Tools

Cyber Security Tools

SecTools.Org: Top 125 Network Security Tools

• List of SecTools.Org: Top 125 Network Security Tools - For more than a decade, the Nmap Project has been cataloguing the network security community's favorite tools.

Kali Tools

• The lazyscript - The all-in-one script for Kali lazy hackers.
• Kali Tool List - Kali Linux Tools Listing.

Multi-paradigm Frameworks

• Metasploit - Software for offensive security teams to help verify vulnerabilities and manage security assessments.
• Armitage - Java-based GUI front-end for the Metasploit Framework.
• Faraday - Multiuser integrated pentesting environment for red teams performing cooperative penetration tests, security audits, and risk assessments.
• ExploitPack - Graphical tool for automating penetration tests that ships with many pre-packaged exploits.
• Pupy - Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, macOS, Android) remote administration and post-exploitation tool.
• AutoSploit - Automated mass exploiter, which collects target by employing the Shodan.io API and programmatically chooses Metasploit exploit modules based on the Shodan query.
• Decker - Penetration testing orchestration and automation framework, which allows writing declarative, reusable configurations capable of ingesting variables and using outputs of tools it has run as inputs to others.

Network Vulnerability Scanners

• Netsparker Application Security Scanner - Application security scanner to automatically find security flaws.
• Nexpose - Commercial vulnerability and risk management assessment engine that integrates with Metasploit, sold by Rapid7.
• Nessus - Commercial vulnerability management, configuration, and compliance assessment platform, sold by Tenable.
• OpenVAS - Free software implementation of the popular Nessus vulnerability assessment system.
• Vuls - Agentless vulnerability scanner for GNU/Linux and FreeBSD, written in Go.

Static Analyzers

• Brakeman - Static analysis security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications.
• cppcheck - Extensible C/C++ static analyzer focused on finding bugs.
• FindBugs - Free software static analyzer to look for bugs in Java code.
• sobelow - Security-focused static analysis for the Phoenix Framework.
• bandit - Security oriented static analyser for python code.
• Progpilot - Static security analysis tool for PHP code.
• RegEx-DoS - Analyzes source code for Regular Expressions susceptible to Denial of Service attacks.

Web Vulnerability Scanners

• Netsparker Application Security Scanner - Application security scanner to automatically find security flaws.
• Nikto - Noisy but fast black box web server and web application vulnerability scanner.
• Arachni - Scriptable framework for evaluating the security of web applications.
• w3af - Web application attack and audit framework.
• Wapiti - Black box web application vulnerability scanner with built-in fuzzer.
• SecApps - In-browser web application security testing suite.
• WebReaver - Commercial, graphical web application vulnerability scanner designed for macOS.
• WPScan - Black box WordPress vulnerability scanner.
• cms-explorer - Reveal the specific modules, plugins, components and themes that various websites powered by content management systems are running.
• joomscan - Joomla vulnerability scanner.
• ACSTIS - Automated client-side template injection (sandbox escape/bypass) detection for AngularJS.
• SQLmate - A friend of sqlmap that identifies sqli vulnerabilities based on a given dork and website.
• JCS - Joomla Vulnerability Component Scanner with automatic database updater from exploitdb and packetstorm.

