists or unleash the power of them all at once!<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://hashes.org/"><b>Hashes.org</b></a> - is a free online hash resolving service incorporating many unparalleled techniques.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists"><b>SecLists</b></a> - collection of multiple types of lists used during security assessments, collected in one place.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/berzerk0/Probable-Wordlists"><b>Probable-Wordlists</b></a> - sorted by probability originally created for password generation and testing.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://wiki.skullsecurity.org/index.php?title=Passwords"><b>skullsecurity passwords</b></a> - password dictionaries and leaked passwords repository.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://bezpieka.org/polski-slownik-premium-polish-wordlist"><b>Polish PREMIUM Dictionary</b></a> - official dictionary created by the team on the forum bezpieka.org.<b>*</b> <sup><a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/kali-linux/files/Wordlist/">1</sup><br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Bounty platforms <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://bountyfactory.io/"><b>Bounty Factory</b></a> - European bug bounty platform based on the legislation and rules in force in European countries.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.openbugbounty.org/"><b>Openbugbounty</b></a> - allows any security researcher reporting a vulnerability on any website.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.hackerone.com/"><b>hackerone</b></a> - global hacker community to surface the most relevant security issues.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.bugcrowd.com/"><b>bugcrowd</b></a> - crowdsourced cybersecurity for the enterprise.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://crowdshield.com/"><b>Crowdshield</b></a> - crowdsourced security & bug bounty management.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.synack.com/"><b>Synack</b></a> - crowdsourced security & bug bounty programs, crowd security intelligence platform and more.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://hacktrophy.com/en/"><b>Hacktrophy</b></a> - bug bounty platform.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.yeswehack.com/en/index.html"><b>YesWeHack</b></a> - bug bounty platform with infosec jobs.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Web Training Apps (local installation) <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Vulnerable_Web_Applications_Directory_Project"><b>OWASP-VWAD</b></a> - comprehensive and well maintained registry of all known vulnerable web applications.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://metasploit.help.rapid7.com/docs/metasploitable-2"><b>Metasploitable 2</b></a> - vulnerable web application amongst security researchers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.dvwa.co.uk/"><b>DVWA</b></a> - PHP/MySQL web application that is damn vulnerable.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/mutillidae/"><b>OWASP Mutillidae II</b></a> - free, open source, deliberately vulnerable web-application.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Juice_Shop_Project"><b>OWASP Juice Shop Project</b></a> - the most bug-free vulnerable application in existence.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_WebGoat_Project"><b>OWASP WebGoat Project</b></a> - insecure web application maintained by OWASP designed to teach web app security.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/opendns/Security_Ninjas_AppSec_Training"><b>Security Ninjas</b></a> - open source application security training program.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/rapid7/hackazon"><b>hackazon</b></a> - a modern vulnerable web app.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/appsecco/dvna"><b>dvna</b></a> - damn vulnerable NodeJS application.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://google-gruyere.appspot.com/"><b>Google Gruyere</b></a> - web application exploits and defenses.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/amolnaik4/bodhi"><b>Bodhi</b></a> - is a playground focused on learning the exploitation of client-side web vulnerabilities.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://websploit.h4cker.org/"><b>Websploit</b></a> - single vm lab with the purpose of combining several vulnerable appliations in one environment.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/vulhub/vulhub"><b>vulhub</b></a> - pre-built Vulnerable Environments based on docker-compose<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Labs (ethical hacking platforms/trainings/CTFs) <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.offensive-security.com/"><b>Offensive Security</b></a> - true performance-based penetration testing training for over a decade.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.hackthebox.eu/"><b>Hack The Box</b></a> - online platform allowing you to test your penetration testing skills.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.hacking-lab.com/index.html"><b>Hacking-Lab</b></a> - online ethical hacking, computer network and security challenge platform.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://pwnable.kr/index.php"><b>pwnable.kr</b></a> - non-commercial wargame site which provides various pwn challenges regarding system exploitation.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://pwnable.tw/"><b>Pwnable.tw</b></a> - is a wargame site for hackers to test and expand their binary exploiting skills.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://picoctf.com/"><b>picoCTF</b></a> - is a free computer security game targeted at middle and high school students.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://ctflearn.com/"><b>CTFlearn</b></a> - is an online platform built to help ethical hackers learn and practice their cybersecurity knowledge and skills.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://silesiasecuritylab.com/"><b>Silesia Security Lab</b></a> - high quality security testing services.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://practicalpentestlabs.com/"><b>Practical Pentest Labs</b></a> - pentest lab, take your Hacking skills to the next level.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.root-me.org/?lang=en"><b>Root Me</b></a> - the fast, easy, and affordable way to train your hacking skills.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://rozwal.to/login"><b>rozwal.to</b></a> - a great platform to train your pentesting skills.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://tryhackme.com/"><b>TryHackMe</b></a> - learning Cyber Security made easy.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://hackxor.net/"><b>hackxor</b></a> - is a realistic web application hacking game, designed to help players of all abilities develop their skills.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://hack-yourself-first.com/"><b>Hack Yourself First</b></a> - it's full of nasty app sec holes.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://overthewire.org/wargames/"><b>OverTheWire</b></a> - can help you to learn and practice security concepts in the form of fun-filled games.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://labs.wizard-security.net/"><b>Wizard Labs</b></a> - is an online Penetration Testing Lab.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://pentesterlab.com/"><b>PentesterLab</b></a> - provides vulnerable systems that can be used to test and understand vulnerabilities.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://ringzer0ctf.com/"><b>RingZer0</b></a> - tons of challenges designed to test and improve your hacking skills.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.ubeeri.com/preconfig-labs"><b>Ubeeri</b></a> - preconfigured lab environments.