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Wonderingwhichsoftwareisusedforhacking?Whatisthebestsoftwareforhackingpassword?Wehavecreatedalistofusefulhackingtoolsand
softwarethatwillhelpyoudoyoujobmucheasier.
Ethicalhackingandonlinesecurityinvolvesalotefforts.Manytoolsareusedtotestandkeepsoftwaresecure.Thesametoolscanalsobeused
byhackersforexploitation.Becomingahackerisnoteasyitrequiresmanyskills.Youcanlearnafewhackingtricksfromfreehackingtutorials
online,somereallycoolhackingbooksandbooksoninformationsecurity.However,Alongwithalltheskillsyouneedtohavebesttoolsto
performhacking,securitythreatanalysisandpenetrationtesting.
Ahackingtoolisacomputerprogramorsoftwarewhichhelpsahackertohackacomputersystemoracomputerprogram.Theexistencesof
hackingtoolshavemadethelivesofthehackersmuchsimplerwhencomparedtothetimestheydidnotexist.Butitdoesnotmeanthatifthe
Hackerisequippedwithagoodhackingtool,hisentirejobissmoothlydone.Thehackerstillrequirestheskillsofalltheaspectsofhackingequally
well.

Password Cracker Software

Apasswordcrackersoftware,whichisoftenreferredtoasapasswordrecoverytool,
canbeusedtocrackorrecoverthepasswordeitherbyremovingtheoriginalpassword,
afterbypassingthedataencryption,orbyoutrightdiscoveryofthepassword.Inthe
processofpasswordcracking,averycommonmethodologyusedtocracktheuser
passwordistorepeatedlymakeguessesfortheprobablepasswordandperhapsfinally
hittingonthecorrectone.Itcannotbedeniedthatwheneverwearereferringtocyber
security,passwordsarethemostvulnerablesecuritylinks.Ontheotherhandifthe
passwordistoocompleted,theusermightforgetit.PasswordCrackersoftwareare
oftenusedbythehackerstocrackthepasswordandaccessasystemtomanipulateit.
Donotunethicallyusethesesoftwareforhackingpasswords.
InthenextsectionyouwouldbegettingfamiliarwithsomeofthepopularPassword
Crackertoolswhichareusedbyhackersforpasswordcracking.

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Ophcrack
Itisafreepasswordcrackersoftwarewhichisbasedontheeffectiveimplementationoftherainbowtables.ItrunsonanumberofOperating
SystemslikeMacOSX,Unix/LinuxandWindowsOperatingSystem.Itisequippedwithrealtimegraphsforanalyzingthepasswordsandisan
opensourcesoftware.OphcrackhasthecapabilitytocrackbothNTLMhashesaswellasLMhashes.

Medusa
Medusaisoneofthebestonlinebruteforce,speedy,parallelpasswordcrackerswhichisavailableontheInternet.Ithasbeendesignedbythe
membersofthewebsitefoofus.net.ItisalsowidelyusedinPenetrationtestingtoensurethatthevulnerabilityofthesystemcanbeexposedand
appropriatesecuritymeasurescanbetakenagainsthacking.

RainbowCrack
RainbowCrackasthenamesuggests,isacrackerforhasheswiththeRainbowTables.ItrunsonmultipleoperatingsystemssuchasLinux,
WindowsVista,WindowsXP(WindowsOperatingSystems).ItsupportsbothGraphicalUserInterfaceaswellasCommandlineInterface.It's
softwarewhichisusedforpasswordcrackingbygeneratingrainbowtables,fuzzingalltheparameters.

Wfuzz
WfuzzisaflexibletoolforbruteforcingInternetbasedapplications.ItsupportsmanyfeatureslikeMultithreading,Headerbruteforcing,Recursion
whendiscoveringdirectories,Cookies,ProxySupport,hidingresultsandencodingtheURLstonameafew.Wfuzzisausefultoolforfinding
unlinkedresourceslikescripts,directoriesandservletsaswell.

Brutus
Brutusisoneofthemostflexibleandfreepasswordcrackerswhichoperatesremotely.Itispopularalsobecauseofitshighspeedandoperates
underoperatingsystemssuchasWindows2000,WindowsNTandWindows9x.CurrentlyitdoesnotoperateundertheUNIXoperatingsystem.
Brutuswasinitiallydesignedtochecknetworkdeviceslikeroutersforcommonaswellasdefaultpasswords.

L0phtCrack
L0phtCrackwhichisnowknownasL0phtCrack6,isatoolwhichteststhestrengthofapasswordgiven,aswellastorecoverlostpasswordson
MicrosoftWindowsplatform.Thusitisatoolforbothpasswordrecoveryaswellasauditingthepassword.ItusestechniquessuchasRainbow
tables,bruteforceanddictionarytorecoverpasswords.

Fgdump
Fgdumpisapowerfulcrackingtool.Infact,it'smuchmorepowerfulthanpwdump6asthelatterhasthetendencytohangwheneverthereisa
presenceofanantivirus.Fgdumphasthecapabilitytohandlethisproblemofhangingbyshuttingdownfirst.ItlaterrestartstheAntivirussoftware.
Itsupportsmultithreadingwhichisveryrelevantinthemultitaskingandmultiuserenvironment.