Network Tools

• pig - GNU/Linux packet crafting tool.
• Network-Tools.com - Website offering an interface to numerous basic network utilities like ping, traceroute, whois, and more.
• Intercepter-NG - Multifunctional network toolkit.
• SPARTA - Graphical interface offering scriptable, configurable access to existing network infrastructure scanning and enumeration tools.
• Zarp - Network attack tool centered around the exploitation of local networks.
• dsniff - Collection of tools for network auditing and pentesting.
• scapy - Python-based interactive packet manipulation program & library.
• Printer Exploitation Toolkit (PRET) - Tool for printer security testing capable of IP and USB connectivity, fuzzing, and exploitation of PostScript, PJL, and PCL printer language features.
• Praeda - Automated multi-function printer data harvester for gathering usable data during security assessments.
• routersploit - Open source exploitation framework similar to Metasploit but dedicated to embedded devices.
• CrackMapExec - Swiss army knife for pentesting networks.
• impacket - Collection of Python classes for working with network protocols.
• dnstwist - Domain name permutation engine for detecting typo squatting, phishing and corporate espionage.
• THC Hydra - Online password cracking tool with built-in support for many network protocols, including HTTP, SMB, FTP, telnet, ICQ, MySQL, LDAP, IMAP, VNC, and more.
• IKEForce - Command line IPSEC VPN brute forcing tool for Linux that allows group name/ID enumeration and XAUTH brute forcing capabilities.
• hping3 - Network tool able to send custom TCP/IP packets.
• rshijack - TCP connection hijacker, Rust rewrite of shijack.
• NetworkMiner - A Network Forensic Analysis Tool (NFAT).
• Paros - A Java-based HTTP/HTTPS proxy for assessing web application vulnerability.
• mitmsocks4j - Man-in-the-middle SOCKS Proxy for Java.
• Charles Proxy - A cross-platform GUI web debugging proxy to view intercepted HTTP and HTTPS/SSL live traffic.
• Habu - Python Network Hacking Toolkit.
• Wifi Jammer - Free program to jam all wifi clients in range.
• Firesheep - Free program for HTTP session hijacking attacks.

Forensic

• Autopsy - A digital forensics platform and graphical interface to The Sleuth Kit and other digital forensics tools
• sleuthkit - A library and collection of command-line digital forensics tools
• EnCase - The shared technology within a suite of digital investigations products by Guidance Software
• malzilla - Malware hunting tool
• PEview - A quick and easy way to view the structure and content of 32-bit Portable Executable (PE) and Component Object File Format (COFF) files
• HxD - A hex editor which, additionally to raw disk editing and modifying of main memory (RAM), handles files of any size
• WinHex - A hexadecimal editor, helpful in the realm of computer forensics, data recovery, low-level data processing, and IT security
• BinText - A small, very fast and powerful text extractor that will be of particular interest to programmers

Cryptography

• xortool - A tool to analyze multi-byte XOR cipher

Exfiltration Tools

• DET - Proof of concept to perform data exfiltration using either single or multiple channel(s) at the same time.
• pwnat - Punches holes in firewalls and NATs.
• tgcd - Simple Unix network utility to extend the accessibility of TCP/IP based network services beyond firewalls.
• Iodine - Tunnel IPv4 data through a DNS server; useful for exfiltration from networks where Internet access is firewalled, but DNS queries are allowed.

Network Reconnaissance Tools

• zmap - Open source network scanner that enables researchers to easily perform Internet-wide network studies.
• nmap - Free security scanner for network exploration & security audits.
• scanless - Utility for using websites to perform port scans on your behalf so as not to reveal your own IP.
• DNSDumpster - Online DNS recon and search service.
• CloudFail - Unmask server IP addresses hidden behind Cloudflare by searching old database records and detecting misconfigured DNS.
• dnsenum - Perl script that enumerates DNS information from a domain, attempts zone transfers, performs a brute force dictionary style attack, and then performs reverse look-ups on the results.
• dnsmap - Passive DNS network mapper.
• dnsrecon - DNS enumeration script.
• dnstracer - Determines where a given DNS server gets its information from, and follows the chain of DNS servers.
• passivedns-client - Library and query tool for querying several passive DNS providers.
• passivedns - Network sniffer that logs all DNS server replies for use in a passive DNS setup.
• Mass Scan - TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes.
• smbmap - Handy SMB enumeration tool.
• XRay - Network (sub)domain discovery and reconnaissance automation tool.
• ACLight - Script for advanced discovery of sensitive Privileged Accounts - includes Shadow Admins.
• ScanCannon - Python script to quickly enumerate large networks by calling masscan to quickly identify open ports and then nmap to gain details on the systems/services on those ports.
• fierce - Python3 port of the original fierce.pl DNS reconnaissance tool for locating non-contiguous IP space.

