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* TOP 10 BEST TOOLS FOR HACKERS..
Nmap (Network Mapper)
Used to Scan Ports and Map Networks - and a whole bunch more!
Cost of Tool: Free
Nmap is an abbreviation of ‘Network Mapper’, and it’s very well known free open source hackers tool. Nmap is mainly used for network discovery and security auditing.Literally, thousands of system admins all around the world will use nmap for network inventory, check for open ports, manage service upgrade schedules, and monitor host or service uptime.
Nmap, as a tool uses raw IP packets in creative ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are providing information about, what operating systems (fingerprinting) and what type and version of packet filters/ firewalls are being used by the target.
There are dozens of benefits of using nmap, one of which is that fact that the admin user is able to determine whether the network (and associated nodes) need patching.
Nmap’s been featured in literally every hacker movie out there, not least the recent Mr. Robot series.
It’s also worth mentioning that there’s a GUI version of Nmap called ‘Zenmap’. We’d advise you to learn using Nmap (i.e. the ‘command line’) then rotate into Zenmap when you are feeling all confident.
Metasploit Penetration Testing Software
Vulnerability Exploitation Tool
Cost of Tool: Free & Paid
The Metasploit Project is a hugely popular pentesting or hacking framework.Metasploit, along with nmap (see above) and Wireshark (see below) and probably the ‘best known’ three hacker software tools out there.
If you are new to Metasploit think of it as a ‘collection of hacking tools and frameworks’ that can be used to execute various tasks. Also – we should also add that if you have never heard of Metasploit and are interested in getting into the Cybersecurity Industry, especially as a Penetration Tester, then this is a ‘must-learn’ tool.
Most practical IT Security courses such as OSCP and CEH include a Metasploit component.
Widely used by cybersecurity professionals and penetration testers this is an awesome piece of software that you really out to learn.
Metasploit is essentially a computer security project (framework) that provides the user with vital information regarding known security vulnerabilities and helps to formulate penetration testing and IDS testing plans, strategies and methodologies for exploitation.
There’s a ton of incredibly useful Metasploit information out there and we hope that the books that we’ve chosen go someway to help you on your journey, not least if you are a beginner just starting out and looking for beginners tutorials in how to use Metasploit.
John The Ripper
Password Cracking Tool
Cost of Tool: Free
Quite frankly – this is the coolest named tool out there: John the Ripper.Often you’ll see it abbreviated as ‘JTR’ this is an awesome bit of hacking software that is designed to crack even very complicated passwords.
John the Ripper, mostly just referred to as simply, ‘John’ is a popular password cracking pentesting tool that is most commonly used to perform dictionary attacks. John the Ripper takes text string samples (from a text file, referred to as a ‘wordlist’, containing popular and complex words found in a dictionary or real passwords cracked before), encrypting it in the same way as the password being cracked (including both the encryption algorithm and key), and comparing the output to the encrypted string. This tool can also be used to perform a variety of alterations to dictionary attacks.
If you are somewhat confused between John the Ripper and THC Hydra then think of John the Ripper as an ‘offline’ password cracker whilst THC Hydra is an “online” cracker. Simple.
THC Hydra
Password Cracking Tool
Cost of Tool: Free
We’ve purposely placed THC Hydra underneath John The
Ripper because they often go ‘hand-in’hand’. THC Hydra (we’ve
abbreviated to simply ‘Hydra’ throughout our site) is a hugely popular
password cracker and has a very active and experienced development team.
Essentially THC Hydra is a fast and stable Network Login Hacking Tool
that will use dictionary or brute-force attacks to try various password
and login combinations against an log in page. This hacking tool
supports a wide set of protocols including Mail (POP3, IMAP, etc.),
Databases, LDAP, SMB, VNC, and SSH. Take a look at John the Ripper as
well.
OWASP Zed
Web Vulnerability Scanner
Cost of Tool: Free
The Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is now one of the most popular
OWASP projects. The fact that you’ve reached this page means that you
are likely already a relatively seasoned cybersecurity professional so
it’s highly likely that you are very familiar with OWASP, not least the
OWASP Top Ten Threats listing which is considered as being the
‘guide-book’ of web application security. This hacking and pentesting
tool is a very efficient as well as being an ‘easy to use’ program that
finds vulnerabilities in web applications. ZAP is a popular tool because
it does have a lot of support and the OWASP community is really an
excellent resource for those that work within Cyber Security. ZAP
provides automated scanners as well as various tools that allow you the
cyber pro to discover security vulnerabilities manually. Understanding
and being able to master this tool would also be advantageous to your
career as a penetration tester. If you are a developer then you have
it’s obviously highly recommended that you learn how to become very
proficient with this ‘hacker tool!’
