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The Book Of Secret Knowledge

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ashutosh1206/Crypton

Library consisting of explanation and implementation of all the existing attacks on various Encryption Systems, Digital Signatures, Key Exchange, Authentication methods along with example challenges from CTFs

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2021-06-19
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1 list mention
First commit
2017-11-30
License
MIT
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3 open
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269
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150 commits
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insidetrust/statistically-likely-usernames

Wordlists for creating statistically likely username lists for use in password attacks and security testing. Used for pentesting for over 10 years with amazing results.

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2026-02-16
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1 list mention
First commit
2016-02-14
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Unknown
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0 open
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161
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tarekziade/boom

A replacement for AB (Apache Bench)

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2020-11-18
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2012-12-11
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NOASSERTION
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Disabled
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100
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158 commits
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yassineaboukir/sublert

Sublert is a security and reconnaissance tool which leverages certificate transparency to automatically monitor new subdomains deployed by specific organizations and issued TLS/SSL certificate.

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2021-02-05
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1 list mention
First commit
2019-03-08
License
MIT
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17 open
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165
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stamparm/DSVW

Damn Small Vulnerable Web

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2015-11-20
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Unlicense
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1 open
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j00ru/ctf-tasks

An archive of low-level CTF challenges developed over the years

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2021-11-28
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2019-02-20
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Apache-2.0
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0 open
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66
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23 commits
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Sahith02/machine-learning-algorithms

A curated list of all machine learning algorithms and deep learning algorithms grouped by category.

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2022-02-26
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2020-06-26
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1 open
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48
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