THE BEST PENTESTING OS

  

BackTrack has a very cool strapline: “The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.” That just sounds cool…. 
BackTrack is based on the ever-popular Ubuntu. The pentesting distro used to be only available within a KDE environment but Gnome become was added as an option with the release of BackTrack v5. For those working in Information Security or intrusion detection, BackTrack is one of the most popular pentesting distros that can run on a live CD or flash drive. The distribution is ideal for wireless cracking, exploiting, web application assessment, learning, or social-engineering a client.

Here is a list of some of the awesome tools available in BackTrack 5r3 (the latest release).

To identify Live Hosts:

dnmap – Distributed NMap
address6 – (which acts as a IPV6 address conversion)
Information Gathering Analysis (Social Engineering)
Jigsaw – Grabs information about company employees
Uberharvest – Email harvester
sslcaudit – SSL Cert audit
VoIP honey – VoIP Honeypot
urlcrazy – Detects URL typos used in typo squatting, url hijacking, phishing

Web Crawler

Apache_users – Apache username enumerator
Deblaze – Performs enumeration and interrogation against Flash remote end points

Database Analysis

Tnscmd10g – Allows you to inject commands into Oracle
BBQSQL – Blind SQL injection toolkit
* If you are interested in Database Security see our Hacker Halted summary here.

Bluetooth Analysis

Blueranger – Uses link quality to locate Bluetooth devices

Vulnerability Assessment

Lynis – Scans systems & software for security issues
DotDotPwn – Directory Traversal fuzzer

Exploitation Tools

Netgear-telnetable – Enables Telnet console on Netgear devices
Terminator – Smart Meter tester
Htexploit – Tool to bypass standard directory protection
Jboss-Autopwn – Deploys JSP shell on target JBoss servers
Websploit – Scans & analyses remote systems for vulnerabilities

Wireless Exploitation Tools

Bluepot – Bluetooth honeypot
Spooftooph – Spoofs or clones Bluetooth devices
Smartphone-Pentest-Framework
Fern-Wifi-cracker – Gui for testing Wireless encryption strength
Wi-fihoney – Creates fake APs using all encryption and monitors with Airodump
Wifite – Automated wireless auditor

Password Tools

Creddump
Johnny
Manglefizz
Ophcrack
Phrasendresher
Rainbowcrack
Acccheck
smbexec

Best Linux Distros

Linux is a trending platform in 2013 , it has gained a fast pace over the past 3 years. Most of the beginners want to try out linux but they just stuck into a dilemma to try out which distro.

Linux has attracted the users by its enormous features which are :

 Security

 Free of cost

 Memory Efficient

 High Performance etc

 The main thing about linux is we doesn't actually need to install it we can directly access it via live usb/dvd.

Now , coming to the most popular linux distributions of the year 2013.

Best Desktop Distribution

Linux is widely used over the desktop , almost 1k of distributions are available over the internet. But the best desktop distribution is Zorin OS which gives an ultimate experience of linux also if you are new to linux and using windows previously then Zorin is the awesome linux distribution which acts as an splendid alternative to windows.

 

Zorin OS is a derivative of Ubuntu , so it involves more feature than Ubuntu and its is highly polished

 than Ubuntu since it involve so much attractive UI like windows, we can also run windows based executable files directly from linux as zorin comes with pre installed Windows Emulator (Wine).

Best Security Enhanced Distribution

Security Enhanced Linux distributions feature a variety of security policies, It involve U.S. Department of Defense-approved standards. The best one distribution of Linux involve security is IPCOP .IPCOP is a linux firewall operating system , it is the Linux Distribution for those that want to keep their networks safe.

Best Enterprise Distribution

Enterprise level linux distribution is well suited for data-center and high level performance. It is widely used across the various Information Technology companies. The leader in Enterprise distribution is Red Hat , it has a wide scope it is focus on Big data.

Best Programmers Distribution

 

If you are an Information Technology Programmer than the favorite distribution is Linux Mint . It is really very easy to navigate and it involve the certain IDE's which is made available within the single click. Linux mint is entirely based upon Ubuntu and we can call it as "Polished Ubuntu". Linux mint is also well-suited for entertainment and for web-developers.

Best Popular/All Time Distribution

The best all time favorite distribution is Ubuntu it offers an awesome graphics and has very less size almost 895MB's . It offers high stability and is liked by more than 1/2 of Linux users. Ubuntu has very attractive graphics and memory management ,although it releases on the term period of six months which is pretty awesome.

Best Multimedia Distribution

 

 

Multimedia distribution are used to design animations , video editing , effects etc. The best distribution of multimedia is  Ubuntu Studio which involves all the necessary bundles of application of multimedia. The size of the distribution is almost 2 GB.