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Introduction to Hacking

Introduction to Hacking

Top 15 Security/Hacking Tools & Utilities 1. Nmap I think everyone has heard of this one, recently evolved into the 4.x series. Nmap (“Network Mapper”) is a free open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. Can be used by beginners (-sT) or by pros alike (–packet_trace). Get Nmap Here 2. Recently went closed source, but is still essentially free. Nessus is the world’s most popular vulnerability scanner used in over 75,000 organizations world-wide. Get Nessus Here 3. Yes, JTR 1.7 was recently released! John the Ripper is a fast password cracker, currently available for many flavors of Unix (11 are officially supported, not counting different architectures), DOS, Win32, BeOS, and OpenVMS. You can get JTR Here 4. Nikto is an Open Source (GPL) web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 3200 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, versions on over 625 servers, and version specific problems on over 230 servers. Get Nikto Here 5. Get SuperScan Here 6. p0f 7. 8.

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