thc-hydra VS SQLMap

Nice tool, only unfortunate name, consider changing it. Already very well know security tool named hydra https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra been around since 2001. Then facebook went ahead and named their config tool hydra https://github.com/facebookresearch/hydra on top of it. Like we get it, hydra popular mythology but we could use more original naming for tools

I just started learning Rust, but I will begin building a brute-force tool. Hydra is great but lacks updates, IMHO. I started using Golang, but it sucks (I love the Go language, but it sucks for this type of task).

Hydra

Hydra (https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra) starting at 2023-01-28 16:31:17 [WARNING] the rdp module is experimental. Please test, report - and if possible, fix. [WARNING] Restorefile (ignored ...) from a previous session found, to prevent overwriting, ./hydra.restore [DATA] max 3 tasks per 1 server, overall 3 tasks, 21112 login tries (l:104/p:203), ~7038 tries per task [DATA] attacking rdp://10.129.202.136:3389/ [STATUS] 166.00 tries/min, 166 tries in 00:01h, 20946 to do in 02:07h, 3 active [STATUS] 121.67 tries/min, 365 tries in 00:03h, 20747 to do in 02:51h, 3 active [3389][rdp] account on 10.129.202.136 might be valid but account not active for remote desktop: login: password: , continuing attacking the account. [STATUS] 86.29 tries/min, 604 tries in 00:07h, 20509 to do in 03:58h, 2 active [ERROR] all children were disabled due too many connection errors 0 of 1 target completed, 0 valid password found [INFO] Writing restore file because 2 server scans could not be completed [ERROR] 1 target was disabled because of too many errors [ERROR] 1 targets did not complete Hydra (https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra) finished at 2023-01-28 16:38:23

I am searching for people interested in coding an alternative to the thc-hydra project, with additional features (implementing the Shodan api to make it automated, etc...)

Hydra (https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra) starting at 2022-10-22 13:09:13

sqlmap

A few weeks ago, I took a short cyber security course on Udemy. SQL injection was a section of the course. I knew about the concept though, I hadn't tried it. I was planning to make a Restful API server and tried SQL injection using a tool sqlmap, which was introduced in the course. While I could have used existing server code, I decided to build one from scratch. It's been a while since I worked on a Restful API server, and I wanted to refresh my knowledge for learning purposes.

I recommend looking for an alternative or if you must do it this way test it with https://sqlmap.org to make sure you are not vulnerable to the lowest effort attacks.

The DAST checks can be automated up to a certain point, where the code should be able to withstand certain scans and attacks. For eg. SQL Injections can be checked with sqlmap which tests with each and every type of sql injection payload and reports it back to the user.

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap.git sqlmap-dev

Sounds good, why not try making a simple vulnerability scanner for APIs too? Maybe something similar to SQLMap

Its not that much of a tool than wrappers of few awesome tools that most of you probably know and use today - sqlmap, bbot and nikto.

I'm excited to share with you my latest contributions to the GitHub community: a collection of free GitHub Actions designed to streamline and enhance security practices utilizing DAST and OSINT tooling that is widely used - sqlmap, bbot and nikto. There were no GH Actions that I could find, so I made them for my use case, but figured everyone can benefit from those awesome tools.

SQLMap