Virtual Box: 
Virtual Box allows us to create virtual machines inside our OS and enables users to test out a potentially harmful virus and gives users the opportunity to attack a system that you own without legal repercussions. 
​Kali Linux:
​Kali Linux is a Debian based Linux distribution that is preloaded with multiple hacking tools that will be needed for most of the workshops.  
Windows Virtual Machine:
​Metasploitable

gathered by Ryan Shannon 

• ctflearn.com/ - user submitted challenges
• www.onlinectf.com/ - user submitted challenges and community leaderboard
• www.gameofhacks.com/ - analyze pieces of code of vulnerabilities
• ctf365.com/ - attack and defend servers in real time (30 day free trial)
• www.hackthis.co.uk/levels/
• ringzer0team.com/challenges
• w3challs.com/challenges/
• hellboundhackers.org/
• www.hacking-lab.com/index.html - European group. Write up your solution and it is graded
• www.try2hack.nl/ - Old, classic set of challenges 
• www.enigmagroup.org/
• www.root-me.org/?lang=en
• trailofbits.github.io/ctf/

gathered by Ryan Shannon ​

• Wargames

1. Bandit 
2. Leviathan
3. Nebula

• Books

1. Linux Bible, Christopher Negus 
2. Linux in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference Ellen Siever 
3. Shellcoders Handbook: Discovering and exploiting security holes, Chris Ansley 

gathered by Ryan Shannon ​

• Wargames

1. Forensics Contest 
2. SANS

• Books

1. The Art of Memory Forensics: Detecting Malware and Threats in Windows, Linux, and Mac Memory, Michael Hale Ligh
2. File System Forensic Analysis, Brian Carrier 
3. Wireshark Network Analysis (Second Edition): The Official Wireshark Certifies Network Analyst Study Guide, Laura Chappell
4. Handbook of Digital Forensics and Investigation, Eoghan Casey 

gathered by Ryan Shannon ​

• Wargames

1. hack this site
2. Natas 
3. Damn vulnerable web app
4. Hackme
5. Google-gruyere

• Books 

1. The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws 2nd Edition, Marcus Pinto 

• Tutorials 

1. w3 schools

gathered by Ryan Shannon ​

• Wargames

1. Microcorruption
2. Reversing (kr)
3. Io

• Books

1. Practical Reverse Engineering: x86, x64x ARM, Windows Kernel, Reversing Tools, and Obfuscation 1st Edition, Bruce Dang
2. Hacking the Xbox: An Introduction to Reverse Engineering, Andrew Hauang
3. Assembly Language for x86 Processors, Kip R. Irvine

gathered by Ryan Shannon ​

• Wargames

1. Protostar & Fusion (Video walk-through)
2. Pwnable
3. New pwnable
4. Vulnhub
5. Narnia
6. Behemoth 

• Books

1. Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition, Jon Erickson
2. The Hacker Playbook 2: Practical Guide To Penetration Testing, Peter Kim
3. Black Hat Python, Justin Seitz

gathered by Ryan Shannon ​

• Wargames

1. Krypton
2. Cryptopals
3. w3chals

• Books

1. Crypto 101
2. Applied Cryptography: Protocols Algorithms and source code in C by Bruce Schneier
3. Cryptography Engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications, Bruce Schneier
4. Introduction to Modern Cryptography, Jonathan Katz​​​ ​

• Tools

1. ​Cryptii
2. rumkin