# husnainfareed/awesome-ethical-hacking-resources

😎 🔗 Awesome list about all kinds of resources for learning Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing.

Repository: https://github.com/husnainfareed/awesome-ethical-hacking-resources
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-ethical-hacking-resources
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: penetration-testing, hacking, learning-hacking, web-hacking, vulnerable-applications, resources, hacktoberfest, awesome, awesome-list, ctf, owasp, ethical-hacking, hacking-resources
Last push: 2026-04-18T14:13:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 78, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3173, "days_push": 137, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3745, forks 559 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:16.056004+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome list of resources for learning ethical hacking and penetration testing, including books, courses, CTF platforms, vulnerable web applications, and security talks. It is a community-maintained reference document rather than executable software.

## Use cases
- find resources to learn ethical hacking
- get started with penetration testing
- find CTF platforms and vulnerable apps to practice on
- discover cybersecurity books and courses
- build a pentesting learning path
- find OWASP and web hacking references

## When to choose
- you want a curated starting point for learning hacking and pentesting
- you need links to practice labs, CTFs, and vulnerable applications
- you prefer free community-maintained learning resources

## When to avoid
- you need an actual hacking tool or framework rather than a list of links
- you want structured interactive training rather than a resource index
- you need guaranteed up-to-date or verified content

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, developer-tools
- domain: security, penetration-testing, tutorials, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, ethical-hacking, ctf, owasp, curated-resources, hacking-labs

## Member repositories
- husnainfareed/awesome-ethical-hacking-resources (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:16.056004+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:29:03.946970+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/husnainfareed/awesome-ethical-hacking-resources (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:16.056004+00:00, sha 81112272becb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.