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IDA Pro : A Windows or Linux disassembler and debugger Disassembly is a big part of security research. It will help you dissect that Microsoft patch to discover the silently fixed bugs they don’t tell you about, or more closely…
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Core Impact
Core Impact : An automated, comprehensive penetration testing product Core Impact isn’t cheap (be prepared to spend tens of thousands of dollars), but it is widely considered to be the most powerful exploitation tool available. It sports a large, regularly…
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EtherApe
EtherApe : EtherApe is a graphical network monitor for Unix modeled after etherman Featuring link layer, IP and TCP modes, EtherApe displays network activity graphically with a color coded protocols display. Hosts and links change in size with traffic. It…
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Xprobe2
Xprobe2 : Active OS fingerprinting tool XProbe is a tool for determining the operating system of a remote host. They do this using some of the same techniques as Nmap as well as some of their own ideas. Xprobe has…
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OpenSSL
OpenSSL : The premier SSL/TLS encryption library The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured, and open source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols as well…
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WebInspect
WebInspect : A Powerful Web Application Scanner SPI Dynamics’ WebInspect application security assessment tool helps identify known and unknown vulnerabilities within the Web application layer. WebInspect can also help check that a Web server is configured properly, and attempts common…
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Nbtscan
Nbtscan : Gathers NetBIOS info from Windows networks NBTscan is a program for scanning IP networks for NetBIOS name information (similar to what the Windows nbtstat tool provides against single hosts). It sends a NetBIOS status query to each address…
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Ngrep
Ngrep : Convenient packet matching & display ngrep strives to provide most of GNU grep’s common features, applying them to the network layer. ngrep is a pcap-aware tool that will allow you to specify extended regular or hexadecimal expressions to…
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Tripwire
Tripwire : The grand-daddy of file integrity checkers A file and directory integrity checker. Tripwire is a tool that aids system administrators and users in monitoring a designated set of files for any changes. Used with system files on a…
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Ntop
Ntop : A network traffic usage monitor Ntop shows network usage in a way similar to what top does for processes. In interactive mode, it displays the network status on the user’s terminal. In Web mode, it acts as a…