Offensive Projects
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Offensive Projects List
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The Hack The Box Walkthrough Project
Explore the various types of tools and techniques used to start developing the mindset of an attacker. Using Hack The Box’s difficulty options, start with novice boxes and work your way up to more advanced exercises. Read write-ups and follow online walkthrough tutorials along your journey when first beginning.
Vulnerable Machine Challenges
Use a service like Vulnhub, TryHackMe, CyberSecLabs, or Hack the Box. Download vulnerable virtual machines. Probe for and analyze vulnerabilities.
The Information Gathering Project
Learn methods to gather important and useful information. Utilize a suite of information gathering tools to learn more about the network, application, or scope of your pentest.
The Complete Wireless Attack Project
Explore the types of attacks performed on wireless networks. Using a wireless attacking tool, practice performing the types of attacks on a practice network.
Password Attack Challenge
What makes a password unbreakable? Develop a list of passwords ranging in length and character complexity. Using a password attack tool, try cracking the passwords you have developed.
The Sniffing Spoofing Project
Use a popular sniffing and spoofing tool to collect and analyze networking packets.
Build a Command-Control Server
Command-and-control servers (C2) servers are used by attacker to maintain communications with compromised systems within a target network. Using your favorite programming language or using an open-source project, create a C2 server.