Curated Cybersecurity Resources

Welcome to the resources page, where we dive into websites, companies, and resources you should know in cybersecurity. You will be able to explore the wealth of resources available to help you learn or stay updated and informed.

Pioneers of the Industry

Resource	Description
Try Hack Me	THM offers lots of beginner friendly rooms that you can learn into. If you are just starting your journey, I would probably start here.
Hack The Box	HTB will sometimes have you question yourself. Their boxes offers lots of different challenges from beginner friendly boxes to insane level challenges and boxes.
PentesterLab	I feel PentesterLab does not get enought recognition. They offers top quality labs, with detail explanation on how to hack each scenario.
PortSwigger Academy	Portswigger guides you through each web exploitation and its different variables. You will probably want to master all of these.

Free training

Resource	Description
Microsoft Training	Microsoft will allow you to learn their Azure platform for free, and even take certificats in some instances.
Professor Messer	Professor Messer has a very good resource of training that are available for free. This is a good place to start before going into cybersecurity.
IT Masters	Charles Sturt University and IT Masters have put together a series of free university short courses.

Very good training

Resource	Description
HackTheBox Academy	Their training and certifications offers industry standards in different cybersecurity area.
TCM Academy	TCM has a solid list of courses covering everything from Python coding, to Linux 101, to advanced hacking.
Hacking Hub	Very good content and challenges around hacking and bug bounty.
The OSINTion Academy	They offer very good training on the art of OSInt (Open source Intelligence)

Malware Analysis

Resource	Description
JoeSecurity	Deep malware analysis tool
Any Run	Interactive malware Analysis tool
Hybrid Analysis	Hybrid Malware Analysis tool
MalAPI.io	Maps Windows API to common techniques used by malwares
Triage	Other malware analysis tool that allows you to pick your OS
VX Underground	Repository of Cybersecurity related news and Malware samples
RansomWatch	This is a site that tracks all the different ransomware groups and their sites on the darkweb

Tools

Resource	Description
VirusTotal	VirusTotal inspects items with over 70 antivirus vendors and blocklisting services
CyberChef	This is a swiss army knife used by Cybersecurity professionals to carry both simple and complex data manipulation tasks
Shodan	Sentient Hyper-Optimised Data Access Network, this tool is constantly port scanning the entire internet
Have I been pwned?	You can check if your emails were found into a data leak
Breach directory	You can check if your emails or usernames were found into a data leak
CrackStation	CrackStation uses massive pre-computed lookup tables to crack password hashes.
TinEye	Reverse search images

Defending Tools

Resource	Description
Abuse ch	Cyber threat intelligence platform, has malware samples, tracker, YARA files and more
detection.fyi	A tool that shares indicators of compromise (IoCs)
This Week in 4n6	Your one stop shop for anything going on in the forensics world right now
Cisco Talos Intelligence Center	You can search IP, domain, file hash and more to find more information about their reputation
ipinfo.io	An IP WHOIS Tool, it will also report if the IP is known for being VPN, proxy, TOR, etc.
urlscan.io	URL Scanning tool

Hacking Tools

Resource	Description
HackTricks	A lot of methodologies documentation
Reverse Shell Generator	Easily generates reverse shells
LOLBAS	Living Off The Land Binaries, Scripts and Libraries
GTFOBins	GTFOBins is a list of Unix binaries that can be used to bypass local security restrictions in misconfigured systems

Email Tools

Resource	Description
DMarcian	Email security analyzer
MX Toolbox	An email multitool
Analyze my mail header	An email header analyzer
Simple Email Reputation	Offers a free service to lookup the reputation of email addresses
Message Header Analyzer	Another email header analyzer

Youtube channels

Resource	Description
Simply Cyber	Daily cyber news stories with expert advice.
Black Hills Info Sec	Helps to educate the everyone with the rapidly evolving cybersecurity industry.
Antisyphon Training	Antisyphon Training is here to disrupt the traditional information security training industry by providing high-quality and cutting-edge education to everyone, regardless of their financial position.
David Bombal	On this channel, David discuss Linux, Python, Ethical Hacking, Networking, CCNA, Virtualization and other IT related topics.
John Hammond	Free Cybersecurity Education and Ethical Hacking.
IppSec	Mostly Hack The Box walkthrough videos
NahamSec	Bug Bounty oriented hacking.
CryptoCat	CTF walkthroughs, binary exploitation, pen-testing, bug bounty, malware analysis, programming/scripting etc.
Eric Parker	Obscure technology, malware investigations, open source software.
Jack Rhysider	Darknet Dairies