There are hundreds, if not thousands of hacking tools in the wild. Some hacking tools have one function and other versatile. BackTrack is the mother of all security tools / pirates. Backtrack is a Linux distribution that focuses on safety and contains more than 300 integrated very smoothly into a surface security tools.
BackTrack is packaged in a live Linux distribution, which means that it will still be completely from a CD / DVD or USB drive, installed on the hard disk of the host computer without that. This makes it useful when lawyers charge a tool on a hard drive could compromise the data still on it. It also helps so that they use their tracks pirates hacking tools in a system without a trace on the host disk.
BackTrack tools are divided into 12 categories:
- Collection of information
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Operating tool
- Privilege Escalation-
- Maintaining access
- Reverse Engineering
- RFID Tools
- Stress tests
- Forensics
- Reporting tools
- Services
- Several
The tools that make BackTrack, are open source and free. All tools are also available separately if required. BackTrack contains tools and organization in a way that makes sense for security testers (and hackers), is divided into one of 12 categories.
One of the best parts of the verification tools BackTrack is the development and support of the community. BackTrack Wiki is wedged full of tutorials. Almost all aspects of using BackTrack
There is an extensive online training courses available as well as a certification track for those who believe they dominate BackTrack. Offensive Security offers a certification called Certified Professional Offensive Security, where professional hackers / security would have to prove himself and cut a number of test systems in test lab offensive security.
Some of the greatest tools in the arsenal of BackTrack are:
Nmap (Network Mapper) - Nmap is be a sophisticated analysis tool used to discover ports, services and computers in a network. It can be used to determine what kind of an operating system on the target machine and the version of the service on a specific port, help the hackers to determine what vulnerabilities of a target can be sensitive running.
Wireshark - packet sniffer Wireshark is an open source (crawler) that can be used to troubleshoot network problems or traffic spy wired or wireless. Wireshark can help man-in-the-middle attacks hackers to perform and is a key component for many other attacks.
Metasploit - The Metasploit Framework is a development tool for exploits for vulnerabilities and helps hackers and security experts to examine these exploits to determine to remote destinations, whether they are capable of. You can develop you own or operate, or choose from a large library of ready-made exploits that target specific vulnerabilities such as outdated operating systems.
Ophcrack - Ophcrack is a tool to split strong password that can be used in conjunction with rainbow tables and dictionaries of passwords to decrypt passwords. It can be used both on brute force as it tries to iteratively guess every possible password combination.
There are hundreds of other tools that are part of the BackTrack. Many of them can be powerful and dangerous if misused. Even if you are a security professional with the best intentions, you can really some damage if you're not careful.
If you learn how to use BackTrack in a safe environment, I recommend an isolated test network with an old router / wireless switch and an old PC, you probably have placed around your garage. In addition to the online training offered offensive security, there are several books on the use BackTrack on your own available.
Remember that an effective security tools comes great responsibility. While it's tempting to show off their newly acquired skills to hack your friends, it is best to help these tools to their goal to improve the security situation of a system or network.
BackTrack BackTrack is from the Linux side.
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