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://lab.pentestit.ru/"><b>Pentestit</b></a> - emulate IT infrastructures of real companies for legal pen testing and improving penetration testing skills.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://microcorruption.com/"><b>Microcorruption</b></a> - reversal challenges done in the web interface.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://crackmes.one/"><b>Crackmes</b></a> - download crackmes to help improve your reverse engineering skills.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://domgo.at/cxss/intro"><b>DomGoat</b></a> - DOM XSS security learning and practicing platform.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Other resources <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/bugcrowd/bugcrowd_university"><b>Bugcrowd University</b></a> - open source education content for the researcher community.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/rewardone/OSCPRepo"><b>OSCPRepo</b></a> - a list of resources and scripts that I have been gathering in preparation for the OSCP.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://medium.com/@cxosmo/owasp-top-10-real-world-examples-part-1-a540c4ea2df5"><b>OWASP Top 10: Real-World Examples</b></a> - test your web apps with real-world examples (two-part series).<br> </p> #### Your daily knowledge and news [<sup>[TOC]</sup>](#anger-table-of-contents) ##### :black_small_square: RSS Readers <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://feedly.com/"><b>Feedly</b></a> - organize, read and share what matters to you.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.inoreader.com/"><b>Inoreader</b></a> - similar to feedly with a support for filtering what you fetch from rss.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: IRC Channels <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/IRC_Channel"><b>#hackerspaces</b></a> - hackerspace IRC channels.<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Security <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://thehackernews.com/"><b>The Hacker News</b></a> - leading news source dedicated to promoting awareness for security experts and hackers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://latesthackingnews.com/"><b>Latest Hacking News</b></a> - provides the latest hacking news, exploits and vulnerabilities for ethical hackers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://securitynewsletter.co/"><b>Security Newsletter</b></a> - security news as a weekly digest (email notifications).<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/"><b>Google Online Security Blog</b></a> - the latest news and insights from Google on security and safety on the Internet.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://blog.qualys.com/"><b>Qualys Blog</b></a> - expert network security guidance and news.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.darkreading.com/"><b>DARKReading</b></a> - connecting the Information Security Community.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.darknet.org.uk/"><b>Darknet</b></a> - latest hacking tools, hacker news, cybersecurity best practices, ethical hacking & pen-testing.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://twitter.com/disclosedh1"><b>publiclyDisclosed</b></a> - public disclosure watcher who keeps you up to date about the recently disclosed bugs.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hacking/"><b>Reddit - Hacking</b></a> - a subreddit dedicated to hacking and hackers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://packetstormsecurity.com/"><b>Packet Storm</b></a> - information security services, news, files, tools, exploits, advisories and whitepapers.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://sekurak.pl/"><b>Sekurak</b></a> - about security, penetration tests, vulnerabilities and many others (PL/EN).<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://nfsec.pl/"><b>nf.sec</b></a> - basic aspects and mechanisms of Linux operating system security (PL).<br> </p> ##### :black_small_square: Other/All-in-one <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://changelog.com/"><b>Changelog</b></a> - is a community of hackers; news & podcasts for developers and hackers.<br> </p> #### Other Cheat Sheets [<sup>[TOC]</sup>](#anger-table-of-contents) ###### Build your own DNS Servers <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://calomel.org/unbound_dns.html"><b>Unbound DNS Tutorial</b></a> - a validating, recursive, and caching DNS server.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/knot-dns-resolver-tutorial"><b>Knot Resolver on Fedora</b></a> - how to get faster and more secure DNS resolution with Knot Resolver on Fedora.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.aaflalo.me/2018/10/tutorial-setup-dns-over-https-server/"><b>DNS-over-HTTPS</b></a> - tutorial to setup your own DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) server.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.aaflalo.me/2019/03/dns-over-tls/"><b>DNS-over-TLS</b></a> - following to your DoH server, setup your DNS-over-TLS (DoT) server.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://zwischenzugs.com/2018/01/26/how-and-why-i-run-my-own-dns-servers/"><b>DNS Servers</b></a> - how (and why) i run my own DNS Servers.<br> </p> ###### Build your own Certificate Authority <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://jamielinux.com/docs/openssl-certificate-authority/"><b>OpenSSL Certificate Authority</b></a> - build your own certificate authority (CA) using the OpenSSL command-line tools.<br> </p> ###### Build your own System/Virtual Machine <p> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/cfenollosa/os-tutorial"><b>os-tutorial</b></a> - how to create an OS from scratch.<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://justinmeiners.github.io/lc3-vm/"><b>Write your Own Virtual Machine</b></a> - how to write your own virtual machine (VM).<br> :small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/cirosantilli/x86-bare-metal-examples"><b>x86 Bare Metal Examples</b></a> - dozens of minimal operating systems to learn x86 system programming.<br> </p> ###### DNS Servers list (privacy) | <b><u>IP</u></b> | <b><u>URL</u></b> | | :--- | :--- | | **`84.200.69.80`** | [dns.watch](https://dns.watch/) | | **`94.247.43.254`** | [opennic.org](https://www.opennic.org/) | | **`64.6.64.6`** | [verisign.com](https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/public-dns/index.xhtml) | | **`89.233.43.71`** | [censurfridns.dk](https://blog.uncensoreddns.org/) | | **`1.1.1.1`** | [cloudflare.com](https://1.1.1.1/) | | **`94.130.110.185`** | [dnsprivacy.at](https://dnsprivacy.at/) | ###### TOP Browser extensions | <b><u>Extension name</u></b> | <b><u>Description</u></b> | | :--- | :--- | | **`IPvFoo`** | Display the server IP address and HTTPS information across all page elements. | | **`FoxyProxy`** | Simplifies configuring browsers to access proxy-servers. | | **`HTTPS Everywhere`** | Automatically use HTTPS security on many sites. | | **`uMatrix`** | Point & click to forbid/allow any class of requests made by your browser. | | **`uBlock Origin`** | An efficient blocker: easy on memory and CPU footprint. | | **`Session Buddy`** | Manage browser tabs and bookmarks with ease. | | **`SuperSorter`** | Sort bookmarks recursively, delete duplicates, merge folders and more. | | **`Clear Cache`** | Clear your cache and browsing data. | | **`d3coder`** | Encoding/Decoding plugin for various types of encoding. | | **`Web Developer`** | Adds a toolbar button with various web developer tools. | | **`ThreatPinch Lookup`** | Add threat intelligence hover tool tips. | ###### TOP Burp extensions | <b><u>Extension name</u></b> | <b><u>Description</u></b> | | :--- | :--- | | **`Autorize`** | Automatically detects authorization