masscan VS mimikatz

Compare masscan vs mimikatz and see what are their differences.

masscan

TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes. (by robertdavidgraham)

mimikatz

A little tool to play with Windows security (by gentilkiwi)
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7.8 5.2
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masscan

Posts with mentions or reviews of masscan. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-22.

mimikatz

Posts with mentions or reviews of mimikatz. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-15.
  • is anyone here using the windows firewalls on their clients to help with/prevent/make it harder to do lateral movements?
    1 project | /r/sysadmin | 19 May 2023
  • Ok, thanks I guess
    1 project | /r/hacking | 13 Apr 2023
  • 4 AD Attacks and How to Protect Against Them
    4 projects | /r/Netwrix | 15 Feb 2023
    Mimikatz
  • Compromising Plaintext Passwords in Active Directory
    2 projects | /r/Netwrix | 25 Jan 2023
    Typically, Mimikatz is used to extract NTLM password hashes or Kerberos tickets from memory. However, one of its lesser-known capabilities is the ability to extract plaintext passwords from dumps created for the LSASS process. This means that an attacker can compromise plaintext passwords without running any nefarious code on domain controllers. Dump files can be created interactively or using ProcDump , and in either case, the activity is unlikely to be flagged by anti-virus software. Once the dumps are created, they can be copied off the domain controller and the plaintext credentials can be harvested using Mimikatz offline.
  • How to Detect Pass-the-Ticket Attacks
    4 projects | /r/Netwrix | 20 Jan 2023
    Mimikatz can be used to perform pass-the-ticket, but in this post, we wanted to show how to execute the attack using another tool, Rubeus , lets you perform Kerberos based attacks. Rubeus is a C# toolset written by harmj0y and is based on the Kekeo project by Benjamin Delpy, the author of Mimikatz .
  • What is DCShadow Attack and How to Defend Against It
    1 project | /r/Netwrix | 13 Jan 2023
    What is DCShadow? DCShadow is a command in the Mimikatz tool that enables an adversary to register a rogue domain controller and replicate malicious changes across the domain.
  • Stealing User Passwords with Mimikatz DCSync
    1 project | /r/Netwrix | 23 Dec 2022
    Mimikatz provides a variety of ways to extract and manipulate credentials, but one of the most alarming is the DCSync command. Using this command, an adversary can simulate the behavior of a domain controller and ask other domain controllers to replicate information — including user password data. In fact, attackers can get any account’s NTLM password hash or even its plaintext password, including the password of the KRBTGT account, which enables them to create Golden Tickets.
  • Domain Compromise with a Golden Ticket Attack
    1 project | /r/Netwrix | 13 Dec 2022
    Using Mimikatz , it is possible to leverage the password of the KRBTGT account to create forged Kerberos Ticket Granting Tickets (TGTs) which can be used to request Ticket Granting Server (TGS) tickets for any service on any computer in the domain.
  • Manipulating User Passwords with Mimikatz
    2 projects | /r/Netwrix | 7 Dec 2022
    Using the ChangeNTLM and SetNTLM commands in Mimikatz , attackers can manipulate user passwords and escalate their privileges in Active Directory . Let’s take a look at these commands and what they do.
  • Extracting Service Account Passwords with Kerberoasting
    3 projects | /r/Netwrix | 2 Dec 2022
    Mimikatz will extract local tickets and save them to disk for offline cracking. Simply install Mimikatz and issue a single command:

What are some alternatives?

When comparing masscan and mimikatz you can also consider the following projects:

RustScan - 🤖 The Modern Port Scanner 🤖

impacket - Impacket is a collection of Python classes for working with network protocols. [Moved to: https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket]

zmap - ZMap is a fast single packet network scanner designed for Internet-wide network surveys.

john - John the Ripper jumbo - advanced offline password cracker, which supports hundreds of hash and cipher types, and runs on many operating systems, CPUs, GPUs, and even some FPGAs

amass - In-depth attack surface mapping and asset discovery

bettercap - The Swiss Army knife for 802.11, BLE, IPv4 and IPv6 networks reconnaissance and MITM attacks.

nuclei - Fast and customizable vulnerability scanner based on simple YAML based DSL.

zgrab2-configurations - A repository for possible zgrab2 configurations

CVE-2021-1675 - C# and Impacket implementation of PrintNightmare CVE-2021-1675/CVE-2021-34527

SQLMap - Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool

python-evtx - Pure Python parser for Windows Event Log files (.evtx)