Top Bug Hunting Tools

Nmap

Network discovery and security auditing

Category : Reconnaissance

Burp Suite

Web vulnerability scanner and proxy

Category : Vulnerability Scanners

Metasploit

Penetration testing framework for newbies

Category : Exploitation

Wireshark

Network protocol analyzer

Category : Reconnaissance

OWASP ZAP

Web app security scanner

Category : Vulnerability Scanners

John The Ripper

Password cracking tool

Category : Post-Exploitation

Aircrack-ng

WiFi security auditing tools suite

Category : Exploitation

Sqlmap

Automatic SQL injection tool

Category : Exploitation

Nikto

Web server scanner

Category : Exploitation

Hashcat

Advanced password recovery

Category : Post-Exploitation

Maltego

Interactive data mining tool

Category : Reconnaissance

Hydra

Login cracker for many protocols

Category : Exploitation

Nmap

Network discovery and auditing

Category : Reconnaissance

Wireshark

Network protocol analyzer

Category : Reconnaissance

Maltego

Interactive data mining tool

Category : Reconnaissance

Burp Suite

Vulnerability scanner and proxy

Category : Vulnerability Scanners

OWASP ZAP

Web app security scanner

Category : Vulnerability Scanners

Metasploit

Penetration testing framework

Category : Exploitation

Aircrack-ng

WiFi security auditing tools suite

Category : Exploitation

Sqlmap

Automatic SQL injection tool

Category : Exploitation

Nikto

Web server scanner

Category : Exploitation

Hydra

Login cracker for many protocols

Category : Exploitation

John The Ripper

Password cracking tool

Category : Post-Exploitation

Hashcat

Advanced password recovery

Category : Post-Exploitation