Here are some common hacking tools that will help you look for vulnerabilities and fix them:
| What it is | What it does | Notes | link |
| security-oriented operating systems | |||
| kali | hack OS | Debian-based security OS | kali |
| qubes | securish OS | based on Linux, and everything running in compartments | qubes-os |
| tool lists | |||
| nullsecurity | random cracking stuff | updates all the time | github |
| cell phones | hacking LTE | at some con | the register |
| domain tools | |||
| iptodomain | researches domains tied to IP | asks Virus Total what it knows about an IP/domain, you need a VT key | kitploit |
| OSINT | |||
| Maryam | OSINT research tool | Looks for bad on the internet | maryam |
| magma | secure email server | updated version of DIME used by resurrected Lavabit folks | github |
| reverse engineering | |||
| barf | binary reversing | scriptable framework does heavy lifting | kitploit |
| bus blaster | JTAG interface board | reading firmware over JTAG interface pins | bus blaster |
| bus pirate | firmware interface thing | reading JTAG/SPI/I2C debug interface and extracting firmware | bus pirate |
| jtagulator | find JTAG pinouts | hook up to test device and tell you what pins to use | jtagulator |
| saleae logic analyzer | debug a ton of stuff | looks at up to 8 channels of data at the same time | saleae |
| ssh | |||
| sshtrix | ssh brute force cracker | github | |
| wireless hacking | |||
| wi-fi dumper | dump Wi-Fi info like passwords | windows | kitploit |