Kali Linux commands

salman reza
2 min readJul 3, 2021

This month we are going to start with tools that I think are useful for Cybersecurity beginners. Kali Linux is a great platform with tools that can be used to do any sort of Security task. This week I will start with 5 tools that can be used for Information Gathering.

  1. nmap- Nmap is an open-source network scanner that is used to recon/scan networks. It is used to discover hosts, ports, and services along with their versions over a network. It sends packets to the host and then analyzes the responses in order to produce the desired results. It could even be used for host discovery, operating system detection, or scanning for open ports. It is one of the most popular reconnaissance tools.
  2. Zenmap- It is another useful tool for the scanning phase of Ethical Hacking in Kali Linux. It uses the Graphical User Interface. It is a great tool for network discovery and security auditing. It does the same functions as that of the Nmap tool or in other words, it is the graphical Interface version of the Nmap tool. It uses a command-line interface. It is a free utility tool for network discovery and security auditing. Tasks such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime are considered really useful by systems and network administrators.
  3. SPARTA is a python based Graphical User Interface tool that is used in the scanning and enumeration phase of information gathering. It is a toolkit having a collection of some useful tools for information gathering. It is used for many purposes. It is…

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