THC Hydra
Everypasswordsecuritystudyhasrevealedthatthebiggestsecurityweaknessesarethepasswords.THCHydraisatoolforcrackingloginsandit
isflexibleasitsupportsvariousprotocols.Itisveryfastandatthesametime,newmodulescanbeeasilyadded.Hydracanrunonoperating
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systemslikeSolaris11,OSX,WindowsandLinux.

John The Ripper

JohntheRipperisafreesoftwareforpasswordcrackingwhichwasoriginallydesignedfortheUnixOperatingSystem.Atpresent,itcanrunon15
Operatingsystemswhichincludes11differentversionsofUNIX,Win32,DOSandBeOS.Ithasthecapabilitytocombineseveralpassword
crackersintoasinglepackagewhichhasmadeitoneofthemostpopularcrackingtoolsforhackers.

Aircrack
Itisanetworksoftwaresuiteusedin802.11WirelessLocalAreaNetworks.Itconsistsoftoolssuchasapacketsniffer,detectorandaWEP.This
toolrunsonbothWindowsandLinuxOperatingsystems.Itcanworkwithanytypeofwirelessnetworkinterfacecontroller,providedthedriveris
supportingtherawmonitoringmode.

Cain And Abel

CainandAbel,oftenreferredtoasCain,isatoolforrecoveringthepasswordintheWindowsplatform.Ithasthecapabilitytorecovervarious
kindsofpasswordsusingtechniquessuchascrackingthepasswordhashesbyusingbruteforcing,dictionaryattacks,cryptanalysisattacksand
packetsniffinginthenetwork.

IKECrack
TheobjectiveofthissecuritytoolistolocatethevaliduseridentitiesinaVirtualPublicNetworkalongwiththesecretkeycombinations.Oncethis
isaccomplished,thisinformationcanbeusedeasilybyahackertohaveaccesstoaVPNinanunauthorizedmanner

Wireless Hacking Tools

WirelessHackingToolsarethosehackingtoolswhichareusedtohackintoawireless
networkwhichisusuallymoresusceptibletosecuritythreats.Onemustalsoensure
thatthenetworkiscompletelysecuredagainsthackingorothermalwares.Thelistof
wirelesshackingtoolswhichwouldbediscussednowcanbeusedtodoaPenetration
TestingforaWirelessNetwork.Thisisanintentionalattackonanetworktodetect
securityvulnerabilitiesbyaccessingitsdataandfunctionality.

Aircrack-ng
Itisasoftwaresuitspeciallydesignedforawirelessnetworkandwhichoperatesunder
boththeWindowsandtheLinuxOperatingSystem.Aircrackngconsistsofapacket
sniffer,WPAcrackerandanalysistoolandadetectorforthewirelessLocalArea
Networks(802.11).Thebestpartofthissoftwaresuitisoneneednotinstallittouseit.Itisacollectionoffileswhichcanbeeasilyusedwitha
commandprompt.
Therehavebeenmanywirelesshackingtoolsexposedinrecentpast.Whenahackerhacksawirelessnetwork,itissupposedtodefeatthe
Wirelessnetworkssecuritydevices.TheWiFinetworksi.e.theWirelessLANsaremoreexposedtothesecuritythreatsfromahackerwhile
comparedtothatofawirednetwork.Whilehackersarealwaysmorethanreadytohackspeciallyifthereareweaknessesinacomputernetwork,
hackingisoftenatediousandcomplicatedprocedure.

Kismet
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Kismetisawirelessdetectorsystemwhichdetectspossibleintrusiontoan802.11layer2wirelessnetwork,itisalsoasniffer.Therearecertain
pluginsupportedbyKismetwhichenablesniffingmedialikeDECT..Italsohasthecapacitytoinferwhetheranonbeaconingnetworkispresent
ornotviathedatatrafficinthenetworkandanetworkisidentifiedbythistoolbycollectingdatapacketspassively,detectinghiddenandstandard
namednetworks.

InSSIDer
InSSIDerisanetworkscannerwhichisusedinaWiFinetworkfortheWindowsOperatingSystemaswellastheAppleOSX.Ithasbeen
developedbyMetaGeek,LLC.Itisusedtocollectinformationfrombothsoftwareandawirelesscardandisusefulinselectingtheavailabilityof
thebestwirelesschannel.ItalsoshowsthoseWiFinetworkchannelswhichoverlapwitheachother.

KisMAC
ItisadiscoverytoolforawirelessnetworkfortheMacOSXoperatingsystem.Ithasmanyfeatureswhicharesimilartoanotherwirelessdetector
toolcalledKismet.Thistoolismeantforexpertnetworksecuritypersonnelandisnotveryuserfriendlyforthebeginners

Firesheep
Inordertologintoawebsite,auserhassubmitdetailslikehisorherusernameandpassword.Theservervalidatesthesedataandsendsbacka
cookie.Thewebsitesusuallyencryptsthepasswordhoweverdoesnotencryptotherdetailswhichleavesthecookieexposedtohackingthreats
whicharealsoknownasHTTPsessionhijacking.FiresheephasapacketsnifferwhichcaninterceptthecookieswhichareencryptedfromSocial
MediasiteslikeTwitterandFacebookandcomeswiththeFirefoxwebbrowser.FiresheepisavailableforboththeWindowsandMacOSX
operatingsystem.ItwouldalsorunontheLinuxplatforminthenewfuture.