enforcement. | | **`Reflection`** | An efficient blocker: easy on memory and CPU footprint. | | **`Logger++`** | Logs requests and responses for all Burp tools in a sortable table. | | **`Bypass WAF`** | Adds headers useful for bypassing some WAF devices. | | **`JSON Beautifier`** | Beautifies JSON content in the HTTP message viewer. | | **`JSON Web Tokens`** | Enables Burp to decode and manipulate JSON web tokens. | | **`CSP Auditor`** | Displays CSP headers for responses, and passively reports CSP weaknesses. | | **`CSP-Bypass`** | Passively scans for CSP headers that contain known bypasses.. | | **`Hackvertor`** | Converts data using a tag-based configuration to apply various encoding. | | **`Active Scan++`** | Extends Burp's active and passive scanning capabilities. | | **`HTML5 Auditor`** | Scans for usage of risky HTML5 features. | | **`Software Vulnerability Scanner`** | Software vulnerability scanner based on Vulners.com audit API. | #### One-liners [<sup>[TOC]</sup>](#anger-table-of-contents) ##### Table of Contents * [terminal](#tool-terminal) * [mount](#tool-mount) * [fuser](#tool-fuser) * [lsof](#tool-lsof) * [ps](#tool-ps) * [top](#tool-top) * [vmstat](#tool-vmstat) * [iostat](#tool-iostat) * [strace](#tool-strace) * [kill](#tool-kill) * [find](#tool-find) * [diff](#tool-diff) * [tail](#tool-tail) * [cpulimit](#tool-cpulimit) * [pwdx](#tool-pwdx) * [tr](#tool-tr) * [chmod](#tool-chmod) * [who](#tool-who) * [last](#tool-last) * [screen](#tool-screen) * [script](#tool-script) * [du](#tool-du) * [inotifywait](#tool-inotifywait) * [openssl](#tool-openssl) * [secure-delete](#tool-secure-delete) * [dd](#tool-dd) * [gpg](#tool-gpg) * [system-other](#tool-system-other) * [curl](#tool-curl) * [httpie](#tool-httpie) * [ssh](#tool-ssh) * [linux-dev](#tool-linux-dev) * [tcpdump](#tool-tcpdump) * [tcpick](#tool-tcpick) * [ngrep](#tool-ngrep) * [hping3](#tool-hping3) * [nmap](#tool-nmap) * [netcat](#tool-netcat) * [socat](#tool-socat) * [p0f](#tool-p0f) * [gnutls-cli](#tool-gnutls-cli) * [netstat](#tool-netstat) * [rsync](#tool-rsync) * [host](#tool-host) * [dig](#tool-dig) * [certbot](#tool-certbot) * [network-other](#tool-network-other) * [git](#tool-git) * [awk](#tool-awk) * [sed](#tool-sed) * [grep](#tool-grep) ##### Tool: [terminal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_console) ###### Reload shell without exit ```bash exec $SHELL -l ``` ###### Close shell keeping all subprocess running ```bash disown -a && exit ``` ###### Exit without saving shell history ```bash kill -9 $$ unset HISTFILE && exit ``` ###### Perform a branching conditional ```bash true && echo success false || echo failed ``` ###### Pipe stdout and stderr to separate commands ```bash some_command > >(/bin/cmd_for_stdout) 2> >(/bin/cmd_for_stderr) ``` ###### Redirect stdout and stderr each to separate files and print both to the screen ```bash (some_command 2>&1 1>&3 | tee errorlog ) 3>&1 1>&2 | tee stdoutlog ``` ###### List of commands you use most often ```bash history | \ awk '{CMD[$2]++;count++;}END { for (a in CMD)print CMD[a] " " CMD[a]/count*100 "% " a;}' | \ grep -v "./" | \ column -c3 -s " " -t | \ sort -nr | nl | head -n 20 ``` ###### Sterilize bash history ```bash function sterile() { history | awk '$2 != "history" { $1=""; print $0 }' | egrep -vi "\ curl\b+.*(-E|--cert)\b+.*\b*|\ curl\b+.*--pass\b+.*\b*|\ curl\b+.*(-U|--proxy-user).*:.*\b*|\ curl\b+.*(-u|--user).*:.*\b* .*(-H|--header).*(token|auth.*)\b+.*|\ wget\b+.*--.*password\b+.*\b*|\ http.?://.+:.+@.*\ " > $HOME/histbuff; history -r $HOME/histbuff; } export PROMPT_COMMAND="sterile" ``` ###### Quickly backup a file ```bash cp filename{,.orig} ``` ###### Empty a file (truncate to 0 size) ```bash >filename ``` ###### Delete all files in a folder that don't match a certain file extension ```bash rm !(*.foo|*.bar|*.baz) ``` ###### Pass multi-line string to a file ```bash # cat >filename ... - overwrite the file # cat >>filename ... - append to a file cat > filename << __EOF__ data data data __EOF__ ``` ###### Edit a file on a remote host using vim ```bash vim scp://user@host//etc/fstab ``` ###### Create a directory and change into it at the same time ```bash mkd() { mkdir -p "$@" && cd "$@"; } ``` ###### Convert uppercase files to lowercase files ```bash rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' * ``` ###### Print a row of characters across the terminal ```bash printf "%`tput cols`s" | tr ' ' '#' ``` ###### Show shell history without line numbers ```bash history | cut -c 8- fc -l -n 1 | sed 's/^\s*//' ``` ###### Run command(s) after exit session ```bash cat > /etc/profile << __EOF__ _after_logout() { username=$(whoami) for _pid in $(ps afx | grep sshd | grep "$username" | awk '{print $1}') ; do kill -9 $_pid done } trap _after_logout EXIT __EOF__ ``` ###### Generate a sequence of numbers ```bash for ((i=1; i<=10; i+=2)) ; do echo $i ; done # alternative: seq 1 2 10 for ((i=5; i<=10; ++i)) ; do printf '%02d\n' $i ; done # alternative: seq -w 5 10 for i in {1..10} ; do echo $i ; done ``` ###### Simple Bash filewatching ```bash unset MAIL; export MAILCHECK=1; export MAILPATH='$FILE_TO_WATCH?$MESSAGE' ``` ___ ##### Tool: [mount](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_(Unix)) ###### Mount a temporary ram partition ```bash mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /mnt -o size=64M ``` * `-t` - filesystem type * `-o` - mount options ###### Remount a filesystem as read/write ```bash mount -o remount,rw / ``` ___ ##### Tool: [fuser](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuser_(Unix)) ###### Show which processes use the files/directories ```bash fuser /var/log/daemon.log fuser -v /home/supervisor ``` ###### Kills a process that is locking a file ```bash fuser -ki filename ``` * `-i` - interactive option ###### Kills a process that is locking a file with specific signal ```bash fuser -k -HUP filename ``` * `--list-signals` - list available signal names ###### Show what PID is listening on specific port ```bash fuser -v 53/udp ``` ###### Show all processes using the named filesystems or block device ```bash fuser -mv /var/www ``` ___ ##### Tool: [lsof](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lsof) ###### Show process that use internet connection at the moment ```bash lsof -P -i -n ``` ###### Show process that use specific port number ```bash lsof -i tcp:443 ``` ###### Lists all listening ports together with the PID of the associated process ```bash lsof -Pan -i tcp -i udp ``` ###### List all open ports and their owning executables ```bash lsof -i -P | grep -i "listen" ``` ###### Show all open ports ```bash lsof -Pnl -i ``` ###### Show open ports (LISTEN) ```bash lsof -Pni4 | grep LISTEN | column -t ``` ###### List all files opened by a particular command ```bash lsof -c "process" ``` ###### View user activity per directory ```bash lsof -u username -a +D /etc ``` ###### Show 10 largest open files ```bash lsof / | \ awk '{ if($7 > 1048576) print $7/1048576 "MB" " " $9 " " $1 }' | \ sort -n -u | tail | column -t ``` ###### Show current working directory of a process ```bash lsof -p <PID> | grep cwd ``` ___ ##### Tool: [ps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ps_(Unix)) ###### Show a 4-way scrollable process tree with full details ```bash ps awwfux | less -S ``` ###### Processes per user counter ```bash ps hax -o user | sort | uniq -c | sort -r ``` ###### Show all processes by name with main header ```bash ps -lfC nginx ``` ___ ##### Tool: [find](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_(Unix)) ###### Find files that have been modified on your system in the past 60 minutes ```bash find / -mmin 60 -type f ``` ###### Find all files larger than 20M ```bash find / -type f -size +20M ``` ###### Find duplicate files (based on MD5 hash) ```bash find -type f -exec md5sum '{}' ';' | sort | uniq --all-repeated=separate -w 33 ``` ###### Change permission only for files ```bash cd /var/www/site && find . -type f -exec chmod 766 {} \; cd /var/www/site && find . -type f -exec chmod 664 {} + ``` ###### Change permission only for directories ```bash cd /var/www/site && find . -type d -exec chmod g+x {} \; cd /var/www/site && find . -type d -exec chmod g+rwx {} + ``` ###### Find files and directories for specific user ```bash find . -user <username> -print ``` ###### Find files and directories for all without specific user ```bash find . \!