# hacking.community

> hacking.community is a free online learning platform for cybersecurity skills. It combines hands-on practice labs, a structured academy, weekly challenges, a public bug bounty program directory, and a security jobs board. Operated by HACKASTRA INFOSEC L.L.C-FZ.

## What it is

- **Practice labs**: 137+ guided, legal, hands-on labs across 16 categories (web, active directory, cloud, mobile, cryptography, reverse engineering, forensics, network, OSINT, blockchain, hardware, DevSecOps, AI security, authentication, business logic, and full-machine boxes). Each lab includes theory, real-world context and a public leaderboard.
- **Academy**: a 13-domain structured curriculum spanning beginner to advanced levels, mapped to career tracks such as bug bounty hunter and red team.
- **Challenges & competitions**: weekly CTF-style challenges, multiplayer modes, tournaments and a global leaderboard.
- **Bug bounty directory**: a live, daily-refreshed directory of 900+ public bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure programs aggregated from HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti and YesWeHack. Every entry links out to the official program; nothing is hosted here.
- **Security jobs**: an aggregated board of remote and on-site cybersecurity roles that links out to the original employer listing.

## Key facts

- Name: hacking.community
- Operator: HACKASTRA INFOSEC L.L.C-FZ
- Purpose: ethical, educational cybersecurity training and community
- Pricing: free to start; paid Pro and Lifetime tiers available
- Labs: 137+
- Academy domains: 13
- Bug bounty programs listed: 900+

## Common questions

- **What is hacking.community?** A free platform to learn practical, defensive and offensive cybersecurity skills through legal hands-on labs, an academy, challenges, a bug bounty program directory and a jobs board.
- **Is it free?** Yes — core labs, academy content and the directories are free to start. Optional Pro and Lifetime plans unlock more.
- **Is it legal?** Yes. All labs run in isolated, sandboxed practice environments intended for authorised learning only.
- **How is it different from other platforms?** It integrates learning (labs + academy), competition (CTFs + leaderboard) and real opportunities (bug bounty directory + jobs) in one place, with a free tier.

## Links

- Home: https://hacking.community/
- Labs: https://hacking.community/labs
- Academy: https://hacking.community/learn
- Bug bounty directory: https://hacking.community/programs
- Security jobs: https://hacking.community/jobs
- Leaderboard: https://hacking.community/leaderboard
- FAQ: https://hacking.community/faq
- About: https://hacking.community/about
- Pricing: https://hacking.community/pricing