Airjack
Itisapowerfultoolforpacketinjectioninan802.11wirelessnetworkandisveryusefulasithasthecapabilitytosendinforgeddeauthentication
packets.Thisfeatureisusuallyusedbyahackertobringdownanetwork.

KARMA
KARMAisanattacktoolwhichtakestheadvantageoftheprobingtechniquesthatisusedbyusedbyaclientofaWLAN.Thestationsearchesfor
aWirelessLANinthelistofpreferrednetworkanditisthenthatitmakestheSSIDopenforanattackerwhoislistening.ThedisclosedSSIDis
usedbyKARMAforimpersonationofavalidWLANandattractsthestationtothelisteningattacker.

NetStumbler
NetStumblerisahackingtoolwhichisusedintheWindowsOperatingsystemandcomeswithaddonswhichareusedtohackawirelessnetwork.
IthasthecapabilitytoconvertaWIFIenabledlaptoponWindowsOSintoanetworkdetectorinan802.11WLAN.

WepLab
TheWebLabisatoolwhichteachesabouttheweaknessesofaWEP,howaWEPworksandhowitisusedtobreakawirelessnetworkwhichis
WEPprotected.IthasthefeaturesofaWEPSecurityAnalyzer.

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Nmap
NmaporNetworkMapperisafreeopensourceutilitytoolfornetworkdiscoveryandsecurityauditingsolutionforyou.Itisaflexible,powerful,
portableandeasytousetoolthatissupportedbymostoftheoperatingsystemslikeLinux,Windows,Solaris,MacOSandothers.

SuperScan
ItisanmultifunctionalapplicationthatisdesignedforscanningTPCport.Thisisalsoapingerandaddressresolver.Italsohasusefulfeatures
likeping,traceroute,WhoIsandHTTPrequest.Thereisnoneedofinstallationasitisaportableapplication.

Angry IP Scanner
ItisafastportandIPaddressscanner.ItisalightweightandcrossplatformapplicationthathasthecapacitytoscantheIPaddressesinany
rangeandalsointheirports.ItsimplypingseachIPaddress.

Packet Crafting To Exploit Firewall Weaknesses

ThroughPacketcraftingtechnique,anattackercapitalizesyourfirewallsvulnerabilities.Herearesomepacketcraftingtools

Hping
EarlierHpingwasusedasasecuritytool.NowitisusedasacommandlineorientedTCP/IPpacketanalyzerorassembler.Youcanusethisfor
Firewalltesting,advanceportscanning,networktestingbyusingfragmentation,TOSanddifferentotherprotocols.

Scapy
Itisapowerfulandinteractivepacketmanipulationprogram.Scapyhasthecapabilitytodecodeorforgethepacketsofalargenumberof
protocolsatatime.Oneofthebestfeatureisthatitcanconfusetheprocessofdecodingandinterpreting.

Netcat
NetcatisasimpleUnixutilityprogram.Thisprogramhasthecapabilitytoreadandwritedataacrossnetworkconnectionsanditdoessobyusing
UDPorTPCprotocol.Itwascreatedasareliablebackendtool.

Yersinia
Notallthenetworkprotocolsarepowerful.InordertotakeadvantageoftheweaknessofcertainnetworkprotocolsYersiniaiscreated.Itisafull
proofframeworkthatanalyzesandteststhedeployednetworksandsystems.

Nemesis
Itisacommandlinecraftingandinjectingutilitytoolusedfornetworkpackets.ThisprogramworksforbothUnixandWindowsoperatingsystems.
ThisisawellsuitedtoolfortestingNetwork,IntrusionDetectionSystem,IPStacks,Firewallsandmanyothers

Socat
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Thisisagainacommandlinebasedutilitytool.Ithasthecapabilitytoestablishatwobidirectionalbytestreamsthroughwhichittransfersdata.In
thistoolstreamscanbeconstructedfromalargesetofdifferentdatasinks.

Traffic Monitoring for Network Related Hacking

Thesetoolsallowuserstomonitorthewebsitesoneschildrenoremployeesareviewing.Heresalistofsomeofthesetools

Splunk
IfyouwanttoconvertyourdataintopowerfulinsightsSplunktoolsarethebestoptionsforyou.TheSplunktoolsaretheleadingplatformsfor
operationalintelligence.Itcancollectanytypeofdatafromanymachineinrealtime.

Nagios
NagiosisthenamefortheindustrystandardinmonitoringITinfrastructure.TheNagiostoolshelpsyoumonitoryourentireITinfrastructureand
havethecapabilitytodetectproblemswellaheadtheyoccur.Itcanalsodetectsecuritybreachesandsharedataavailabilitywithstakeholders.

P0f
ItisversatilepassivetoolthatisusedforOSfingerprinting.ThispassivetoolworkswellinbothLinuxandWindowsoperatingsystems.Ithasthe
capabilitytodetectthehookingupoftheremotesystemwhetheritisEthernet,DSLorOC3.

Ngrep
Ngrepornetworkgrepisapcapawaretoolthatallowsyoutoextendhexadecimalorregularexpressionsinordertomatchitagainstthedata
loadsofthepacket.ItcanrecognizeIPv4/6,UDP,TCP,Ethernet,SLIP,PPP,FDDIandmanyothers.

