pwntools VS bettercap

Compare pwntools vs bettercap and see what are their differences.

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pwntools bettercap
8 28
11,447 15,655
1.8% 1.5%
9.1 1.0
2 days ago 12 days ago
Python Go
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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pwntools

Posts with mentions or reviews of pwntools. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-13.
  • PwnTools for Exploit Development
    1 project | dev.to | 20 Aug 2023
    The Pwntools library stands out as a sophisticated toolset for CTF enthusiasts and security researchers. It aids in creating and executing shellcode, designing payloads, and interacting with remote processes. For instance, the context feature allows developers to switch between different architectures effortlessly, while the 'tube' module streamlines the communication between local and remote processes. And it's not just limited to Linux; the library has support for various platforms including Windows, making it versatile and comprehensive.
  • unable to install pwntools on mac m1
    1 project | /r/ExploitDev | 17 May 2023
    you have to remove the unicorn dependency from the setup.py because doesn't support m1 git clone https://github.com/Gallopsled/pwntools cd pwntools sed -i'' '/unicorn/d' setup.py pip install --upgrade .
  • Awesome CTF : Top Learning Resource Labs
    72 projects | /r/TutorialBoy | 13 Nov 2021
    Pwntools - CTF Framework for writing exploits.
  • Awesome Penetration Testing
    124 projects | dev.to | 6 Oct 2021
    Pwntools - Rapid exploit development framework built for use in CTFs.
  • Not sure if belongs here
    1 project | /r/masterhacker | 30 Aug 2021
    Pwntools is a thing.
  • What is Calypso?
    4 projects | dev.to | 4 Mar 2021
    One library that I may eventually make which will probably not be an officially maintained library but which I will maintain myself will be a partial or full port of pwntools (a library written in Python for CTFs) to Calypso. For more information on CTFs, atan made a pretty cool post about them:
  • Use pwntools for your exploits
    1 project | dev.to | 7 Feb 2021
  • anybody know good packet crafting resources?
    1 project | /r/ExploitDev | 31 Dec 2020
    Scapy is great if you're attacking low level networking protocol stacks like TCP/IP or UDP. In that case, you may be modifying packet headers and such. Otherwise, it's much easier to just use the Python socket module and craft your custom payload in Python. Even better is the pwntools module.

bettercap

Posts with mentions or reviews of bettercap. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-03.
  • bettercap VS petep - a user suggested alternative
    2 projects | 3 Oct 2023
  • Malware installed in this bluetooth remote?
    1 project | /r/hacking | 1 Jun 2023
    you can do this with Bettercap
  • bettercap hell
    1 project | /r/netsec | 25 May 2023
  • quicklisp security (or total lack of it)
    6 projects | /r/lisp | 26 Feb 2023
    I've been learning some common lisp, reading through Practical Common Lisp, and it's really neat. People say the good ideas of lisp got adapted in other languages and sure that's true of garbage collection, lambda's and some others, but I'm seeing plenty incredible stuff I haven't seen elsewhere, the condition system that among other things lets you fix and resume your program on exception, real interactive development, flexible object system, macros way more understandable than in other languages with AST macros as in lisp the AST is simple, an expressive dynamic language at high level of ruby and python while being an order of magnitude faster performance. Quicklisp also is really neat, how many other package managers can load new dependencies without restarting your application? And I was learning it with idea that it's not just of historical or hobby interest but legitimately a good choice I can use for new programming projects today for many tasks, but I just learned something that makes it impossible for me to consider, which is complete lack of security of quicklisp. You go to the website and see sha256 hash and PGP signature for quicklisp download, awesome it seems at the security standard you expect for a package manager. But then the actual quicklisp client does all downloads over http with no verification. What this means in practical terms is basically if you use quicklisp, anyone on your local network can easily hack your computer, by MITM (man-in-the-middle) the traffic and serving you backdoored software when you install packages from quicklisp. mitm6 will MITM windows machines on normal networks, bettercap can MITM linux and os x on most networks. Aside from attackers on your local network there's plenty other scenarios, you can go near office of CL using company and set up a open WIFI access point with same name as company wifi and hack their developers, using quicklisp over something like Tor is extremely dangerous at present as it would let the exit node backdoor the packages you download, and then in less likely but still should be protected against scenarios is just if quicklisp.org or any router between you and it is compromised, you can be hacked.
  • Grannar från helvetet
    3 projects | /r/swedishproblems | 18 Feb 2023
  • Bettercap – Swiss Army Knife for 802.11, BLE, IPv4 and IPv6 Networks
    1 project | /r/patient_hackernews | 3 Dec 2022
    1 project | /r/hackernews | 3 Dec 2022
    1 project | /r/hypeurls | 3 Dec 2022
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Dec 2022
  • Hacker News top posts: Dec 3, 2022
    3 projects | /r/hackerdigest | 3 Dec 2022
    Bettercap – Swiss Army Knife for 802.11, BLE, IPv4 and IPv6 Networks\ (5 comments)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pwntools and bettercap you can also consider the following projects:

Metasploit - Metasploit Framework

aircrack-ng - WiFi security auditing tools suite

pwndbg - Exploit Development and Reverse Engineering with GDB Made Easy

MITMf - Framework for Man-In-The-Middle attacks

one_gadget - The best tool for finding one gadget RCE in libc.so.6

mitmproxy - An interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.

angr - A powerful and user-friendly binary analysis platform!

wifipumpkin3 - Powerful framework for rogue access point attack.

padding-oracle-attacker - 🔓 CLI tool and library to execute padding oracle attacks easily, with support for concurrent network requests and an elegant UI.

pwnagotchi-display-password-plugin - Pwnagotchi plugin to display the most recently cracked password on the Pwnagotchi face

gophish - Open-Source Phishing Toolkit