Top 15 Security/Hacking Tools & Utilities
Author: Dave Lewis
There is yet another list of security/hacking tools that are must haves over at Darknet. Another list that I have referred people to in the past is Fyodor’s Top 75 list. Here’s the short form of the 15:
- NMAP network/port scanner
- Nessus vulnerability scanner
- John the Ripper password cracker
- Nikto web server scanner
- Superscan port scanner(If you need a pretty GUI, you’re a script kiddie)
- pof passive OS fingerprinting tool
- Ethereal network protocol analyzer
- Yersinia Layer 2 protocol analyzer
- Eraser data wipe tool
- PuTTY SSH client
- LCP password cracker
- Cain and Abel password cracker
- Kismet password cracker
- NetStumbler windows wireless scanner
- hping TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer
Not bad…I’ll have to pull my own list together. Join the Lemming masses. 
