🛡️ Ethical Hacking 100 Projects Challenge

Hands-on cybersecurity projects for practical ethical hacking and defensive security learning.

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🚀 Quick Navigation

• 📘 Overview
• 📂 Project Index
• ⚙️ Quick Start
• 🧭 Learning Path Suggestion
• ⚠️ Ethical & Legal Notice
• 👤 Maintainer
• 📄 License

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📘 Overview

This repository documents my Ethical Hacking 100 Projects Challenge journey. Each project focuses on real cybersecurity concepts such as:

• Network analysis and traffic inspection
• Vulnerability discovery and assessment
• Malware simulation in controlled environments
• Forensics and system monitoring
• Secure coding and defensive tooling

✅ Purpose: education, research, and authorized security testing only.

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📂 Project Index

1. Project 01: Packet Sniffer
2. Project 02: Port Scanner
3. Project 03: ARP Spoof Detector
4. Project 04: Keylogger
5. Project 05: Reverse Shell
6. Project 06: Web Crawler
7. Project 07: FTP Cracker
8. Project 08: SSH Cracker
9. Project 09: SQL Scanner
10. Project 10: Keylogger with Email Exfiltration
11. Project 11: Ransomware Simulator
12. Project 11 (Advanced): Ransomware Simulator v2
13. Project 12: Network Scanner
14. Project 13: Deauth Detector
15. Project 13 (v2): Deauth Detector 2
16. Project 14: Packet Crafting Engine
17. Project 14 (Interactive): Packet Crafting Engine 2
18. Project 15: DNS Spoof + DNS Rebinding Detector
19. Project 16: Process Monitor + Anti-Debugging Detector
20. Project 17: Reverse Shell with Full Interactive TTY
21. Project 18: Steganography Tool
22. Project 19: Memory Forensics Analyzer
23. Project 20: Binary Exploitation — Simple Buffer Overflow
24. Project 21: API Hooking Detector
25. Project 22: Log Analysis and SIEM Simulator
26. Project 23: Android APK Static Analysis Scanner
27. Project 24: Web Application Firewall (WAF)
28. Project 25: Vulnerability Scanner Web Crawler
29. Project 26: Multi-Threaded Port Scanner
30. Project 27: File Integrity Monitoring
31. Project 28: RAT
32. Project 29: Blockchain Explorer + Smart Contract Scanner
33. Project 30: Dark Web Scraper
34. Project 31: Antivirus Evasion Crypter
35. Project 32: Cloud Security Scanner
36. Project 33: Password Cracker
37. Project 34: IoT Scanner
38. Project 35: PE/ELF Analysis Tool
39. Project 36: SQL Injection Exploitation Tool
40. Project 37: WAF Evasion Tool
41. Project 38: Auto-Recon Framework
42. Project 39: Network Traffic Analyzer
43. Project 40: YARA Rule Engine
44. Project 41: CVE Exploit Database

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⚙️ Quick Start

1) Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/abdulsalam401/Ethical-Hacking-100-Projects-Challenge.git
cd Ethical-Hacking-100-Projects-Challenge

2) Create Virtual Environment

python -m venv venv

Activate:

• Windows (PowerShell/CMD): venv\Scripts\activate
• Linux/macOS: source venv/bin/activate

3) Install Common Dependencies

pip install scapy cryptography requests paramiko dnslib web3 psutil colorama pyperclip beautifulsoup4 flask pycryptodome pillow pefile pyelftools

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🧭 Learning Path Suggestion

If you are new, a good progression is:

1. Network fundamentals projects (Packet Sniffer, Port Scanner, Network Scanner)
2. Web security projects (Crawler, SQL Scanner, WAF)
3. Forensics/monitoring projects (Process Monitor, Memory Forensics, FIM)
4. Advanced simulation projects (RAT, Crypter, Reverse Shell)

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⚠️ Ethical & Legal Notice

This repository is intended strictly for:

• Cybersecurity education
• Defensive security research
• Authorized penetration testing labs

❌ Do not run these tools against systems/networks without explicit written authorization.

The maintainer is not responsible for misuse.

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👤 Maintainer

• Abdul Salam
• GitHub: @abdulsalam401
• Portfolio: salamcs.app
• LinkedIn: Abdul Salam

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📄 License

This repository is licensed under the MIT License.

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