Best Hacking Tools for Beginners 2024

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CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers
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  1. ZAP

    The ZAP by Checkmarx Core project

    OWASP ZAP

  2. CodeRabbit

    CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers. Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.

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  3. Wireshark

    Read-only mirror of Wireshark's Git repository at https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark. ⚠️ GitHub won't let us disable pull requests. ⚠️ THEY WILL BE IGNORED HERE ⚠️ Upload them at GitLab instead.

    Wireshark

  4. 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

    John The Ripper

  5. Metasploit

    Metasploit Framework

    Metasploit

  6. SQLMap

    Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool

    sqlmap

  7. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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