Protocol Analyzers and Sniffers

• tcpdump/libpcap - Common packet analyzer that runs under the command line.
• Wireshark - Widely-used graphical, cross-platform network protocol analyzer.
• netsniff-ng - Swiss army knife for for network sniffing.
• Dshell - Network forensic analysis framework.
• Debookee - Simple and powerful network traffic analyzer for macOS.
• Dripcap - Caffeinated packet analyzer.
• Netzob - Reverse engineering, traffic generation and fuzzing of communication protocols.
• sniffglue - Secure multithreaded packet sniffer.

Proxies and MITM Tools

• dnschef - Highly configurable DNS proxy for pentesters.
• mitmproxy - Interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.
• Morpheus - Automated ettercap TCP/IP Hijacking tool.
• mallory - HTTP/HTTPS proxy over SSH.
• SSH MITM - Intercept SSH connections with a proxy; all plaintext passwords and sessions are logged to disk.
• evilgrade - Modular framework to take advantage of poor upgrade implementations by injecting fake updates.
• Ettercap - Comprehensive, mature suite for machine-in-the-middle attacks.
• BetterCAP - Modular, portable and easily extensible MITM framework.
• MITMf - Framework for Man-In-The-Middle attacks.
• Lambda-Proxy - Utility for testing SQL Injection vulnerabilities on AWS Lambda serverless functions.

Wireless Network Tools

• Aircrack-ng - Set of tools for auditing wireless networks.
• Kismet - Wireless network detector, sniffer, and IDS.
• Reaver - Brute force attack against WiFi Protected Setup.
• Wifite - Automated wireless attack tool.
• Fluxion - Suite of automated social engineering based WPA attacks.
• Airgeddon - Multi-use bash script for Linux systems to audit wireless networks.
• Cowpatty - Brute-force dictionary attack against WPA-PSK.
• BoopSuite - Suite of tools written in Python for wireless auditing.
• Bully - Implementation of the WPS brute force attack, written in C.
• infernal-twin - Automated wireless hacking tool.
• krackattacks-scripts - WPA2 Krack attack scripts.
• KRACK Detector - Detect and prevent KRACK attacks in your network.
• wifi-arsenal - Resources for Wi-Fi Pentesting.
• WiFi-Pumpkin - Framework for rogue Wi-Fi access point attack.

Transport Layer Security Tools

• SSLyze - Fast and comprehensive TLS/SSL configuration analyzer to help identify security mis-configurations.
• tls_prober - Fingerprint a server's SSL/TLS implementation.
• testssl.sh - Command line tool which checks a server's service on any port for the support of TLS/SSL ciphers, protocols as well as some cryptographic flaws.
• crackpkcs12 - Multithreaded program to crack PKCS#12 files (.p12 and .pfx extensions), such as TLS/SSL certificates.

