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A curated list of Capture The Flag (CTF) frameworks, libraries, resources, softwares and tutorials. This list aims to help starters as well as seasoned CTF players to find everything related to CTFs at one place.

Contributing

Please take a quick look at the contribution guidelines first.

If you know a tool that isn't present here, feel free to open a pull request.

Why?

It takes time to build up collection of tools used in ctf and remember them all. This repo helps to keep all these scattered tools at one place.

Contents

Create

Tools used for creating CTF challenges

Forensics

Tools used for creating Forensics challenges

Platforms

Projects that can be used to host a CTF

  • CTFd - Platform to host jeopardy style CTFs from ISISLab, NYU Tandon
  • fbctf - Platform to host Capture the Flag competitions from Facebook
  • Mellivora - A CTF engine written in PHP
  • Scorebot - Platform for CTFs by Legitbs (Defcon)

Steganography

Tools used to create stego challenges

Check solve section for steganography.

Web

Tools used for creating Web challenges

JavaScript Obfustcators

Solve

Tools used for solving CTF challenges

Attacks

Tools used for performing various kinds of attacks

  • Bettercap - Framework to perform MITM (Man in the Middle) attacks.
  • Layer 2 attacks - Attack various protocols on layer 2

Crypto

Tools used for solving Crypto challenges

  • PkCrack - A tool for Breaking PkZip-encryption
  • RSATool - Generate private key with knowledge of p and q
  • XORTool - A tool to analyze multi-byte xor cipher

Bruteforcers

Tools used for various kind of bruteforcing (passwords etc.)

Exploits

Tools used for solving Exploits challenges

  • binjitsu - CTF framework and exploit development library
  • DLLInjector - Inject dlls in processes
  • Metasploit - Penetration testing software
  • pwntools - CTF Framework for writing exploits
  • qira - QEMU Interactive Runtime Analyser
  • ROP Gadget - Framework for ROP exploitation

Forensics

Tools used for solving Forensics challenges

  • Aircrack-Ng - Crack 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK keys
    • apt-get install aircrack-ng
  • Audacity - Analyze sound files (mp3, m4a, whatever)
    • apt-get install audacity
  • bkhive and samdump2 - Dump SYSTEM and SAM files
    • apt-get install samdump2 bkhive
  • CFF Explorer - PE Editor
  • creddump - Dump windows credentials
  • DVCS Ripper - Rips web accessible (distributed) version control systems
  • Exif Tool - Read, write and edit file metadata
  • extundelete - Used for recovering lost data from mountable images
  • Fibratus - Tool for exploration and tracing of the Windows kernel
  • Foremost - Extract particular kind of files using headers
    • apt-get install foremost
  • fsck.ext4 - Used to fix corrupt filesystems
  • Malzilla - Malware hunting tool
  • NetworkMiner - Network Forensic Analysis Tool
  • PDF Streams Inflater - Find and extract zlib files compressed in PDF files
  • ResourcesExtract - Extract various filetypes from exes
  • Shellbags - Investigate NT_USER.dat files
  • UsbForensics - Contains many tools for usb forensics
  • Volatility - To investigate memory dumps
  • Wireshark - Analyze the network dumps
    • apt-get install wireshark

Registry Viewers

Reversing

Tools used for solving Reversing challenges

  • Androguard - Reverse engineer Android applications
  • angr - platform-agnostic binary analysis framework
  • Apk2Gold - Yet another Android decompiler
  • ApkTool - Android Decompiler
  • Barf - Binary Analysis and Reverse engineering Framework
  • BinUtils - Collection of binary tools
  • BinWalk - Analyze, reverse engineer, and extract firmware images.
  • Boomerang - Decompile x86 binaries to C
  • GDB - The GNU project debugger
  • Hopper - Reverse engineering tool (disassembler) for OSX and Linux
  • IDA Pro - Most used Reversing software
  • Jadx - Decompile Android files
  • Krakatau - Java decompiler and disassembler
  • radare2 - A portable reversing framework
  • Uncompyle - Decompile Python 2.7 binaries (.pyc)
  • WinDbg - Windows debugger distributed by Microsoft
  • z3 - a theorem prover from Microsoft Research

JavaScript Deobfustcators

  • Detox - A Javascript malware analysis tool
  • Revelo - Analyze obfuscated Javascript code

SWF Analyzers

  • RABCDAsm - Collection of utilities including an ActionScript 3 assembler/disassembler.
  • swftools - Collection of utilities to work with SWF files
  • xxxswf - A Python script for analyzing Flash files.

Services

Various kind of useful services available around the internet

  • CSWSH - Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking Tester
  • Request Bin - Lets you inspect http requests to a particular url

Stegano

Tools used for solving Steganography challenges

  • Convert - Convert images b/w formats and apply filters
  • ImageMagick - Tool for manipulating images
  • pngtools - For various analysis related to PNGs
    • apt-get install pngtools
  • SmartDeblur - Used to deblur and fix defocused images
  • Steganabara - Tool for stegano analysis written in Java
  • Steghide - Hide data in various kind of images
  • Stegsolve - Apply various steganography techniques to images

Web

Tools used for solving Web challenges

  • SQLMap - Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tooli
  • w3af - Web Application Attack and Audit Framework.
  • XSSer - Automated XSS testor

Resources

Where to discover about CTF

Starter Packs

Collections of installer scripts, useful tools

  • CTF Tools - Collection of setup scripts to install various security research tools.

Tutorials

Tutorials to learn how to play CTFs

Wargames

Always online CTFs

  • Backdoor - Security Platform by SDSLabs.
  • Crackmes.de - reversers' playground
  • Ctfs.me - CTF All the time
  • Exploit Exercises - Variety of VMs to learn variety of computer security issues.
  • Gracker - Binary challenges having a slow learning curve, and write-ups for each level.
  • Hack This Site - Training ground for hackers.
  • IO - Wargame for binary challenges.
  • Microcurruption - Embedded Security CTF.
  • Over The Wire - Wargame maintained by OvertheWire Community
  • Pwnable.kr - Pwn Game
  • Ringzer0Team - Ringzer0 Team Online CTF
  • SmashTheStack - A variety of wargames maintained by the SmashTheStack Community.
  • Stockfighter.io - Stockfighter Jailbreak and Stockfighter Trading CTFs
  • VulnHub - VM-based for practical in digital security, computer application & network administration.
  • WebHacking - Hacking challenges for web.
  • WeChall - Always online challenge site.

Websites

Various general websites about and on ctf

Wikis

Various Wikis available for learning about CTFs

Writeups Collections

Collections of CTF write-ups

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