Packet Sniffers To Analyze Traffic

Thesetoolshelpcaptureandanalyzeincomingtrafficonyourwebsite.Someofthepopularonesarelistedbelow

Wireshark
Ifyouwanttoputasecuritysystem,Wiresharkisthemusthavesecuritytool.Itmonitorseverysinglebyteofthedatathatistransferredviathe
networksystem.Ifyouareanetworkadministratororpenetrationtesterthistoolisamusthave.

Tcpdump
Tcpdumpisacommandlinepacketanalyzer.AftercompletingthedesignatedtaskofpacketcapturingTcpdumpwillthrowthereportthatwill
containnumbersofcapturedpacketandpacketsreceivedbythefilter.Theusercanuseflagslikev,randwtorunthispacketanalyzertool.

Ettercap
Itiscomprehensivesuiteinthemiddleoftheattack.Ithasthefeatureofsniffingtheliveconnectionsandcontentfilteringalongwithmanyother
interestingtricks.Itoffersthreeinterfaces,traditionalcommandline,GUIandNcurses.

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Dsniff
Dsniffisthecollectionofvarioustoolsthatareusedforpenetrationtestingandnetworkauditing.Thetoolslikedsniff,msgsnarf,mailsnarf,webspy
andurlsnarfpassivelymonitoranetworkofinterestingdatalikefiles,emails,passwordsandmanyothers.

EtherApe
EtherApeisgraphicalnetworkmonitorforUNIXmodelPCsafteretherman.Thisinteractivetoolgraphicallydisplaysnetworkactivity.Itfeatureslink
layerandTCP/IPmodes.ItsupportsTokenRing,FDDI,Ethernet,PPP,SLIP,ISDNandotherWLANdevices.

WebProxies:Proxiesfundamentallyassistinaddingencapsulationtodistributedsystems.Theclientcanrequestanitemonyourserverby
contactingaproxyserver.

Paros
ItisaJavabasedHTTP/HTTPSproxythathelpsinassessingthevulnerabilityofwebapplications.ItsupportsbothviewingandeditingHTTP
messagesonthefly.ItissupportedbyUnixandWindowssystems.Therearesomeotherfeaturesaswelllikeclientcertificate,spiders,proxy
chainingandmanyothers.

Fiddler
Itisfreewebdebuggingproxytoolthatcanbeusedforanybrowser,platformsorsystems.Thekeyfeaturesofthistoolincludeperformance
testing,HTTP/HTTPStrafficrecording,websessionmanipulationandsecuritytesting.

Ratproxy
Apassiveandsemiautomatedapplicationwhichisessentiallyasecurityaudittool.Itcanaccuratelydetectandannotateproblemsinweb2.0
platforms.

Sslstrip
ThistoolistheonethatdemonstrateHTTPSstrippingattack.IthasthecapabilitytohijackHTTPtrafficonthenetworkinatransparentmanner.It
watchestheHTTPSlinkandthenredirectandmapsthoselinksintohomographsimilarorlookalikeHTTPlinks.

Rootkit Detectors To Hack File System

Thisisadirectoryandfileintegritychecker.Itcheckstheveracityoffilesandnotifiestheuseriftheresanissue.

AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment)

Itisadirectoryandfileintegritycheckerthathelpsincreatingadatabaseusingtheregularexpressionrulesthatitfindsfromtheconfigfiles.This
toolalsosupportsmessagedigestalgorithmsandfileattributeslikeFiletype,Permissions,Inode,Uid,Gidandothers.

Firewalls:Firewallsmonitorandcontrolnetworktraffic.Afirewallisthequintessentialsecuritytoolusedbynovicesandtechexpertsalike.Hereare
afewofthebestonesforhackers:

Netfilter
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NetfilterofferssoftwaresforthepacketfilteringframeworkthatworkswithintheLinux2.4.xandlaterseriesofkernel.ThesoftwaresofNetfilter
helpinpacketmanglingincludingpacketfilteringalongwithnetworkaddressandporttranslation.

PF: OpenBSD Packet Filter

ItisanOpenBSDsystemthatenablesfilteringofTCP/IPtrafficandalsoperformsNetworkAddressTranslation.Italsohelpsinconditioningand
normalizingofTCP/IPtrafficalongwithpacketprioritizationandbandwidthcontrol.

Fuzzers To Search Vulnerabilities

Fuzzingisatermusedbyhackersforsearchingacomputersystemssecurityvulnerabilities.Hereisalistofafew:

Skipfish
It'sareconnaissancewebapplicationsecuritytool.Someofit'sfeaturesaredictionarybasedprobesandrecursivecrawls.Awebsite'ssitemapis
eventuallyannotatedforsecurityassessments.

Wfuzz
Thistoolisdesignedinsuchawaythatithelpsinbruteforcingwebapplications.Wfuzzcanbeusedforfindingresourcesbutitdoesnotplayany
roleinfindingthelinkslikedirectories,servlets,scriptsandothers.Ithasmultipleinjectionpointsandallowsmultithreading.

Wapiti
Wapitiisawebapplicationvulnerabilityscannerthatallowsyoutoauditthesecurityofthewebapplicationsthatyouareusing.Thescanning
processisblackboxtypeanddetectsthevulnerabilitieslikefiledisclosure,datainjection,XSSinjectionandmanyothers.

W3af
Itisawebapplicationattackandauditframeworkthathelpsinauditinganythreatthatthewebapplicationexperiences.Thisframeworkisbuilton
Pythonandiseasytouseandcanbeextended.ItislicensedunderGPLv2.0.

