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.

Outlines

00:00

😃 Introducing Top 15 Kali Linux Hacking Tools

The video introduces top 15 Kali Linux hacking tools that ethical hackers can use to enhance their skills. It talks about tools like Nmap for network discovery, Metasploit framework for penetration testing, Wireshark for analyzing network packets, Hydra for brute force attacks, John the Ripper for password cracking, Burp Suite for web app security testing, Ncat for vulnerability scanning in web servers, Skipfish for web security assessments, Hashcat for GPU-powered password cracking, Maltego for link analysis and data mining, BeEF for browser exploitation, Lynis for system auditing, Autopsy for cyber forensics, Crunch for generating wordlists, and Fierce for locating IP addresses and host names.

05:01

👾 Using Hydra to Perform Dictionary Attack

This paragraph demonstrates how to use Hydra tool to perform a dictionary attack to get credentials on a Linux server. It first checks the open ports using Nmap, finds SSH service running on port 22, and then launches a dictionary attack using usernames and passwords from separately created text files. This successfully retrieves a valid username and password combination to gain access to the server via SSH.

10:01

🔐 Cracking Hashes Using John the Ripper

This paragraph discusses how John the Ripper tool can be used to crack hashes. It shows an example where an unknown hash is first identified as SHA1 algorithm. John the Ripper is then used with the identified algorithm to successfully decrypt the hash value. It highlights that John the Ripper supports cracking hundreds of hash and cipher types in an offline manner.

15:10

🛡 Developing Security Skills as an Ethical Hacker

The concluding paragraph encourages viewers to enhance their skills as ethical hackers and security professionals. It re-emphasizes that the tools demonstrated should only be used defensively and legally, with proper permissions. The video recommends checking out additional content to further develop IT and cybersecurity careers.

Keywords

💡Kali Linux

Kali Linux is an open source Linux distribution focused on penetration testing and security auditing. It is aimed at advanced users like security engineers and ethical hackers. The video introduces Kali Linux as having various built-in tools for probing networks, analyzing vulnerabilities, etc.

💡nmap

Nmap is a network scanning and host discovery tool. It can find hosts, ports, services on a network. The video shows how nmap helps gain insight into a network by discovering devices and open ports.

💡Metasploit

Metasploit is a popular penetration testing framework that helps automate various hacking tasks. The video calls it essential for security engineers to simplify hacking for attackers and defenders.

💡Wireshark

Wireshark is a network analysis tool used to analyze network traffic, inspect connections, detect traffic spikes etc. The video explains how it captures entire streams to visualize conversations.

💡Hydra

Hydra is used to crack login credentials by launching dictionary attacks, password sprays etc. The video shows how Hydra can be used to obtain credentials like usernames/passwords by attacking services like SSH.

💡John the Ripper

John the Ripper is a password cracking tool that can crack various password hashes offline. The video contrasts it with Hydra - John works offline but supports more hash types.

💡Burp Suite

Burp Suite is a platform for testing web application security. The video calls it an integrated set of tools covering the entire testing process from mapping the attack surface to finding vulnerabilities.

💡Nmap

Nmap, also called Ncat, is a web server scanner that checks for vulnerabilities. The video showcases some of its basic scanning abilities like gathering server information, open ports etc.

💡Hashcat

Hashcat is used to crack password hashes using GPUs which offer high speeds. The video shows how Hashcat can crack hashes through brute force attacks.

💡Maltego

Maltego is used for gathering and connecting information for investigations and intelligence. As shown in the video, it can be used to find all IP addresses associated with a website.

Highlights

Kali Linux is an open-source Debian-based distribution aimed at advanced penetration testing and security auditing.

Nmap helps gain insight into the current network we're on and gather information about other devices.

Metasploit simplifies hacking for both attackers and defenders.

Wireshark enables visualizing complete conversations and network streams.

Hydra makes it possible to show how easy it would be to gain unauthorized remote access to a system.

John the Ripper supports cracking hundreds of hash and cipher types.

Burp Suite supports the entire web app testing process from mapping to finding vulnerabilities.

Nmap gives a comprehensive overview of server information.

Skipfish generates detailed security assessment reports.

Hashcat can process an astounding number of password guesses per second.

Maltego easily identifies patterns and connections between information.

BeEF hooks victim browsers to gather information from their systems.

Lynis scans systems for vulnerabilities to keep hosts secure.

