We highly recommend that you first give a look to learning platforms such as Try Hack Me, Hack the Box Academy and picoCTF to learn the basics. Then, if you want to dive deeper into some specific topics, here are some resources to help you.

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Resources for CTFs

General CTF platforms

• TryHackMe
• PicoCTF (PicoGym)
• HackTheBox
• OverTheWire
• UnderTheWire
• RingZer0
• IO
• Hackropole

Web Exploitation

Online Platforms:

• Portswigger's Web Security Academy
• XSS Games

Other resources:

• OWASP Vulnerable Web Applications Directory
• OWASP Top Ten Web Application Security Risks
• Pentester Academy
• Hackivity on HackerOne
• Damn Vulnerable GraphQL Application

Active Directory

Github Repo:

• GOAD

Other resources:

• The Hacker Recipes

Cryptography

Online Platforms:

• CryptoHack

Tools:

• Cyberchef

Books:

• Serious Cryptography (No starch Press, 2017)

Digital Forensics

Youtube Channels:

• 13Cubed

Reverse Engineering & Malware Analysis

Online Platforms:

• CrackMe
• Challenges.re
• Root Me

Github Repos:

• Github - wtsxDev/reverse-engineering
• Github - Hustcw/Angr_Tutorial_For_CTF

CTF Competitions:

• Flare-On Challenge

Tools:

• Dogbolt - Decompiler Explorer

Other resources:

• Beginners.re

Binary Exploitation (pwn)

Online Platforms:

• pwnable.kr
• pwnable.tw
• pwn college
• ROP Emporium
• Smash the stack

Github Repo:

• How2Heap

Offensive Security (Penetration Testing & Red Teaming)

Online Platforms:

• Damn Vulnerable DeFi
• Hack the Box

Learning Platforms:

• Kubernetes Goat
• flAWS challenge
• Damn Vulnerable GraphQL Application

Books:

• Black Hat Go (No Starch Press, 2019)
• Foundations of Information Security (No Starch Press, 2019)
• Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook, Fifth Edition (McGraw-Hill, 2018)
• The Hacker Playbook 3 (Peter Kim, 2018)
• Pentesting Azure Application (No Starch Press, 2018)
• Attacking Netwok Protocols (No Starch Press, 2018)
• Nmap: Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook (Packt publisher, 2018)
• Gray Hat C# (No Starch Press, 2017)

Other resources:

• Hacktricks
• Payload all the things

Defensive Security (Blue Team)

Other resources:

• Splunk's Boss of the SCC
• Security Blue Team

Hardware

Online Platforms:

• MicroCorruption

Youtube Channel:

• riscure Embedded Hardware CTF - RHme

Industrial Control Systems (ICS)/Operational Technologies (OT)

Github Repo:

• The DFRWS 2023 challenge (The Troubled Elevator)

Cloud Security

Github Repo:

• Kubernetes Goat

Online Platform:

• flAWS challenge

OSINT

Online Platforms:

• OZINT

Other resources:

• Github - ninoseki/shodan-dojo
• OSINT Framework

Blockchain

Online Platforms:

• Capture the Ether
• ChainFlag
• CryptoZombies
• Damn Vulnerable DeFi
• The Ethernaut

Other resources:

• Ethereum Learning Tools

Other Cybersecurity Resources

Blogs

• PolyCyber's Blog
• The Daily Swig
• Mozilla Hack
• Google Project Zero
• Detectify Blog
• Github Security Blog

Community Events

• MontreHack
• Hack the Box Community Meetups
• OWASP Events

Podcasts

• Darknet Diaries
• Malicious Life
• CyberWire Daily
• Click Here
• SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast (Stormcast)
• Security Now
• The Defender's Advantage

Trainings

• Bug Crowd's Level Up
• H@ckivitycon
• DEFCON's Red Team Village
• Hacker101
• Cybrary
• Bug Crowd University

Youtube Channels

• Great list of Infosec Youtubers
• Ippsec - Hack the box walkthrough videos

Magazines

• Phrack Magazine
• Paged Out Institute

Reddit

• r/cybersecurity
• r/securityCTF
• r/AskNetSec
• r/LiveOverflow
• r/bugbounty
• r/netsecstudents
• r/oscp
• r/netsec

Github Repos

• Awesome Hacking Resources
• Awesome CTF
• Awesome Web Security
• Practical Cybersecurity Engineerg Study Plan

Write-ups

• CTFTime Write-ups
• InfoSec Write-ups
• Hackivity on HackerOne
• Intigriti's Blog