Forensics
Thesetoolsareusedforcomputerforensics,especiallytosniffoutanytraceofevidenceexistinginaparticularcomputersystem.Herearesome
ofthemostpopular.

Sleuth Kit
Itisanopensourcedigitalinterventionorforensictoolkit.ItrunsonvariedoperatingsystemsincludingWindows,Linux,OSXandmanyother
Unixsystems.ItcanbeusedforanalyzingdiskimagesalongwithindepthanalysisoffilesystemlikeFAT,Ext3,HFS+,UFSandNTFS.

Helix
ThisisaLinuxbasedincidentresponsesystem.Itisalsousedinsysteminvestigationandanalysisalongwithdatarecoveryandsecurityauditing.
ThemostrecentversionofthistoolisbasedonUbuntuthatpromiseseaseofuseandstability.
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Maltego
Itisanopensourceforensicandintelligenceapplication.Itcanbeusedforgatheringinformationinallphasesofsecurityrelatedwork.Itsaves
youtimeandmoneybyperformingthetaskontimeinsmarterway.

Encase
Encaseisthefastestandmostcomprehensivenetworkforensicsolutionavailableinthemarket.Itiscreatedfollowingtheglobalstandardof
forensicinvestigationsoftware.Ithasthecapabilityofquicklygatheringdatafromwidevarietyofdevices.

Debuggers To Hack Running Programs

Thesetoolsareutilizedforreverseengineeringbinaryfilesforwritingexploitsandanalyzingmalware.

GDB
GDBisaGNUProjectdebugger.Theuniquefeatureofthisdebuggerenablestheusertoseewhatishappeninginsideoneprogramwhileitis
beingexecutedorcheckaprogramatthemomentofcrash.

Immunity Debugger
It'sapowerfuldebuggerforanalyzingmalware.It'suniquefeaturesincludeanadvanceduserinterfacewithheapanalysistoolandfunction
graphing.

OtherHackingTools:Besidestheaforementionedtools,therearemyriadofhackingtoolsusedbyhackers.Theydontbelongtoaparticular
category,butareverypopularamonghackersnonetheless:

Netcat
Itisafeaturednetworkutilitytool.IthasthecapabilitytoreadandwritedataacrossallnetworkconnectionsthatusesTCP/IPprotocol.Itisa
reliablebackendtoolthatcanbeeasilyanddirectlydrivenbyotherscriptsandprograms.

Traceroute
ItisatracertorIPtrackingtoolthatdisplaysthepathofinternetpacketsthroughwhichittraversedtoreachthespecificdestination.Itidentifiesthe
IPaddressofeachhopalongthewayitreachesthedestination.

Ping.eu
Itisthetracingtoolthathelpstheusertoknowthetimethatthedatapacketstooktoreachthehost.Thisisanonlineapplicationwhereyoujust
needtoplacethehostnameorIPaddressandfetchtheresult.

Dig
Itisacompletesearchingandindexingsystemthatisusedforadomainorinternet.ItworksinbothLinuxandWindowssystem.Ithoweverdoes
notreplacetheinternetwidesearchsystemslikeGoogle,Infoseek,AltaVistaandLycos.
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CURL
ItisafreeandopensourcesoftwarecommandlinetoolthattransfersdatawithURLsyntax.ItsupportsHTTP/HTTPS,Gopher,FTPS,LDAP,
POP3andmanyothers.Itcanrununderawidevarietyofoperatingsystems.Therecentstableversionisv7.37.1.

Hacking Operating Systems

Therearenumerousprofessionalswhoaspiretohaveacareerasethicalhackers.Hackingisnotaneasytaskasitrequiresgreatinsightabout
technologyandprograming.Therearespecificoperatingsystemsaswellthatarespeciallydesignedforthehackerstouse.Theseoperating
systemshavepreloadedtoolsandtechnologiesthathackerscanutilizetohack.Thisarticleoffersadetailedoverviewofvariousoperating
systemsthatarebuiltkeepinghackinginmind.Alltheseoperatingsystemsareuniquefromeachotherandhaveprovedtobeagreatresourcefor
thehackersaroundtheworld.

Backtrack 5r3
Thisoperatingsystemisbuiltkeepingthemostsavvysecuritypersonnelinmindasaudience.Thisisalsoausefultoolevenfortheearly
newcomersintheinformationsecurityfield.Itoffersquickandeasywaytofindandalsoupdatethelargestdatabaseavailableforthesecuritytools
collectiontilldate.

Kali Linux
ThisisacreationofthemakersofBackTrack.Thisisregardedasthemostversatileandadvancedpenetrationtestingdistributionevercreated.
Thedocumentationofthesoftwareisbuiltinaneasyformattomakeitthemostuserfriendly.Itisoneofthemusthavetoolsforethicalhackers
thatismakingabuzzinthemarket.

SELinux
SecurityEnhancedLinuxorSELinuxisanupstreamrepositorythatisusedforvarioususerlandtoolsandlibraries.Therearevariouscapabilities
likepolicycompilation,policymanagementandpolicydevelopmentwhichareincorporatedinthisutilitytoolalongwithSELinuxservicesand
utilities.Theusercangetthesoftwareasatestedreleaseorfromthedevelopmentrepository.

