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13 Hacking Domains · 151 Labs

Pick your domain — from Web · AD · Cloud · Mobile all the way to AI/ML Security · Hardware · Blockchain. Climb 4 levels per domain — Beginner → Expert. Every level lists the tools you'll learn, the real-world certifications it prepares you for, and a mixed-format curriculum of labs · CTFs · quizzes. Quizzes are blocking — pass to unlock the next module.

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Web App Pentest

OWASP top-10 → modern SaaS attack surface. From reflected XSS to chained SSRF + IAM privesc.

0/16 mods · 0/4 lvl
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Internal / AD Pentest

Enumerate, kerberoast, harvest hashes, pivot DC → DA. The bread-and-butter of internal engagements.

0/16 mods · 0/4 lvl
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Cloud Pentest

AWS/Azure/GCP attack surface. IMDS SSRF, IAM privesc, S3 misconfigs, K8s RBAC, CI/CD secrets.

0/16 mods · 0/4 lvl
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Mobile Pentest

iOS + Android attack surface. Static & dynamic analysis, deep-link abuse, OAuth flows.

0/16 mods · 0/4 lvl
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Network / Infra Pentest

External + internal network attack surface. Port-scan to RCE, VPN abuse, MITM, IoT.

0/16 mods · 0/4 lvl
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Cryptography

Symmetric, asymmetric, AEAD, hash. Padding oracles, length-extension, weak RNGs, ECDSA reuse.

0/16 mods · 0/4 lvl
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Forensics & IR

Disk + memory + network forensics. Timeline reconstruction, malware triage, incident response.

0/16 mods · 0/4 lvl
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OSINT / Recon

Open-source intelligence. Find people, infrastructure, leaked data without ever touching the target.

0/16 mods · 0/4 lvl
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Reverse Engineering & Malware

Binaries, packers, anti-debug, malware families. Static + dynamic + emulation.

0/16 mods · 0/4 lvl
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DevSecOps / AppSec

Build secure pipelines. SAST, DAST, IaC scanning, secret hygiene, secure SDLC.

0/16 mods · 0/4 lvl
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AI / ML Security

Adversarial ML, prompt injection, model theft, data poisoning, RAG defense, and red-teaming LLMs.

0/16 mods · 0/4 lvl
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Hardware & Embedded

PCB analysis, side-channel attacks, fault injection, firmware reverse-engineering, RF security.

0/16 mods · 0/4 lvl
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Blockchain & Smart-Contract Security

Solidity audits, DeFi flash-loans, bridge attacks, MEV, ZK circuit bugs, key management.

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