top 10 hacking tool 2011

Here I have compiled the new list of top 10 hacking softwares which were in limelight for the
year 2011. Most of the tools are same but some of them have climbed great hights this year.
The tools listed here are open source and we are not listing any licensed software here.
Also I would like to add that METASPLOIT" has been excluded from this list because
 it combines the power of several tools listed in top 10 so here we will only rate individual
 products.



1. NMAP - And the tradition continues and NMAP still the number one.
Nmap ,by far is the best security scanning and hacking tool ever made.
This software tops every list of top hacking softwares for its two reasons. Firstly,its
ease of use and secondly,its wide usage.
It provides a wide range of features like port scanning, fingureprinting, os detection ,
ping , scanning an IP range , alive hosts etc. It has a rich command mode for
advanced users which can combine several commands together to execute ones.
Its the most recomended tool for new as well as advanced learners and security

experts. It hosts its google opensource project every year. download Nmap

2.SUPER-SCAN- Powerful TCP port scanner, pinger, resolver. SuperScan 4
is an update of the highly popular Windows port scanning tool, SuperScan. If
you need an alternative for nmap on Windows with a decent interface,
I suggest you check this out, it¶s pretty nice. It provides a cool scanning
experience with lot of information displayed. download SUPER SCAN



3. NESSUS vulnerabilit\ scanner - I believe that this is the only tool that can
break the top spot of Nmap and reach at number 1. Its a powerful tool but owing to
its nature of operation, it is a lot buggy and hangs too. This tool has been the best
tool for both network administrators and hackers because of its wide
implimentation.The Nessus® vulnerability scanner is the world-leader in active
scanners, featuring high-speed discovery, configuration auditing, asset profiling,
sensitive data discovery and vulnerability analysis of your security posture. Nessus
scanners can be distributed throughout an entire enterprise, inside DMZs and
across physically separate networks. download NESSUS

4. John The Riper - The fastest password cracker. It is available for several
versions of unix and windows and has remained the all time favorite brute
force password cracker. currently available for many flavors of Unix (11 are
officially supported, not counting different architectures), DOS, Win32,
BeOS, and OpenVMS. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix
passwords. Besides several crypt(3) password hash types most commonly
found on various Unix flavors, supported out of the box are Kerberos AFS and
Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 LM hashes. download JTR

5. WIRESHARK and KISMET- Improving by 2 points to reach the number
5th spot is wireshark. The 5th spot is combined spot for kismet as well as
wireshark.
It is the most preferred wireless security assessment tool and a single of its
type in this field. It is a must have tool for all wireless junkies. Wireshark is a
GTK+-based network protocol analyzer, or sniffer, that lets you capture and
interactively browse the contents of network frames. download WIRESHARK

Kismet is an 802.11 wireless network detector, sniffer, and
intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card
which supports raw monitoring mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a,
802.11g, and 802.11n traffic (devices and drivers permitting).download KISMET

6. PANGOLIN SQL injection scanner - This is by far the best SQL
injection scanner which scans a website for sql injection attacks. It performs
test on the database to check if vulnerability exists or not. The tool is built to
scan numerous popular databases and works quiet effectively
for poorly configured websites. It had a tough competition with Havij but the
nature of platform made me to choose Pangolin as the winner in this
segment. download PANGOLIN

7. NIKTO 2- A fresh arival and a must have. Nikto is an Open Source (GPL) web
server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple
 items, including over 6400 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, checks for outdated
versions of over 1200 servers, and version specific problems on over 270 servers.
 It also checks for server configuration items such as the presence of multiple index
files, HTTP server options, and will attempt to identify installed web servers and software.
Scan items and plugins are frequently updated and can be automatically updated.
download NIKTO 2

8. Low orbit Ion Cannon- LOIC is an effective DOS attack tool which is
said to have been made by the popular Anonymous hacking group. This tool
can be used to flood a webserver with lots of data packets so that the service
goes down and it becomes inaccessible. Recentely this tool was used to
bring down PayPal and several other top websites around the globe.
download LOAC

9.CAIN & ABEL- The favourite password cracker of all kind. IT fell several
ranks this year owing to its low support for new platform and stiff competition
from several similar tools who are constantly updating.
download CAIN & ABEL

10. HIDE IP- There were several tools fighting for this last spot but the high usage of
anonymous surfing made me to finally put Hide IP on the 10th spot. It is a great tool
for anonymous surfing and having anonymity on the web which is very essential while
performing hacks and penetration testing. It had TOR as is closest competitor but
owing to the slow speed of TOR i decided Hide IP as the owner of this spot.
download HIDE IP


Hope you will love playing with these great tools. The list can be never ending as there
can are numerous tools around. Before ending this post I will again like to remind my
 readers that a good hacker is one who understands the crux. Tools are mearly used
to simplify our work. So forst understand things manually then only jump to using tools.