Wondering how to get started in hacking?

Harley’s list of recommended resources for beginners can be found below. While all of these resources are great on their own merit, it’s important that hackers reflect on what type of hacking is most interesting to them. For a complete beginner that doesn’t know what path to take, I would recommend dabbling in everything until you learn what interests you most, and then dive deeper into training materials related to that niche.  

Web Hacking 

• Portswigger Web Academy 
• Pentesterlab
• TryHackMe
• Hack The Box
• Hack The Box & HackerOne’s Bug Bounty Learning Path
• OWASP Juice Shop

Pentesting Certifications

• Offensive Security – OSCP 
• eLearnSecurity – eCCPT
• eLearnSecurity – eWPT
• TCM Security – PNPT

YouTube / Twitch Channels: 

• @insiderphd
• @BugBountyReportsExplained
• @infinitelogins
• @nahamsec
• @stok
• @liveoverflow
• @thecybermentor
• @ippsec

Podcasts: 

• Critical Thinking – Bug Bounty Podcast
• DarkNet Diaries 

Blog / Social Posts: 

• Ten Rules to be Successful in Your Bug Bounty Career – Ariel Garcia
• 100 Hacking Tools and Resources – HackerOne
• Hacker Education Resources – HackerOne
• Free Bug Bounty Resources Thread – @ITSecurityguard