hacktricks/getting-started-in-hacking.md

# Getting Started in Hacking

## Learning by Practice

### [https://www.hackthebox.eu/](https://www.hackthebox.eu) & [https://academy.hackthebox.eu/catalogue](https://academy.hackthebox.eu/catalogue)

Hackthebox has online machines to hack, it's the best place to learn by practicing. If you are new I would recommend you learning by doing retired machines following Ippsec videos.

HackTheBox academy is the new platform to learn hacking in a more guided way, also a great resource if you want to practice hacking some specific technology!

### [https://tryhackme.com/](https://tryhackme.com)

Tryhackme is a platform with virtual machines that need to be solved through walkthroughs, which is very good for beginners and normal CTFs where you self must hack into the machines.

### [https://www.root-me.org/](https://www.root-me.org)

Rootme is another page for online hosted virtual machines to hack.

### [https://www.vulnhub.com/](https://www.vulnhub.com)

Vulnhub has machines to download and then to hack

### [https://hack.me/](https://hack.me)

This site seems to be a community platform

### [https://www.hacker101.com/](https://www.hacker101.com)

free site with videos and CTFs

### [https://crackmes.one/](https://crackmes.one)

This site has a lot of binaries for forensic learning.

### [https://www.hackthissite.org/missions/basic/](https://www.hackthissite.org/missions/basic/)

### [https://attackdefense.com/](https://attackdefense.com)

### [https://portswigger.net/web-security/dashboard](https://portswigger.net/web-security/dashboard)
This website has a lot of web exploitation labs