Knoppix
ThewebsiteofKnoppixoffersafreeopensourceliveLinuxCD.TheCDandDVDthatisavailablecontainthelatestandrecentupdatedLinux
softwarealongwithdesktopenvironments.ThisisoneofthebesttoolsforthebeginnersandincludesprogramslikeOpenOffice.org,Mozilla,
Konqueror,Apache,MySQLandPHP.

BackBox Linux
ItisaLinuxdistributionthatisbasedonUbuntu.Ifyouwanttoperformsecurityassessmentandpenetrationtests,thissoftwareistheonethatyou
shouldhaveinyourrepository.ItproactivelyprotectstheITinfrastructure.IthasthecapabilitytosimplifythecomplexityofyourITinfrastructure
witheaseaswell.

Pentoo
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ItissecurityfocusedliveCDthatiscreatedbasedonGentoo.Ithasalargenumberofcustomizedtoolsandkernelsincludingahardenedkernel
consistingofaufspatches.ItcanbackportWiFistackfromthelatestkernelreleasethatisstableaswell.TherearedevelopmenttoolsinPentoo
thathaveCuda/OPENCLcracking.

Matriux Krypton
Ifyouarelookingforadistrotobeusedinpenetrationtestingandcyberforensicinvestigation,thenMatriuxKryptonisthenamethatyoucantrust.
ThisisaDebianbasedGNU/Linuxsecuritydistribution.Ithasmorethan340powerfultoolsforpenetrationtestingandforensicsadditionally,it
containscustomkernel3.9.4.

NodeZero
Thisisregardedasthespecialisttoolthatisspecificallydesignedforsecurityauditingandpenetrationtesting.Itisareliable,stableandpowerful
tooltobeusedforthispurposeandisbasedonthecurrentUbuntuLinuxdistribution.Itisafreeandopensourcesystemthatyoucandownload
fromthewebsite.

Blackbuntu
Itisfreeandopensourcepenetrationtestingdistributionavailableovertheinternet.ItisbasedonUbuntu10.10,whichisdesignedspecificallyfor
theinformationsecuritytrainingstudentsandprofessional.Itisfastandstableyetapowerfultoolthatworksperfectlyforyou.Thissoftwareisa
recommendationfrommostoftheusers.

Blackbuntu
Itisfreeandopensourcepenetrationtestingdistributionavailableovertheinternet.ItisbasedonUbuntu10.10,whichisdesignedspecificallyfor
informationsecurity,trainingstudentsandprofessionals.Itisfastandstable,yetapowerfultoolthatworksperfectlyforyou.Thissoftwareisa
recommendationfrommostoftheusers.

Samurai Web Testing Framework

ItisaliveLinuxenvironmentthatisdesignedinsuchawaythatitfunctionsasawebpentestingenvironment.ThesoftwareCDcontainstoolsand
programsthatareopensourceandfree.ThetoolselectionisbasedontheonesthatthecompanythemselvesuseforsecurityoftheirIT
infrastructure.

WEAKERTH4N
It'sagreatpentestingdistrocomprisingofsomeinnovativepentestingtools.ThesoftwareusesFluxboxandisbuiltusingDebianSqueeze.Oneof
it'spopularfeaturesisitsabilitytohackoldAndroidbasedsystems.

CAINE (Computer Aided Investigative Environment)

ItisanItalianGNU/LinuxlivedistributionlistthatwascreatedasprojectofDigitalForensic.Itoffersacompleteforensicenvironment.This
environmentisorganizedinsuchawaythatitintegratestheexistingsoftwaretoolsandsoftwaremodule,andfinallythrowstheresultintheform
offriendlygraphicalinterface.

Bugtraq
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Itisoneofthemoststableandcomprehensivedistributions.Itoffersstableandoptimalfunctionalitieswithstablemangerinrealtime.Itisbased
upon3.2and3.4kernelGenericthatisavailableinboth32and64Bits.Bugtraqhasawiderangeoftoolsinvariousbranchesofthekernel.The
featuresofthedistributionvaryasperyourdesktopenvironment

DEFT
DEFTisadistributionthatiscreatedforcomputerforensics.Itcanruninlivestreamonthesystemwithoutcorruptingthedevice.Thesystemis
basedonGNU/LinuxandtheusercanrunthisliveusingCD/DVDorUSBpendrive.DEFTisnowpairedwithDART,whichisaforensicsystem.

Helix
TherearevariousversionsofHelixreleasedbyefensethatareusefulforbothhomeandbusinessuse.TheHelix3Enterpriseisacybersecurity
solutionofferedbythisorganizationthatprovidesincidentresponse.Itthrowsliveresponseandacquiresvolatiledata.Helix3Proisthenewest
versionintheblockofHelixfamilyproducts.

Encryption Tools

Timesarechangingandspyinghasbecomeacommonphenomenoneverywhere.Therehavebeenincreasinginstanceswhereeventhe
governmentshavebeenfoundtobespyingontheircitizensfromtimetotime.ThisisoneoftheprimereasonswhytheimportanceofEncryption
hasincreasedmanifold.Encryptiontoolsareveryimportantbecausetheykeepthedatasafebyencryptingitsothatevenifsomeoneaccesses
thedata,theycantgetthroughthedataunlesstheyknowhowtodecryptthedata.Thesetoolsusealgorithmschemestoencodethedatato
preventunauthorizedaccesstotheencrypteddata.
SomeofthepopularEncryptionToolswillbediscussedinthisarticle:

TrueCrypt
TrueCryptisopensourceencryptiontoolwhichcanencryptapartitionintheWindowsenvironment(exceptWindows8)itsequippedforcreating
avirtualencrypteddiskinafile.Moreover,ithasthecapabilitytoencryptthecompletestoragedevice.TrueCryptcanrunondifferentoperating
systemslikeLinux,MicrosoftWindowsandOSX.TrueCryptstorestheencryptionkeysintheRAMofthecomputer.

