Aug 26, 2018 Top 10 Wi-Fi Hacking Tools (2018 Edition) Internet is now a basic requirement of our daily life be it office or home. As a result, the Wi-Fi router and data connection have become a fundamental amenity for every user. Backtrack 5 R3 is a notorious Digital Forensic and Intrusion Detection software bundle with a whole lot of tools for Penetration Testing, It is based on Linux and includes 300 plus tools. If you have never used Backtrack before all you really need to know it is the best software to.
Version 3.0 of BackTrack has been released. BackTrack is a Linux-based distribution dedicated to penetration testing or hacking (depending on how you look at it). It contains more than 300 of the world's most popular open source or freely distributable hacking tools.
I wrote about the first version of BackTrack back in 2006, although it was based off of Whax/Whoppix/Knoppix distributions, which started even earlier. Version 3.0, released on June 19, includes even more hacking tools (unfortunately, it still doesn't include Nessus due to vendor negotiations/restrictions), many fixes bugs, and improved menus.
Readers often ask me how they can quickly get up to speed on hacking or defending against hackers. My answer is always the same: Subscribe to multiple computer security distribution lists, read as much as you can, and learn how to (legally) hack. BackTrack is the quickest way to get access to hundreds of tools, if the Linux part doesn't scare you. For non-Linux users, this distribution is about as Windows-friendly as you can get. Most users can get up and running using BackTrack with little or no Linux knowledge. The KDE graphical user interface makes most tools and programs usable with a few mouse clicks. For instance, setting up Snort is a one-click process (try that outside of BackTrack).
BackTrack also does a decent job for wireless and password hacking. Although there's a long list of include tools, here are my personal favorites:
- Metasploit (vulnerability tester)
- Snort (intrusion detection/prevention)
- Hping (packet shaper)
- Nmap (fe gui included)
- Xprobe2 (OS identifier)
- Cisco Auditing Tool
- Curl
- Httprint (and GUI)
- Lynx (bare-bones browser)
- Nikto (awesome free Web site vulnerability scanner)
- SQL Scanner
- Milw0rm archive
- Dsniff
- Ettercap
- Hydra (password guesser)
- John the Ripper
- Wireshark (packet sniffer/analyzer)
- Kismet
- Airsnort
- Bluesnarfer
- SIPCrack
- OllyDBG
Not only does BackTrack have an excellent collection of tools, the designers of the CD have tried to align BackTrack with common penetration-testing guideline frameworks, including the Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual and Information Systems Security Assessment Framework, which can only help any budding pen tester.
You can download several different types of images, including a 784MB USB/DVD image, a stripped-down 695MB ISO, and a 689MB VMware image.
Lest I get any angry readers taking me to task for 'teaching malicious hacking,' these tools are for the good guys. Bad hackers are already doing just fine without the supereasy toolkits. Overall, we need more defenders learning more, and tools like BackTrack help in that regard.
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BackTrack 5 R3 | |
Developer | Mati Aharoni, Devon Kearns, Offensive Security[1] |
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OS family | Unix-like |
Working state | Superseded by Kali Linux |
Source model | Open source |
Latest release | 5 R3 / August 13, 2012; 7 years ago |
Platforms | i386 (x86), AMD64 (x86-64), ARM |
Kernel type | Monolithic |
Default user interface | Bash, KDE Plasma Desktop, Fluxbox,[2][3]GNOME |
License | Various |
Official website | www.backtrack-linux.org |
BackTrack was a Linux distribution that focused on security, based on the KnoppixLinux distribution aimed at digital forensics and penetration testing use.[4] In March 2013, the Offensive Security team rebuilt BackTrack around the Debian distribution and released it under the name Kali Linux.[5]
History[edit]
The BackTrack distribution originated from the merger of two formerly competing distributions which focused on penetration testing:
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- WHAX: a Slax-based Linux distribution developed by Mati Aharoni, a security consultant. Earlier versions of WHAX were called Whoppix[6] and were based on Knoppix.
- Auditor Security Collection: a Live CD based on Knoppix developed by Max Moser which included over 300 tools organized in a user-friendly hierarchy.
