A curated list of tools officially presented at Black Hat events
Awesome Black Hat Tools 
🚀 A curated collection of real-world tools officially presented at Black Hat events — the leading cybersecurity conferences where experts showcase cutting-edge offensive, defensive, and research-driven tools.
✅ All tools in this repository were officially presented at Black Hat events (USA, Europe, Asia, MEA, Canada).
🛡️ This list serves as a practical reference for cybersecurity professionals seeking real-world, field-tested tools.
Whether you're into Red Teaming, Blue teaming, application security, or OSINT — this curated list gives you direct access to powerful, field-tested tools demonstrated live by top cybersecurity professionals at Black Hat events around the world.
📌 How This List is Organized
Tools are grouped by:
- 🌍 Black Hat Event Location
- 📅 Year
- 🎯 Category (e.g., Red Teaming, OSINT, DFIR, etc.)
🌍 Locations
Asia
Canada
Europe
MEA (Middle East and Africa)
USA (United States of America)
🎯 Tool Categories
- 🔴 Red Teaming
- 🔵 Blue Teaming
- 🟡 OSINT & Recon
- ⚙️ Exploit Development
- 🧪 Malware Analysis
- 🛠️ DFIR & Forensics
- 🧠 Threat Intelligence
- 🕹️ ICS/IoT/SCADA
- 🔐 Application Security (AppSec)
🧩 Contributing
We welcome the community to help improve and expand this collection!
📁 Tools are organized in two ways inside the tools/ directory:
- By region of the Black Hat event (e.g., USA, Europe) under
tools/regions/ - By category (e.g., Red Teaming, OSINT) under
tools/categories/
📝 Each tool is stored as a structured .json file that includes the following fields:
- Tool Name
- Description
- GitHub URL (if available)
- Tracks (categories)
- Speaker(s)
- Source Event
- Year
📄 To Add a Tool
Create a .json file in both of the following locations if possible:
outputbylocation/{LOCATION}/{YEAR}/tool-name.json tools/categories/{CATEGORY}/{YEAR}/tool-name.json- Follow the format outlined in
CONTRIBUTING.md - Submit a Pull Request
⚠️ Make sure your submission is concise, accurate, and correctly categorized. Badges and README entries are auto-generated.
📜 License
Content is shared under the CC0 1.0 Universal license — free to use, modify, and distribute.
Inspired by Awesome Lists and maintained by the cybersecurity community — focused on tools officially presented at Black Hat.
