Projects sharing features with HowToHunt

This project is a comprehensive, community-sourced knowledge base designed for security professionals and researchers. It functions as a centralized repository of offensive security techniques, providing a structured collection of exploit payloads, attack vectors, and methodologies for conducting vulnerability assessments and penetration testing. The repository distinguishes itself through a cross-platform payload taxonomy that categorizes exploitation methods by vulnerability type and target environment, enabling rapid lookup during security assessments. It maintains high standards of data i

HackTricks is a comprehensive cybersecurity knowledge base and wiki designed to support ethical hacking, penetration testing, and infrastructure security auditing. It serves as a structured reference guide for security professionals, providing detailed documentation on common vulnerabilities, attack vectors, and remediation strategies across diverse software and network environments. The project distinguishes itself by offering actionable methodologies for identifying and analyzing security flaws. It functions as a centralized repository for security research, enabling practitioners to study

Dalfox is an automated web application security tool specifically designed for discovering and verifying cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. It functions as an XSS vulnerability scanner that analyzes HTTP parameters and DOM structures to identify reflected, stored, and blind injection points. The project distinguishes itself by providing a Model Context Protocol server and a REST API, allowing artificial intelligence agents and remote interfaces to trigger and manage security scans programmatically. It utilizes a payload mutation engine and fingerprinting strategies to execute WAF evasion t

Strix is an automated security research and vulnerability scanning platform that leverages language models to orchestrate complex security analysis tasks. It functions as a comprehensive framework for penetration testing and continuous security integration, allowing users to embed automated vulnerability research directly into development pipelines or execute it within isolated, containerized environments. The platform distinguishes itself through a multi-agent orchestration engine that coordinates specialized autonomous agents to perform parallel security assessments. By integrating LLM-agno

The Mobile Application Security Testing Guide is a comprehensive framework and technical resource designed for the assessment of mobile software security. It provides a structured collection of requirements and methodologies to identify vulnerabilities and security flaws in mobile applications prior to their deployment. The project distinguishes itself by integrating reverse engineering techniques with standardized testing procedures to evaluate application logic and binary structures. It supports both Android and iOS platforms, utilizing threat-model-driven methodologies to ensure that secur

OWASP ZAP is a dynamic application security testing tool and intercepting HTTP proxy used to find vulnerabilities in web applications. It functions as a penetration testing framework that enables both automated security scanning and manual security testing of running web services. The tool provides a suite of capabilities for analyzing web applications from the outside in, including the ability to capture and modify traffic between a browser and a target application. It is designed to integrate into DevSecOps pipelines to provide consistent security checks across different environments.

The Web Application Security Testing Guide is an open-source security testing standard and comprehensive framework of procedures for identifying vulnerabilities in web applications and services. It serves as a vulnerability assessment methodology and a web API security audit framework, providing a structured approach for conducting consistent and thorough security audits of web-based software. The project utilizes a methodology-based audit framework and checklist-driven workflows to ensure repeatable discovery and exploitation steps. It organizes security tests through taxonomy-based vulnerab

fsociety is a penetration testing framework and security tool orchestrator designed to conduct full security audits. It functions as a wrapper that integrates external security binaries into a unified, menu-driven interface, providing a centralized system for command-line parameter mapping and execution. The project distinguishes itself by organizing specialized utilities into domain-specific collections for structured navigation. It automates the transition between different phases of an audit by chaining reconnaissance and exploitation tools through sequential workflow automation. The fram

Learn-Web-Hacking is a structured web security study guide and penetration testing knowledge base. It provides a collection of research notes focused on identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities in web applications and network protocols. The project includes specialized frameworks for evaluating security risks in large language models to prevent prompt injection, as well as guides for hardening cloud-native infrastructure, including container standards and orchestration tools. It also covers the analysis of identity standards and authentication protocols. The material spans a broad range of

Go-SCP is a secure coding guide and vulnerability prevention framework for the Go programming language. It serves as a technical manual for implementing defensive programming patterns and security benchmarks to prevent common software vulnerabilities. The project functions as a static security reference, mapping known software weaknesses to specific Go remediation patterns. It provides a curated repository of secure coding standards and vetted implementation practices specifically focused on web application security. The framework covers security auditing by comparing source code against est

dirsearch is a command-line security tool and web path scanner used for discovering hidden directories and files on web servers. It functions as a recursive directory fuzzer and brute-force utility that identifies undocumented paths and sensitive files using wordlists and HTTP status codes. The tool distinguishes itself through template-driven path generation and an automated HTTP response filter that uses status codes, content length, and regex patterns to isolate valid targets. It supports recursive directory crawling to map complex web structures and provides state-persistence serializatio

This project is a bug bounty resource directory, vulnerability research cheatsheet, and web security payload library. It serves as a centralized collection of curated payloads and common attack vectors used to identify security vulnerabilities in web applications. The repository provides a directory of platforms, books, and tools to support vulnerability discovery skills. It includes a reference for tested payloads and techniques used to trigger bugs and identify vulnerabilities during security audits. The content covers web application pentesting, security vulnerability testing, and general

Lockdoor-Framework is a modular penetration testing suite designed to facilitate comprehensive security assessments through a centralized command-line interface. It functions as an integrated platform for reconnaissance, vulnerability scanning, and the exploitation of target systems, providing a unified environment for managing complex security workflows. The framework distinguishes itself through a modular plugin architecture that allows for the extension of core capabilities without modifying the underlying codebase. It incorporates an automated reconnaissance pipeline to map attack surface

