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In the field of information security, penetration testing is an important testing method, used to simulate hacker attack methods and evaluate the security of the system. The following are some widely used
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What are the commonly used penetration testing tools?¶
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In the field of information security, penetration testing is an important testing method, used to simulate hacker attack methods and evaluate the security of the system. The following are some widely used penetration testing tools: 1. Metasploit; 2. Wireshark; 3. Nmap; 4. Burp Suite; 5. OWASP ZAP; 6. Nessus; 7. Aircrack-ng; 8. John The Ripper; 9. Kali Linux; 10. SQLmap. Metasploit is one of the very well-known open source penetration testing frameworks. It contains a large number of modules that can perform various types of penetration testing.
1. Metasploit¶
Metasploit is one of the very well-known open source penetration testing frameworks. It contains a large number of modules that can perform various types of penetration testing, such as system vulnerability exploitation, password sniffing, port scanning, etc.
2. Wireshark¶
Wireshark is a network protocol analysis tool that can capture and analyze network traffic in real time, and find system security issues by analyzing network data packets.
3. Nmap¶
Nmap (Network Mapper) is an open source network detection and security audit tool that can perform host discovery, port scanning, version detection and other functions.
4. Burp Suite¶
Burp Suite is a tool suite designed specifically for web application security testing. It includes multiple tools such as proxy servers, crawlers, and scanners, and can be used for in-depth penetration testing of web applications.
5. OWASP ZAP¶
OWASP ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy) is a free, open source web application security scanning tool released by the OWASP project. Its functions include proxy interception, automated scanning, passive scanning, etc.
6. Nessus¶
Nessus is a commercial vulnerability scanning tool that can conduct a comprehensive vulnerability assessment of the network and supports the latest vulnerability database and multiple scanning technologies.
7. Aircrack-ng¶
Aircrack-ng is a password cracking tool specially designed for wireless networks, including capture, analysis, attack, testing and other functions.
8. John The Ripper¶
John The Ripper is a password cracking tool that can crack a variety of password formats, including but not limited to Windows LM/NTLM passwords, Unix MD5 passwords, etc.
9. Kali Linux¶
Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed for digital forensics and penetration testing, with a large number of security tools and penetration testing tools pre-installed.
10. SQLmap¶
SQLmap is an automated SQL injection and database forensics tool that can detect and exploit SQL injection vulnerabilities for database penetration testing.
Further reading¶
How to conduct penetration testing
Penetration testing is a complex process that includes the following steps:
- Information collection: Before starting the penetration test, you need to collect information about the target system, such as host IP, open ports, running services, etc.
- Vulnerability scanning: Use vulnerability scanning tools, such as Nessus, Nmap, etc., to scan the target system to find possible vulnerabilities.
- Vulnerability exploitation: Use tools such as Metasploit to exploit the found vulnerabilities and attempt to attack the target system.
- Backdoor implantation and privilege escalation: After successfully exploiting a vulnerability and gaining access to the target system, you can try to implant a backdoor and elevate privileges for subsequent operations.
- Clean up traces: After the test, you need to clean up the traces left during the penetration test, such as log records, backdoor programs, etc.
- Generate reports: Organize the process and results of penetration testing and generate detailed reports to provide reference for subsequent security hardening.
When conducting penetration testing, you must abide by relevant laws and regulations, and do not attack unauthorized systems without authorization. At the same time, penetration testing is an ongoing process that needs to be performed regularly to respond to emerging security threats.