Netsparker
Netsparker security scanner is a popular automatic web application for penetration testing. The software can identify everything from cross-site scripting to SQL injection. Developers can use this tool on websites, web services, and web applications.The system is powerful enough to scan anything between 500 and 1000 web applications at the same time. You will be able to customize your security scan with attack options, authentication, and URL rewrite rules. Netsparker automatically takes advantage of weak spots in a read-only way. Proof of exploitation is produced. The impact of vulnerabilities is instantly viewable.
- Scan 1000+ web applications in less than a day!
- Add multiple team members for collaboration and easy shareability of findings.
- Automatic scanning ensures a limited set up is necessary.
- Searches for exploitable SQL and XSS vulnerabilities in web applications.
- Legal web application and regulatory compliance reports.
- Proof-based scanning Technology guarantees accurate detection.
Wireshark
Once known as Ethereal 0.2.0, wireshark is an award-winning network analyzer with 600 authors. With this software, you can quickly capture and interpret network packets. The tool is open-source and available for various systems, including Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD, and Linux.
- Provides both offline analysis and live-capture options.
- Capturing data packets allows you to explore various traits, including source and destination protocol.
- It offers the ability to investigate the smallest details for activities throughout a network.
- Optional adding of coloring rules to the pack for rapid, intuitive analysis.
Metasploit
Metasploit is the most used penetration testing automation framework in the world. Metasploit helps professional teams verify and manage security assessments, improves awareness, and arms and empowers defenders to stay a step ahead in the game.
It is useful for checking security and pinpointing flaws, setting up a defense. An Open source software, this tool will allow a network administrator to break in and identify fatal weak points. Beginner hackers use this tool to build their skills. The tool provides a way to replicates websites for social engineers.
- Easy to use with GUI clickable interface and command line.
- Manual brute-forcing, payloads to evade leading solutions, spear phishing, and awareness, an app for testing OWASP vulnerabilities.
- Collects testing data for over 1,500 exploits.
- Meta Modules for network segmentation tests.
- You can use this to explore older vulnerabilities within your infrastructure.
- Available on Mac Os X, Windows and Linux.
- Can be used on servers, networks, and applications.
Aircrack
Aircrack NG is designed for cracking flaws within wireless connections by capturing data packets for an effective protocol in exporting through text files for analysis.
This tool is supported on various OS and platforms with support for WEP dictionary attacks. It offers an improved tracking speed compared to most other penetration tools and supports multiple cards and drivers. After capturing the WPA handshake, the suite is capable of using a password dictionary and statistical techniques to break into WEP.
- Works with Linux, Windows, OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris.
- You can use this tool to capture packets and export data.
- It is designed for testing wifi devices as well as driver capabilities.
- Focuses on different areas of security, such as attacking, monitoring, testing, and cracking.
- In terms of attacking, you can perform de-authentication, establish fake access points, and perform replay attacks.
Acunetix Scanner
Acutenix is an automated testing tool you can use to complete a penetration test. The tool is capable of auditing complicated management reports and issues with compliance. The software can handle a range of network vulnerabilities. Acunetix is even capable of including out-of-band vulnerabilities.
The advanced tool integrates with the highly enjoyed Issue Trackers and WAFs. With a high-detection rate, Acunetix is one of the industry’s advanced Cross-site scripting and SQLi testing, which includes sophisticated advanced detection of XSS.
- The tool covers over 4500 weaknesses, including SQL injection as well as XSS.
- The Login Sequence Recorder is easy-to-implement and scans password-protected areas.
- The AcuSensor Technology, Manual Penetration tools, and Built-in Vulnerability Management streamline black and white box testing to enhance and enable remediation.
- Can crawl hundreds of thousands of web pages without delay.
- Ability to run locally or through a cloud solution.
Ettercap
The Ettercap suite is designed to prevent man in the middle attacks. Using this application, you will be able to build the packets you want and perform specific tasks. The software can send invalid frames and complete techniques which are more difficult through other options.
- This tool is ideal for deep packet sniffing as well as monitoring and testing LAN.
- Ettercap supports active and passive dissection of protections.
- You can complete content filtering on the fly.
- The tool also provides settings for both network and host analysis.
Nessus
Nessus has been used as a security penetration testing tool for twenty years. 27,000 companies utilize the application worldwide. The software is one of the most powerful testing tools on the market with over 45,000 CEs and 100,000 plugins. Ideally suited for scanning IP addresses, websites and completing sensitive data searches. You will be able to use this to locate ‘weak spots’ in your systems.
The tool is straightforward to use and offers accurate scanning and at the click of a button, providing an overview of your network’s vulnerabilities. The pen test application scans for open ports, weak passwords, and misconfiguration errors.
- Ideal for locating and identify missing patches as well as malware.
- The system only has .32 defects per every 1 million scans.
- You can create customized reports, including types of vulnerabilities by plugin or host.
- In addition to web application, mobile scanning, and cloud environment, the tool offers priority remediation.
Burp Suite
There are two different versions of the Burp Suite for developers. The free version provides the necessary and essential tools needed for scanning activities. Or, you can opt for the second version if you need advanced penetration testing. This tool is ideal for checking web-based applications. There are tools to map the tack surface and analyze requests between a browser and destination servers. The framework uses Web Penetration Testing on the Java platform and is an industry-standard tool used by the majority of information security professionals.
- Capable of automatically crawling web-based applications.
- Available on Windows, OS X, Linux, and Windows.