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SECURITY.md

Security Policy

About This Repository

This repository contains offensive security techniques documented for authorized CTF (Capture The Flag) competitions, security research, and education. The techniques described — including exploitation, injection, cryptographic attacks, and reverse engineering — are intentionally offensive in nature. That is the purpose of the project.

Reporting Security Issues

Please report the following via GitHub Security Advisories:

  • Leaked credentials or PII — Real API keys, passwords, tokens, or personally identifiable information accidentally included from writeup sources
  • Malicious links — URLs pointing to live malicious infrastructure rather than CTF challenge servers
  • Payloads targeting real infrastructure — Examples that reference production systems, real IP addresses, or non-example domains (outside of example.com, attacker.com, etc.)

What Is NOT a Security Issue

  • Techniques describing how to exploit vulnerabilities — that is the intended content
  • Code snippets that perform offensive operations (shellcode, ROP chains, injection payloads, etc.)
  • References to real CVEs or public security advisories
  • Links to published CTF writeups, tools, or documentation

Responsible Use

Users of these materials are expected to apply them only in:

  • CTF competitions
  • Authorized penetration testing engagements
  • Security research with proper authorization
  • Educational and training environments

Misuse of these techniques against systems without authorization is illegal and unethical.

There aren't any published security advisories