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Welcome to HackOps.wiki
Offensive security knowledge. Structured, open, and alive.
Note: HackOps.wiki focuses exclusively on digital hacking within the context of ethical and offensive cybersecurity. This includes topics such as penetration testing, privilege escalation, red teaming, and CTF-style learning.
This wiki does not cover:
- Physical hacking (e.g. lockpicking)
- Psychological manipulation
- Life hacks or productivity tricks
- Any illegal or unauthorized activity
All content is intended for educational and ethical use in controlled environments.
🚀 Introduction
Hacking is the art and science of understanding, manipulating, and mastering systems—digital or otherwise. In the world of cybersecurity, hacking is not about chaos; it’s about clarity. It’s the pursuit of knowledge through disassembly, observation, and reconstruction.
HackOps.wiki is a collaborative platform that explores the full scope of offensive cybersecurity—a structured knowledge base for those who want to understand how systems can be broken, tested, defended, and ultimately improved.
This wiki aims to answer the foundational questions of hacking:
- What is hacking? – The act of probing, understanding, or manipulating systems beyond their intended use.
- How is hacking done? – By analyzing systems, finding vulnerabilities, and applying technical methods to bypass controls.
- Why do people hack? – Curiosity, profit, challenge, learning, activism, or malicious intent.
- Where does hacking happen? – Anywhere there's a system, a network, or an opportunity.
- Who becomes a hacker? – Anyone driven by exploration, logic, and/or technical problem-solving.
- When does hacking become illegal? – When it's done without permission, or causes unauthorized impact.
- What makes hacking ethical? – Clear consent, positive intent, and responsible conduct.
- What are the types of hackers? – Common categories include white hat (ethical), black hat (malicious), and grey hat (ambiguous).
- What tools do hackers use? – Operating systems, scanners, scripting languages, exploits, and open protocols.
- Can hacking be learned? – Yes. It is a discipline built through practice, study, and experience.
We believe that deep technical knowledge should be freely accessible. That ethical hacking is an essential part of defending infrastructure. That transparency, not secrecy, strengthens security.
This wiki provides:
- Thematic categories like Privilege Escalation, Web Exploitation, and OSINT
- Tool documentation with real examples
- Educational paths through CTF Walkthroughs
- A space to contribute, write, and collaborate
If you're curious, focused, and driven to understand how things work beneath the surface—you're in the right place.
📂 Categories
| Section | Purpose | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Linux Commands | Essential command-line usage for navigation, enumeration, and manipulation | Core Skill |
| OSINT | Open Source Intelligence for targeting, mapping, and profiling | Recon / Targeting |
| Information Gathering | Active and passive recon, subdomain mapping, fingerprinting | Pre-Attack |
| Social Engineering | Psychological manipulation, phishing, and human-layer attacks | Human Attack Vector |
| Initial Access | Phishing, exposed services, stolen credentials, misconfigurations | Entry Point |
| Vulnerability Analysis | Identifying and assessing weaknesses in systems and services | Assessment |
| Web Applications | Attacking common web vulnerabilities like XSS, LFI, SQLi | Attack Surface |
| Exploitation Tools | Frameworks and scripts used to trigger and exploit vulnerabilities | Execution |
| Custom Exploits & Scripting | Tailoring attack logic to exploit non-standard vulnerabilities | Adaptation / Creativity |
| Payload Development | Generating shellcode and evasive payloads for specific contexts | Execution / Obfuscation |
| Password Attacks | Brute-force, dictionary, and credential stuffing techniques | Credential Access |
| Wireless Attacks | Targeting Wi-Fi protocols, access points, and wireless devices | Entry Point |
| Sniffing & Spoofing | Capturing traffic and falsifying identity on a network | Surveillance / Evasion |
| Privilege Escalation | Gaining higher privileges on compromised systems | Post-Exploitation |
| Maintaining Access | Persistence, backdoors, and evasion after initial compromise | Post-Exploitation |
| Tunneling & Covert Channels | Data exfiltration and access via concealed paths | Evasion / Command & Control |
| Red Team Tactics | Full-scale simulation, stealth operations, and adversary emulation | Simulation / Strategy |
| Reporting Tools | Documentation and reporting techniques for professional pentesters | Output / Professionalism |
| CTF Walkthroughs | Writeups, tutorials, and solutions for training platforms | Learning / Practice |
🧠 Contribute
- How to Contribute – editing guide and structure
- Sandbox – try out wiki editing here
- Style Guide – maintain clarity and consistency
Have something valuable to share? HackOps.wiki is open for contribution. Make your edits count.
📎 Meta
HackOps.wiki is a living archive of offensive security techniques.
For educational and ethical simulation purposes only.