The History of “Hacking Tools” within IT SecurityTraditionally, the perception is that Chinese state hackers (PLA Unit 61398) take stock tools (like the ones listed within our directory) whilst the Russians and Israelis (Unit 8200) have the reputation of building their own customized tools. Tools are what’s needed to get the job done. The hacker tools listed within our site are commercially available and commonly used tools, all of which can (for the most part), be freely downloaded.If you’re serious about a career within IT Security then we’d absolutely encourage you to become familiar with these tools. 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.

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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. 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. Patch need for speed carbon pc in italiano.

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.

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. 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.

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. We’ve dominated the online search space for “Hacker Tools” and “Hacking Software” through a bunch of growth hacks and “trial and error” SEO Digital Marketing techniques, and we’re now proud to report that we’ve opened a called, simply “Growth Hackers HK”.Our focus with our agency is to offer local Hong Kong SEO skills and methodologies as well as build websites and maintain them. If you’d like to get involved connect with me via and let’s talk. We’re always on the lookout for creative hackers, growth marketers and digital marketing consultants.As we’ve said many times throughout our site, we believe that “Growth Hacking” is the merger of tech (coding) and hacking in the traditional descriptive sense of the term. We will continue to place InfoSec Hacker Tools within our site as well as expand our current. 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 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 and it remains a constant fixture on our list, even in 2019.It is difficult to place Wireshark in any specific category but in most cases it is used to monitor traffic.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 practitioner, 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. 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 you’ll 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. Nmap is an abbreviation of ‘Network Mapper’, and it’s very well known free open source hackers tool. 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. If you want to learn the command line interface version install Termux and install the package using the “apt-get install” command.

It is worth noting for educational purposes the Termux application makes use of the Linux kernal that lies at the root of every Android operating system. If you don’t know basic Linux commands there are many (free) resources online. Additionally, if you would like complete control (change Mac address etc.) It is highly advisable to root your Android device.Disclaimer: What you do, and how you use your device is not my business.

I hold zero liability. In absolutely no way is the above information telling you that you should root your device. Unlocking the bootloader or flashing a custom recovery and/or custom ROM can void the manufacturer warranty, sometimes just unlocking the bootloader alone will void the warranty.

Even worse, if rooting is preformed by an nexperienced individual the process can “brick” the device. Rendering it useless.

Use this information at your own risk. The main use of hacking tools is to make life easier for a Pentester/ Professional Cybersecurity Practioner. Tools are designed to make it more efficient to find and patch vulnerabilities (for example).

Remembering that time is money, the cost of hiring a professional Penetration Tester (again, for example) can be extremely expensive so typically the tools listed on this site will be used in tandem to prove that there is indeed a known vulnerability.The tools listed throughout this site are commercial and used by professional cybersecurity professionals, but, just like anything else, they can be used for “good” or for “bad”.A hardware store sells a hammer that they imagine will be used to hammer nails. That same hammer could be used in a violent attack which of course was not the purpose of that tool – and the same thing can be said for the pentesting tools that we list within our resource. Hacking tools do not need to run on ‘Kali Linux’; they can work on most platforms but developers tend to create software penetration tools (and other forensic hacker tools listed in this resource) because they allow for more flexibility and can be easily forked on GitHub and worked on in tandem with other developers. Kali Linux is just convenient, that’s all. The developers of Kali have bundled a ton of useful tools (including repo’s) for your convenience so it just works out of the box. Other distro’s you might be interested in is BackBox, Parrott OS and BlackArch.Regarding the second part of your question – yes and no.

If you understand exactly what it is that you are trying to achieve using these hacker tools then it will surely help you along your way. I am writing a screenplay where my protagonist (the good guy) is a hacker and uses her skills against the antagonist to seek revenge for killing her mother and destroying their home. What I am looking for is someone who can help me with the methodology and terminology of hacking so that if someone like you sees the film it looks and sounds authentic. This isn’t a movie about the art of hacking rather hacking is used as an end to a means. Do you know someone in the world of hacking that would be willing to speak to a non-hacker and help me realistically portray it on the screen. You are welcome.

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Thank you for your comment and good luck with it all! Regarding your question: “I would like to know if it is advisable to use my laptop with critical data to install Kali for ethical hacking activities” – I’d say no. Why would you have critical data on the same install as a machine designed for Penetration Testing? The main issue is that Kali Linux is meant to be run as r00t and as such it could be prone to be compromised. The ‘best way’ to use Kali Linux, in my view, is to flatten it after every engagement. Simple start with a fresh install.

The solution in your instant is to dual-boot using Grub. Assuming that you referring to testing the security of your own website applications I’d start with the basics and see whether there are any unpatched and known vulnerabilities.

For this the best place to start ought to be the and test variations of hacks. It all depends on the ecommerce platform. Hacking WooCommerce for example is but I’d imagine relatively rare because of the amount of developers working on the project. Extracting Credit Card information via a hack is another discussion: you’d need to set up a sniffer on the network or create a dummy login page or payment page etc. There are a dozen different ways but as ever, do is safely and only on your own systems and networks. Hi Henry,Gotta hand it to you, ie: answering ALL questions without being sardonic, arrogant or condescending. One thing I must point out is that the Cyber field is full of specialties, one can start the journer of become a hacker by starting to understand IP protocols, set up their own pen testing labs, download and understand the necessary tools for whatever it is that they are pursuing.

I’ve tried to do all that and quickly sink into a quagmire of options but your posts are helpful and to the point. Kudos to you, Henry. Hi Henry and thank you for all the information.I want to be a professional pentester ( a certified one ) and to do so, I started learning on the internet about Metasploit and Nmap. However, in all the courses, they always show simple examples of scanning and almost never show the process of exploit and the post exploit. Can you suggest me any course online that offers all steps in detail so that I can grasp the practicality and real-world pentesting?

And also what do you consider the best (online preferably) certification to have for such title (pentester or security expert).Thanks again for all the time you put into this.