-user <username> -print ``` ###### Delete older files than 60 days ```bash find . -type f -mtime +60 -delete ``` ###### Recursively remove all empty sub-directories from a directory ```bash find . -depth -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \; ``` ###### How to find all hard links to a file ```bash find </path/to/dir> -xdev -samefile filename ``` ###### Recursively find the latest modified files ```bash find . -type f -exec stat --format '%Y :%y %n' "{}" \; | sort -nr | cut -d: -f2- | head ``` ###### Recursively find/replace of a string with sed ```bash find . -not -path '*/\.git*' -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i 's/foo/bar/g' ``` ###### Recursively find/replace of a string in directories and file names ```bash find . -depth -name '*test*' -execdir bash -c 'mv -v "$1" "${1//foo/bar}"' _ {} \; ``` ###### Recursively find suid executables ```bash find / \( -perm -4000 -o -perm -2000 \) -type f -exec ls -la {} \; ``` ___ ##### Tool: [top](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_(software)) ###### Use top to monitor only all processes with the specific string ```bash top -p $(pgrep -d , <str>) ``` * `<str>` - process containing string (eg. nginx, worker) ___ ##### Tool: [vmstat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vmstat) ###### Show current system utilization (fields in kilobytes) ```bash vmstat 2 20 -t -w ``` * `2` - number of times with a defined time interval (delay) * `20` - each execution of the command (count) * `-t` - show timestamp * `-w` - wide output * `-S M` - output of the fields in megabytes instead of kilobytes ###### Show current system utilization will get refreshed every 5 seconds ```bash vmstat 5 -w ``` ###### Display report a summary of disk operations ```bash vmstat -D ``` ###### Display report of event counters and memory stats ```bash vmstat -s ``` ###### Display report about kernel objects stored in slab layer cache ```bash vmstat -m ``` ##### Tool: [iostat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iostat) ###### Show information about the CPU usage, and I/O statistics about all the partitions ```bash iostat 2 10 -t -m ``` * `2` - number of times with a defined time interval (delay) * `10` - each execution of the command (count) * `-t` - show timestamp * `-m` - fields in megabytes (`-k` - in kilobytes, default) ###### Show information only about the CPU utilization ```bash iostat 2 10 -t -m -c ``` ###### Show information only about the disk utilization ```bash iostat 2 10 -t -m -d ``` ###### Show information only about the LVM utilization ```bash iostat -N ``` ___ ##### Tool: [strace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strace) ###### Track with child processes ```bash strace -f -p $(pidof glusterfsd) ``` ###### Track process with 30 seconds limit ```bash timeout 30 strace $(< /var/run/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.pid) ``` ###### Track processes and redirect output to a file ```bash ps auxw | grep '[a]pache' | awk '{print " -p " $2}' | \ xargs strace -o /tmp/strace-apache-proc.out ``` ###### Track with print time spent in each syscall and limit length of print strings ```bash ps auxw | grep '[i]init_policy' | awk '{print " -p " $2}' | \ xargs strace -f -e trace=network -T -s 10000 ``` ###### Track the open request of a network port ```bash strace -f -e trace=bind nc -l 80 ``` ###### Track the open request of a network port (show TCP/UDP) ```bash strace -f -e trace=network nc -lu 80 ``` ___ ##### Tool: [kill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_(command)) ###### Kill a process running on port ```bash kill -9 $(lsof -i :<port> | awk '{l=$2} END {print l}') ``` ___ ##### Tool: [diff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff) ###### Compare two directory trees ```bash diff <(cd directory1 && find | sort) <(cd directory2 && find | sort) ``` ___ ##### Tool: [tail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tail_(Unix)) ###### Annotate tail -f with timestamps ```bash tail -f file | while read ; do echo "$(date +%T.%N) $REPLY" ; done ``` ###### Analyse an Apache access log for the most common IP addresses ```bash tail -10000 access_log | awk '{print $1}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -n | tail ``` ###### Analyse web server log and show only 5xx http codes ```bash tail -n 100 -f /path/to/logfile | grep "HTTP/[1-2].[0-1]\" [5]" ``` ___ ##### Tool: [tar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(computing)) ###### System backup with exclude specific directories ```bash cd / tar -czvpf /mnt/system$(date +%d%m%Y%s).tgz --directory=/ \ --exclude=proc/* --exclude=sys/* --exclude=dev/* --exclude=mnt/* . ``` ###### System backup with exclude specific directories (pigz) ```bash cd / tar cvpf /backup/snapshot-$(date +%d%m%Y%s).tgz --directory=/ \ --exclude=proc/* --exclude=sys/* --exclude=dev/* \ --exclude=mnt/* --exclude=tmp/* --use-compress-program=pigz . ``` ___ ##### Tool: [dump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dump_(program)) ###### System backup to file ```bash dump -y -u -f /backup/system$(date +%d%m%Y%s).lzo / ``` ###### Restore system from lzo file ```bash cd / restore -rf /backup/system$(date +%d%m%Y%s).lzo ``` ___ ##### Tool: [cpulimit](http://cpulimit.sourceforge.net/) ###### Limit the cpu usage of a process ```bash cpulimit -p pid -l 50 ``` ___ ##### Tool: [pwdx](https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-linux-pwdx-command-examples-usage-syntax/) ###### Show current working directory of a process ```bash pwdx <pid> ``` ___ ##### Tool: [taskset](https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/taskset-cpu-affinity-command/) ###### Start a command on only one CPU core ```bash taskset -c 0 <command> ``` ___ ##### Tool: [tr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr_(Unix)) ###### Show directories in the PATH, one per line ```bash tr : '\n' <<<$PATH ``` ___ ##### Tool: [chmod](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod) ###### Remove executable bit from all files in the current directory ```bash chmod -R -x+X * ``` ###### Restore permission for /bin/chmod ```bash # 1: cp /bin/ls chmod.01 cp /bin/chmod chmod.01 ./chmod.01 700 file # 2: /bin/busybox chmod 0700 /bin/chmod # 3: setfacl --set u::rwx,g::---,o::--- /bin/chmod ``` ___ ##### Tool: [who](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_(Unix)) ###### Find last reboot time ```bash who -b ``` ###### Detect a user sudo-su'd into the current shell ```bash [[ $(who -m | awk '{ print $1 }') == $(whoami) ]] || echo "You are su-ed to $(whoami)" ``` ___ ##### Tool: [last](https://www.howtoforge.com/linux-last-command/) ###### Was the last reboot a panic? ```bash (last -x -f $(ls -1t /var/log/wtmp* | head -2 | tail -1); last -x -f /var/log/wtmp) | \ grep -A1 reboot | head -2 | grep -q shutdown && echo "Expected reboot" || echo "Panic reboot" ``` ___ ##### Tool: [screen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen) ###### Start screen in detached mode ```bash screen -d -m [<command>] ``` ___ ##### Tool: [script](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Script_(Unix)) ###### Record and replay terminal session ```bash ### Record session # 1) script -t 2>~/session.time -a ~/session.log # 2) script --timing=session.time session.log ### Replay session scriptreplay --timing=session.time session.log ``` ___ ##### Tool: [du](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen) ###### Show 20 biggest directories