Top 10 Tools for Ethical Hacking in 2023-Beginers

Gokul
3 min readFeb 6, 2023

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Top 10 Tools to Hack
  1. Acunetix
  2. Nmap
  3. Metasploit
  4. Wireshark
  5. Nikto
  6. John the Ripper
  7. Kismet
  8. SQLninja
  9. Wapiti
  10. Canvas

Acunetix

Acunetix is a tool for automated ethical hacking and online application security testing. By looking for vulnerabilities like SQL Injection, cross-site scripting, and other exploitable vulnerabilities, it is used to audit your online applications. Any website or online application that can be accessed using a web browser and makes use of the HTTP/HTTPS protocol is generally scanned by Acunetix.

Nmap

Nmap, short for Network Mapper, is a reconnaissance tool that is widely used by ethical hackers to gather information about a target system. This information is key to deciding the proceeding steps to attack the target system. Nmap is cross-platform and works on Mac, Linux, and Windows. It has gained immense popularity in the hacking community due to its ease of use and powerful searching & scanning abilities.

For more information, see the article I have posted on NMap.

https://medium.com/@gokulelango1040/penetrating-firewalls-and-discovering-secrets-concepts-the-nmap-ninja-3b408800b0ee

https://medium.com/@gokulelango1040/exploring-network-security-with-nmap-commands-ethical-hackers-beginners-must-know-d4df4c9bbace

Metasploit

Metasploit is an open-source pen-testing framework written in Ruby. It acts as a public resource for researching security vulnerabilities and developing code. This allows a network administrator to break into his own network to identify security risks and document which vulnerabilities need to be addressed first.

Wireshark

Wireshark enables you to examine network data in real time. Wireshark is highly renowned for its capacity to identify security issues in any network .The ability to intercept and interpret findings in a human-readable manner while sniffing the network makes it simpler to see possible issues (such low latency), threats, and vulnerabilities.

Nikto

Various sorts of tests are run against the chosen remote site using this security tool to scan web servers. Launching any vulnerability testing against your target is really simple because to its clear and straightforward command line interface.

John the Ripper

One of the most well-known password crackers ever is John the Ripper. It’s also one of the greatest security tools for remotely auditing a password or testing the strength of a password in your operating system.

Kismet

For 802.11 wireless LANs, it functions as a network detector, packet sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Any wireless card that supports the raw monitoring mode and can sniff 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n data will be compatible with Kismet.

SQLninja

Another SQL vulnerability scanner is SQLNinja, which is included with the Kali Linux distribution. Using MS SQL Server as the backend database server, this ethical hacking tool is intended to target and exploit online applications.

Wapiti

Wapiti is a Python-based, open-source command-line vulnerability scanner. Although it’s not the most well-known ethical hacking tool in this industry, it’s effective in locating security holes in a variety of web applications.

Canvas

Canvas is a great alternative to Metasploit, offering more than 800 exploits for testing remote networks.

Canvas’ main features include :

  1. Takes screenshots of remote systems
  2. Downloads passwords
  3. Modifies files inside the system
  4. Escalates privileges to gain administrator access
  5. Remote network exploitation

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Gokul
Gokul

Written by Gokul

Cybersecurity Enthusiast | Smart India Hackathon |TN Police Hackathon Finalist | Linux | WebApp Penetration Tester | CCNA |Intern At Coimbatore CyberCrime Dept

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