Network Security & Ethical Hacking

Internet Resources for Ethical Hacking

Below are the links to the FREE network security applications that I discuss during my presentations and courses. Please let me know if you find an expired link. If you have any questions about the software, or would like to schedule a demonstration, contact me.

BackTrack
A boot CD with hundreds of hacking tools

Bing Hacking Database RSS Feed
OPML file to be imported into Google Reader

Cain & Abel
Password recovery tool that allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled passwords, recovering wireless network keys, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords and analyzing routing protocols.

Creepy
Application that allows you to gather geolocation related information about users from social networking platforms and image hosting services. The information is presented in a map inside the application where all the retrieved data is shown accompanied with relevant information.

ExifTool
This is the standalone program that will let you view and edit Exif data from any photograph.

FOCA
Identify, download, analyze, and fingerprint documents stored on a specific web server.

Google Hacking Database RSS Feed
OPML file to be imported into Google Reader

Katana
Portable multi-boot security suite which brings together many of today's best security distributions and portable applications to run off a single Flash Drive.

Keylogger Scanner
This small piece of software is the only current solution to detecting software keyloggers on your computer. You must precisely follow the directions that are presented when you run the program. Warning: This software is very sensitive, and some false positives are occasionally reported.

Maltego
Maltego is an open source intelligence and forensics application. It will offer you timous mining and gathering of information as well as the representation of this information in a easy to understand format.

Nirsoft Launcher
A collection of over 100 portable utilities for passwords, browsers, networks, and systems

OphCrack
Windows password cracker based on rainbow tables.

SearchDiggity
This application will allow for automated Google Hacking (and Bing).

Wireshark
A network protocol analyzer. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network.

Word & Excel Password Cracker
Identifies passwords of MS Office files.