Collection of cheat sheets and check lists useful for security and pentesting. The list contains a huge list of very sorted and selected resources, which can help you to save a lot of time.
This repo is the updated version from awesome-pentest-cheat-sheets.
- Security Talks and Videos
- General cheat sheets
- Mobile Pentesting
- Cloud Pentesting
- Active Directory
- Pentest Methodology
- Privilege Escalation
- Web Pentesting
- Binary Exploitation
- Learning Platforms
- Bug Bounty
- Tools
- Payloads
- Programming
Your contributions and suggestions are heartily welcome. Please check the Contributing Guidelines for more details.
- Cybersecurity Conference Directory - All Cybersecurity, InfoSec & IT Conferences and Events.
- Confsec - List of Security Events 2024.
- InfoCon - The Hacking Conference Archive.
- Awesome Security Talks - Curated list of Security Talks and Videos.
- The Hackers' Choice Tips & Tricks Cheatsheet
- Docker Cheat Sheet
- macOS Command Line Cheat Sheet
- PowerShell Cheat Sheet - SANS PowerShell Cheat Sheet from SEC560 Course (PDF version).
- Rawsec's CyberSecurity Inventory - An open-source inventory of tools, resources, CTF platforms and Operating Systems about CyberSecurity. (Source).
- Regexp Security Cheat Sheet
- Security Cheat Sheets - A collection of security cheat sheets.
- Unix Commands Cheat Sheet
- Linux File Permissions Cheat Sheet
- DostoevskyLabs' Pentest notes - Pentest Notes collection from DostoevskyLabs.
- Thick Client Pentest Checklist - Pentest Checklist for Thick-Client Penetration Tests.
- HauSec's Pentesting Cheat sheet - Pentest Cheat sheet from HauSec.
- Mobile App Pentest Cheat Sheet - Collection of resources on Apple & iOS Penetration Testing.
- Mobexler - Customised virtual machine, designed to help in penetration testing of Android & iOS applications.
- Android Pentest Checklist Xmind - Xmind mindmap for Android Penetration Tests.
- MASTG - OWASP Mobile Application Security Testing Guide [PDF].
- Android Pentesting Checklist - Case-by-case Checklist for Android Pentests.
- Android Pentesting Cheat sheet - Android Pentesting Resources #1.
- HackTricks - Android Pentesting - HackTricks Collection of Android Pentesting.
- iOS Pentest Checklist - Checklist for iOS/IPA Penetration Tests.
- Hacktricks iOS Checklist - Another Checklist for iOS/IPA Penetration Tests | Hacktricks Cloud.
- PentestGlobal IOS gitbook - Gitbook about iOS Pentesting.
- Can i jailbreak? - List of each jailbreak needed for each iOS version.
- Jailbreaks.app - Downloads for Odyssey, Taurine Jailbreaks.
- Awesome Kubernetes (K8s) Security - Collection of Kubernetes security resources.
- Kubetools - Kubernetes security tools.
- HackingKubernetes - Collection of Kubernetes Pentesting Resources.
- Kubernetes Goat - Vulnerable-by-Design cluster environment for training.
- KubePwn - Another Collection of resources about Kubernetes security.
- HackTricks - Kubernetes Pentesting - HackTricks Collection of Kubernetes Pentesting.
- Awesome Azure Pentest - A curated list of useful tools and resources for penetration testing and securing Microsofts cloud platform Azure.
- HackTricks - Azure Pentesting - HackTricks Collection of Kubernetes Pentesting.
- Active Directory Exploitation Cheat Sheet - Cheat sheet for Active Directory Exploitation.
- OSCP Active Directory Cheat Sheet - Cheat sheet for Active Directory Attacks used in OSCP.
- WADComs - Interactive cheat sheet - list of offensive security tools and their respective commands to be used against Windows/AD environments.
- HackTricks - Active Directory Pentesting - HackTricks Collection of Active Directory Pentesting.
- GOAD - Vulnerable-by-Design Active Directory environment.
- Ultimate BloodHound Guide - The Ultimate Guide for BloodHound Community Edition (BHCE).
- Windows Red Team Cheat sheet - Windows for Red Teamers Cheat Sheet (Moved to wiki).
- Resource Collection #1 - Collection of Active Directory Pentesting resources #1.
- Resource Collection #2 - Collection of Active Directory Pentesting resources #2.
- Resource Collection #3 - Collection of Active Directory Pentesting resources #3.
- Resource Collection #4 - Collection of Active Directory Pentesting resources #4.
- Google Dorks - Google Dorks Hacking Database (Exploit-DB).
- Shodan - Shodan is a search engine for finding specific devices, and device types, that exist online.
- ZoomEye - Zoomeye is a Cyberspace Search Engine recording information of devices, websites, services and components etc.
- Amass - OWASP Network mapping of attack surfaces and external asset discovery using open source information.
- Censys - Similar to shodan, search engine for specific devices including IoT.
- enum4linux-ng - Python tool for enumerating information from Windows/Samba systems.
