Offensive Operations

Penetration testing, exploitation, and CNO resources.


Intermediate
Exploit Database

Offensive Security's public exploit archive. Search disclosed exploits by product, CVE, or platform. Useful reference fo…

20 min
Intermediate
Hack The Box — Starting Point

Guided intro machines from HTB. Covers basic recon, exploitation, and privilege escalation. Progress to Pro Labs for adv…

5h
Intermediate
LiveOverflow — Binary Exploitation YouTube Series

Free YouTube playlist covering binary exploitation fundamentals. Great supplement to pwn.college. Covers BOF, format str…

5h
Advanced
ManTech ACTP — Advanced Cyber Training Program

DoD-contracted CNO developer training pipeline covering Python for operators, C/assembly, shellcode, exploit development…

1h
Intermediate
OWASP Top 10

The canonical list of critical web application security risks. Required reading for CEH, OSCP, and any web application t…

1h
Beginner
OverTheWire Wargames

Classic Linux and networking wargames. Start with Bandit for command-line fundamentals, then progress through Narnia, Le…

4h
Intermediate
PortSwigger Web Security Academy

Free, hands-on web application security labs from the makers of Burp Suite. Covers SQLi, XSS, SSRF, OAuth, deserializati…

10h
Beginner
TryHackMe — Jr Penetration Tester Path

Structured, browser-based learning path covering enumeration, exploitation, web hacking, and post-exploitation. Great fo…

8h