Essential Hacking Tools for Every Hacker

Here is a list of all the essential hacking tools that every hacker should possess. Here in this post I will give details of different Hacking/Security tools and utilities along with the download links. I have also divided these tools into their respective categories for ease of understanding.

NETWORK SCANNERS AND TCP/IP UTILITIES

1. IP TOOLS

IP-Tools offers many TCP/IP utilities in one program. This award-winning program can work under Windows 98/ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000/XP/2003, Windows Vista and is indispensable for anyone who uses the Internet or Intranet.

It includes the following utilities

• Local Info - examines the local host and shows info about processor, memory, Winsock data, etc.
• Name Scanner - scans all hostnames within a range of IP addresses
• Port Scanner - scans network( s ) for active TCP based services
• Ping Scanner - pings a remote hosts over the network
• Telnet - telnet client
• HTTP - HTTP client
• IP-Monitor - shows network traffic in real time & many more

IP TOOLS has almost all the utilities built into it. So there is no need to use seperate tools for every indivisual process of hacking such as Port scanning, Who is scanning, IP monitor etc. It’s like a hacking tool kit which has all the necessary tools for hacking.

Download IP Tools Here


2. NMAP

Nmap is a similar hacking/security tool as IP Tools which offer slightly different set of features. Unlike IP Tools Nmap is a freeware. It is designed to rapidly scan large networks, although it works fine against single hosts. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services ( application name and version ) those hosts are offering, what operating systems ( and OS versions ) they are running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics. Nmap runs on most types of computers and both console and graphical versions are available.

Download Nmap Here


PASSWORD CRACKERS

1. LC4 ( For Windows Password Recovery )

LC4 is the award-winning password auditing and recovery application, L0phtCrack. It provides two critical capabilities to Windows network administrators:

LC4 helps administrators secure Windows-authenticated networks through comprehensive auditing of Windows NT and Windows 2000 user account passwords.

LC4 recovers Windows user account passwords to streamline migration of users to another authentication system or to access accounts whose passwords are lost.

Donwload LC4 Here

2. SAMINSIDE ( For Windows Password Recovery )

SAMInside is designated for the recovery of Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista user passwords.

• The following are some of the highlighting features of Saminside;
• The program doesn’t require installation. It can be directly run from CD,Disk or Pendrive;
• Includes over 10 types of data import and 6 types of password attack:

1. Brute-force attack
2. Distributed attack
3. Mask attack
4. Dictionary attack
5. Hybrid attack

• Pre-calculated tables attack;
• Run’s very fast since the program is completely written in assembler.

As far as my opinion is concerned both LC4 and SAMINSIDE are powerful password crackers for cracking Windows Passwords. However LC4 has slightly upper hand over Saminside. I recommend LC4 for advanced users but Saminside is more suitable for novice users.

You Can Get Saminside From Here


3. MESSENPASS ( For Instant Messenger Password Recovery )

Messenpass is a password recovery tool for instant messengers. It can be used to recover the lost passwords of yahoo messenger or windows messenger. It is too easy to use this tool. Just double-click this tool and it reveals the username and passwords that are stored in the system.

Download MessenPass Here


REMOTE ADMINISTRATION TOOLS (RAT)

RADMIN

Radmin (Remote Administrator) is the world famous, award winning secure remote control software and remote access software which enables you to work on a remote computer in real time as if you were using its own keyboard and mouse.

Radmin has the following features.

• Access and control your home and office computer remotely from anywhere;
• Perform systems administration remotely;
• Provide Help Desk ( remote support ) functions for remote users;
• Work from home remotely;
• Manage small, medium, and large networks remotely;
• Organize online presentations and conferences;
• Share your desktop;
• Teach and monitor students’ activities remotely.

Download Radmin Here

Most of the above tools are shareware which means that you have to pay for them. But they are really worth for their money. Most of the time freewares offer limited functionality/features than the sharewares.

How to Enable Telnet feature in Windows Vista

Most of you are familiar with the telnet command. It is one of the weel known Windows IP Utulities. In fact the telnet command is most important for sending a fake email. If you are using Windows XP the telnet command is available by default. But if you use Windows Vista the telnet command is disabled by default.

So when you try to use Windows Vista you will get the following error message.

'telnet' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
you get this error in Vista because unlike XP, Vista does not support telnet command by default. So, for this you have to manually enable/turn on the telnet feature in Windows Vista.

Here is the step by step procedure to enable/turn on telnet feature ( telnet command ) in Windows Vista.

• Goto the Control Panel.

• Click on the sub heading Uninstall a program under the main heading programs.

NOTE: IF you are in the Classic View click on Programs and Features.

• Now in the left panel under the Task select the option Turn Windows feature on or off.

• Now a new window opens. In the new window select the following

Telnet Client Telnet Server ( optional )

• After selecting click OK.

Now wait for a few minutes till the telnet feature is installed. Once the telnet feature is installed you can goto the command prompt and use the telnet command System restart is not required..