{"id":3133,"date":"2021-06-28T10:23:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T10:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voozon.com\/?p=3133"},"modified":"2021-06-28T10:23:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T10:23:34","slug":"what-are-the-top-5-ethical-hacking-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voozon.com\/what-are-the-top-5-ethical-hacking-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the Top 5 Ethical Hacking Tools?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ethical Hacking is the practice of intentionally breaching the security of an information system to detect vulnerabilities in it and then fix them. Ethical Hackers conduct tests with the consent of the organization whose server they are breaching. The most common organizations recruiting Ethical Hackers are Banks, Financial<\/a> Institutions, Consultancies like Deloitte, E&Y, McKinsey, and a lot more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ethical hacking industry is growing at a cumulative annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 20%. The jobs in this domain are expected to increase by almost 35% in the upcoming ten years. This mainly owes to the increasing global hacking cases and banking<\/a> frauds. However, past hacking issues like Wannacry and Petya are still raising the heart-beats of big conglomerates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the workload increases and employers look for more and more CEHs, it becomes essential for these players to find efficient methods to pace up their work<\/a>. Fortunately, many tools have been developed lately, which can ease the work of an ethical hacker. These hacking software<\/strong><\/a> can perform tasks ranging from Dictionary Attacks and Detecting Operating Systems to Finding the Host Server, Detecting Open Ports, Automated Crawls, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top 5 ethical hacking tools which are trending these days have been discussed below. Each tool has been mentioned along with its advantages, disadvantages, and other exciting features. Have a look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Nmap<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Nmap is an open-source network scanner primarily used to detect operating systems, hosts, and services on a network. Nmap is the abbreviation of Network Mapper, and this tool was created in 1997 by Gordon Lyon. The tool is also referred to as \u201cZenmap.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Initially, it was created only for the Linux operating system, but now Nmap is available for almost all the major Operating Systems. Owing to its features and ease of usability, Nmap is the most popular hacking tool used presently. In addition, Nmap has gained massive popularity in the hacking community due to its powerful searching and scanning abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    How to Download: nmap.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Features of Nmap<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n