Top 10 hacking softwares/ Tools used For hacking in 2020

Here are the 10 Best Hacking Tools For Windows 10

If you think that Kali Linux is the only OS (operating system) for hacking then you might be thinking wrong. Why? because the Due to the overexposure of hacking in the past few years, many tools have landed in the market for windows.

So if you are interested in hacking but don’t want to install Linux for that, then you are at the right place because here, In this article, we have shortlisted some of the best hacking tools for Windows 10 which might help you to get started with your ethical hacking career.

These hacking tools include some of the best free hacking tools and the paid once for hacking wifi, password cracking and software related to networking with download links.

1. Wireshark

ireshark i the networking mapping application which provides you with all the information related to what is mapping on your network and how’s that mapping.

It also provides information related to cookies such as how many cookies are getting installed and where are packets flowing and much more. Not only that You can also perform phishing, keylogging and men-in-the-middle attacks from this tool.

It was originally named Ethereal.

It’s absolutely free and open-source tool which also comes in a command-line version called TShark.

Wireshark is a GTK+-based Wireshark network protocol analyzer or sniffer, that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. In conclusion, works best on both Linux and Windows.

2. Social-Engineer Toolkit

This hacking software is very famous among hackers as it offers many services such as Spear Phishing Attack Vector which lets you hack any social networking account on facebook, twitter, and Gmail, etc.

It is basically used to send a fake login page to the victim so that he or she can enter their id and password on that page and thus getting their password hacked.

The chances are high as it looks exactly like the original login page of that particular social networking site.

The moment when a victim enters the info then that info is automatically transferred to the hacker.

It also has many other tools which you can study thoroughly on the internet.

Apart from Linux, Social-Engineer Toolkit is partially supported on Mac OS X and Windows.

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3. Aircrack ng

 

This wifi hacking tool is widely used for network monitoring.

It is purely based on the command-line interface.

In AirCrack you will find lots of tools that can be used for tasks like monitoring, attacking, pen testing and cracking.

Without any doubt, this is one of the best network tools you can use to hack wifi. This tool also supports all the versions of wifi such as WPA/WPA2-PSK etc. In short, this tool captures all the packets present in network connection and converts it into the text from which we can see the passwords.

4. Metasploit

It’s a forensic tester which is used by governments as well.

Metasploit allows you to remotely control any computer from anywhere and at any time in the world.

It basically works on the principals of trojan.

Now, what is a trojan? It is a software which allows the remote access of any device in the world. For instance, if the trojan is installed on a particular computer then a hacker can access and control that computer from any part of the world.

This software is also used to make trojan for Android devices which you can hack any android device using Metasploit.

5. OclHashcat

If you love password cracking then this tool is best for you.

While Hashcat is a CPU-based password cracking tool, oclHashcat is its advanced version that uses the power of your GPU.

It is the world’s fastest password hacking tool with the world’s first and only GPU based engine.

It offers a great variety of features such as Straight, Combination, Brute-force, Hybrid Dictionary + mask and Hybrid mask + dictionary.

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6. Nmap

Also known as the “network mapper” this tool successfully falls in the category of a port scanning tool.

It’s a completely free and open-source hacking tool particularly used as a port scanner.

Not only that, but it is also used for a wide range of services such as the use of raw IP packets to determine the hosts available on a network, operating systems used by hosts, and the type of firewall used.

Platforms supported by Nmap are Windows, Linux, and OS X. So keep this in mind.

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7. Nessus

Nessus is one of the best free top security tools of 2018. It basically works on the client-server framework.

Developed by Tenable Network Security, this tool is among the most popular vulnerability scanners in the world.

Using this tool one can scan almost every type of vulnerability including remote access, flaw detection, misconfiguration alert, denial of services against TCP/IP stack, preparation of PCI DSS audits, malware detection, sensitive data searches etc.

Apart from this Nessus can also be used to scan multiple networks on IPv4, IPv6, and hybrid networks.

You can even also put it into scheduled scanning mode.

So in our opinion, this tool is worth giving a try.

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8. Acunetix WVS

Acunetix is basically a web vulnerability scanner (WVS) that scans and finds out the flaws in a website.

It’s a very useful tool for most of the security researchers worldwide.

This multi-threaded tool mainly crawls a website and finds out malicious Cross-site Scripting, SQL injection, and other vulnerabilities.

It also comes up with the great feature of the Login Sequence Recorder. This feature allows one to access the password-protected areas of websites.

The new AcuSensor technology used in this tool allows you to reduce the false positive rate which is very nice in our opinion.

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9. Maltego

Maltego is a great tool for forensics.

It’s an open source forensics platform that offers rigorous mining and information gathering to paint a picture of cyber threats around you.

It also excels in showing the complexity and severity of points of failure in your infrastructure and the surrounding environment.

Used by many hackers this tool is Based on Java, runs in an easy-to-use graphical interface with lots of customization options while scanning.

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10. John The Ripper

John The Ripper is one of the most preferred and most trusted password cracking tools for hackers.

This is absolutely free and open-source software and distributed in the form of source code which is quite strange.

Although it is primarily written in the C programming language.

Different modules of it grant the ability to crack passwords using different encryption techniques. So if password cracking is your thing then you must go for it.

We will advise our readers, not to opt for any online hacking tools as most of it will get you into trouble by infecting your device with malware or even getting you hacked.

Conclusion

So this was all regarding some of the best hacking tools for windows 10. If you have any better suggestions then do let us know in the comment section below, would love to hear that.