OpenSSH
OpenSSHistheshortnameforOpenSecureShellandisafreesoftwaresuitewhichisusedtomakeyournetworkconnectionssecured.Ituses
theSSHprotocoltoprovideencryptedcommunicationsessionsinacomputernetwork.ItwasdesignedoriginallyasanalternativetotheSecure
ShellSoftwaredevelopedbySSHCommunicationsSecurity.ThetoolwasdesignedasapartoftheOpenBSDproject.

PuTTY
ItanopensourceencryptiontoolavailableonbothUNIXandWindowsoperatingsystem.ItisafreeimplementationofSSH(SecureShell)and
TelnetforbothWindowsaswellasUNIX.ThebeautyofthistoolisthatitsupportsmanynetworkprotocolslikeTelnet,SCP,rlogin,SSHandraw
socketconnection.ThewordPuTTYhasnospecificmeaning,howeverasinUNIXtradition,ttyisaterminalname.

OpenSSL
OpenSSLisanopensourceencryptiontoolwhichimplementstheTLSandSSLprotocols.OpenSSLscorelibraryiswrittenintheCprogramming
language.Thefundamentalcryptographicfunctionsareimplementedbyit.OpenSSLversionsareavailableforoperatingsystemslikeUNIX,
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Solaris,LinuxandMacOSX.Theprojectwasundertakenin1988withtheobjectiveofinventingfreeencryptiontoolsfortheprogramsbeingused
ontheinternet.

Tor
Torisafreeencryptiontoolandhasthecapabilitytoprovideonlineanonymityaswellascensorshipresistance.Internaltrafficisdirectedthrough
afreenetworkwhichconsistsofmorethanfivethousandrelayssothattheusersactuallocationcanbehidden.ItisdifficulttotracktheInternet
activitieslikevisitingwebsitesandinstantmessagesthemostimportantgoalofthistoolistoensurethepersonalprivacyoftheusers.

OpenVPN
Itisanopensourcetoolfortheimplementationofvirtualprivatenetworktechniquessothatsecuredsitetositeorpointtopointconnectionsusing
routersorbridgesarepossible,alsoremoteaccessispossible.OpenVPNofferstheusersasecuredauthenticationprocessbyusingsecretkeys
whicharepreshared.

Stunnel
Stunnelisamultiplatformopensourcetoolwhichisusedtoensurethatboththeclientsandtheserversgetsecuredencryptedconnections.This
encryptionsoftwarecanoperateonanumberofoperatingsystemplatformslikeWindowsaswellasalloperatingsystemswhichareUNIXlike.
StunneldependsuponadistinctlibrarylikeSSLeayorOpenSSLtoimplementtheprotocols(SSLorTLS)

KeePass
KeePassisanopensourceaswellasfreepasswordmanagementtoolfortheMicrosoftWindowsaswellasunofficialportsforoperatingsystems
suchasiOS,Linux,Android,MacOSXandWindowsPhone.Alltheusernames,passwordsandallotherfieldsarestoredbyKeePassina
securedencrypteddatabase.Thisdatabaseinturnisprotectedbyasinglepassword.

Intrusion Detection System And The IDS Tools

AnIntrusionDetectionSystemisasoftwareapplicationoradevicewhichisequippedtodonetworkorsystemmonitoringactivitiesforany
maliciousthreatsandsendsreportstothemanagementstation.Intrusiondetectiontoolscanhelpinidentifyingpotentialthreatswhichcanbe
dangerousforthesystemorthenetwork.

Snort
ItisanopensourceNetworkIntrusionSystemaswellasaNetworkIntrusionPreventionSystemwhichisfreeforalltouse.Itwascreatedin1988
byMartinRoesch.Ithasthecapabilitytoperformpacketloggingandanalysisofrealtimetrafficonnetworkswhichareusingtheinternetprotocol.

NetCop
NetCopisanadvancedintrusiondetectionsystemwhichisavailablepracticallyeverywhere.NetCopmakesuseofaspecificmethodtoclassify
thespyware.Thisisbecausethereareseveralsoftwareprogramswhichintrudeyourprivacyandwhichhavedifferentkindofcapabilities.NetCop
givesadistinctthreatleveltoeachprogram,thusclassifyingthethreats.

Hacking Vulnerability Exploitation Tools

Atoolwhichidentifieswhetheraremotehostisvulnerabletoasecurityattackandtriestoprotectthehostbyprovidingashellorotherfunction
remotely,iscalledaVulnerabilityExploitationtool.Hereisalistofsomeothepopularones:
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Metasploit
Metasploitwasreleasedintheyear2004anditwasaninstanthitintheworldofcomputersecurity.Metasploitprovidesdataonthevulnerabilities
inthesecuritysystemandithelpsinconductingpenetrationtestingtoo.

