Friday, 17 June 2016
TOP 10 HACKING TOOLS
Wondering which software is used for hacking? What is the best software for hacking password? We have created a list of useful hacking tools and software that will help you do you job much easier.Ethical hacking and online security involves a lot efforts. Many tools are used to test and keep softwaresecure. The same tools can also beused by hackers for exploitation.Becoming a hacker is not easyit requires many skills. You can learn a few hacking tricks from free hacking tutorials online, some really cool hacking books and books on information security.
However, Along with all the skills you need to have best tools to perform hacking, security threat analysis and penetration testing.A hacking tool is a computer program or software which helps a hacker to hack a computer system or a computer program. The existences of hacking tools have made the lives of the hackers much simpler when compared to the times they did not exist.
But it does not mean that if the Hacker is equipped with a good hacking tool,his entire job is smoothly done. The hacker still requires the skills of all the aspects of hacking equally well.
1.Nmap
Nmap is also known as the swiss army knife of hacking. It is the best port scanner with a lot of functionsIn hacking, Nmap is usually used in the footprinting phase to scan the ports of the remote computer to find out wich ports are open.
2.Wireshark
Wireshark is a packet sniffer. It captures allnetwork traffic going through a network adapter. When performing man in the middle attacks using tools like Cain, we canuse Wireshark to capture the traffic and analyze it for juicy info like usernames and passwords. It is used by network administrators to perform network troubleshooting.
3.Cain and Abel
Cain and Abel is a multipurpose windows only hacking tool. It is a bit old now, but it still does the job well. Cain can be used to crack windows password, perform man in the middle attacks, capture network passwords etc.
4.Metasploit
Metasploit is a huge database of exploits. There are thousands of exploit codes, payloads that can be used to attack web servers or any computer for that matter. This is the ultimate hacking tool that will allow you to actually "hack" a computer. You will be able to get root access to the remote computer and plant backdoors or do any other stuff. It is best to use metasploit under linux.
5.Burp Suite
Burpsuite is a web proxy tool that can be used to test web application security. It canbrute force any login form in a browser. You can edit or modify GET and POST data before sending it to the server. It can also be used to automatically detect SQL injection vulnerabilities. It is a good tool to use both under Windows and Linux environments.
6.Aircrack-ng
Aircrack-ng is a set of tools that are used tocrack wifi passwords. Using a combination of the tools in aircrack, you can easily crack WEP passwords. WPA passwords can be cracked using dictionary or brute force. Although aircrack-ng is available for Windows, it is best to use it under Linux environment. There are many issues if you use it under Windows environment.
8.Nessus
Nessus is a comprehensive automatic vulnerability scanner. You have to give it an IP address as input and it will scan that IP address to find out the vulnerabilities in that system. Once you know the vulnerabllities, you can use metasploit to exploit the vulnerablity. Nessus works bothin Windows and Linux.
9.THC Hydra
Hydra is a fast password cracker tool. It cracks passwords of remote systems through the network. It can crack passwords of many protocols including ftp,http, smtp etc. You have the option to supply a dictionary file which contains possible passwords. It is best to use hydra under linux environment.
9.Netcat
Netcat is a great networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. It is also known as the swiss army knife for TCP/IP. This is because netcat is extremely versatile and can perform almost anything related to TCP/IP. In a hacking scenario, it can be used as a backdoor to access hacked computers remotely. The use of netcat is limited only by the user's imagination. Find out more about netcat at the official website.
+1...Putty
Although putty is not a hacking software by itself, it is a very useful tool for a hacker. It is a client for SSH and telnet, which can be used to connect to remote computers. You may use putty when you want to connect toyour Backtrack machine from your Windows PC. It can also be used to perform SSH tunneling to bypass firewalls.
Note: This list is not comprehensive. There are many tools that I have left out. Those tools that did not make the list are; Sqlmap,Havij, Acunetix Web Scanner, SuperScan, John the Ripper, Kismet, Hping3.
I have written another article about the top 5 website hacking tools.
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you have written a very amazing article but from where i can download these softwares. can you please help me..
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