Kali Linux commands

salman reza
2 min readJul 11, 2021

In continuation from the previous week, this will be the second week I will start with 5 tools that can be used for Information Gathering.

  1. Nikto is an Open Source web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 6700 potentially dangerous files/programs, checks for outdated versions of over 1250 servers, and version specific problems on over 270 servers. It also checks for server configuration items such as the presence of multiple index files, HTTP server options, and will attempt to identify installed web servers and software.
  2. Th3inspector is an powerfull open source information gathering tool available on Github through which you can easily find much information about the target such as server details, whois lookup, target IP location, phone number, email address, sub-domains etc.
  3. Red Hawk is another open source information gathering tool available on github. It supports many scans & features like basic scan, web server detection, cms detection, whois lookup, geo-ip lookup, grab banners, dns lookup, subnet calculatorsub-domain scanner, reverse ip lookup & CMS detection.
  4. Raccoon is a widespread tool created for reconnaissance and information gathering with an emphasis on simplicity. it will do everything from gathering DNS records, retrieving WHOIS info, getting TLS information, sleuthing WAF presence and up to threaded dir busting and subdomain enumeration. each scan outputs to a corresponding file.
  5. Sandmap is a open source tool which supports network and system reconnaissance using the massive Nmap engine. It provides a easy user-friendly interface, automates and accelerates scanning and permits you to simply use several advanced scanning techniques

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