In this article we will present you top 5 hacking softwares used by hackers and cyber security professionals. We recommend to use below mentioned hacking softwares only for testing your internal networks and systems!

Metasploit is probably the best platform for developing and executing exploits. The main advantage of using Metasploit is its architecture which allows exploitation using no-op generators, payloads and encoders. This penetration softwarekit comes with hundreds of exploits and dozens of modules updated on weekly basis. And in case if there are no native exploits available at the moment of discovery of new vulnerabilities you can always write your own or search web for them.

Metasploit has two download choices pro and free. Those versions vary by following functionalities:

Download Metasploit

OS availability: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

2. NESSUS

Nessus is the most popular vulnerability scanners used in many advanced corporate environments and also by individual pentesters. Nessus updates its plugins next day of the discovery of new vulnerability. We have tested it on Logjam and Tenable, company behind Nessus, updated their vulnerability scanner with the ability to discover logjam in 15-20 hours.  Key features include remote and local (authenticated) security checks, a client/server architecture with a web-based interface, and an embedded scripting language for writing your own plugins or understanding the existing ones.Tenable has more than 70,000 plugins which gives Nessus the ability to interface with basically any networked device. In addition, Nessus can be easily integrated with most major patch management systems, which gives administrators the ability to verify that updates are installing as they should be. Nessus can also be deployed with endpoint agents, which allow vulnerability scanning to occur offline and scan results can be collected after.

Download Nessus

OS availability: Microsoft Windows, Windows Server, Linux

3. Cain & Able

Cain & Abel, as a free hacking and password recovery software with multiple functionalities and possibly our favourite software for initiating Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks. It permits simple recovery of most types of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords via dictionary attack, Brute-Force and crypto attacks, VoIP recording, weak wireless network keys, revealing cached passwords and analyzing routing protocols, ARP poisoning and MITM. Can & Abel is not exploiting any vulnerabilities or bugs but it simply using weaknesses in core TCP/IP protocols. It is very simple to use and manage.

Download Cain & Able

OS availability: Microsoft Windows

4. Kali Linux

Kali Linux is the new generation of the industry-leading BackTrack Linux penetration testing and security auditing Linux distribution. Kali Linux is a complete re-build of BackTrack from the ground up, adhering completely to Debian development standards. Kali Linux was released on the 13th March, 2013 as a complete, top-to-bottom rebuild of BackTrack Linux, adhering completely to Debian development standards.

A new version dubbed Kali 2 will be released in August 2015

Kali comes with following features:

Download Kali

OS availability: You were not expecting anything here right? It is an OS it self, a Linux OS!

5. Hydra

Do you want to brute force a remote authentication service, than you better choose THC Hydra. It is fast, reliable and customizable hacking software able to crack more then thirty protocols.

When you fire up hydra you just need to provide username or username list from txt + password list an IP address and service. Similar to this:

That’s it. After that you will have to wait a while until the remote service password is cracked.

Tutorial

Download THC Hydra Linux

Download THC Hydra Windows