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Pentesting Tools Overview

Welcome to the comprehensive guide on essential pentesting tools and resources, meticulously curated for security professionals and enthusiasts exploring the realm of penetration testing.

ParrotOS

Parrot Security offers an extensive collection of tools, utilities, and libraries for IT and security professionals to assess their assets' security comprehensively. From information gathering to generating final reports, Parrot ensures a flexible environment for reliable, compliant, and reproducible testing.

  • Edition: Choose the Security Edition for optimal features.
  • Website: Parrot Security

Kali Linux

Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution tailored for various information security tasks, including Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics, and Reverse Engineering.

  • Installation: Opt for the Kali Linux VMware or VirtualBox image. Default credentials are "kali/kali".
  • Website: Kali Linux

Essential Tools for Pentesting

nmap

A versatile tool for network discovery and security auditing. Useful for scanning large networks or single hosts.

  • Install: apt -y install nmap
  • Command: nmap -v -p- -sC -sV -oA <basename> 10.12.10.123

netcat

Often abbreviated to nc, netcat is a networking utility for reading from and writing to network connections using TCP or UDP.

  • Install: apt -y install netcat

Wappalyzer

Discover the technology stack of any website. Useful for reconnaissance.

gobuster

A tool written in Go for brute-forcing URIs (directories and files) in web sites, DNS subdomains, and Virtual Host names.

  • Install:
  • sudo apt install golang-go
  • go install github.com/OJ/gobuster/v3@latest
  • GitHub: gobuster

Ffuf (Fuzz Faster U Fool)

A fast web fuzzer written in Go, ideal for web penetration testing.

  • Install:
  • sudo apt install golang-go
  • go install github.com/ffuf/ffuf@latest
  • GitHub: ffuf

JohnTheRipper

An advanced offline password cracker supporting numerous hash and cipher types.

Responder

A tool for poisoning LLMNR, NBT-NS, and MDNS, with a built-in rogue authentication server.

Burp Suite

A Java application for web application security testing, including tools like a proxy server, web spider, intruder, and scanner.

ZAP - Zed Attack Proxy

An OWASP-maintained tool for penetration testing web applications, acting as a man-in-the-middle proxy.

Impacket

Python classes for working with network protocols, providing low-level access to packets and protocol implementations.

Revshellgen

Generates reverse shells easily, automating common setup tasks.

  • Download: git clone https://github.com/t0thkr1s/revshellgen
  • Run: python3 revshellgen.py
  • GitHub: Revshellgen

Evil-WinRM

The ultimate WinRM shell for hacking/pentesting Windows environments.

Watson

Enumerates missing KBs and suggests exploits for Privilege Escalation vulnerabilities.

  • Supported Versions: Windows 10, Server 2016 & 2019
  • GitHub: Watson

Webshells

Blackarch's Webshells

A collection of various webshells for ASP, ASPX, CFM, JSP, Perl, PHP.

Dive deeper into each tool and harness their power effectively for your pentesting needs.