Tool Reference

Hacking Tools.

60+ tools across 6 categories. Click any tool for installation guides, usage, and examples.

Reconnaissance — 10 tools
Nmap
Network scanner & port discovery
Shodan
IoT & server search engine
Maltego
Visual OSINT link analysis
Recon-ng
Modular recon framework
theHarvester
Email & subdomain harvesting
SpiderFoot
Automated OSINT footprinting
Whois
Domain registration lookup
DNSenum
DNS record enumeration
Sublist3r
Subdomain enumeration
Amass
Attack surface mapping
Web Hacking — 10 tools
Burp Suite
Web proxy & scanner
Nikto
Web server vulnerability scanner
SQLMap
Automated SQL injection
DirBuster
Directory brute-forcing
GoBuster
Fast dir & DNS enumeration
WFuzz
Web application fuzzer
OWASP ZAP
Open-source web scanner
XSStrike
Advanced XSS detection
FFuf
Fast web fuzzer
WhatWeb
Web tech fingerprinting
Exploitation — 10 tools
Metasploit
Exploitation framework
ExploitDB
Public exploit database
BeEF
Browser exploitation
MSFvenom
Payload generator
SearchSploit
Offline ExploitDB search
Cobalt Strike
Red team C2 platform
Empire
Post-exploitation C2
Veil
AV-evasion payloads
Armitage
Metasploit GUI
PowerSploit
PowerShell post-exploit
Password Attacks — 10 tools
Hashcat
GPU hash cracking
John the Ripper
Classic password cracker
Hydra
Online brute-force
Medusa
Parallel login attacker
Crunch
Wordlist generator
CeWL
Website wordlist spider
Mimikatz
Windows credential dump
fcrackzip
ZIP password cracker
Wordlists
RockYou & SecLists
Patator
Modular brute-forcer
Wireless — 10 tools
Aircrack-ng
WiFi cracking suite
Wireshark
Packet capture & analysis
Kismet
Wireless IDS & sniffer
Wifite
Automated WiFi auditing
Airgeddon
Wireless audit bash tool
Bettercap
Network MITM framework
Fluxion
Evil twin WPA capture
Hostapd
Rogue AP creation
TCPdump
CLI packet capture
Netdiscover
LAN host discovery
Forensics & Other — 10 tools
Autopsy
Digital forensics GUI
Volatility
Memory forensics
Binwalk
Firmware extraction
Strings
Binary string extraction
Stegsolve
Image steganography
Ghidra
NSA reverse engineering
Radare2
Binary analysis framework
YARA
Malware pattern matching
Foremost
File carving & recovery
Scalpel
Fast disk file carver