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9 Best Penetration Testing Tools for 2022

eSecurity Planet

Can be used to assess wireless networks. Password cracking consists of retrieving passwords stored in computer systems. System administrators and security teams (and hackers) can use them to spot weak passwords. Aircrack-ng is the go-to tool for analysis and cracking of wireless networks. Totally free.

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Happy 10th anniversary & Kali's story.so far

Kali Linux

Being a system administrator, a patch could contain a security update to stop a vulnerability. At one stage, Wireless hacking “was the thing”, so we needed to support injection on as many cards as possible. In information security (infosec) there is the need to be on the latest version.

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