with 'K M G' ```bash du | \ sort -r -n | \ awk '{split("K M G",v); s=1; while($1>1024){$1/=1024; s++} print int($1)" "v[s]"\t"$2}' | \ head -n 20 ``` ___ ##### Tool: [inotifywait](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen) ###### Init tool everytime a file in a directory is modified ```bash while true ; do inotifywait -r -e MODIFY dir/ && ls dir/ ; done; ``` ___ ##### Tool: [openssl](https://www.openssl.org/) ###### Testing connection to remote host ```bash echo | openssl s_client -connect google.com:443 -showcerts ``` ###### Testing connection to remote host (with SNI support) ```bash echo | openssl s_client -showcerts -servername google.com -connect google.com:443 ``` ###### Testing connection to remote host with specific ssl version ```bash openssl s_client -tls1_2 -connect google.com:443 ``` ###### Testing connection to remote host with specific ssl cipher ```bash openssl s_client -cipher 'AES128-SHA' -connect google.com:443 ``` ###### Generate private key without passphrase ```bash # _len: 2048, 4096 ( _fd="private.key" ; _len="4096" ; \ openssl genrsa -out ${_fd} ${_len} ) ``` ###### Generate private key with passphrase ```bash # _ciph: des3, aes128, aes256 # _len: 2048, 4096 ( _ciph="aes128" ; _fd="private.key" ; _len="4096" ; \ openssl genrsa -${_ciph} -out ${_fd} ${_len} ) ``` ###### Remove passphrase from private key ```bash ( _fd="private.key" ; _fd_unp="private_unp.key" ; \ openssl rsa -in ${_fd} -out ${_fd_unp} ) ``` ###### Encrypt existing private key with a passphrase ```bash # _ciph: des3, aes128, aes256 ( _ciph="aes128" ; _fd="private.key" ; _fd_pass="private_pass.key" ; \ openssl rsa -${_ciph} -in ${_fd} -out ${_fd_pass} ``` ###### Check private key ```bash ( _fd="private.key" ; \ openssl rsa -check -in ${_fd} ) ``` ###### Get public key from private key ```bash ( _fd="private.key" ; _fd_pub="public.key" ; \ openssl rsa -pubout -in ${_fd} -out ${_fd_pub} ) ``` ###### Generate private key and csr ```bash ( _fd="private.key" ; _fd_csr="request.csr" ; _len="4096" ; \ openssl req -out ${_fd_csr} -new -newkey rsa:${_len} -nodes -keyout ${_fd} ) ``` ###### Generate csr ```bash ( _fd="private.key" ; _fd_csr="request.csr" ; \ openssl req -out ${_fd_csr} -new -key ${_fd} ) ``` ###### Generate csr (metadata from exist certificate) ```bash ( _fd="private.key" ; _fd_csr="request.csr" ; _fd_crt="cert.crt" ; \ openssl x509 -x509toreq -in ${_fd_crt} -out ${_fd_csr} -signkey ${_fd} ) ``` ###### Generate csr with -config param ```bash ( _fd="private.key" ; _fd_csr="request.csr" ; \ openssl req -new -sha256 -key ${_fd} -out ${_fd_csr} \ -config <( cat <<-EOF [req] default_bits = 2048 prompt = no default_md = sha256 req_extensions = req_ext distinguished_name = dn [ dn ] C=<two-letter ISO abbreviation for your country> ST=<state or province where your organization is legally located> L=<city where your organization is legally located> O=<legal name of your organization> OU=<section of the organization> CN=<fully qualified domain name> [ req_ext ] subjectAltName = @alt_names [ alt_names ] DNS.1 = <fully qualified domain name> DNS.2 = <next domain> DNS.3 = <next domain> EOF )) ``` ###### List available EC curves ```bash openssl ecparam -list_curves ``` ###### Generate ECDSA private key ```bash # _curve: prime256v1, secp521r1, secp384r1 ( _fd="private.key" ; _curve="prime256v1" ; \ openssl ecparam -out ${_fd} -name ${_curve} -genkey ) # _curve: X25519 ( _fd="private.key" ; _curve="x25519" ; \ openssl genpkey -algorithm ${_curve} -out ${_fd} ) ``` ###### Print ECDSA private and public keys ```bash ( _fd="private.key" ; \ openssl ec -in ${_fd} -noout -text ) # For x25519 only extracting public key ( _fd="private.key" ; _fd_pub="public.key" ; \ openssl pkey -in ${_fd} -pubout -out ${_fd_pub} ) ``` ###### Generate private key with csr (ECC) ```bash # _curve: prime256v1, secp521r1, secp384r1 ( _fd="domain.com.key" ; _fd_csr="domain.com.csr" ; _curve="prime256v1" ; \ openssl ecparam -out ${_fd} -name ${_curve} -genkey ; \ openssl req -new -key ${_fd} -out ${_fd_csr} -sha256 ) ``` ###### Generate self-signed certificate ```bash # _len: 2048, 4096 ( _fd="domain.key" ; _fd_out="domain.crt" ; _len="4096" ; _days="365" ; \ openssl req -newkey rsa:${_len} -nodes \ -keyout ${_fd} -x509 -days ${_days} -out ${_fd_out} ) ``` ###### Generate self-signed certificate from existing private key ```bash # _len: 2048, 4096 ( _fd="domain.key" ; _fd_out="domain.crt" ; _days="365" ; \ openssl req -key ${_fd} -nodes \ -x509 -days ${_days} -out ${_fd_out} ) ``` ###### Generate self-signed certificate from existing private key and csr ```bash # _len: 2048, 4096 ( _fd="domain.key" ; _fd_csr="domain.csr" ; _fd_out="domain.crt" ; _days="365" ; \ openssl x509 -signkey ${_fd} -nodes \ -in ${_fd_csr} -req -days ${_days} -out ${_fd_out} ) ``` ###### Convert DER to PEM ```bash ( _fd_der="cert.crt" ; _fd_pem="cert.pem" ; \ openssl x509 -in ${_fd_der} -inform der -outform pem -out ${_fd_pem} ) ``` ###### Convert PEM to DER ```bash ( _fd_der="cert.crt" ; _fd_pem="cert.pem" ; \ openssl x509 -in ${_fd_pem} -outform der -out ${_fd_der} ) ``` ###### Checking whether the private key and the certificate match ```bash (openssl rsa -noout -modulus -in private.key | openssl md5 ; \ openssl x509 -noout -modulus -in certificate.crt | openssl md5) | uniq ``` ___ ##### Tool: [secure-delete](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Securely_wipe_disk) ###### Secure delete with shred ```bash shred -vfuz -n 10 file shred --verbose --random-source=/dev/urandom -n 1 /dev/sda ``` ###### Secure delete with scrub ```bash scrub -p dod /dev/sda scrub -p dod -r file ``` ###### Secure delete with badblocks ```bash badblocks -s -w -t random -v /dev/sda badblocks -c 10240 -s -w -t random -v /dev/sda ``` ###### Secure delete with secure-delete ```bash srm -vz /tmp/file sfill -vz /local sdmem -v swapoff /dev/sda5 && sswap -vz /dev/sda5 ``` ___ ##### Tool: [dd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)) ###### Show dd status every so often ```bash dd <dd_params> status=progress watch --interval 5 killall -USR1 dd ``` ###### Redirect output to a file with dd ```bash echo "string" | dd of=filename ``` ___ ##### Tool: [gpg](https://www.gnupg.org/) ###### Export public key ```bash gpg --export --armor "<username>" > username.pkey ``` * `--export` - export all keys from all keyrings or specific key * `-a|--armor` - create ASCII armored output ###### Encrypt file ```bash gpg -e -r "<username>" dump.sql ``` * `-e|--encrypt` - encrypt data * `-r|--recipient` - encrypt for specific <username> ###### Decrypt file ```bash gpg -o dump.sql -d dump.sql.gpg ``` * `-o|--output` - use as output file * `-d|--decrypt` - decrypt data (default) ###### Search recipient ```bash gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com --search-keys "<username>" ``` * `--keyserver` - set specific key server * `--search-keys` - search for keys on a key server ___ ##### Tool: [system-other](https://github.com/trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge#tool-system-other) ###### Reboot system from init ```bash exec /sbin/init 6 ``` ###### Init system from single user mode ```bash exec /sbin/init ``` ###### Show current working directory of a process ```bash readlink -f /proc/<PID>/cwd ``` ###### Show actual pathname of the executed command ```bash readlink -f /proc/<PID>/exe ``` ##### Tool: [curl](https://curl.haxx.se) ```bash curl -Iks https://www.google.com ``` * `-I` - show response headers only * `-k` - insecure connection when using ssl * `-s` - silent mode (not display body) ```bash curl -Iks --location -X GET -A "x-agent" https://www.google.com ``` * `--location` - follow redirects * `-X` - set method * `-A` - set user-agent ```bash curl -Iks --location -X GET -A "x-agent" --proxy http://127.0.0.1:16379 https://www.google.com ``` * `--proxy [socks5://|http://]` - set proxy server ```bash curl -o file.pdf -C - https://example.com/Aiju2goo0Ja2.pdf ``` * `-o` - write output to file * `-C` - resume the transfer ###### Find your external IP address (external services) ```bash curl ipinfo.io curl ipinfo.io/ip curl icanhazip.com curl ifconfig.me/ip ; echo ``` ###### Repeat URL request ```bash # URL sequence substitution with a dummy query string: curl -ks https://example.com/?