Pentesting & Security Research
Essential tools for ethical hacking, vulnerability assessment, and security research.
Nmap
The network scanner. Port scanning, service detection, OS fingerprinting, and NSE scripts. Essential for any security professional.
Nmap →Burp Suite
The gold standard for web application security testing. Intercepting proxy, scanner, and extensive extension ecosystem.
Burp Suite →Wireshark
The world's most popular network protocol analyzer. Deep packet inspection, live capture, and offline analysis.
Wireshark →Metasploit Framework
The most widely used penetration testing framework. Exploit development, post-exploitation, and payload generation.
Metasploit Framework →Nessus
Industry-standard vulnerability scanner for identifying security weaknesses across networks and systems.
Nessus →OpenVAS
Open-source vulnerability scanner and management solution for comprehensive security assessments.
OpenVAS →