Monday 6 May 2013

Tools update (6th May)

My slightly irregular update on new and updated Information Security tools that I have come across or use. The tools are mainly those for PenTesting although other tools are sometimes included. As a bit of background into how I find these tools, I keep a close watch on twitter and other websites to find updates or new releases, I also search for pen testing and security projects on Source Forge. Some of the best sites I have found for details of new tools and releases are http://www.toolswatch.org/ & http://tools.hackerjournals.com 

Cain & Abel 4.9.44
http://www.oxid.it/cain.html

Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft operating systems.
It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using dictionary and brute force attacks, decoding scrambled passwords, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords and analyzing routing protocols.


Arachni v0.4.2 has been released
http://www.arachni-scanner.com/blog/new-release-v0-4-2-new-interface-new-website/
Arachni is a modular and high-performance (Open Source) Web Application Security Scanner Framework written in Ruby.

Kali 1.0.3
http://www.kali.org/kali-linux-releases/
Kali Linux is an advanced Penetration Testing and Security Auditing Linux distribution.
Kali is a complete re-build of BackTrack Linux, adhering completely to Debian development standards. All-new infrastructure has been put in place, all tools were reviewed and packaged,