All these hacking tools 2016 provided here are free of cost ,are tried hands on and are being actively developed by community,and if not,their alternatives are provided.
Here are the Top Best Ethical Hacking Tools 2016:
#1 Nmap
I think everyone has heard of this one,
Nmap (Network Mapper) is a free open source utility for network
exploration or security auditing. It was designed to Nmap rapidly scan
large networks, although it works fine against single hosts.Many systems
and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as
network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring
host or service uptime. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to
determine what hosts are available on the network, what services
(application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating
systems (and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet
filters/firewalls are in use,and dozens of other characteristics. It may
be used to discover computers and services on a computer network, thus
creating a “map” of the network.Nmap runs on most types of computers and
both console and graphical versions are available. Nmap is free and
open source.Can be used by beginners (-sT) or by pros alike
(packet_trace). A very versatile tool, once you fully understand the
results.
#2 Nessus Remote Security Scanner
Recently went closed source, but is still
essentially free. Works with a client-server framework.Nessus is the
worlds Nessus Remote Security Scanner most popular vulnerability scanner
used in over 75,000 organizations world-wide. Many of the worlds
largest organizations are realizing significant cost savings by using
Nessus to audit business-critical enterprise devices and applications.
#3 Wireshark
Wireshark is a GTK+-based Wiresharknetwork
protocol analyzer, or sniffer, that lets you capture and interactively
browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to
create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and to give Wireshark
features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. Works great on
both Linux and Windows (with a GUI), easy to use and can reconstruct
TCP/IP Streams.
#4 SuperScan
Effective TCP port scanner, pinger,
resolver. SuperScan 4 is an upgrade of the extremely popular Windows
port scanning tool, SuperScan. If you require an option for nmap on
Windows with a good user interface, I recommend you check this out, it’s
rather good. You can also use Angry IP Scanner which is a respectable
replacement for it.
#5 Cain and Abel
The swiss knife of hacking tools..Cain
& Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems.
It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the
network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and
Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled
passwords, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords and
analyzing routing protocols.The program does not exploit any software
vulnerabilities or bugs that could not be fixed with little effort.
#6 Kismet
Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network
detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work
with Kismetany wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode,
and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic. A good wireless
tool as long as your card supports rfmon.
#7 NetStumbler
Yes a decent wireless tool for Windows!
Sadly not as powerful as it’s Linux counterparts, but it’s easy to use
and has a NetStumbler nice interface, good for the basics of
war-driving. NetStumbler is a tool for Windows that allows you to detect
Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) using 802.11b, 802.11a and
802.11g. It has many uses:
- Verify that your network is set up the way you intended.
- Find locations with poor coverage in your WLAN.
- Detect other networks that may be causing interference on your network.
- Detect unauthorized rogue access points in your workplace.
- Help aim directional antennas for long-haul WLAN links.
- Use it recreationally for WarDriving.
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