Web Exploitation

• OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) - Feature-rich, scriptable HTTP intercepting proxy and fuzzer for penetration testing web applications.
• Fiddler - Free cross-platform web debugging proxy with user-friendly companion tools.
• Burp Suite - Integrated platform for performing security testing of web applications.
• autochrome - Easy to install a test browser with all the appropriate setting needed for web application testing with native Burp support, from NCCGroup.
• Browser Exploitation Framework (BeEF) - Command and control server for delivering exploits to commandeered Web browsers.
• Offensive Web Testing Framework (OWTF) - Python-based framework for pentesting Web applications based on the OWASP Testing Guide.
• Wordpress Exploit Framework - Ruby framework for developing and using modules which aid in the penetration testing of WordPress powered websites and systems.
• WPSploit - Exploit WordPress-powered websites with Metasploit.
• SQLmap - Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool.
• tplmap - Automatic server-side template injection and Web server takeover tool.
• weevely3 - Weaponized web shell.
• Wappalyzer - Wappalyzer uncovers the technologies used on websites.
• WhatWeb - Website fingerprinter.
• BlindElephant - Web application fingerprinter.
• wafw00f - Identifies and fingerprints Web Application Firewall (WAF) products.
• fimap - Find, prepare, audit, exploit and even Google automatically for LFI/RFI bugs.
• Kadabra - Automatic LFI exploiter and scanner.
• Kadimus - LFI scan and exploit tool.
• liffy - LFI exploitation tool.
• Commix - Automated all-in-one operating system command injection and exploitation tool.
• DVCS Ripper - Rip web accessible (distributed) version control systems: SVN/GIT/HG/BZR.
• GitTools - Automatically find and download Web-accessible .git repositories.
• sslstrip - Demonstration of the HTTPS stripping attacks.
• sslstrip2 - SSLStrip version to defeat HSTS.
• NoSQLmap - Automatic NoSQL injection and database takeover tool.
• VHostScan - A virtual host scanner that performs reverse lookups, can be used with pivot tools, detect catch-all scenarios, aliases and dynamic default pages.
• FuzzDB - Dictionary of attack patterns and primitives for black-box application fault injection and resource discovery.
• EyeWitness - Tool to take screenshots of websites, provide some server header info, and identify default credentials if possible.
• webscreenshot - A simple script to take screenshots of list of websites.
• recursebuster - Content discovery tool to perform directory and file bruteforcing.
• Raccoon - High performance offensive security tool for reconnaissance and vulnerability scanning.
• WhatWaf - Detect and bypass web application firewalls and protection systems.
• badtouch - Scriptable network authentication cracker.

Hex Editors

• HexEdit.js - Browser-based hex editing.
• Hexinator - World's finest (proprietary, commercial) Hex Editor.
• Frhed - Binary file editor for Windows.
• 0xED - Native macOS hex editor that supports plug-ins to display custom data types.
• Hex Fiend - Fast, open source, hex editor for macOS with support for viewing binary diffs.
• Bless - High quality, full featured, cross-platform graphical hex editor written in Gtk#.
• wxHexEditor - Free GUI hex editor for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.
• hexedit - Simple, fast, console-based hex editor.

File Format Analysis Tools

• Kaitai Struct - File formats and network protocols dissection language and web IDE, generating parsers in C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby.
• Veles - Binary data visualization and analysis tool.
• Hachoir - Python library to view and edit a binary stream as tree of fields and tools for metadata extraction.

Anti-virus Evasion Tools

• Veil - Generate metasploit payloads that bypass common anti-virus solutions.
• shellsploit - Generates custom shellcode, backdoors, injectors, optionally obfuscates every byte via encoders.
• Hyperion - Runtime encryptor for 32-bit portable executables ("PE .exes").
• AntiVirus Evasion Tool (AVET) - Post-process exploits containing executable files targeted for Windows machines to avoid being recognized by antivirus software.
• peCloak.py - Automates the process of hiding a malicious Windows executable from antivirus (AV) detection.
• peCloakCapstone - Multi-platform fork of the peCloak.py automated malware antivirus evasion tool.
• UniByAv - Simple obfuscator that takes raw shellcode and generates Anti-Virus friendly executables by using a brute-forcable, 32-bit XOR key.
• Shellter - Dynamic shellcode injection tool, and the first truly dynamic PE infector ever created.

Hash Cracking Tools

• John the Ripper - Fast password cracker.
• Hashcat - The more fast hash cracker.
• CeWL - Generates custom wordlists by spidering a target's website and collecting unique words.
• JWT Cracker - Simple HS256 JWT token brute force cracker.
• Rar Crack - RAR bruteforce cracker.
• BruteForce Wallet - Find the password of an encrypted wallet file (i.e. wallet.dat).
• StegCracker - Steganography brute-force utility to uncover hidden data inside files.

