Welcome to Hacktress.com
Hacktress.com is a cybersecurity and open-source intelligence (OSINT) resource for anyone interested in learning the strategies, tools, and policies used to prevent, detect, and respond to threats — both digital and physical.
This site is written for individuals involved in OSINT, ethical hacking, network security, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, privilege escalation, exploit discovery, as well as incident response and investigative methodologies. Whether you’re just getting started or actively pursuing a role as an InfoSec or OSINT analyst, this space was built to support your journey.
What’s a Hacktress?
A hacktress is a female hacker. As a colleague once put it: “Just like hunter and huntress — hacktress is simply the feminine.”
About Pamela Dean
Pamela Dean is the creator and editor of Hacktress.com. She is Open Source Certified (OSC), holds CompTIA Security+ and Network+ certifications, and is certified in QualysGuard Vulnerability Management. She is a graduate of OSINT Academy, a 6x KASE Scenario Badge recipient, a 10x Hacktoria Badge recipient, and a participant in multiple OSMOSIS-sponsored and Trace Labs CTFs. Pamela also holds a degree in Information System Security from NYU (2012).
While she has spent years designing websites for businesses, nonprofits, and startups, Pamela is now fully focused on a career in open-source intelligence and cybersecurity analysis.
Check out her OSINT site:
👉 SomethingYouKnow.io
Check out her OSINT write-up solution to Hacktoria’s “Last Flight” CTF Challenge here:
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