PeiQi-WIKI-Book is a cybersecurity knowledge base and security research wiki. It functions as a markdown static site generator that converts structured text files into a set of interconnected HTML pages. This system serves as a curated collection of technical documentation and guides focused on vulnerability research, code auditing, and penetration testing. The project utilizes a git-driven documentation workflow, using version control hooks to automatically update a live website when content changes. It features a client-side searchable index that allows users to find security topics without

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SecLists is a centralized library of security assessment data designed to support vulnerability discovery and penetration testing. It functions as a comprehensive repository of wordlists, payloads, and testing methodologies used to audit software, firmware, and internet-connected hardware for technical vulnerabilities. The project distinguishes itself through a standardized taxonomy and a language-agnostic data format, which allows security tools to predictably ingest and utilize its assets regardless of the underlying programming environment. By decoupling raw testing data from execution log

Fscan is an automated penetration testing tool designed for internal network reconnaissance and vulnerability assessment. It functions as a comprehensive security framework that maps network infrastructure, identifies active hosts and services, and detects security weaknesses across internal environments. The tool distinguishes itself through a modular plugin architecture that allows for extensible security checks and a stateful asset tracking system that maintains an in-memory registry of discovered infrastructure. It incorporates a dedicated credential brute-force engine for testing passwor

Xray is a security assessment tool focused on web vulnerability scanning, attack surface mapping, and technology fingerprinting. It identifies common security flaws through automated scanning and semantic analysis, while verifying findings via a custom proof-of-concept execution engine. The system distinguishes itself with a containerized vulnerability testbed used to deploy pre-configured vulnerable applications. This environment allows for the simulation of specific vulnerabilities and edge-case scenarios to validate scanner accuracy and eliminate false positives. The platform covers a bro

reconftw is an attack surface management framework and reconnaissance workflow orchestrator designed to automate the discovery, mapping, and monitoring of external digital assets. It operates as a modular tool-chain pipeline that coordinates a sequence of security tools to perform intelligence gathering and vulnerability scanning. The project distinguishes itself through a cloud-native deployment model that parallelizes scanning workloads across a fleet of remote VPS instances to bypass local resource constraints. It utilizes container-based environment isolation to ensure consistent executio

AntSword is a cross-platform web manager and penetration testing framework designed for the centralized administration of multiple remote website environments. It functions as a remote website administration tool and a web shell management tool, allowing users to organize and control diverse web servers from a single interface. The project provides a toolkit for security researchers to perform authorized security audits and identify vulnerabilities. It supports web penetration testing and security research workflows to analyze web application behavior and discover potential exploits. The sys

Rengine is an automated reconnaissance framework and vulnerability management platform designed for attack surface monitoring. It functions as a centralized hub for discovering subdomains and open ports, gathering open-source intelligence, and tracking security flaws across target networks. The system integrates large language models to analyze reconnaissance data and generate vulnerability descriptions and insights. It distinguishes itself through a plugin-based tool integration that wraps external security scanning binaries and a target mapping system that tracks changes to assets over time

Nikto is an open-source HTTP security auditing tool and web server vulnerability scanner. It functions as a reconnaissance engine designed to identify insecure server options, outdated software, and common vulnerabilities by analyzing HTTP responses. The project differentiates itself through capabilities for intrusion detection evasion and web server fingerprinting. It uses request-level encoding and timing spacers to bypass security filters and employs signature-based identification to determine specific server software versions and misconfigurations. The scanner covers broad capability are

w3af is a web penetration testing suite and security audit framework designed to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in web applications. It functions as a vulnerability scanner that crawls targets to find injection points and a fuzzer used to discover hidden endpoints and test input validation. The project distinguishes itself by providing an intercepting HTTP proxy for capturing and modifying traffic, combined with a knowledge-base driven exploitation system. It enables the execution of security exploits to gain remote shell access and supports post-exploitation activities, such as routing

This is a public archive of vulnerability findings, proof-of-concept code, and technical reports detailing security flaws discovered in third-party software. It functions as a coordinated vulnerability disclosure platform, enabling private reporting to vendors and structured publication of advisories after a fix is released or a 90-day deadline passes. The repository provides modular security analysis tooling—standalone scripts and binaries each targeting a specific bug class for automated detection—alongside a cross-platform fuzzing framework that runs tests across multiple operating systems

AutoRecon is an automated network reconnaissance tool that performs concurrent port scanning and service enumeration across multiple targets. It operates as a multi-target port scanner, probing IP addresses, CIDR ranges, or hostnames in parallel, and automatically dispatches service-specific enumeration tools after port detection to gather detailed information about each open service. The tool distinguishes itself through a plugin-based scanning system that allows extending or replacing default port and service scans via a flexible plugin architecture. It provides real-time pattern-based outp

This project is an enterprise knowledge platform designed for teams to create, manage, and publish structured documentation. Built on a high-performance runtime, it provides a centralized environment where contributors can author content using markdown, HTML, or a visual editor. The system is engineered to handle collaborative workflows, ensuring that technical and non-technical users alike can maintain documentation with consistent rendering and version control. What distinguishes this platform is its focus on secure, scalable, and synchronized content management. It features granular path-b

BookStack is a self-hosted knowledge base platform designed for organizing, storing, and managing structured documentation. It utilizes a hierarchical content model that arranges information into nested trees of books, chapters, and pages, supported by a dedicated search index for rapid retrieval across the entire knowledge base. The platform distinguishes itself through deep integration with enterprise identity providers, allowing organizations to centralize authentication and access control via LDAP, SAML, or OIDC. It provides extensive administrative control over the content lifecycle, inc