A list of 50 tools every hacker should know

Thexssrat
2 min readDec 21, 2023
  1. Wireshark: Network protocol analyzer.
  2. Nmap: Network discovery and security auditing tool.
  3. Metasploit: Penetration testing framework.
  4. Burp Suite: Web application security testing tool.
  5. Pentest-Tools: cloud-based toolkit for offensive security testing.
  6. ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy): Security testing tool for web applications.
  7. THC-Hydra: Password cracking tool.
  8. John the Ripper: Password cracking software.
  9. Aircrack-ng: Suite of tools for wireless security.
  10. Maltego: Open-source intelligence and forensics application.
  11. BeEF: Penetration testing tool that focuses on the web browser.
  12. SQLMap: Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool.
  13. Ghidra: Open-source software reverse engineering framework.
  14. Tcpdump: Packet analyzer.
  15. Hashcat: Password recovery tool.
  16. Nikto: Web server scanner.
  17. Netcat: Networking utility for reading/writing data across network connections.
  18. Acunetix: Web vulnerability scanner.
  19. Dirbuster: Multi threaded java application to brute force…

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