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Metasploit:
Rather than calling Metasploit a collection of exploit tools, I’ll call
it an infrastructure that you can utilize to build your own custom
tools. This free tool is one of the most popular cybersecurity tool
around that allows you to locate vulnerabilities at different platforms.
Metasploit is backed by more than 200,000 users and contributors that
help you to get insights and uncover the weaknesses in your system.
Acunetix WVS:
Acunetix is a web vulnerability scanner (WVS) that scans and finds out
the flaws in a website that could prove fatal. This multi-threaded tool
crawls a website and finds out malicious Cross-site Scripting, SQL
injection, and other vulnerabilities. This fast and easy to use tool
scans WordPress websites form more than 1200 vulnerabilities in
WordPress.
oclHashcat:
If password cracking is something you do on daily basis, you might be
aware of the free password cracking tool Hashcat. While Hashcat is a
CPU-based password cracking tool, oclHashcat is its advanced version
that uses the power of your GPU.
This tool employs following attack modes for cracking:- Straight
- Combination
- Brute-force
- Hybrid dictionary + mask
- Hybrid mask + dictionary
Nessus Vulnerability Scanner:
This top free hacking tool of 2016 works with the help of a client-server framework. Developed by Tenable Network Security, the tool is one of the most popular vulnerability scanners we have. Nessus serves different purposes to different types of users – Nessus Home, Nessus Professional, Nessus Manager and Nessus Cloud.Maltego:
Maltego is an open source forensics platform that offers rigorous mining and information gathering to paint a picture of cyber threats around you. Maltego excels in showing the complexity and severity of points of failure in your infrastructure and the surrounding environment.
Maltego is a great hacker tool that analyzes the real world links between people, companies, websites, domains, DNS names, IP addresses, documents and whatnot. Based on Java, this tool runs in an easy-to-use graphical interface with lost customization options while scanning.
Other top hacking tools in multiple categories:
Web Vulnerability Scanners – Burp Suite, Firebug, AppScan, OWASP Zed, Paros Proxy
Vulnerability Exploitation Tools – Netsparker, sqlmap, Core Impact, WebGoat, BeEF
Forensic Tools – Helix3 Pro, EnCase, Autopsy
Port Scanners – Unicornscan, NetScanTools, Angry IP Scanner
Traffic Monitoring Tools – Nagios, Ntop, Splunk, Ngrep, Argus
Debuggers – IDA Pro, WinDbg, Immunity Debugger, GDB
Rootkit Detectors – DumpSec, Tripwire, HijackThis
Encryption Tools – KeePass, OpenSSL, OpenSSH/PuTTY/SSH, Tor
Password Crackers – John the Ripper, Aircrack, Hydra, ophcrack
