PentesterLab
Build Expertise in Advanced Web Hacking and Security Code Review

PentesterLab is an online training platform for web application security and code review, built around real-world CVEs and genuine vulnerable systems. It offers hands-on exercises, structured badges and certificates, and live cohort-based training for individuals and teams. The platform emphasizes compounding skill development in exploitation techniques and secure code review across multiple languages and frameworks.
Users work through hands-on exercises built from real CVEs and vulnerable codebases, earning badges and certificates as they progress, with optional live cohort training available.
Security engineers, penetration testers, and aspiring bug bounty hunters
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
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