This repository is a guide for amateurs pen testers and a summary of hacking tools, resources and references to practice ethical hacking, pen testing and web security. Most of these tools are UNIX compatible and MIT licensed. *Note that Linux is the best operating system to practice ethical hacking.*
Penetration testing is a type of security testing that is used to test the insecurity of an application. It is conducted to find the security risk which might be present in the system.
If a system is not secured, then any attacker can disrupt or take authorized access to that system. Security risk is normally an accidental error that occurs while developing and implementing the software. For example, configuration errors, design errors, and software bugs, etc. [Learn more](https://www.tutorialspoint.com/penetration_testing/penetration_testing_quick_guide.htm)
Know about risks on the internet and how they can be prevented is very useful. Especially as a developer. Web hacking and penetration testing is the v2.0 of self-defense! But does know about tools and how to use them is really all you need to become a pen tester? Surely not. A real penetration tester must be able to proceed rigorously and detect the weaknesses of an application. He must be able to identify the technology behind and test every single door that might be open to hackers.
This repository aim first to establish a reflection method on penetration testing and explain how to proceed to secure an application. And secondly, to regroup all kind of tools or resources pen testers need. **Be sure to know basics of programming languages and Internet security before learning pen testing.**
Also, this is important to inform yourself about the law and what you are allowed to do or not. According to your country, the computer laws are not the same. First, check laws about privacy and surveillance : [Nine eyes countries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes#Other_international_cooperatives), [Five eyes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes) and Fourteen Eyes. Always check if what you're doing is legal. Even when it's not offensive, information gathering can also be illegal !
**Black/grey/white hat hacker** : Someone who uses bugs or exploits to break into systems or applications. The goal and the method differs depending if he's a black, grey or white hat hacker. A black hat is just someone malicious that does not wait permission to break into a system or application. A white hat is *usually* a security researcher who practice ethical hacking. A grey hat is just in the middle of these two kind of hackers, he might want to be malicious if it can be benefit (data breach, money, whistleblowing ...).
**Security researcher** : Someone who practice pen testing and browse the web everyday to find phishing/fake websites, infected servers, bugs or vulnerabilities. He can work for a company so he's responsible for the security of systems.
### Difference between hacking and ethical hacking
A black hat is practicing penetration testing, but unlike a white hat, this is not ethical hacking. Ethical hacking is about find vulnerabilities and improve the security of a system. An ethical hacker is the ultimate security professional. Ethical hackers know how to find and exploit vulnerabilities and weaknesses in various systems, just like a malicious hacker (a black hat hacker). In fact, they both use the same skills; however, an ethical hacker uses those skills in a legitimate, lawful manner to try to find vulnerabilities and fix them before the bad guys can get there and try to break in. An ethical hacker is basically a white hat hacker.
Information Gathering tools allows you to collect host metadata about services and users. Check informations about a domain, IP address, phone number or an email address.
| [Th3inspector](https://github.com/Moham3dRiahi/Th3inspector) | **Perl** | `Linux/Windows/macOS` | All in one tool for Information Gathering written in Perl. |
| [Crips](https://github.com/Manisso/Crips) | **Python** | `Linux/Windows/macOS` | IP Tools To quickly get information about IP Address's, Web Pages and DNS records. |
| [ReconDog](https://github.com/s0md3v/ReconDog) | **Python** | `Linux/Windows/macOS` | Recon Dog is an all in one tool for all your basic information gathering needs. |
| [RED Hawk](https://github.com/Tuhinshubhra/RED_HAWK) | **PHP** | `Linux/Windows/macOS` | All in one tool for Information Gathering, Vulnerability Scanning and Crawling. A must have tool for all penetration testers. |
| [Photon](https://github.com/s0md3v/Photon) | **Python** | `Linux/Windows/macOS` | Crawler which is incredibly fast and extracts urls, emails, files, website accounts and much more. |
| [Probable Worlist](https://github.com/berzerk0/Probable-Wordlists) | Wordlists sorted by probability originally created for password generation and testing. |
| [bettercap](https://github.com/bettercap/bettercap) | **Go** | `Linux/Windows/macOS/Android` | bettercap is the Swiss army knife for network attacks and monitoring. |
| [WiFi Pumpkin](https://github.com/P0cL4bs/WiFi-Pumpkin) | **Python** | `Linux/Windows/macOS/Android` | Framework for Rogue Wi-Fi Access Point Attack. |
| [Airgeddon](https://github.com/v1s1t0r1sh3r3/airgeddon) | **Shell** | `Linux/Windows/macOS` | This is a multi-use bash script for Linux systems to audit wireless networks. |
| [TheFatRat](https://github.com/Screetsec/TheFatRat) | **Java** | `Linux/Windows/macOS` | Easy tool to generate backdoor and easy tool to post exploitation attack like browser attack, dll. |
| [Microsploit](https://github.com/Screetsec/Microsploit) | **Shell** | `Linux/Windows/macOS` | Fast and easy create backdoor office exploitation using module metasploit packet , Microsoft Office , Open Office , Macro attack , Buffer Overflow. |
| [Operative Framework](https://github.com/graniet/operative-framework) | **Python** | `Linux/Windows/macOS` | Framework based on fingerprint action, this tool is used for get information on a website or a enterprise target with multiple modules. |
| [Metasploit](https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework) | **Ruby** | `Linux/Windows/macOS` | A penetration testing framework for ethical hackers. |
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