Cybersecurity Educational Resources

This is an awesome list of resources related to teaching cybersecurity, primarly to running Capture the Flag games for educational purposes. The resources are divided into categories and sorted alphabetically within each category.

Capture the Flag (CTF) games

• CTFd – an open-source CTF platform
• CTFtime – a public directory of all CTFs organized currently or in the past
• CTF Field Guide – an online book about preparing for CTFs

Online training grounds and practice challenges

• Avatao – challenges to practice cybersecurity skills
• Crackmes.One – challenges to practice reverse engineering
• Exploit Exercises – virtual machines and challenges to practice security exploits
• Hack The Box – a community platform with hacking challenges
• Hack This Site – training ground for hackers including a community forum
• Hacker Test – challenges to practice JavaScript, PHP, HTML and graphic thinking
• LabEx Cybersecurity Labs – interactive hands-on cybersecurity labs covering penetration testing, ethical hacking, network security, web vulnerabilities, and digital forensics with real-world scenarios
• Root Me – challenges to practice hacking skills
• Secure Code Warrior – security learning resources and challenges
• Wargames – games for practicing hacking skills

Online courses and materials

• Cybrary – free online security courses
• Cybersecurity Guide – collection of guides
• Cyber Security Degrees – lists of scholarships, degree programs, and certifications in the USA
• eLearnSecurity – paid online security courses
• Exploit Database – archive of exploits
• Hacker101 – free, open-source video lessons on web security
• Hacksplaining – vulnerabilities explained simply
• Open Security Training – free, open-source materials for computer security classes
• PortSwigger – free, online web security training with basic and advanced topics and hands-on labs
• pwn.guide – 50% free, learn from 150+ web, hardware, wireless... hacking, cryptography, defense & certification training (some of the content is behind a monthly/yearly/lifetime subscription)
• SANS – professional paid information security training
• SANS Cyber Aces – video tutorials with handouts and quizzes
• Teaching Security – ready-made materials for classrooms

Other interesting lists

• Awesome Security List – a major list on everything security-related
• Cybersources – tools, resources, and educational materials
• Penetration Testing Practice Lab – a roadmap for vulnerable apps and systems
• WeChall – a list of web challenges and practice sites

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Authors

This list was compiled and is maintained by the members of the CSIRT-MU team at the Masaryk University.

Licence

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