Hacker Zone

A list of resources that will help beginners get started in cybersecurity

Blogs, Playlists

• Hacker News
• Krebs On Security
• Wired Threat Level
• Dark Reading
• DEFCON Youtube Channel

Learn and Practice Hacking

• Bandit Over the Wire
• Hack the Box
• Pentester Academy
• Pentester Labs
• Try Hack Me
• Hacker One
• Port Swigger

Books

• Computer Networks
• Web Application Hackers Handbook
• The Shell coder’s Handbook
• Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
• Black Hat Python
• Metasploit: The penetration tester’s guide

Team Up and Test Your Skills

• CTF Time – Platform for Playing Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions.
• WRCCDC – A blue team competition at university level to test your cyberdefense skills.
• BugCrowd – Website to hunt for bugs. Get paid finding security issues on public bug bounties.