ethical-hacking-methodology

ethical-hacking-methodology is a Penetration testing & red team skill for AI agents, published by zebbern in the claude-code-guide repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates ethical-hacking-methodology F (45/100) and the safety scan rated it risky; the rating is based on static analysis only.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "learn ethical hacking", "understand penetration testing lifecycle", "perform reconnaissance", "conduct security scanning", "exploit vulnerabilities", or "write penetration test reports". It provides comprehensive ethical hacking methodology and techniques.

Grade
F
Quality
45 / 100
Safety
Risky
GitHub stars
4,620

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Our review

Architecture
96 / 100
Maturity
Basic: a single SKILL.md
Security scan
High-risk patterns
License
Not declared. Check the repository before reusing it.

What the scanner flagged

  • accesses sensitive system files
  • mentions secrets in text

Not checked yet

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  • Scope (portable / vendor / repo-internal) not assessed; only the top of each category is read for scope
  • Sibling files (scripts, references) not fetched; security scan covers SKILL.md only

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