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Tools used for Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing Tools are programs used by Penetration Testers to automate processes, gather information and perform brute-force attacks. Using proper tools, Tester can ensure thoroughness and success for their assessments.
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Question 1

What tool can you use to perform a reverse shell attack?

Correct Answer: Netcat

Netcat is a networking utility used for reading from and writing to network connections using TCP or UDP. It can be used to create a reverse shell to connect back to the attacker's machine.

Question 2

What tool can you use to conduct DNS enumeration and DNS zone transfers?

Correct Answer: Dig

Dig is a popular command-line utility for querying DNS servers and conducting DNS enumeration and DNS zone transfers. Nmap is a network scanner and Sublist3r is a subdomain enumeration tool. The Harvester is a popular email and subdomain harvesting tool. WhatWeb is a web application scanner and Sqlmap is a SQL injection tool.

Question 3

What tool would you use to analyze network traffic at the packet level?

Correct Answer: Wireshark

Wireshark is a popular network protocol analyzer that allows you to capture and analyze network traffic. Nmap is a port scanner and Metasploit is a penetration testing framework. Hping is a packet crafter and Aircrack-ng and John the Ripper are password cracking tools.

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