Collection of freely available resources on the internet. All the services listed are free of charge, all the software listed is open source. This is not a public list, more like a personal list that I forgot to make private. I have not necessarily tested all the websites and software, I have read all the books though. There is no affiliation and no responsibility from our side regarding this page. Use it as you will.
Education
- Khan Academy – Elementary and High school level education across different subjects. YouTube channel.
- PowerCert Animated Videos – Video series focused on basics of IT networking.
- Practical Networking – IT networking deep dive blog and YouTube channel.
- Core Dumped – Computer and OS architecture focused channel.
- The Engineering Mindset – Channel focused on electrical engineering.
- MalwareUnicorn – Reverse engineering and malware-related workshops. Hadn’t tested yet.
- Open Security Training – Free cybersecurity courses.
- 3Blue1Brown – Animated mathematics videos for high school and above. YouTube channel.
- HardBreak – Hardware hacking oriented wiki.
- ChalkTalk – Cryptography, math, science YouTube channel.
- OpenCourseWare – Free courses and materials from MIT.
Software
- Krita – Professional painting program.
- Blender – 3D Modeling software.
- GODOT engine – A simple game engine.
- qBittorrent – A secure bittorrent client.
- GIMP – GNU Image Manipulation Program.
- HTTrack – Website cloning tool.
- BitWarden – Password manager.
- TOR Browser – WebBrowser using TOR network.
- Celestia – Space simulation program.
- Audacity – Audio editing software.
- MuseScore – Sheet music maker.
- Ventoy – MultiBoot USB creator.
- VeraCrypt – Disk encryption software.
- I2P – Encrypted network layer.
- Geogebra – Math and geometry modeling tool.
- Autopsy – Digital forensics platform. Hadn’t tested yet.
- CryptTool 2 – Cryptography and cryptanalysis visualisation learning tool. Hadn’t tested yet.
- Volatility – Memory forensics framework. Hadn’t tested yet.
- WireShark – Packet capture and protocol analysis tool.
- Ghidra – NSA’s software reverse engineering platform.
- Cutter – Disassembler and decompiler, good for patching.
- CipherShed – Another TrueCrypt fork.
- Hiren’s Boot CD – Collection of Windows troubleshooting tools. Not FOSS thought.
- Hideagem – Steganography platform. Hadn’t tested yet. Online instance.
- OpenShot – Video editing software.
- Duplicity – Encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup using the rsync algorithm (Linux).
- FlareVM – Windows installation scripts for various malware analysis programs.
- MPV – Open source media player that is said to be customizable as hell.
Services
- Mega.nz – Encrypted file hosting.
- ProtonVPN – A no-log VPN with affordable free plan.
- ProtonMail – Encrypted email. They give out IPs to LEA though.
- DeepL – Machine learning powered language translation.
- icons8 – Free icons (given you reference them).
- mapy.cz – Czech world map service.
- Riseup – VPN and secure email provider collective.
- Internet Archive – Non-profit library of all the things that ever were online.
- Yandex Image Search – Yandex search engine’s image search tool.
- Photopea – Online photoshop.
- Tineye – Reverse image search.
- FOFA – Cyberspace-mapping search engine.
- Shodan – Search engine for the internet of everything.
Collections
- Anna’s archive – A vast shadow library of ebooks.
- VX Underground – Collection of computer malware papers and samples.
- PDFDrive – Ebooks.
- Recessim Wiki – Reverse Engineering forum’s software collection.
- OPDS Catalogs – Collection of free ebook catalogues for various languages.
- Scene File Archive – Music, magazines, graphics and other weird stuff. Idk.
- 2thi.cc – Ebooks on IT topics.
Communication platforms
Android Application Markets
Capture the Flag
- Crackmes – A reverse-engineering-focused CTF.
- HackTheBox – The #1 cybersecurity upskilling platform.
- PicoCTF – Carnegie Mellon University’s CTF. CTF Primer.
Miscellaneous
- Become a Master of Discord – Discord guide.
- Kurzgesagt – Cute animated videos that will give you existential crisis.
- roadmap.sh – Developer roadmaps to help you navigate IT topics.
- digitalviolence.org – NSO’s Pegasus spyware world impact tracking website.
- HaveIBeenPwned – Check whether your login details are present in public database dumps.
- The OSINT Framework – OSINT roadmap.
- GPSJam – GPS interference world map.
- Fireship – IT focused high-intensity videos. It is pretty much hilarious and informative at the same time.
- 80000 hours – How to make a difference with your career.
- opensubtitles.org – Free subtitles for movies and series.
Operating Systems
- Tails – Live OS that forces all trafic through TOR.
- Qubes OS – A reasonably secure operating system.
- Parrot Security – The ultimate framework for your Cyber Security operations.
- Remnux – Ubuntu-based malware analysis lab VM system.
Books Real Good
- A Brief History of Time – Astrophysics.
- Why Men Don’t Listen and Women Can’t Read Maps – Differences between human males and females.
- The Molecule of More – All the things that depend on dopamine.
- Permanent Record – Edward Snowden’s autobiography.
- This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends – All about NSA’s guilty pleasure.
- Ready Player One – Dystopic sci-fi about virtual reality for all nerds alike.
- Blackout – Curious how fun it will be when the power goes out for good?
- Remembrance of Earth’s Past – Some good sci-fi (Three-body problem).
Meaningful projects (for donation)
Podcasts
- Darknet Diaries – True stories from the dark side of the internet. I find it funny.
- No Such Podcast – NSA’s official podcast.
- 80000 hours podcast – In-depth conversations about the world’s most pressing problems and what you can do to solve them.
- Leader Up
- Thinking Inside The Box
- The Military Leader
- Pineland Underground
- In Our Time – Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world. BBC.