- 0xdf - SMB Enumeration - 0xdf's SMB Enumeration Cheat Sheet.
- OSCP Enumeration Cheat sheet - Cheat sheet for Enumeration for OSCP Certificate.
- CrackMapExec Cheatsheet - Cheat sheet for CrackMapExec (CME).
- Empire Cheat Sheet - Empire is a PowerShell and Python post-exploitation framework.
- Exploit Development Cheat Sheet - @ovid's exploit development in one picture.
- Java Deserialization Cheat Sheet - A cheat sheet for pentesters about Java Native Binary Deserialization vulnerabilities.
- Local File Inclusion (LFI) Cheat Sheet #1 - Arr0way's LFI Cheat Sheet.
- Local File Inclusion (LFI) Cheat Sheet #2 - Aptive's LFI Cheat Sheet.
- Metasploit Unleashed - The ultimate guide to the Metasploit Framework.
- Metasploit Cheat Sheet - A quick reference guide (PNG version)(PDF version).
- PowerSploit Cheat Sheet - PowerSploit is a powershell post-exploitation framework.
- PowerView 2.0 Tricks
- PowerView 3.0 Tricks
- PHP htaccess Injection Cheat Sheet - PHP htaccess Injection Cheat Sheet by PHP Secure Configuration Checker.
- Reverse Shell Cheat Sheet #1 - Pentestmonkey Reverse Shell Cheat Sheet.
- Reverse Shell Cheat Sheet #2 - Arr0way's Reverse Shell Cheat Sheet.
- SQL Injection Cheat Sheet - Netsparker's SQL Injection Cheat Sheet.
- SQLite3 Injection Cheat Sheet
- Awesome Windows Post Exploitation - Collection of resources for Windows Post-Exploitation.
- HackTricks - Post Exploitation - HackTricks Collection of Post-Exploitation.
- Windows / Linux Local Privilege Escalation Workshop - The Privilege Escalation Workshop covers all known (at the time) attack vectors of local user privilege escalation on both Linux and Windows operating systems and includes slides, videos, test VMs.
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- Basic Linux Privilege Escalation - Linux Privilege Escalation by @g0tmi1k.
- linux-exploit-suggester.sh - Linux privilege escalation auditing tool written in bash (updated).
- Linux_Exploit_Suggester.pl - Linux Exploit Suggester written in Perl (last update 3 years ago).
- Linux_Exploit_Suggester.pl v2 - Next-generation exploit suggester based on Linux_Exploit_Suggester (updated).
- Linux Soft Exploit Suggester - Linux-soft-exploit-suggester finds exploits for all vulnerable software in a system helping with the privilege escalation. It focuses on software packages instead of Kernel vulnerabilities.
- checksec.sh - Bash script to check the properties of executables (like PIE, RELRO, PaX, Canaries, ASLR, Fortify Source).
- linuxprivchecker.py - This script is intended to be executed locally on a Linux box to enumerate basic system info and search for common privilege escalation vectors such as world writable files, misconfigurations, clear-text passwords and applicable exploits (@SecuritySift).
- LinEnum - This tool is great at running through a heap of things you should check on a Linux system in the post exploit process. This include file permissions, cron jobs if visible, weak credentials etc.(@Rebootuser).
- linPEAS - LinPEAS - Linux Privilege Escalation Awesome Script. Check the Local Linux Privilege Escalation checklist from book.hacktricks.xyz.
- MimiPenguin - A tool to dump the login password from the current linux desktop user. Adapted from the idea behind the popular Windows tool mimikatz. .
- PowerUp - Excellent powershell script for checking of common Windows privilege escalation vectors. Written by harmj0y (direct link).
- PowerUp Cheat Sheet
- Windows Exploit Suggester - Tool for detection of missing security patches on the windows operating system and mapping with the public available exploits.
- Sherlock - PowerShell script to quickly find missing software patches for local privilege escalation vulnerabilities.
- Watson - Enumerate missing KBs and suggest exploits for useful Privilege Escalation vulnerabilities.
- Precompiled Windows Exploits - Collection of precompiled Windows exploits.
- Metasploit Modules
- post/multi/recon/local_exploit_suggester - suggests local meterpreter exploits that can be used.
- post/windows/gather/enum_patches - helps to identify any missing patches.
- Web Pentest Checklist - Checklist for Web Application Penetration Tests.
- SQL Injection Cheatsheet - PortSwigger SQL Injection Cheat Sheet.
- Cross-Site-Scripting Cheat sheet - PortSwigger Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) Cheat sheet.
- Google CSP Evaluator - Google's CSP Evaluator Chrome Extension
- Awesome Web Hacking - Collection of resources for Web Pentesting #1.
- Awesome Web Security - Collection of resources for Web Pentesting #2.
- XSS Polyglot Payloads #1 - Unleashing an Ultimate XSS Polyglot list by 0xsobky.
- XSS Polyglot Payloads #2 - @filedescriptor's XSS.