Windows Utilities

• Sysinternals Suite - The Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities.
• Windows Credentials Editor - Inspect logon sessions and add, change, list, and delete associated credentials, including Kerberos tickets.
• mimikatz - Credentials extraction tool for Windows operating system.
• PowerSploit - PowerShell Post-Exploitation Framework.
• Windows Exploit Suggester - Detects potential missing patches on the target.
• Responder - Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR), NBT-NS, and mDNS poisoner.
• Bloodhound - Graphical Active Directory trust relationship explorer.
• Empire - Pure PowerShell post-exploitation agent.
• Fibratus - Tool for exploration and tracing of the Windows kernel.
• wePWNise - Generates architecture independent VBA code to be used in Office documents or templates and automates bypassing application control and exploit mitigation software.
• redsnarf - Post-exploitation tool for retrieving password hashes and credentials from Windows workstations, servers, and domain controllers.
• Magic Unicorn - Shellcode generator for numerous attack vectors, including Microsoft Office macros, PowerShell, HTML applications (HTA), or certutil (using fake certificates).
• DeathStar - Python script that uses Empire's RESTful API to automate gaining Domain Admin rights in Active Directory environments.
• RID_ENUM - Python script that can enumerate all users from a Windows Domain Controller and crack those user's passwords using brute-force.
• MailSniper - Modular tool for searching through email in a Microsoft Exchange environment, gathering the Global Address List from Outlook Web Access (OWA) and Exchange Web Services (EWS), and more.
• Ruler - Abuses client-side Outlook features to gain a remote shell on a Microsoft Exchange server.
• SCOMDecrypt - Retrieve and decrypt RunAs credentials stored within Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) databases.
• LaZagne - Credentials recovery project.
• Active Directory and Privilege Escalation (ADAPE) - Umbrella script that automates numerous useful PowerShell modules to discover security misconfigurations and attempt privilege escalation against Active Directory.

GNU/Linux Utilities

• Linux Exploit Suggester - Heuristic reporting on potentially viable exploits for a given GNU/Linux system.
• Lynis - Auditing tool for UNIX-based systems.
• unix-privesc-check - Shell script to check for simple privilege escalation vectors on UNIX systems.
• Hwacha - Post-exploitation tool to quickly execute payloads via SSH on one or more Linux systems simultaneously.
• checksec.sh - Shell script designed to test what standard Linux OS and PaX security features are being used.

macOS Utilities

• Bella - Pure Python post-exploitation data mining and remote administration tool for macOS.
• EvilOSX - Modular RAT that uses numerous evasion and exfiltration techniques out-of-the-box.

DDoS Tools

• LOIC - Open source network stress tool for Windows.
• JS LOIC - JavaScript in-browser version of LOIC.
• SlowLoris - DoS tool that uses low bandwidth on the attacking side.
• HOIC - Updated version of Low Orbit Ion Cannon, has 'boosters' to get around common counter measures.
• T50 - Faster network stress tool.
• UFONet - Abuses OSI layer 7 HTTP to create/manage 'zombies' and to conduct different attacks using; GET/POST, multithreading, proxies, origin spoofing methods, cache evasion techniques, etc.
• Memcrashed - DDoS attack tool for sending forged UDP packets to vulnerable Memcached servers obtained using Shodan API.

Social Engineering Tools

• Social Engineer Toolkit (SET) - Open source pentesting framework designed for social engineering featuring a number of custom attack vectors to make believable attacks quickly.
• King Phisher - Phishing campaign toolkit used for creating and managing multiple simultaneous phishing attacks with custom email and server content.
• Evilginx - MITM attack framework used for phishing credentials and session cookies from any Web service.
• Evilginx2 - Standalone man-in-the-middle attack framework.
• wifiphisher - Automated phishing attacks against WiFi networks.
• Catphish - Tool for phishing and corporate espionage written in Ruby.
• Beelogger - Tool for generating keylooger.
• FiercePhish - Full-fledged phishing framework to manage all phishing engagements.
• SocialFish - Social media phishing framework that can run on an Android phone or in a Docker container.
• ShellPhish - Social media site cloner and phishing tool built atop SocialFish.
• Gophish - Open-source phishing framework.
• phishery - TLS/SSL enabled Basic Auth credential harvester.
• ReelPhish - Real-time two-factor phishing tool.
• Modlishka - Flexible and powerful reverse proxy with real-time two-factor authentication.