Sqlmap
Itisapenetrationtestingtoolwhichisavailableasanopensource.Itsgoalistoautomatethedetectionandexploitationprocessoftheinjection
flawsinSQLandtotakeoverthedatabaseservers.

Sqlninja
ThemainobjectiveofthistoolistoaccessavulnerableDBserverit'susedforpentestingsothattheprocedureofcontrollingaDBservercanbe
automatedwhenthevulnerabilityofanSQLinjectionhasbeentracked.

Social Engineer Toolkit

ThistoolkitalsoknownasSET,wasdesignedbyTrustedSec.ThetoolcomesasanopensourcecodeandisPythondriven.Itisusedfor
conductingPenetrationTestingaroundSocialEngineer.

NetSparker
Itisawebbasedsecurityscannerwhichhasanexploitationenginetoconfirmthesecurityvulnerabilitiesandmakestheuserconcentrateon
eliminationofsecuritythreatswithitsFalsePositivefreefeature.

BeEF
BeEFistheshorttermforTheBrowserExploitationFramework.Itisatoolforpenetrationtestingwhichconcentratesonawebbrowserandthus
accessestheactualsecuritypositionoftheenvironmentitstargeting.

Dradis
DradisstandsforDirection,RangeandDistance.Itisanopensourcevulnerabilityscannerorapplicationwhichprovidesthefacilityofinformation
sharingeffectively,especiallyduringassessingthesecurityofthesysteminacentralrepository.

Vulnerability Scanners
ThescannerswhichassessthevulnerabilityofanetworkoracomputertosecurityattacksareknownasVulnerabilityScanners.Thetoolsmight
functiondifferently,howeverallofthemaimtoprovideananalysisonhowvulnerablethesystemoranetworkis.Hereisalistofthebestones:

Nessus
Nessusistheworldsmostpopularvulnerablescannertoppingthelistintheyears2000,2003andintheyear2006surveyonsecuritytools.It'sa
freetousevulnerabilityscannerforpersonaluseinthenonenterpriseenvironment.

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OpenVAS
Thisscanneristippedbymanytobethemostadvancedvulnerabilityscannerintheworldandisapowerfulandcomprehensivetoolforscanning
aswellasprovidingsolutionsforvulnerabilitymanagement.Itisfreesoftwareandismaintaineddaily.

Nipper
ItisaparserfornetworkinfrastructureanditsfullformisNetworkInfrastructureParser.Thisopensourcescannerhelpswithfeatureslikeauditing,
configuringandmanagingdevicesfornetworkinfrastructureaswellasmanagingthecomputernetworks.

Secunia PSI
Itisfreecomputersecuritysoftwarewhichscanssoftwareonacomputersystem.Ittracksthosethirdparty/nonMicrosoftprogramswhichrequires
securityupdatestoprotectyourcomputeragainsthackersandcybercriminals.

Retina
Retina,withmorethan10,000deployments,isoneofthemostsophisticatedvulnerabilityscannersinthemarket.Itaidsinefficientidentifications
ofITvulnerabilityandisalsoavailableasastandaloneapplicationaswell.Itessentiallyidentifiesweaknessesintheconfigurationandmissing
patches.

QualysGuard
Itisavulnerabilitymanagementscannerwhichprovidessolutionsforvulnerabilitymanagementbyapplicationsthroughtheweb.Designedby
QualysInc.,it'savailableondemand.Ithelpstheusersbyanalyzingtheirvulnerabilitystatus.

Nexpose
Vulnerabilitymanagementisoneofthebestsecuritypracticestoprotectthesystemoranetworkfromsecuritythreats.Nexposeisavulnerability
managementscannerwhichdoesdifferentkindofvulnerabilitycheckswherethere'sariskinITsecurity.

Web Vulnerability Scanners

Whilevulnerabilityscannersaremeantforyoursystem,thewebvulnerabilityscannersassessthevulnerabilityofwebapplications.Itidentifiesthe
securityvulnerabilitiesthatyourappmighthavebyconductingvarioustests.

Burp Suite
BurpSuiteisatoolforconductingthesecuritytestofwebbasedapplications.Ithasacollectionoftoolswhichworktogetherandconductthe
entireprocessoftestingwithanobjectivetofindaswellasexploitthevulnerabilitiesinthesecurity.

Webscarab
ItisatestingtoolforwebsecurityapplicationsandhasbeenwritteninJavaandthusisoperatingsystemindependent.Itactsasaproxyandlets
userschangewebrequestsbywebbrowsersandwebserverreplies.Webscaraboftenrecordsthetraffictoconductafurtherreview.

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Websecurify
Websitesecurityisacrucialfactorforbothpersonalaswellasorganizationwebsites.Theprimegoalshouldbetodetectthevulnerabilityofyour
websitebeforeanintruderdetectsit.Websecurifyisatestingtoolforwebsitesecurityandcanbeusedtodetectthevulnerabilityofyourwebs

Nikto
Itisascannerforwebserversandisavailableasanopensource.Itconductsdetailedtestingforseveralitemsagainstthewebserverswhich
includetestingofmorethan6700filesorprogramswhichcanbedangerous.Italsotestsforversionspecificproblemsofthewebservers.

W3af
Thistoolexposesmorethan200potentialvulnerabilitiesandthusminimizessecuritythreatstoyourwebsites.Itswrittenintheprogramming
languagePython.W3afhasbothconsoleuserinterfaceaswellasgraphicaluserinterface.

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