60 Cybersecurity Tools Every Security Researcher Should Know

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60 Cybersecurity Tools Every Security Researcher Should Know 1. ​ Nmap — Network scanning 2. ​ Masscan — High-speed port scanning 3. ​ RustScan — Fast port discovery 4. ​ Naabu — Port scanning 5. ​. Amass — Attack surface discovery 6. ​ Subfinder — Subdomain enumeration 7. ​ Assetfinder — Asset discovery 8. ​ httpx — HTTP probing 9. ​ dnsx — DNS reconnaissance 10. ​Shodan — Internet asset search 11. ​Censys — Internet-wide asset discovery 12. ​SecurityTrails — DNS & domain intelligence 13. ​theHarvester — OSINT collection 14. ​SpiderFoot — Automated OSINT 15. ​Maltego — Link analysis & OSINT 16. ​Recon-ng — Recon framework 17. ​Burp Suite — Web security testing 18. ​OWASP ZAP — Web application testing 19. ​Caido — Web security testing 20. ​ffuf — Web fuzzing 21. ​Gobuster — Directory/DNS fuzzing 22. ​Feroxbuster — Content discovery 23. ​Dirsearch — Directory enumeration 24. ​Katana — Web crawling 25. ​Arjun — HTTP parameter discovery 26. ​ParamSpider — Parameter mining 27. ​Nuclei — Vulnerability scanning 28. ​Nikto — Web server scanning 29. ​SQLMap — SQL injection testing 30. ​Dalfox — XSS scanning 31. ​Semgrep — Static code analysis 32. ​Ghidra — Reverse engineering 33. ​IDA — Binary analysis 34. ​Binary Ninja — Reverse engineering 35. ​radare2 — Binary analysis 36. ​JADX — Android reverse engineering 37. ​Frida — Dynamic instrumentation 38. ​apktool — Android APK analysis 39. ​MobSF — Mobile security testing 40. ​Wireshark — Network analysis 41. ​tcpdump — Packet capture 42. ​Zeek — Network security monitoring 43. ​Suricata — IDS/IPS 44. ​Snort — Network intrusion detection 45. ​Volatility — Memory forensics 46. ​Autopsy — Digital forensics 47. ​Ghidra — Malware/binary analysis 48. ​YARA — Malware detection 49. ​CyberChef — Data transformation & analysis 50. ​Hashcat — Password auditing 51. ​John the Ripper — Password auditing 52. ​Hydra — Authentication testing 53. ​Metasploit — Security testing framework 54. ​BloodHound — Active Directory analysis 55. ​Impacket — Windows/network protocols 56. ​NetExec — Network/AD security testing 57. ​Mimikatz — Windows credential research 58. ​Trivy — Container/IaC scanning 59. ​Grype — Container vulnerability scanning 60. ​OpenVAS — Vulnerability assessment ​A strong security toolkit isn't about having 1,000 tools. ​It's about knowing #cybersecurity #pentesting #hackingtools