[1-20] # With shell 'for' loop: for i in {1..20} ; do curl -ks https://example.com/ ; done ``` ###### Check DNS and HTTP trace with headers for specific domains ```bash ### Set domains and external dns servers. _domain_list=(google.com) ; _dns_list=("8.8.8.8" "1.1.1.1") for _domain in "${_domain_list[@]}" ; do printf '=%.0s' {1..48} echo printf "[\\e[1;32m+\\e[m] resolve: %s\\n" "$_domain" for _dns in "${_dns_list[@]}" ; do # Resolve domain. host "${_domain}" "${_dns}" echo done for _proto in http https ; do printf "[\\e[1;32m+\\e[m] trace + headers: %s://%s\\n" "$_proto" "$_domain" # Get trace and http headers. curl -Iks -A "x-agent" --location "${_proto}://${_domain}" echo done done unset _domain_list _dns_list ``` ___ ##### Tool: [httpie](https://httpie.org/) ```bash http -p Hh https://www.google.com ``` * `-p` - print request and response headers * `H` - request headers * `B` - request body * `h` - response headers * `b` - response body ```bash http -p Hh --follow --max-redirects 5 --verify no https://www.google.com ``` * `-F, --follow` - follow redirects * `--max-redirects N` - maximum for `--follow` * `--verify no` - skip SSL verification ```bash http -p Hh --follow --max-redirects 5 --verify no \ --proxy http:http://127.0.0.1:16379 https://www.google.com ``` * `--proxy [http:]` - set proxy server ##### Tool: [ssh](https://www.openssh.com/) ###### Escape Sequence ``` # Supported escape sequences: ~. - terminate connection (and any multiplexed sessions) ~B - send a BREAK to the remote system ~C - open a command line ~R - Request rekey (SSH protocol 2 only) ~^Z - suspend ssh ~# - list forwarded connections ~& - background ssh (when waiting for connections to terminate) ~? - this message ~~ - send the escape character by typing it twice ``` ###### Compare a remote file with a local file ```bash ssh user@host cat /path/to/remotefile | diff /path/to/localfile - ``` ###### SSH connection through host in the middle ```bash ssh -t reachable_host ssh unreachable_host ``` ###### Run command over SSH on remote host ```bash cat > cmd.txt << __EOF__ cat /etc/hosts __EOF__ ssh host -l user $(<cmd.txt) ``` ###### Get public key from private key ```bash ssh-keygen -y -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa ``` ###### Get all fingerprints ```bash ssh-keygen -l -f .ssh/known_hosts ``` ###### SSH authentication with user password ```bash ssh -o PreferredAuthentications=password -o PubkeyAuthentication=no user@remote_host ``` ###### SSH authentication with publickey ```bash ssh -o PreferredAuthentications=publickey -o PubkeyAuthentication=yes -i id_rsa user@remote_host ``` ###### Simple recording SSH session ```bash function _ssh_sesslog() { _sesdir="<path/to/session/logs>" mkdir -p "${_sesdir}" && \ ssh $@ 2>&1 | tee -a "${_sesdir}/$(date +%Y%m%d).log" } # Alias: alias ssh='_ssh_sesslog' ``` ###### Using Keychain for SSH logins ```bash ### Delete all of ssh-agent's keys. function _scl() { /usr/bin/keychain --clear } ### Add key to keychain. function _scg() { /usr/bin/keychain /path/to/private-key source "$HOME/.keychain/$HOSTNAME-sh" } ``` ###### SSH login without processing any login scripts ```bash ssh -tt user@host bash ``` ###### SSH local port forwarding Example 1: ```bash # Forwarding our local 2250 port to nmap.org:443 from localhost through localhost host1> ssh -L 2250:nmap.org:443 localhost # Connect to the service: host1> curl -Iks --location -X GET https://localhost:2250 ``` Example 2: ```bash # Forwarding our local 9051 port to db.d.x:5432 from localhost through node.d.y host1> ssh -nNT -L 9051:db.d.x:5432 node.d.y # Connect to the service: host1> psql -U db_user -d db_dev -p 9051 -h localhost ``` * `-n` - redirects stdin from `/dev/null` * `-N` - do not execute a remote command * `-T` - disable pseudo-terminal allocation ###### SSH remote port forwarding ```bash # Forwarding our local 9051 port to db.d.x:5432 from host2 through node.d.y host1> ssh -nNT -R 9051:db.d.x:5432 node.d.y # Connect to the service: host2> psql -U postgres -d postgres -p 8000 -h localhost ``` ___ ##### Tool: [linux-dev](https://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/devref1.html) ###### Testing remote connection to port ```bash timeout 1 bash -c "</dev/<proto>/<host>/<port>" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; echo $? ``` * `<proto` - set protocol (tcp/udp) * `<host>` - set remote host * `<port>` - set destination port ###### Read and write to TCP or UDP sockets with common bash tools ```bash exec 5<>/dev/tcp/<host>/<port>; cat <&5 & cat >&5; exec 5>&- ``` ___ ##### Tool: [tcpdump](http://www.tcpdump.org/) ###### Filter incoming (on interface) traffic (specific <ip:port>) ```bash tcpdump -ne -i eth0 -Q in host 192.168.252.1 and port 443 ``` * `-n` - don't convert addresses (`-nn` will not resolve hostnames or ports) * `-e` - print the link-level headers * `-i [iface|any]` - set interface * `-Q|-D [in|out|inout]` - choose send/receive direction (`-D` - for old tcpdump versions) * `host [ip|hostname]` - set host, also `[host not]` * `[and|or]` - set logic * `port [1-65535]` - set port number, also `[port not]` ###### Filter incoming (on interface) traffic (specific <ip:port>) and write to a file ```bash tcpdump -ne -i eth0 -Q in host 192.168.252.1 and port 443 -c 5 -w tcpdump.pcap ``` * `-c [num]` - capture only num number of packets * `-w [filename]` - write packets to file, `-r [filename]` - reading from file ###### Capture all ICMP packets ```bash tcpdump -nei eth0 icmp ``` ###### Check protocol used (TCP or UDP) for service ```bash tcpdump -nei eth0 tcp port 22 -vv -X | egrep "TCP|UDP" ``` ###### Display ASCII text (to parse the output using grep or other) ```bash tcpdump -i eth0 -A -s0 port 443 ``` ###### Grab everything between two keywords ```bash tcpdump -i eth0 port 80 -X | sed -n -e '/username/,/=ldap/ p' ``` ###### Grab user and pass ever plain http ```bash tcpdump -i eth0 port http -l -A | egrep -i \ 'pass=|pwd=|log=|login=|user=|username=|pw=|passw=|passwd=|password=|pass:|user:|username:|password:|login:|pass |user ' \ --color=auto --line-buffered -B20 ``` ###### Extract HTTP User Agent from HTTP request header ```bash tcpdump -ei eth0 -nn -A -s1500 -l | grep "User-Agent:" ``` ###### Capture only HTTP GET and POST packets ```bash tcpdump -ei eth0 -s 0 -A -vv \ 'tcp[((tcp[12:1] & 0xf0) >> 2):4] = 0x47455420' or 'tcp[((tcp[12:1] & 0xf0) >> 2):4] = 0x504f5354' ``` or simply: ```bash tcpdump -ei eth0 -s 0 -v -n -l | egrep -i "POST /|GET /|Host:" ``` ###### Rotate capture files ```bash tcpdump -ei eth0 -w /tmp/capture-%H.pcap -G 3600 -C 200 ``` * `-G <num>` - pcap will be created every `<num>` seconds * `-C <size>` - close the current pcap and open a new one if is larger than `<size>` ###### Top hosts by packets ```bash tcpdump -ei enp0s25 -nnn -t -c 200 | cut -f 1,2,3,4 -d '.' | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | head -n 20 ``` ###### Excludes any RFC 1918 private address ```bash tcpdump -nei eth0 'not (src net (10 or 172.16/12 or 192.168/16) and dst net (10 or 172.16/12 or 192.168/16))' ``` ___ ##### Tool: [tcpick](http://tcpick.sourceforge.net/) ###### Analyse packets in real-time ```bash while true ; do tcpick -a -C -r dump.pcap ; sleep 2 ; clear ; done ``` ___ ##### Tool: [ngrep](http://ngrep.sourceforge.net/usage.html) ```bash ngrep -d eth0 "www.google.com" port 443 ``` * `-d [iface|any]` - set interface * `[domain]` - set hostname * `port [1-65535]` - set port number ```bash ngrep -d eth0 "www.google.com" (host 10.240.20.2) and (port 443) ``` * `(host [ip|hostname])` - filter by ip or hostname * `(port [1-65535])` - filter by port number ```bash ngrep -d eth0 -qt -O ngrep.pcap "www.google.com" port 443 ``` * `-q` - quiet mode (only payloads) * `-t` - added timestamps * `-O [filename]` - save output to file, `-I [filename]` - reading from file ```bash ngrep -d eth0 -qt 'HTTP' 'tcp' ``` * `HTTP` - show http headers * `tcp|udp` - set protocol * `[src|dst] host [ip|hostname]` - set direction for specific node ```bash ngrep -l -q -d eth0 -i "User-Agent: curl*" ``` * `-l` - stdout line buffered * `-i` - case-insensitive search ___ ##### Tool: [hping3](http://www.hping.org/) ```bash hping3 -V -p 80 -s 5050 <scan_type> www.google.com ``` * `-V|--verbose` - verbose mode * `-p|--destport` - set destination port * `-s|--baseport` - set source port * `<scan_type>` - set scan type * `-F|--fin` - set FIN flag, port open if no reply * `-S|--syn` - set SYN flag * `-P|--push` - set PUSH flag * `-A|--ack` - set ACK flag (use when ping is blocked, RST response back if the port is open) * `-U|--urg` - set URG flag * `-Y|--ymas` - set Y unused flag (0x80 - nullscan), port open if no reply * `-M 0 -UPF` - set TCP sequence number and scan type (URG+PUSH+FIN), port open if no reply ```bash hping3 -V -c 1 -1 -C 8 www.google.com ``` * `-c [num]` - packet count * `-1` - set ICMP mode * `-C|--icmptype [icmp-num]` - set icmp type (default icmp-echo = 8) ```bash hping3 -V -c 1000000 -d 120 -S -w 64 -p 80 --flood --rand-source <remote_host> ``` * `--flood` - sent packets as fast as possible (don't show replies) * `--rand-source` - random source address mode * `-d --data` - data size * `-w|--win` - winsize (default 64) ___ ##### Tool: [nmap](https://nmap.org/) ###### Ping scans the network ```bash nmap -sP 192.168.0.0/24 ``` ###### Show only open ports ```bash nmap -F --open 192.168.0.0/24 ``` ###### Full TCP port scan using with service version detection ```bash nmap -p 1-65535 -sV -sS -T4 192.168.0.0/24 ``` ###### Nmap scan and pass output to Nikto ```bash nmap -p80,443 192.168.0.0/24 -oG - | nikto.pl -h - ``` ###### Recon specific ip:service with Nmap NSE scripts stack ```bash # Set variables: _hosts="192.168.250.10" _ports="80,443" # Set Nmap NSE scripts stack: _nmap_nse_scripts="+dns-brute,\ +http-auth-finder,\ +http-chrono,\ +http-cookie-flags,\ +http-cors,\ +http-cross-domain-policy,\ +http-csrf,\ +http-dombased-xss,\ +http-enum,\ +http-errors,\ +http-git,\ +http-grep,\ +http-internal-ip-disclosure,\ +http-jsonp-detection,\ +http-malware-host,\ +http-methods,\ +http-passwd,\ +http-phpself-xss,\ +http-php-version,\ +http-robots.txt,\ +http-sitemap-generator,\ +http-shellshock,\ +http-stored-xss,\ +http-title,\ +http-unsafe-output-escaping,\ +http-useragent-tester,\ +http-vhosts,\ +http-waf-detect,\ +http-waf-fingerprint,\ +http-xssed,\ +traceroute-geolocation.nse,\ +ssl-enum-ciphers,\ +whois-domain,\ +whois-ip" # Set Nmap NSE script params: _nmap_nse_scripts_args="dns-brute.domain=${_hosts},http-cross-domain-policy.domain-lookup=true," _nmap_nse_scripts_args+="http-waf-detect.aggro,http-waf-detect.detectBodyChanges," _nmap_nse_scripts_args+="http-waf-fingerprint.intensive=1" # Perform scan: nmap --script="$_nmap_nse_scripts" --script-args="$_nmap_nse_scripts_args" -p "$_ports" "$_hosts" ``` ___ ##### Tool: [netcat](http://netcat.sourceforge.net/) ```bash nc -kl 5000 ``` * `-l` - listen for an incoming connection * `-k` - listening after client has disconnected * `>filename.out` - save receive data to file (optional) ```bash nc 192.168.0.1 5051 < filename.in ``` * `< filename.in` - send data to remote host ```bash nc -vz 10.240.30.3 5000 ``` * `-v` - verbose output * `-z` - scan for listening daemons ```bash nc -vzu 10.240.30.3 1-65535 ``` * `-u` - scan only udp ports ###### Transfer data file (archive) ```bash server> nc -l 5000 | tar xzvfp - client> tar czvfp - /path/to/dir | nc 10.240.30.3 5000 ``` ###### Launch remote shell ```bash server> nc -l 5000 -e /bin/bash client> nc 10.240.30.3 5000 ``` ###### Simple file server ```bash while true ; do nc -l 5000 | tar -xvf - ; done ``` ###### Simple minimal HTTP Server ```bash while true ; do nc -l -p 1500 -c 'echo -e "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\n\n $(date)"' ; done ``` ###### Simple HTTP Server > Restarts web server after each request - remove `while` condition for only single connection. ```bash cat > index.html << __EOF__ <!doctype html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"> <title></title> <meta name="description" content=""> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> </head> <body> <p> Hello! It's a site. </p> </body> </html> __EOF__ ``` ```bash server> while : ; do \ (echo -ne "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: $(wc -c <index.html)\r\n\r\n" ; cat index.html;) | \ nc -l -p 5000 \ ; done ``` * `-p` - port number ###### Simple HTTP Proxy (single connection) ```bash #!/usr/bin/env bash if [[ $# != 2 ]] ; then printf "%s\\n" \ "usage: ./nc-proxy listen-port bk_host:bk_port" fi _listen_port="$1" _bk_host=$(echo "$2" | cut -d ":" -f1) _bk_port=$(echo "$2" | cut -d ":" -f2) printf " lport: %s\\nbk_host: %s\\nbk_port: %s\\n\\n" \ "$_listen_port" "$_bk_host" "$_bk_port" _tmp=$(mktemp -d) _back="$_tmp/pipe.back" _sent="$_tmp/pipe.sent" _recv="$_tmp/pipe.recv" trap 'rm -rf "$_tmp"' EXIT mkfifo -m 0600 "$_back" "$_sent" "$_recv" sed "s/^/=> /" <"$_sent" & sed "s/^/<= /" <"$_recv" & nc -l -p "$_listen_port" <"$_back" | \ tee "$_sent" | \ nc "$_bk_host" "$_bk_port" | \ tee "$_recv" >"$_back" ``` ```bash server> chmod +x nc-proxy && ./nc-proxy 8080 192.168.252.10:8000 lport: 8080 bk_host: 192.168.252.10 bk_port: 8000 client> http -p h 10.240.30.3:8080 HTTP/1.1 200 OK Accept-Ranges: bytes Cache-Control: max-age=31536000 Content-Length: 2748 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2018 20:12:08 GMT Last-Modified: Sun, 01 Apr 2018 21:53:37 GMT ``` ###### Create a single-use TCP or UDP proxy ```bash ### TCP -> TCP nc -l -p 2000 -c "nc [ip|hostname] 3000" ### TCP -> UDP nc -l -p 2000 -c "nc -u [ip|hostname] 3000" ### UDP -> UDP nc -l -u -p 2000 -c "nc -u [ip|hostname] 3000" ### UDP -> TCP nc -l -u -p 2000 -c "nc [ip|hostname] 3000" ``` ___ ##### Tool: [gnutls-cli](https://gnutls.org/manual/html_node/gnutls_002dcli-Invocation.html) ###### Testing connection to remote host (with SNI support) ```bash gnutls-cli -p 443 google.com ``` ###### Testing connection to remote host (without SNI support) ```bash gnutls-cli --disable-sni -p 443 google.com ``` ___ ##### Tool: [socat](http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/doc/socat.html) ###### Testing remote connection to port ```bash socat - TCP4:10.240.30.3:22 ``` * `-` - standard input (STDIO) * `TCP4:<params>` - set tcp4 connection with specific params * `[hostname|ip]` - set hostname/ip * `[1-65535]` - set port number ###### Redirecting TCP-traffic to a UNIX domain socket under Linux ```bash socat TCP-LISTEN:1234,bind=127.0.0.1,reuseaddr,fork,su=nobody,range=127.0.0.0/8 UNIX-CLIENT:/tmp/foo ``` * `TCP-LISTEN:<params>` - set tcp listen with specific params * `[1-65535]` - set port number * `bind=[hostname|ip]` - set bind hostname/ip * `reuseaddr` - allows other sockets to bind to an address * `fork` - keeps the parent process attempting to produce more connections * `su=nobody` - set user * `range=[ip-range]` - ip range * `UNIX-CLIENT:<params>` - communicates with the specified peer socket * `filename` - define socket ___ ##### Tool: [p0f](http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/p0f3/) ###### Set iface in promiscuous mode and dump traffic to the log file ```bash p0f -i enp0s25 -p -d -o /dump/enp0s25.log ``` * `-i` - listen on the specified interface * `-p` - set interface in promiscuous mode * `-d` - fork into background * `-o` - output file ___ ##### Tool: [netstat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netstat) ###### Graph # of connections for each hosts ```bash netstat -an | awk '/ESTABLISHED/ { split($5,ip,":"); if (ip[1] !