1337sheets

Offensive Security Research & Writeups

🔓 We're Looking for Elite Security Authors

Join our growing team of cybersecurity researchers and content creators. We need skilled professionals who can craft world-class writeups, technical reports, and walkthroughs for VulnHub and beyond.

📢 About 1337sheets

1337sheets is the go-to resource for penetration testers, red teamers, and security enthusiasts worldwide. We publish in-depth technical writeups, cheat sheets, methodology guides, and vulnerability research that help thousands of professionals level up their skills every single day.

Our content covers everything from beginner-friendly machine walkthroughs to advanced exploit development chains, Active Directory attack paths, web application hacking, and privilege escalation techniques across both Linux and Windows environments.

We're expanding our author team — and we want YOU.

Whether you're an experienced security blogger, a ranked challenge platform competitor, or someone who's been quietly writing incredible walkthroughs on your personal blog — we want to give you a platform to reach tens of thousands of readers and get recognized for your expertise.

🖥️ The Role: Security Content Author

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  1337sheets — SECURITY CONTENT AUTHOR — 2026
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  ROLE:        Security Content Author
  TYPE:        Remote / Freelance / Part-time
  PLATFORMS:   VulnHub, Challenge Sites, Security Labs
  START:       Immediately
  LOCATION:    Worldwide (fully remote)

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As a Security Content Author at 1337sheets, you will be responsible for producing high-quality, educational, and technically accurate content across multiple offensive security platforms. Your work will be read by thousands of aspiring and experienced penetration testers, red teamers, and cybersecurity professionals.

What You'll Be Doing

• 📝 Writing full machine writeups for VulnHub VMs and retired challenge machines across all difficulty levels
• 📝 Producing technical reports that follow industry-standard penetration testing report formats
• 📝 Developing cheat sheets & methodology guides that serve as quick-reference tools for practitioners
• 📝 Covering CTF challenges with detailed explanations of techniques, tools, and thought processes
• 📝 Reviewing and editing peer content for technical accuracy and quality

🟢 Vulnerable Machine Experience — Required

We need authors who live and breathe vulnerable machines. From VulnHub VMs to retired challenge boxes, advanced lab environments to full attack simulations — you should know your way around downloadable and hosted targets inside and out, and be able to translate that knowledge into clear, educational content that readers can follow step by step.

What Machine Experience Looks Like For Us

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[✓] Active profiles on challenge platforms with proven track record
[✓] Experience across ALL difficulty levels:
     → Easy    — Clear enumeration → foothold → root methodology
     → Medium  — Multi-step exploitation, chaining vulnerabilities
     → Hard    — Complex attack paths, custom exploits, pivoting
     → Insane  — Advanced techniques, 0-day-style research

[✓] Familiarity with target categories:
     → Linux machines (web apps, kernel exploits, SUID abuse)
     → Windows machines (AD attacks, token impersonation, service exploits)
     → Active Directory labs (Kerberoasting, ASREPRoasting, DCSync)

[✓] Advanced lab & multi-machine environment experience
[✓] Challenge experience (Crypto, Reversing, Pwn, Web, Forensics)

[*] Strong WeChall or global challenge rankings preferred
[*] Active VulnHub contributor or documented machine completions

Ideal Author Profile