- How to install Linux on Windows with WSL
- Set up Linux on your Chromebook
- Kali Linux - An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook
- How To Install Kali Linux in VirtualBox (2022) | Kali Linux 2022.1
- How To Install Windows 11 in VirtualBox
- Install Kali Linux On M1 Or M2 Mac Using VMWare Fusion (2023)
- Best way to install Kali Linux on an M1/ARM machine
- Installing VMware (recommended)
Note: when installing Fusion, be sure to create a customer connect account to install it then register for a personal use license. Its free and doesnt expire.
Note: if you're using your Mac without a vm or want to do certain challenges on your local machine, install Homebrew. It is a workaround downloading Linux based apps to your local OSX environment. Unfortunately it doesn't include ALL helpful apps.
- CTF tips for beginner hackers - Hack The Box
- How to get started in CTF | Complete Beginner Guide
- CTF101
- What is CTF and how to get started
- CTF Support
- Bandit - OverTheWire
- Hack The Box
- Microcorruption
- OWASP Juice Shop
- picoCTF
- SANS Holiday Hack Challenge 2022
- TryHackMe
- Google CTF Beginner Quest - cool art!
- CyberChef - Swiss Army Knife of useful Cyber and CTF tools
- dCore - 800 tools to help solve games, puzzles, coded messages, math, etc
- Cipher identifier - a tool that will help you identify the type of cipher
- Online JavaScript Editor - a tool to edit JavaScript code
- Google 😉
- Wireshark - Network Packet Analysis
- Metasploit Cheat Sheet - a cheat sheet for a widely used penetration testing framework
- Zeek - Network Analysis/Threat Hunting
- Ghidra - Reverse Engineering
- OnlineGBD - Debugging
- How to Debug Using GDB - How to use OnlineGBD
- VirusTotal - To check files hash and reputation
- Audacity - For audio steganography challenges
- Aperi'Solve - A stenography platform which performs layer analysis on an image
- URL and website scanner - A sandbox for the web
- Online Tools to crack CTF Contests - A list of online tools
- CTF Tools -Tools used for solving CTF challenges