~ /^$/) print ip[1] }' | \ sort | uniq -c | awk '{ printf("%s\t%s\t",$2,$1) ; for (i = 0; i < $1; i++) {printf("*")}; print "" }' ``` ###### Monitor open connections for specific port including listen, count and sort it per IP ```bash watch "netstat -plan | grep :443 | awk {'print \$5'} | cut -d: -f 1 | sort | uniq -c | sort -nk 1" ``` ___ ##### Tool: [rsync](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync) ###### Rsync remote data as root using sudo ```bash rsync --rsync-path 'sudo rsync' username@hostname:/path/to/dir/ /local/ ``` ___ ##### Tool: [host](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_(Unix)) ###### Resolves the domain name (using external dns server) ```bash host google.com 9.9.9.9 ``` ###### Checks the domain administrator (SOA record) ```bash host -t soa google.com 9.9.9.9 ``` ___ ##### Tool: [dig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dig_(command)) ###### Resolves the domain name (short output) ```bash dig google.com +short ``` ###### Lookup NS record for specific domain ```bash dig @9.9.9.9 google.com NS ``` ###### Query only answer section ```bash dig google.com +nocomments +noquestion +noauthority +noadditional +nostats ``` ###### Query ALL DNS Records ```bash dig google.com ANY +noall +answer ``` ###### DNS Reverse Look-up ```bash dig -x 172.217.16.14 +short ``` ___ ##### Tool: [certbot](https://certbot.eff.org/) ###### Generate multidomain certificate ```bash certbot certonly -d example.com -d www.example.com ``` ###### Generate wildcard certificate ```bash certbot certonly --manual --preferred-challenges=dns -d example.com -d *.example.com ``` ###### Generate certificate with 4096 bit private key ```bash certbot certonly -d example.com -d www.example.com --rsa-key-size 4096 ``` ___ ##### Tool: [network-other](https://github.com/trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge#tool-network-other) ###### Get all subnets for specific AS (Autonomous system) ```bash AS="AS32934" whois -h whois.radb.net -- "-i origin ${AS}" | \ grep "^route:" | \ cut -d ":" -f2 | \ sed -e 's/^[ \t]//' | \ sort -n -t . -k 1,1 -k 2,2 -k 3,3 -k 4,4 | \ cut -d ":" -f2 | \ sed -e 's/^[ \t]/allow /' | \ sed 's/$/;/' | \ sed 's/allow */subnet -> /g' ``` ###### Resolves domain name from dns.google.com with curl and jq ```bash _dname="google.com" ; curl -s "https://dns.google.com/resolve?name=${_dname}&type=A" | jq . ``` ##### Tool: [git](https://git-scm.com/) ###### Log alias for a decent view of your repo ```bash # 1) git log --oneline --decorate --graph --all # 2) git log --graph \ --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' \ --abbrev-commit ``` ___ ##### Tool: [python](https://www.python.org/) ###### Static HTTP web server ```bash # Python 3.x python3 -m http.server 8000 --bind 127.0.0.1 # Python 2.x python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000 ``` ###### Static HTTP web server with SSL support ```bash # Python 3.x from http.server import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler import ssl httpd = HTTPServer(('localhost', 4443), BaseHTTPRequestHandler) httpd.socket = ssl.wrap_socket (httpd.socket, keyfile="path/to/key.pem", certfile='path/to/cert.pem', server_side=True) httpd.serve_forever() # Python 2.x import BaseHTTPServer, SimpleHTTPServer import ssl httpd = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('localhost', 4443), SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler) httpd.socket = ssl.wrap_socket (httpd.socket, keyfile="path/tp/key.pem", certfile='path/to/cert.pem', server_side=True) httpd.serve_forever() ``` ###### Encode base64 ```bash python -m base64 -e <<< "sample string" ``` ###### Decode base64 ```bash python -m base64 -d <<< "dGhpcyBpcyBlbmNvZGVkCg==" ``` ##### Tool: [awk](http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Awk.html) ###### Remove duplicate entries in a file without sorting ```bash awk '!x[$0]++' filename ``` ###### Print the last column ```bash awk '{print $NF}' filename ``` ###### Remove empty lines ```bash awk 'NF > 0' filename # alternative: awk NF filename ``` ###### Print multiple columns with separators ```bash awk -F' ' '{print "ip:\t" $2 "\n port:\t" $3' filename ``` ###### Exclude multiple columns ```bash awk '{$1=$3=""}1' filename ``` ###### Get the last hour of Apache logs ```bash awk '/'$(date -d "1 hours ago" "+%d\\/%b\\/%Y:%H:%M")'/,/'$(date "+%d\\/%b\\/%Y:%H:%M")'/ { print $0 }' \ /var/log/httpd/access_log ``` ___ ##### Tool: [sed](http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sed.html) ###### To print a specific line from a file ```bash sed -n 10p /path/to/file ``` ###### Remove a specific line from a file ```bash sed -i 10d /path/to/file # alternative (BSD): sed -i'' 10d /path/to/file ``` ###### Remove a range of lines from a file ```bash sed -i <file> -re '<start>,<end>d' ``` ###### Replace newline(s) with a space ```bash sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/ /g' /path/to/file # cross-platform compatible syntax: sed -e ':a' -e 'N' -e '$!ba' -e 's/\n/ /g' /path/to/file ``` - `:a` create a label `a` - `N` append the next line to the pattern space - `$!` if not the last line, ba branch (go to) label `a` - `s` substitute, `/\n/` regex for new line, `/ /` by a space, `/g` global match (as many times as it can) Alternatives: ```bash # perl version (sed-like speed): perl -p -e 's/\n/ /' /path/to/file # bash version (slow): while read line ; do printf "%s" "$line " ; done < file ``` ###### Delete string +N next lines ```bash sed '/start/,+4d' /path/to/file ``` ___ ##### Tool: [grep](http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Grep.html) ###### Search for a "pattern" inside all files in the current directory ```bash grep -rn "pattern" grep -RnisI "pattern" * fgrep "pattern" * -R ``` ###### Remove blank lines from a file and save output to new file ```bash grep . filename > newfilename ``` ###### Show only for multiple patterns ```bash grep 'INFO*'\''WARN' filename grep 'INFO\|WARN' filename grep -e INFO -e WARN filename grep -E '(INFO|WARN)' filename egrep "INFO|WARN" filename ``` ###### Except multiple patterns ```bash grep -vE '(error|critical|warning)' filename ``` ###### Show data from file without comments ```bash grep -v ^[[:space:]]*# filename ``` ###### Show data from file without comments and new lines ```bash egrep -v '#|^$' filename ``` ###### Show strings with a dash/hyphen ```bash grep -e -- filename grep -- -- filename grep "\-\-" filename ``` #### Shell functions [<sup>[TOC]</sup>](#anger-table-of-contents) ##### Table of Contents - [Domain resolve](#domain-resolve) - [Get ASN](#get-asn) ###### Domain resolve ```bash # Dependencies: # - curl # - jq function DomainResolve() { local _host="$1" local _curl_base="curl --request GET" local _timeout="15" _host_ip=$($_curl_base -ks -m "$_timeout" "https://dns.google.com/resolve?name=${_host}&type=A" | \ jq '.Answer[0].data' | tr -d "\"" 2>/dev/null) if [[ -z "$_host_ip" ]] || [[ "$_host_ip" == "null" ]] ; then echo -en "Unsuccessful domain name resolution.\\n" else echo -en "$_host > $_host_ip\\n" fi } ``` Example: ```bash shell> DomainResolve nmap.org nmap.org > 45.33.49.119 shell> DomainResolve nmap.org Unsuccessful domain name resolution. ``` ###### Get ASN ```bash # Dependencies: # - curl # - python function GetASN() { local _ip="$1" local _curl_base="curl --request GET" local _timeout="15" _asn=$($_curl_base -ks -m "$_timeout" "http://ip-api.com/json/${_ip}" | \ python -c 'import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)["as"]' 2>/dev/null) _state=$(echo $?) if [[ -z "$_ip" ]] || [[ "$_ip" == "null" ]] || [[ "$_state" -ne 0 ]]; then echo -en "Unsuccessful ASN gathering.\\n" else echo -en "$_ip > $_asn\\n" fi } ``` Example: ```bash shell> GetASN 1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1 > AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. shell> GetASN 0.0.0.0 Unsuccessful ASN gathering. ```