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sectools org top network security tools nmap org npcap com seclists org sectools org insecure org home about help suggest a new tool 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 in 2011 this site became much more dynamic offering ratings reviews searching sorting and a new tool suggestion form this site allows open source and commercial tools on any platform except those tools that we maintain such as the nmap security scanner ncat network connector and nping packet manipulator we re very impressed by the collective smarts of the security community and we highly recommend reading the whole list and investigating any tools you are unfamiliar with click any tool name for more details on that particular application including the chance to read and write reviews many site elements are explained by tool tips if you hover your mouse over them enjoy sort by popularity rating release date tools 1 10 of 125 next page 20 wireshark 1 1 wireshark known as ethereal until a trademark dispute in summer 2006 is a fantastic open source multi platform network protocol analyzer it allows you to examine data from a live network or from a capture file on disk you can interactively browse the capture data delving down into just the level of packet detail you need wireshark has several powerful features including a rich display filter language and the ability to view the reconstructed stream of a tcp session it also supports hundreds of protocols and media types a tcpdump like console version named tshark is included one word of caution is that wireshark has suffered from dozens of remotely exploitable security holes so stay up to date and be wary of running it on untrusted or hostile networks such as security conferences read 31 reviews latest release version 1 12 7 on aug 12 2015 8 years 8 months ago sniffers 9 ½ metasploit 2 3 metasploit took the security world by storm when it was released in 2004 it is an advanced open source platform for developing testing and using exploit code the extensible model through which payloads encoders no op generators and exploits can be integrated has made it possible to use the metasploit framework as an outlet for cutting edge exploitation research it ships with hundreds of exploits as you can see in their list of modules this makes writing your own exploits easier and it certainly beats scouring the darkest corners of the internet for illicit shellcode of dubious quality one free extra is metasploitable an intentionally insecure linux virtual machine you can use for testing metasploit and other exploitation tools without hitting live servers metasploit was completely free but the project was acquired by rapid7 in 2009 and it soon sprouted commercial variants the framework itself is still free and open source but they now also offer a free but limited community edition a more advanced express edition 5 000 per year per user and a full featured pro edition other paid exploitation tools to consider are core impact more expensive and canvas less the metasploit framework now includes an official java based gui and also raphael mudge s excellent armitage the community express and pro editions have web based guis read 15 reviews latest release version 4 11 on dec 18 2014 9 years 4 months ago sploits 14 nessus 3 2 nessus is one of the most popular and capable vulnerability scanners particularly for unix systems it was initially free and open source but they closed the source code in 2005 and removed the free registered feed version in 2008 it now costs 2 190 per year which still beats many of its competitors a free nessus home version is also available though it is limited and only licensed for home network use nessus is constantly updated with more than 70 000 plugins key features include remote and local authenticated security checks a client server architecture with a web based interface and an embedded scripting language for writing your own plugins or understanding the existing ones read 20 reviews latest release version 6 3 3 on march 16 2015 9 years 1 month ago vuln scanners 10 ½ aircrack 4 17 aircrack is a suite of tools for 802 11a b g wep and wpa cracking it implements the best known cracking algorithms to recover wireless keys once enough encrypted packets have been gathered the suite comprises over a dozen discrete tools including airodump an 802 11 packet capture program aireplay an 802 11 packet injection program aircrack static wep and wpa psk cracking and airdecap decrypts wep wpa capture files read 15 reviews latest release version 1 1 on april 24 2010 13 years 12 months ago pass audit wireless 2 snort 5 2 this network intrusion detection and prevention system excels at traffic analysis and packet logging on ip networks through protocol analysis content searching and various pre processors snort detects thousands of worms vulnerability exploit attempts port scans and other suspicious behavior snort uses a flexible rule based language to describe traffic that it should collect or pass and a modular detection engine also check out the free basic analysis and security engine base a web interface for analyzing snort alerts while snort itself is free and open source parent company sourcefire offers their vrt certified rules for 499 per sensor per year and a complementary product line of software and appliances with more enterprise level features sourcefire also offers a free 30 day delayed feed read 2 reviews latest release version 2 9 7 5 on july 23 2015 8 years 9 months ago ids 6 ½ cain and abel 6 3 unix users often smugly assert that the best free security tools support their platform first and windows ports are often an afterthought they are usually right but cain abel is a glaring exception this windows only password recovery tool handles an enormous variety of tasks it can recover 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 it is also well documented read 17 reviews latest release version 4 9 56 on april 7 2014 10 years ago pass audit sniffers 17 backtrack 7 25 this excellent bootable live cd linux distribution comes from the merger of whax and auditor it boasts a huge variety of security and forensics tools and provides a rich development environment user modularity is emphasized so the distribution can be easily customized by the user to include personal scripts additional tools customized kernels etc backtrack is succeeded by kali linux read 22 reviews latest release version 5 r3 on aug 13 2012 11 years 8 months ago sec distros 10 ½ netcat 8 4 this simple utility reads and writes data across tcp or udp network connections it is designed to be a reliable back end tool to use directly or easily drive by other programs and scripts at the same time it is a feature rich network debugging and exploration tool since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need including port binding to accept incoming connections the original netcat was released by hobbit in 1995 but it hasn t been maintained despite its popularity it can sometimes even be hard to find a copy of the v1 10 source code the flexibility and usefulness of this tool prompted the nmap project to produce ncat a modern reimplementation which supports ssl ipv6 socks and http proxies connection brokering and more other takes on this classic tool include the amazingly versatile socat openbsd s nc cryptcat netcat6 pnetcat sbd and so called gnu netcat read 13 reviews latest release version 1 10 on march 20 1996 28 years 1 month ago general packet crafters 2 ½ tcpdump 9 1 tcpdump is the network sniffer we all used before wireshark came on the scene and many of us continue to use it frequently it may not have the bells and whistles such as a pretty gui and parsing logic for hundreds of application protocols that wireshark has but it does the job well and with less security risk it also requires fewer system resources while tcpdump doesn t receive new features often it is actively maintained to fix bugs and portability problems it is great for tracking down network problems or monitoring activity there is a separate windows port named windump tcpdump is the source of the libpcap winpcap packet capture library which is used by nmap and many other tools read 3 reviews latest release version 4 7 4 on april 22 2015 8 years 12 months ago sniffers 3 john the ripper 10 unchanged john the ripper is a fast password cracker for unix linux and mac os x its primary purpose is to detect weak unix passwords though it supports hashes for many other platforms as well there is an official free version a community enhanced version with many contributed patches but not as much quality assurance and an inexpensive pro version you will probably want to start with some wordlists which you can find here here or here read 7 reviews latest release version 1 8 0 on may 30 2013 10 years 10 months ago pass audit tools 1 10 of 125 next page categories antimalware 3 application specific scanners 3 web browser related 4 encryption tools 8 debuggers 5 firewalls 2 forensics 4 fuzzers 4 general purpose tools 8 intrusion detection systems 6 packet crafting tools 6 password auditing 12 port scanners 4 rootkit detectors 5 security oriented operating systems 5 packet sniffers 14 vulnerability exploitation tools 11 traffic monitoring tools 10 vulnerability scanners 11 web proxies 4 web vulnerability scanners 20 wireless tools 5 nmap security scanner ref guide install guide docs download nmap oem npcap packet capture user s guide api docs download npcap oem security lists nmap announce nmap dev full disclosure open source security breachexchange security tools vuln scanners password audit web scanners wireless 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