Awesome Penetration Testing

A collection of awesome penetration testing resources, tools and other shiny things.

Conferences

• DEF CON - An annual hacker convention in Las Vegas.
• Black Hat - An annual security conference in Las Vegas.
• CCC - An annual meeting of the international hacker scene in Germany.
• DerbyCon - An annual hacker conference based in Louisville.
• PhreakNIC - A technology conference held annually in middle Tennessee.
• ShmooCon - An annual US east coast hacker convention.
• CarolinaCon - An infosec conference, held annually in North Carolina.
• HOPE - A conference series sponsored by the hacker magazine 2600.
• SummerCon - One of the oldest hacker conventions, held during Summer.
• Hack.lu - An annual conference held in Luxembourg.
• HITB - Deep-knowledge security conference held in Malaysia and The Netherlands.

Magazines

• 2600: The Hacker Quarterly - An American publication about technology and computer "underground".
• Hakin9 - A Polish online, weekly publication on IT Security.