- Browser's-XSS-Filter-Bypass-Cheat-Sheet - Excellent List of working XSS bypasses running on the latest version of Chrome, Safari, Edge created by Masato Kinugawa.
- Binary Exploitation Red Team Notes - Ired.team notes for Binary Exploitation.
- Binary Exploitation Notes - Ir0nstone's Binary Exploitation Notes.
- Sticky Notes Binary Exploitation - Sticky Notes colletion for Binary Exploitation.
- checksec.py - Cross-Platform CheckSec Tool for checking binary security properties.
- HackTricks - Binary Exploitation - HackTricks Collection of Binary Exploitation.
- Liveoverflow - Binary Exploitation - LiveOverflow's Binary Exploitation YouTube playlist.
- PwnTools Cheat sheet - Cheat sheet for PwnTools python library.
- pwndbg Cheat sheet - Cheat sheet for pwndbg GDB plug-in.
- GDB PEDA Cheat sheet - Cheat sheet for PEDA GDB plug-in.
- Hack The Box :: Penetration Testing Labs - Leading penetration testing training labs platform.
- TryHackMe - Free online platform for learning cyber security & penetration testing.
- OWASP Vulnerable Web Applications Directory Project (Online) - List of online available vulnerable applications for learning purposes.
- Pentestit labs - Hands-on Pentesting Labs (OSCP style).
- Root-me.org - Hundreds of challenges are available to train yourself in different and not simulated environments.
- Vulnhub.com - Vulnerable By Design VMs for practical 'hands-on' experience in digital security.
- Damn Vulnerable Xebia Training Environment - Docker Container including several vurnerable web applications (DVWA,DVWServices, DVWSockets, WebGoat, Juiceshop, Railsgoat, django.NV, Buggy Bank, Mutilidae II and more).
- OWASP Vulnerable Web Applications Directory Project (Offline) - List of offline available vulnerable applications for learning purposes.
- Vulnerable SOAP Web Service - Vulnerable SOAP web service lab environment.
- Vulnerable Flask Web App - Vulnerable Flask Web App lab environment.
- Awesome BugBounty Tools - A curated list of various bug bounty tools.
- bug-bounty-platforms - Open-Sourced Collection of Bug Bounty Platforms.
- m0chan - Bug Bounty Methodology - m0chan's Bug Bounty Methodology Collection.
- NahamSec - Resources for Beginners - NahamSec's Resources for Beginner Bug Bounty Hunters Collection.
- AllAboutBugBounty - BugBounty notes gathered from various sources.
- Bug-Bounty-Resources - Collection of Bug Bounty Resources #1.
- Bug-Bounty-Resources - Collection of Bug Bounty Resources #2.
- Ryan John Bug Bounty Playlist - Collection of Ryan John's BugBounty videos (11h Full Course Video).
- LiveOverFlow Bug Bounty Playlist - Collection of LiveOverflow's Bug bounty videos.
- BBRE Podcast - Bug Bounty Reports Explained Podcast.
- Critical Thinking Podcast - Critical Thinking Bug Bounty Podcast.
- Nmap Cheat Sheet
- SQLmap Cheat Sheet
- SQLmap Tamper Scripts - SQLmap Tamper Scripts General/MSSQL/MySQL.
- VIM Cheatsheet
- Wireshark Display Filters - Filters for the best sniffing tool.
- revshells.com - Reverse shell payload generator (Source code).
- Segfault - Segfault: Free disposable root servers (by @THC).
- suip.biz - Various free online pentesting tools like nmap, wpscan, sqlmap.
- XSS'OR Encoder/Decoder - Online Decoder/Encoder for testing purposes (@evilcos).
- WebGun - WebGun, XSS Payload Creator (@brutelogic).
- Hackvertor - Tool to convert various encodings and generate attack vectors (@garethheyes).
- JSFiddle - Test and share XSS payloads, Example PoC.
- Fuzzdb - Dictionary of attack patterns and primitives for black-box application testing Polyglot Challenge with submitted solutions.
- SecList - A collection of multiple types of lists used during security assessments. List types include usernames, passwords, URLs, sensitive data grep strings, fuzzing payloads, and many more.
- Bug Bounty Reference - Huge list of bug bounty write-up that is categorized by the bug type (SQLi, XSS, IDOR, etc.).
- Write-Ups for CTF challenges
- Facebook Bug Bounties - Categorized Facebook Bug Bounties write-ups.
- wifite2 - Full automated WiFi security testing script .
- Docker Security Cheat Sheet - The following tips should help you to secure a container based system (PDF version).
- Windows Domain Hardening - A curated list of awesome Security Hardening techniques for Windows.
- JavaScript Cheat Sheet - Learn JavaScript in one picture (Online version) (PNG version).
- Python Cheat Sheet #1 - Learn python3 in one picture (PNG version).
- Python Cheat Sheet #2 - Learn python3 in one picture (Online version),(PNG version).
- Python Snippets Cheat Sheet - List of helpful re-usable code snippets in Python.
