Kali Top 10

This page contains a list of notes related to Kali's Top 10 software packages:

• aircrack-ng
• burpsuite
• hydra
• john
• maltego
• metasploit
• nmap
• owasp-zap
• sqlmap
• wireshark

Aircrack

Aircrack is a software suite designed to crack WPA and WEP by gathering a large enough number of packets.

See Aircrack page.

John the Ripper

John the Ripper is a software suite for password testing. It provides many different functions that make it a good complement to any program.

See John the Ripper page, and Aircrack and John the Ripper for an example of using it with other programs.

Wireshark

The ubiquitous packet capture and analysis tool, wireshark is a nice tool for seeing what's happening on a network.

See Wireshark page