Top 15 Kali Linux Hacking Tools You MUST KNOW!

Summary

The video enumerates fifteen tools of the Kali Linux ethical hacking platform, used to ethically audit cybersecurity by penetration testing and simulating real attacks. Highlights include nmap for network discovery, Metasploit for exploit development, Wireshark for traffic analysis, Hydra for password cracking, John the Ripper for offline password decryption, Skipfish for web app security scans, Hashcat for GPU-powered password cracking, Maltego for data mining, BeEF for browser hacking, Lynis for system auditing, Autopsy for digital forensics, crunch for generating password word lists, and fierce for locating likely internal and external targets for further scanning.

Takeaways

• 😀 Ki Linux is an open-source distribution for penetration testing and security auditing
• 🔎 Nmap discovers hosts and services on a network by analyzing responses to probes
• 🚀 Metasploit simplifies hacking for attackers and defenders
• 📡 Wireshark analyzes network traffic and detects spikes
• 🔑 Hydra cracks passwords by launching parallel attacks against login pages
• 🔐 John the Ripper decrypts hashes by supporting hundreds of hash and cipher types
• 🌐 Burp Suite performs security testing of web applications
• 🕵️‍♂️ Nmap scans web servers for vulnerabilities
• ⛏ Hashcat cracks password hashes using GPUs
• 🕸 Maltego gathers and visualizes connections between information

Q & A

What is Kali Linux and what is its purpose?

Kali Linux is an open-source Debian-based Linux distribution aimed at advanced penetration testing and security auditing. It provides tools, configurations, and automations that allow the user to focus on the security testing task rather than the surrounding activity.

What are some key features of Nmap?

Nmap is used to discover hosts and services on a network by sending packets and analyzing the responses. Key features include host discovery, service and operating system detection, and gaining insight into the current network.

How can Metasploit simplify hacking?

The Metasploit framework simplifies hacking for both attackers and defenders by providing a penetration testing system and development platform that enables the creation of security tools and exploits.

How is Wireshark used by cyber security professionals?

Cyber security professionals use Wireshark to track connections, inspect suspicious network transactions, detect spikes in traffic, visualize complete conversations and network streams, and assist with decryption.

What is the difference between Hydra and John the Ripper?

Hydra is used to crack login credentials by launching attacks against network services, while John the Ripper cracks hashed passwords offline using brute force or dictionary attacks.

What information can Maltego visually map?

Maltego can visually map connections between various types of information, such as websites, IP addresses, domains, servers, etc. to aid cyber investigations.

What is the purpose of the BeEF tool?

The Browser Exploitation Framework (BeEF) allows hooking a browser client to gather information from the target host for social engineering and exploitation.

How can Linux security scanning help system administrators?

Tools like Lynis allow periodic scanning to determine vulnerabilities, system information, installed software, services, etc. to aid security hardening and compliance.

What does the tool Autopsy provide for cyber forensics?

Autopsy provides file system and image analysis to recover deleted files, visualize disk sectors, and conduct in-depth investigations.

How can the tool Crunch help ethical hackers?

Crunch generates word lists and permutations that can be used to support password cracking and hash breaking during security testing.