Resources

If you can't find the information you are looking for on my blog, check out these other resources. I understand that sometimes good information can be hard to come across, so I am going to list all the resources that I found to be helpful. This will include books, websites, blogs, forums, and more.

Books

All of the books listed here can be found on Amazon and other book selling websites. However, with a little Google hacking, some of these books can be found in PDF format for free. Because these links will come and go, and also because I don't want to run into any legal issues, I am not going to share links to the free PDF versions of these books. BUT, it isn't illegal for me to show you how to use Google hacking to find them. <<---Adding Google Hacking Post Link Here--->>

Google Hacking

• Google Hacking for Penetration Testers, Volume 1
• Google Hacking for Penetration Testers, Volume 2

Hacking, Penetration Testing, and Security

• The Hacker Playbook
• The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing
• Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide
• Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking
• The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws
• BackTrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide
• The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications
• The Browser Hacker's Handbook
• Rtfm: Red Team Field Manual
• Practical Malware Analysis: The Hands-On Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software
• Android Hacker's Handbook
• Violent Python: A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers and Security Engineers
• Malware, Rootkits & Botnets: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guide (McGraw Hill))
• Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters
• Nmap Network Scanning: The Official Nmap Project Guide to Network Discovery and Security Scanning
• Cryptography Engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications
• A Bug Hunter's Diary: A Guide Tour Through the Wilds of Software Security
• Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition
• Fuzzing: Brute Force Vulnerability Discovery

Programming

• Assembly Language Step-by-Step: Programming with Linux

Websites, Blogs, Forums, & PDFs

Here is a list of Websites, Blogs, Forums, and PDFs that I found to be useful. Let me know if any of these links become broken.

Blogs

• Infosec Institute
• WonderHowTo Null Byte
• Room362 - Mubix's Blog
• Cybrary Blog
• The Hacker Blog
• blackMORE Ops
• Hackers Vanguard - CTF Write-ups and more
• Troy Hunt

Forums

• Rapid7 Security Street
• Cybrary Forums

Wiki's

• Cybrary Wiki

News

• The Hacker News
• Hak5 ThreatWire
• Engadget
• Wired Threat Level
• PC Magazine Security Watch
• Hacker New

Training

• Hak5
• HakTip
• Metasploit Minute
• Cybrary
• Pluralsight

CTF (Capture the Flag)

• CTF Time - List upcoming CTF competitions, archives old CTFs, and more.
• Practice CTF List - A list of online CTF challenges
• n00bs CFT Labs - A CTF challenge for beginners, hosted by the Infosec Institute
• Hacker Vanguard CTF - A CTF challenges for beginners.
• OverTheWire - Many wargames meant to help teach security concepts.
• Smash The Stack - Another site hosting wargames
• Wixxerd - Hacking challenges on all topics (Cyrpto, Programming, Forensics, etc.)
• Hellbound Hackers - Challenges that teach about exploits
• Exploit Exercises - Virtual machines setup to be hacked.
• Net-Force - Multiple different challanges
• Vulnhub - Downloadable VM CTF challenges
• HackThis - Hacking challenges 
• Smash The Stack - Wargaming Network
• Shell Storm - CTF Archive

Google Hacking

• Google Hacking-Database
• GHDB Hackers For Charity
• Punctuation, Symbols & Operators in Search
• GoogleGuide
• BlackHat PowerPoint

Cryptography

• Online Encrypt & Decrypt Tools - A vast amount of tools for encrypting and decrypting.

Web Vulnerabilities

• Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA) - A PHP/MySQL web application that is damn vulnerable.

Search Engines

• Shodan - Search for Internet-connected devices
• Google - Google Hacking / Advanced Searches

Virtual Networks (VPNs)

• OpenVPN

Programming

• Codecademy - Learn to code interactively, for free
• Learn Python The Hard Way
• Learn Code - Python, Java, C, JavaScript, PHP, Shell, and C#
• PHP The Right Way
• Rails for Zombies - Ruby on Rails

Hardware

• Hak Shop - WiFi Pineapple, USB Rubber Ducky, and more
• Great Scott Gadgets
• Ada's Technical Books
• ExploitHub
• Hackable Devices
• Hacker Warehouse
• iSource Asia
• NooElec
• OFC / Ouverture Fine
• OZ Hack
• Passion Radio Shop
• RFIDIOt.org
• Rift Recon
• Rysc Corp.
• SparkFun Electronics
• Store4Geeks
• TAPR
• Wall of Sheep
• WiMo