OSINT Tools

• Maltego - Proprietary software for open source intelligence and forensics, from Paterva.
• theHarvester - E-mail, subdomain and people names harvester.
• SimplyEmail - Email recon made fast and easy.
• creepy - Geolocation OSINT tool.
• metagoofil - Metadata harvester.
• Google Hacking Database - Database of Google dorks; can be used for recon.
• GooDork - Command line Google dorking tool.
• dork-cli - Command line Google dork tool.
• Censys - Collects data on hosts and websites through daily ZMap and ZGrab scans.
• Shodan - World's first search engine for Internet-connected devices.
• recon-ng - Full-featured Web Reconnaissance framework written in Python.
• sn0int - Semi-automatic OSINT framework and package manager.
• github-dorks - CLI tool to scan GitHub repos/organizations for potential sensitive information leaks.
• vcsmap - Plugin-based tool to scan public version control systems for sensitive information.
• Spiderfoot - Multi-source OSINT automation tool with a Web UI and report visualizations.
• BinGoo - GNU/Linux bash based Bing and Google Dorking Tool.
• fast-recon - Perform Google dorks against a domain.
• snitch - Information gathering via dorks.
• Sn1per - Automated Pentest Recon Scanner.
• Threat Crowd - Search engine for threats.
• Virus Total - Free service that analyzes suspicious files and URLs and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware.
• PacketTotal - Simple, free, high-quality packet capture file analysis facilitating the quick detection of network-borne malware (using Bro and Suricata IDS signatures under the hood).
• DataSploit - OSINT visualizer utilizing Shodan, Censys, Clearbit, EmailHunter, FullContact, and Zoomeye behind the scenes.
• AQUATONE - Subdomain discovery tool utilizing various open sources producing a report that can be used as input to other tools.
• Intrigue - Automated OSINT & Attack Surface discovery framework with powerful API, UI and CLI.
• ZoomEye - Search engine for cyberspace that lets the user find specific network components.
• gOSINT - OSINT tool with multiple modules and a telegram scraper.
• OWASP Amass - Subdomain enumeration via scraping, web archives, brute forcing, permutations, reverse DNS sweeping, TLS certificates, passive DNS data sources, etc.
• Hunter.io - Data broker providing a Web search interface for discovering the email addresses and other organizational details of a company.
• FOCA (Fingerprinting Organizations with Collected Archives) - Automated document harvester that searches Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo to find and extrapolate internal company organizational structures.
• dorks - Google hack database automation tool.
• image-match - Quickly search over billions of images.
• OSINT-SPY - Performs OSINT scan on email addresses, domain names, IP addresses, or organizations.
• pagodo - Automate Google Hacking Database scraping.
• surfraw - Fast UNIX command line interface to a variety of popular WWW search engines.
• GyoiThon - GyoiThon is an Intelligence Gathering tool using Machine Learning.

Anonymity Tools

• Tor - Free software and onion routed overlay network that helps you defend against traffic analysis.
• OnionScan - Tool for investigating the Dark Web by finding operational security issues introduced by Tor hidden service operators.
• I2P - The Invisible Internet Project.
• Nipe - Script to redirect all traffic from the machine to the Tor network.
• What Every Browser Knows About You - Comprehensive detection page to test your own Web browser's configuration for privacy and identity leaks.
• dos-over-tor - Proof of concept denial of service over Tor stress test tool.
• oregano - Python module that runs as a machine-in-the-middle (MITM) accepting Tor client requests.
• kalitorify - Transparent proxy through Tor for Kali Linux OS.