Autopsy can recover deleted files and analyze disk images.

Crunch generates custom word lists to support password cracking.

Transcripts

hi everyone in this video I'm going to

show you top 15 Kali Linux hacking tools

you must know my name is James and this

channel is all about showing you how to

become a highly paid cyber security

ethical hacking or Cloud Pro

F the tools and knowledge shared in this

video are meant to enhance your skills

as an ethical hacker and they are to be

used only in a defensive manner any use

of these tools maliciously on systems

networks and devices for which you don't

have permission is

illegal Ki Linux formerly known as

backtrack Linux is an open-source

debian-based Linux distribution aimed at

Advanced penetration testing and

security auditing it does this by

providing common tools configurations

and automations which allows the user to

focus on the task that needs to be

completed not the surrounding activity

let's take a look at the top 15 Ki Linux

tools you need to know number one

nmap nmap is used to discover hosts and

services on a computer network by

sending packets and analyzing the

responses it provides a number of

features for probing computer networks

including host Discovery and service and

operating system detection we can say

that nmap helps us gain insight into the

current Network we're on and gather more

information about other devices for

instance we're currently in a network

that falls under a Class C Network let's

find out who's on this

network as you can see nmap has

discovered several devices let's see if

any of the standard ports are open on

this Network in this example we're using

443 and 80 as standard ports and

employing three-way

handshaking now we know that certain

addresses have the requested ports open

or filtered indicating they're running

specific web services this is just a

small glimpse of what nmap can do let's

move on to the next tool number two

metas

sploid if map is used to find hosts and

services then Metasploit Reigns as the

top penetrating framework utilized by

security Engineers as both a penetration

testing system and a development

platform enabling the creation of

security tools and

exploits this framework simplifies

hacking for both attackers and

Defenders right now we're launching the

metas sploit console and searching for

the vsftp demon as chosen in this

example

additionally we can use the show options

option to get more information but it's

best utilized in conjunction with the

previous tool n map Metasploit is a very

serious tool if used

properly let's move on to the next tool

number three wire

shark wire shark is a tool for analyzing

packets commonly used in network

troubleshooting protocol development and

educ

cyber Security Professionals frequently

rely on wire shark to track connections

inspect suspicious Network transactions

and detect spikes in network traffic

currently we're monitoring network

connections in real time we capture

entire streams of traffic allowing us to

pause filter and analyze specific

Network packets this enables us to

visualize complete conversations and

network streams in some cases

Communications are encrypted wire shark

can't decrypt it

however it can assist with decryption

when utilized correctly to effectively

use wire shark you must have a solid

understanding of how networks operate

this includes knowledge of processes

like the three-way TCP handshake and

familiarity with various protocols such

as TCP UDP DHCP and mcmp among others

let's move on to the next

tool number four

Hydra

Hydra is a parallelized login cracker

which supports numerous protocols to

attack it is very fast and flexible so

in this example we'll attempt to access

a remote Linux server we'll be using a

dictionary attack instead of a password

spray attack to get started we need to

create two text documents passwords and

users in both documents we'll input

random information that we'll use for

the dictionary attack to expedite the

process of obtaining credentials on This

Server let's quickly check using nmap

what's located at the address

1.6 as we can see Port 22 is open

indicating that the SSH service is

active and listening for new connections

this gives us the opportunity to test

Hydra Bingo we now have a username and

password for this

server let's attempt to connect to this

server via

SSH success we now have full control

over this server this tool makes it

possible for researchers and Security

Consultants to show how easy it would be

to gain unauthorized access to a system

remotely number five John the

Ripper just as its name suggests it will

tackle any challenge you put in front of

it for instance right now we have a hash

that we don't know the algorithm or

meaning of the first step we need to

take is to identify which hash algorithm

is being used when we talk about

cryptography we'll use a hash identifier

to find that out now we know it's the

sha1 algorithm which will make it easier

for us to decrypt it in the next step

using the John the Ripper

application success the content hidden

behind aay 1 is called test the

difference between Hydra and John the

Ripper is that John the Ripper can be

used offline John the Ripper supports

hundreds of hash and Cipher types

including user passwords encrypted

private Keys file systems Diss and

archives number six burp

site burp site is an integrated platform

and graphical tool for performing

security testing of web applications the

s twet includes tools such as a proxy

server an indexing robot an intrusion

tool a vulnerability scanner and an HTTP

repeater it supports the entire testing

process from initial mapping and

Analysis of an application's attack

