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 Top 10 Best Hacking Tools For Linux

Here are the best software that will work on your linux OS and then you can also create a virtual dummy network to perform various hacks. So have a look on these tools below.

List Of Best Hacking and Security Software Tools for Linux

#1 Aircrack

The well known wifi hacking tool is Aircrack that is being used by lots of hackers to crack the wifi password. This tool is used to find the vulnerability of any network and then finding the way to get into network. Must try out this app in your linux OS.

#2 John the Ripper

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. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords very easily.

#3  Metasploit Framework

Metasploit took the security world by storm when it was released in 2004 and is being used till now. No other new tool even broke into the top 15 of this list of this tool, yet Metasploit comes in at #5, ahead of many well-loved tools that have been developed for more than a decade.

#4 Netcat

This is one the best tool that is used to read the data on TCP or UDP network connections. The main working of this tool is hijacking the network by getting access to its main server.

#5 Nmap (“Network Mapper”)

The well known linux tool that is being used by lots of security tester and mainly by lots of grey and white hackers. This tool is free and open source (license) utility for network exploration or security auditing.





#6 Nessus

Nessus, the market defining vulnerability scanner for auditors and security analysts. Tenable offers different versions of Nessus for different types of users and the networks.

#7 WireShark

Wireshark is a free and open-source packet analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development and lots more that you will get to know after using this tool.

#8 Snort

Snort is a free and open source network intrusion prevention system (NIPS) and network intrusion detection system (NIDS) created by Martin Roesch in 1998.

#9 Kismet

Kismet is a network detector, packet sniffer, and intrusion detection system for 802.11 wireless LANs. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring mode.

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Top 10 Best Hacking Tools For Linux
By Karanpreet Singh -  October 14, 2015 0
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Hacking tools for linux
So time to start hacking with Best Hacking Tools For Linux. Linux is one of the best OS for pentesting and also best for various hackings attacks. Linux OS is one that provides you privacy and security from the vulnerabilities that other OS have in it. Mostly all the good hackers of the cyber world use Linux operating system because this OS is one of the best for network testing. And now we are here with the discussion on some of the best tools that you can use in your Linux OS to perform various hacks in it. You can also test various network vulnerabilities using these tools. So have a look on complete guide below to proceed.



Top 10 Best Hacking Tools For Linux

Here are the best software that will work on your linux OS and then you can also create a virtual dummy network to perform various hacks. So have a look on these tools below.

List Of Best Hacking and Security Software Tools for Linux

#1 Aircrack

The well known wifi hacking tool is Aircrack that is being used by lots of hackers to crack the wifi password. This tool is used to find the vulnerability of any network and then finding the way to get into network. Must try out this app in your linux OS.

#2 John the Ripper

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. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords very easily.

#3  Metasploit Framework

Metasploit took the security world by storm when it was released in 2004 and is being used till now. No other new tool even broke into the top 15 of this list of this tool, yet Metasploit comes in at #5, ahead of many well-loved tools that have been developed for more than a decade.

#4 Netcat

This is one the best tool that is used to read the data on TCP or UDP network connections. The main working of this tool is hijacking the network by getting access to its main server.

#5 Nmap (“Network Mapper”)

The well known linux tool that is being used by lots of security tester and mainly by lots of grey and white hackers. This tool is free and open source (license) utility for network exploration or security auditing.





#6 Nessus

Nessus, the market defining vulnerability scanner for auditors and security analysts. Tenable offers different versions of Nessus for different types of users and the networks.

#7 WireShark

Wireshark is a free and open-source packet analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development and lots more that you will get to know after using this tool.

#8 Snort

Snort is a free and open source network intrusion prevention system (NIPS) and network intrusion detection system (NIDS) created by Martin Roesch in 1998.

#9 Kismet

Kismet is a network detector, packet sniffer, and intrusion detection system for 802.11 wireless LANs. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring mode.

#10 Nikto

Nikto is an Open Source (GPL) web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 6400 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, checks for outdated versions of over 1200 servers, and version specific problems on over 270 servers.