Wireshark
Web Vulnerability Scanners
Cost of Tool: Free
Wireshark is a very popular pentesting tool and for over a
year it was not included on our list, however, by popular demand we
added it in late June 2016. Wireshark essentially captures data packets
in a network in real time and then displays the data in human-readable
format (verbose). The tool (platform) has been highly developed and it
includes filters, color-coding and other features that lets the user dig
deep into network traffic and inspect individual packets. If you’d like
to become a penetration tester or work as a Cyber Security practioner,
then learning how to use Wireshark is a must. There are a ton of
resources out there to learn Wireshark, and, of particular interest,
there’s also a Wireshark Certification which you can achieve and place
on your LinkedIn profile.
Aircrack-ng
Password Cracking Tool
Cost of Tool: Free
The Aircrack suite of Wifi (Wireless) hacking tools are
legendary because they are very effectively when used in the right
hands. For those new to this wireless-specific hacking program,
Aircrack-ng is an 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK keys cracking hacking tool that
can recover keys when sufficient data packets have been captured (in
monitor mode). For those tasked with penetrating and auditing wireless
networks Aircrack-ng will become your best friend. It’s useful to know
that Aircrack-ng implements standard FMS attacks along with some
optimizations like KoreK attacks, as well as the PTW attacks to make
their attacks more potent. If you are a mediocre hacker then youll be
able to crack WEP in a few minutes and you ought to be pretty proficient
at being able to crack WPA/ WPA2. For those interested in Wireless
Hacking we’d also highly recommend taking a look at the very awesome
Reaver, another very popular hacking tool that alas we couldn’t add to
our list.
Maltego
Digital Forensics
Cost of Tool: Free & Paid
Maltego is different in that it works within a digital
forensics sphere. Maltego is a platform that was designed to deliver an
overall cyber threat picture to the enterprise or local environment in
which an organization operates. One of the awesome things about Maltego
which likely makes it so popular (and included in the Kali Linux Top
Ten) is its’s unique perspective in offering both network and resource
based entities is the aggregation of information sourced throughout the
web – whether it’s the current configuration of a vulnerable router
within a network or the current whereabouts of your staff members on
their international visits, Maltego can locate, aggregate and visualize
this data! For those interested in learning how to use Maltego we’d also
recommend learning about OSINT cybersecurity data procurement.
Cain and Abel Hacking Tool
Password Cracker/ Password Hacking
Cost of Tool: Free
Cain and Abel (often simply abbreviated to Cain) is a
hugely popular hacking tool and one that is very often mentioned online
in a variety of ‘hacking tutorials’. At its’ heart, Cain and Abel is a
password recovery tool for Microsoft Windows but it can be used
off-label in a variety of uses, for example, white and black hat hackers
use Cain to recover (i.e. ‘crack’) many types of passwords using
methods such as network packet sniffing and by using the tool to crack
password hashes. Cain, for example, when used to crack password hashes
would use methods such as dictionary attacks, brute force, rainbow table
attacks and cryptanalysis attacks.
Nikto Website Vulnerability Scanner
Website Vulnerability Scanner Hacking Tool
Cost of Tool: Free
Nikto is another classic ‘Hacking Tool’ that a lot of
pentesters like to use. Worth mentioning that Nickto is sponsored by
Netsparker (which is yet another Hacking Tool that we have also listed
in our directory). Nikto is an Open Source (GPL) web server scanner
which is able to scan and detect web servers for vulnerabilities. The
system searches against a database of over 6800 potentially dangerous
files/ programs when scanning software stacks. Nikto, like other
scanners out there, also scans for outdated (unpatched) versions of over
1300 servers, and version specific problems on over 275 servers.
Interestingly, Nikto can also check server configuration items such as
the presence of multiple index files, HTTP server options, and the
platform will also try to identify installed web servers and web
applications. Nikto will get picked up by any semi-decent IDS tool so
its’ really useful when conducting a white-hat/ white-box pentest.
Certainly a great tool to learn your skills on when attacking an open
box for training.
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