Reverse Engineering Tools

• Interactive Disassembler (IDA Pro) - Proprietary multi-processor disassembler and debugger for Windows, GNU/Linux, or macOS; also has a free version, IDA Free.
• WDK/WinDbg - Windows Driver Kit and WinDbg.
• OllyDbg - x86 debugger for Windows binaries that emphasizes binary code analysis.
• Radare2 - Portable, Open source, crossplatform reverse engineering framework.
• x64dbg - Open source x64/x32 debugger for windows.
• Immunity Debugger - Powerful way to write exploits and analyze malware.
• Evan's Debugger - OllyDbg-like debugger for GNU/Linux.
• Medusa - Open source, cross-platform interactive disassembler.
• plasma - Interactive disassembler for x86/ARM/MIPS. Generates indented pseudo-code with colored syntax code.
• peda - Python Exploit Development Assistance for GDB.
• dnSpy - Tool to reverse engineer .NET assemblies.
• binwalk - Fast, easy to use tool for analyzing, reverse engineering, and extracting firmware images.
• PyREBox - Python scriptable Reverse Engineering sandbox by Cisco-Talos.
• Voltron - Extensible debugger UI toolkit written in Python.
• Capstone - Lightweight multi-platform, multi-architecture disassembly framework.
• rVMI - Debugger on steroids; inspect userspace processes, kernel drivers, and preboot environments in a single tool.
• Frida - Dynamic instrumentation toolkit for developers, reverse-engineers, and security researchers.
• boxxy - Linkable sandbox explorer.
• pwndbg - GDB plug-in that eases debugging with GDB, with a focus on features needed by low-level software developers, hardware hackers, reverse-engineers, and exploit developers.

Physical Access Tools

• LAN Turtle - Covert "USB Ethernet Adapter" that provides remote access, network intelligence gathering, and MITM capabilities when installed in a local network.
• USB Rubber Ducky - Customizable keystroke injection attack platform masquerading as a USB thumbdrive.
• Poisontap - Siphons cookies, exposes internal (LAN-side) router and installs web backdoor on locked computers.
• WiFi Pineapple - Wireless auditing and penetration testing platform.
• Proxmark3 - RFID/NFC cloning, replay, and spoofing toolkit often used for analyzing and attacking proximity cards/readers, wireless keys/keyfobs, and more.
• PCILeech - Uses PCIe hardware devices to read and write from the target system memory via Direct Memory Access (DMA) over PCIe.
• AT Commands - Use AT commands over an Android device's USB port to rewrite device firmware, bypass security mechanisms, exfiltrate sensitive information, perform screen unlocks, and inject touch events.
• Bash Bunny - Local exploit delivery tool in the form of a USB thumbdrive in which you write payloads in a DSL called BunnyScript.
• Packet Squirrel - Ethernet multi-tool designed to enable covert remote access, painless packet captures, and secure VPN connections with the flip of a switch.

Industrial Control and SCADA Systems

• Industrial Exploitation Framework (ISF) - Metasploit-like exploit framework based on routersploit designed to target Industrial Control Systems (ICS), SCADA devices, PLC firmware, and more.
• s7scan - Scanner for enumerating Siemens S7 PLCs on a TCP/IP or LLC network.

Side-channel Tools

• ChipWhisperer - Complete open-source toolchain for side-channel power analysis and glitching attacks.

CTF Tools

• ctf-tools - Collection of setup scripts to install various security research tools easily and quickly deployable to new machines.
• Pwntools - Rapid exploit development framework built for use in CTFs.
• RsaCtfTool - Decrypt data enciphered using weak RSA keys, and recover private keys from public keys using a variety of automated attacks.
• shellpop - Easily generate sophisticated reverse or bind shell commands to help you save time during penetration tests.

Penetration Testing Report Templates

• Public Pentesting Reports - Curated list of public penetration test reports released by several consulting firms and academic security groups.
• T&VS Pentesting Report Template - Pentest report template provided by Test and Verification Services, Ltd.
• Web Application Security Assessment Report Template - Sample Web application security assessment reporting template provided by Lucideus.

