Vulnerability management and penetration testing
Software that scans systems for known weaknesses, and tools for testing defences by attacking them.
Includes: Vulnerability scanners, internet-exposure search engines, penetration testing and password-cracking tools.
For example: Metasploit, Shodan, Nessus.
13 listed products
| Product | What it says it does |
|---|---|
| John the Ripper | John the Ripper is an Open Source password security auditing and password recovery tool available for many operating systems. |
| Nikto | Nikto is an open-source web server scanner designed for security professionals, penetration testers, and system administrators . |
| Lynis | Lynis is a battle-tested security tool for systems running Linux, macOS, or Unix-based operating system. |
| Acunetix | Invicti Web + API | Web Application Security Scanner |
| Censys | The one place to understand and act on everything on the Internet. |
| Metasploit | The world’s most used penetration testing framework |
| Shodan | Shodan is the world's first search engine for Internet-connected devices. |
| Wireshark | The world's leading network protocol analyzer |
| Crack | which guesses passwords. |
| L0phtCrack | password cracker |
| w3af | open-source web application security scanner |
| DaveGrohl | macOS password cracker |
| Ophcrack | Windows login password cracker |
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