Check below the list of best hacking tools you can find online. For anyone who is interested in ethical hacking, these will be a good starting place.
Nmap
It is a free and open-source tool that is used for network discovery and security auditing.
Check here – https://nmap.org/
Metasploit
It is basically a Security Assessment and Penetration Testing tool. Metasploit can be used to launch an attack on other systems with it.
Check here – https://www.metasploit.com/
Angry IP Scanner
It is one of the fastest IP addresses and port scanner. By using this hacker can easily gather information about open ports in the target system.
Check here – https://angryip.org/
Nikto
It is a webserver assessment tool. Nikto is an open-source platform that performs tests against Web Servers to find various vulnerable files, misconfigurations, outdated servers and programs on that web server.
Check here – https://cirt.net/Nikto2
John the Ripper
JTR is free and open-source software that is widely used by hackers for password cracking. It uses the various cryptanalysis attacks such as “Dictionary Attack” and “Brute-Force Attack”.
Check here – https://www.openwall.com/john/
Wireshark
It is an open-source tool that is used to capture traffic on the network. It is basically a network protocol analyzer tool.
Check here – https://www.wireshark.org/
Burp Suite
It is an integrated platform that is used for performing a test on web application security.
Check here – https://portswigger.net/burp
