Security Tools Flashcards
Windows diagnostic command for displaying possible routes and measuring transit delays of packets across a network
tracert
Linux diagnostic command for displaying possible routes and measuring transit delays of packets across a network
traceroute
Windows utility used to determine the IP address associated with a domain name and other DNS information
nslookup
Linux utility used to determine the IP address associated with a domain name and other DNS information
dig
Displays all network configurations and can modify DHCP and DNS settings. List windows then linux
ipconfing / ifconfig
Open source network scanner
nmap
Used to determine if a host is reachable on a network
ping / pathping
Open source packet generator and analyzer for the TCP/IP protocol that is used for security auditing and test of firewalls and networks
hping
Displays the network connections for TCP, routing tables and a number of network interface and network protocol statistics
netstat
Utility for reading from and writing to network connections
netcat
utility for viewing and modifying the local ARP cache
Arp
utility that is used to view and manipulate the IP routing table
route
Command line tool to transfer data to or from a server using any of the IP protocols
curl
A python script that is used to gather emails, subdomains, hosts, employee names, open ports etc
the harvester
automated scanner that can be used during a pen test to enumerate and scan vulnerabilities
sn1per
Utility that can perform open port scans in a stealth like manner
Scanless
Utility that is used for DNS enumeration to locate all DNS servers and DNS entries for a given organization
DNSenum
Proprietary vulnerability scanner that can remotely scan. Computer or network for vulnerabilities
Nessus
Software for malware analysis in a sandbox environment
Cuckoo
Linux Command line utility for outputting the first ten lines of a file
head
Linux Command line utility for outputting the last ten lines of a file
tail
Linux Command line utility for outputting all of the contents of a file to the screen
cat
Linux Command line utility for searching plain text data for lines that match a string, regular expression or pattern
grep
Linux Command line utility used to change the access permissions of file system objects
chmod
Linux utility that provides an easy way to add messages to the /var/log/syslog file from the command Lin or from other files
logger
Utility that supports encrypted data transfer between two computers
SSH
Windows task automation and config management framework - command line shell and associated scripting language
powershell
interpreted high level programming language
python
Software library for applications that secure communications over computer networks against eavesdropping
Open SSL
Command line utility that allows you to capture, dump and analyze network traffic going through your system
tcpdump
popular network analysis tool
Wireshark
Forensic command line utility used to copy disk images using a bit by bit copying process
DD
Forensic data preview and imaging tool that lets you quickly asses electronic evidence to determine if further analysis is needed
FTK imager
Forensic linux command line utility used to dump system memory
Memdump
Forensic commercial disk editor and universal hexadecimal editor used for data recovery
WinHex
Digital forensics platform and GUI to the sleuth kit
Autopsy
Security tool that is used to EXPLOT vulnerabilities
Metasploit
Tool that can hook one or more browsers and can use them as a man in the middle between a hacker and target
BEEF - browser exploitation framework
Windows exclusive password cracking tool
Cain and Abel