More Tools

• Target Scanner - Target Scanner is a penetration testing utility that quickly automates common tasks when assessing a target.
• exploit-db-search - Exploitdb Search.
• punk.py - unix SSH post-exploitation 1337 tool.
• tulpar - Web Vulnerability Scanner.
• dcrawl - Simple, but smart, multi-threaded web crawler for randomly gathering huge lists of unique domain names.
• V3n0m Scanner - Popular Pentesting scanner in Python3.6 for SQLi/XSS/LFI/RFI and other Vulns.
• golismero - The Web Knife.
• sqliv - Massive SQL injection vulnerability scanner.
• gitminer - Tool for advanced mining for content on Github.
• Cr3d0v3r - Know the dangers of credential reuse attacks.
• Striker - Striker is an offensive information and vulnerability scanner.
• emailHarvester - Email addresses harvester.
• BruteX - Automatically brute force all services running on a target.
• BlackWidow - A Python based web application scanner to gather OSINT and fuzz for OWASP vulnerabilities on a target website.
• Shiva - Improved DOS exploit for wordpress websites (CVE-2018-6389).
• ctfr - Domain enumeration, it just abuses of Certificate Transparency logs.
• twa - A tiny web auditor with strong opinions.
• Photon - Incredibly fast crawler designed for OSINT.
• CMSeek - CMS Detection and Exploitation suite - Scan WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and 130 other CMSs.
• HashBuster - Crack hashes in seconds.
• Invoke-Apex - PowerShell-based toolkit consisting of a collection of techniques and tradecraft for use in red team, post-exploitation, adversary simulation, or other offensive security tasks.
• RapidScan - The Multi-Tool Web Vulnerability Scanner.
• Freedom Fighting Mode (FFM) - FFM is a hacking harness that you can use during the post-exploitation phase of a red-teaming engagement.
• vault - Swiss army knife for hackers.
• badkarma - badKarma is an open source GUI based network reconnaissance toolkit which aims to assist penetration testers during network infrastructure assessments..
• EaST - «Exploits And Security Tools» penetration testing framework.
• Vanquish - Vanquish is a Kali Linux based Enumeration Orchestrator built in Python. Vanquish leverages the opensource enumeration tools on Kali to perform multiple active information gathering phases.
• Reconnoitre - A security tool for multithreaded information gathering and service enumeration whilst building directory structures to store results, along with writing out recommendations for further testing.
• nudge4j - Java tool to let the browser talk to the JVM.
• dex2jar - Tools to work with Android .dex and Java .class files.
• JD-GUI - A standalone graphical utility that displays Java source codes of “.class” files.
• procyon - A modern open-source Java decompiler.
• androguard - Reverse engineering, malware and goodware analysis of Android applications.
• JAD - JAD Java Decompiler (closed-source, unmaintained).
• dotPeek - a free-of-charge .NET decompiler from JetBrains.
• ILSpy - an open-source .NET assembly browser and decompiler.
• de4dot - .NET deobfuscator and unpacker.
• antinet - .NET anti-managed debugger and anti-profiler code.
• UPX - the Ultimate Packer for eXecutables.
• Hopper - A OS X and Linux Disassembler/Decompiler for 32/64-bit Windows/Mac/Linux/iOS executables.
• ScratchABit - Easily retargetable and hackable interactive disassembler with IDAPython-compatible plugin API.

GUI/Web

• BinaryNinja - A commercial interactive decompiler, disassembler, debugger & binary analyser.
• RetDec - The avast decompilation utility.
• Ghidra - Reverse engineering tool, by the NSA.
• Hashcat-GUI - hashcat GUI for Windows.
• Packeth - A CLI/GUI packets builder & generator.
• AIR - Storage Imaging & restoration GUI.
• Hosted Scan - Automated vulnerability scanner.
• AnyRun - Online sandbox for malware analysis.
• CyberChef - A web-app with a lot of great cyber tools.
• Hybrid Analysis - Free automated malware analyzer by Falcon.
• Wireshark - A network sniffing tool.
• zenmap - NMap security scanner official GUI.
• Hatching Triage - A free cloud sandbox for individuals & researchers.
• Hashkiller - A hashes cracking forum with a lot of online tools.
• URLscan - A free online urls scanner for malicious activity.
• OSV - A vulnerabilities DB for the open source community, by Google.
• Kodachi - A privacy & security focused linux distribution.
• Parrot - A debian based linux distro, focused on the developer privacy & security.
• Sphere browser - Create hundreds of fake identities within a few seconds.
• hexed.it - An online hex editor.