On January 9th, 2010, BackTrack 4 improved hardware support, and added official FluxBox support[7]. The overlap with Auditor and WHAX in purpose and in collection of tools partly led to the merger. The overlap was done based on Ubuntu Lucid LTS starting from BackTrack 5.[8]
Tools[edit]
BackTrack provided users with easy access to a comprehensive and large collection of security-related tools ranging from port scanners to Security Audit. Support for Live CD and Live USB functionality allowed users to boot BackTrack directly from portable media without requiring installation, though permanent installation to hard disk and network was also an option.
BackTrack included many well known security tools including:
- Metasploit for integration
- Wi-Fi drivers supporting monitor mode (rfmon mode) and packet injection
- Reaver, a tool used to exploit a vulnerability in WPS
- Wireshark (formerly known as Ethereal)
- Hydra
- OWASP Mantra Security Framework, a collection of hacking tools, add-ons and scripts based on Firefox
- Cisco OCS Mass Scanner, a very reliable and fast scanner for Cisco routers to test default telnet and enabling password.
- A large collection of exploits as well as more commonplace software such as browsers.
- Armitage - java frontend to Metasploit.
BackTrack arranged tools into 12 categories:
- Information gathering
- Vulnerability assessment
- Exploitation tools
- Privilege escalation
- Maintaining access
- RFID tools
- Stress testing
- Forensics
- Reporting tools
- Services
- Miscellaneous
Releases[edit]
Date | Release |
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May 26, 2006 | First stable release of BackTrack [9][10] |
October 13, 2006 | BackTrack 2 beta #1 released [11][12] |
November 19, 2006 | BackTrack 2 beta #2 released [13] |
March 6, 2007 | BackTrack 2 final released [14][15] |
December 14, 2008 | BackTrack 3 beta released [16][17] |
June 19, 2008 | BackTrack 3 final released (Linux kernel 2.6.21.5) [18][19] |
February 11, 2009 | BackTrack 4 beta released [20] |
January 9, 2010 | BackTrack 4 final release (Linux kernel 2.6.30.9) [21][22] |
May 8, 2010 | BackTrack 4 R1 release [23] |
November 22, 2010 | BackTrack 4 R2 release [24] |
May 10, 2011 | BackTrack 5 release (Linux kernel 2.6.38) [25][26] |
August 18, 2011 | BackTrack 5 R1 release (Linux kernel 2.6.39.5) [27] |
March 1, 2012 | BackTrack 5 R2 release (Linux kernel 3.2.6) [28] |
August 13, 2012 | BackTrack 5 R3 release [29] |
Whenever a new version of BackTrack was released, older versions would lose their support and service from the BackTrack development team. There are currently no supported versions of BackTrack.[30]
References[edit]
- ^'Developers'. Archived from the original on 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ^'HowTo:Install KDE 4.1'. Offensive-security.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-06. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
- ^'BackTrack 4 tutorial'. Archived from the original on 2011-10-26.
- ^'BackTrack Linux – Penetration Testing Distribution'.
- ^'Kali Linux Has Been Released!'. 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- ^'BackTrack - remote-exploit.org'.
- ^'BackTrack Linux - Penetration Testing Distribution'. www.backtrack-linux.org. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
- ^'BackTrack Linux - Penetration Testing Distribution'. backtrack-linux.org. 2018-04-09. Archived from the original on 2018-04-09. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
- ^'BackTrack Downloads (seriously old)'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack Security Final Release'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'Downloads'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack v2.0 Public Beta Has Been Released!'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack Downloads'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack Developers Log'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack 2.0 Final Due End of Febuary [sic]'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'Latest News'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack 3 Beta out!'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack Developers Log'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack Downloads'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack 4 Final Released'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack 4 Final Release'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack 4 R1 – Public Release'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack 4 R2 Download!'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack Linux'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack 5 Release'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack 5 R1 released'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack 5 R2 Released'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack 5 R3 Released!'. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^'BackTrack to be Reborn as Kali Linux!'. 2013-02-01.
External links[edit]
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