CYBR 650 Week 10 – Security Tools

In week two, we identified credible sources of information for our threat process model. What about tools? There are hundreds of security tools available, so how do we determine which ones to use?

Fortunately, Offensive Security developed Kali Linux in response to this need. Kali is a security distribution of Linux aimed at penetration testing, but it offers so much more. While there are too many tools to go into detail, a complete listing of tools is available at http://tools.kali.org/tools-listing under the following categories:

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• Exploitation Tools
• Hardware Hacking
• Forensics Tools
• Information Gathering
• Maintaining Access
• Password Attacks
• Reporting Tools
• Reverse Engineering
• Sniffing & Spoofing
• Stress Testing
• Vulnerability Analysis
• Wireless Attacks
• Web Applications

If you are a fan of Linux, you will not be disappointed. I had installed its predecessor BackTrack a few years ago, and have been hooked since. Which tools are your favorites? Please leave your comments below.