surface through to finding and

exploiting security vulnerabilities in

this case we'll conduct a test intercept

of traffic using a specialized viewing

window as you can see in the back ground

we can review all the activities that

occurred during the request sending by

using HTTP history we can subsequently

utilize the existing information we

obtained

earlier number seven

ncto ncto also known as ncto 2 is a web

server scanner which performs

vulnerability scanning against web

servers for multiple items including

dangerous files and programs Let's test

his basic abilities and see how he

operates we'll use the SSL switch to

reduce the scanning time as we can see

we have a comprehensive overview of

information such as server IP address

host name current listening Port SSL

information and so on ncto is a really

excellent tool where we've had the

opportunity to confirm some of its

fundamental

capabilities number eight

skipfish

skipfish is used for information

gathering and testing the security of

websites and web servers skipfish is the

easiest and one of the best tools for

penetration

testing in this example we'll analyze

the web server at address 1.2 and save a

detailed report for later use and

Analysis this tool functions and makes a

map on the console of the targeted site

using recursive crawl and dictionary

based probes this tool gives us all the

security checks that are active in the

domain lastly this tool generates a

report which can be further used for

security

assessments as you can see skipfish

provides a detailed report where you can

analyze the entire content from a

security standpoint

afterward number nine

hashcat

hashcat is a great tool for cracking

passwords offline using the power of

your graphics processor unit

computational power it can process an

astounding number of password guesses

per second cutting down the time it

takes to crack password hashes in this

example since we don't have any

information we'll use a Brute Force

attack hashcat has finished let's check

the result bingo the password is test

Brute Force attacks still have initial

use in that you can exhaust every guess

of fast hashes up to generally eight

characters and then focus on longer

passwords number 10

Malo maltego is a link analysis software

used for open-source intelligence

forensics and other

investigations maltego offers real-time

Data Mining and information gathering as

well as the representation of this

information on a node-based graph making

patterns and multiple order connections

between said information easily

identifiable for example if we wanted to

find all the IP addresses associated

with a specific website we could select

the website entity and use it as a

trigger to extract and gather all the

data Malo is a very serious tool when

used

correctly number 11

beef browser exploitation framework

basically the idea is to hook the

browser from a client on the targeted

Network to your Kaye Linux

instance currently we're setting up test

bait on our host to explore something

new

clicking on the shortcut link will allow

the server to gather various information

from the host including browser details

language settings monitor resolution

Mouse activity camera and microphone

usage Hardware information and

additionally we can leverage social

engineering and more number 12

Linds

Linus is a battle tested security tool

for systems running Linux Mac OS or

unix-based operating system it performs

an extensive Health Scan of your systems

to support system hardening and

compliance testing the software

determines various system information

such as the specific OS type kernel

parameters authentication and accounting

mechanism installed packages installed

Services Network configuration logging

and monitoring using Linus you can

periodically scan your systems for the

latest vulnerabilities and keep your

host

secure number 13

autopsy the autopsy is a cyber forensic

tool used for the analysis of Windows

and Unix file systems NTFS fat ffs

ext2fs and E XT

3fs it can also be used to recover

deleted files and also show various

sectors of uploaded images making it

easier to make an in-depth analysis of

the image version two of autopsy is

written in Pearl and it runs on all

major platforms including Linux Unix Mac

OS and windows it relies upon the sleuth

kit to analyze the

dis number 14

crunch

crunch is a word list generating tool

that comes pre-installed with Kaye Linux

it is used to create custom keywords

based on word lists it generates a word

list with permutations and combinations

we could use some specific patterns and

symbols to generate a word list when an

attacker uses thousands or millions of

words or character combinations to crack

a password there is no shity that any of

those combinations will work this

collection of different combinations of

characters is called a word list and in

order to crack a password or a hash we

need to have a good word list that could

break the password so to do so we have a

tool in kayy Linux called crunch number

15

fierce fierce is a semi-lightweight

scanner that helps locate non-contiguous

IP space and host names against

specified domains it's really meant as a

precursor to nmap unicorn scan nessus

ncto ET ET since all of those require

that you already know what IP space you

are looking for this does not perform

exploitation and does not scan the whole

internet indiscriminately it is meant

specifically to locate likely targets

both inside and outside a corporate

Network this was the top 15 klie tools

that you must know and to all other

Security Professionals out

there keep up the good

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