This markdown file lists all 118 tools and frameworks used in the visual periodic table.
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🔷 Reconnaissance (19 elements)
| Abbr |
Name |
Link |
| Sh |
Shodan |
https://www.shodan.io |
| Wi |
WHOIS |
https://whois.domaintools.com |
| Dg |
dig |
https://www.isc.org/tags/dig/ |
| Ff |
FOFA |
https://en.fofa.info/ |
| Wy |
WayBack Machine |
https://web.archive.org/ |
| Hu |
Hunter.io |
https://hunter.io/ |
| Vt |
VirusTotal |
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload |
| Us |
URLScan |
https://urlscan.io/ |
| Ma |
Maltego |
https://www.maltego.com/ |
| Fo |
Foca |
https://github.com/ElevenPaths/FOCA |
| ng |
recon-ng |
https://github.com/lanmaster53/recon-ng |
| TH |
theHarvester |
https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester |
| Cn |
Cencys |
https://search.censys.io/ |
| Wpp |
Wappalyzer |
https://www.wappalyzer.com/ |
| mt |
Metagoofil |
https://github.com/opsdisk/metagoofil |
| Ct |
crt.sh |
https://crt.sh/ |
| Ho |
Holehe |
https://github.com/megadose/holehe |
| SH |
Sherlock |
https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock |
| Sf |
spiderfoot |
https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot |
🟨 Enumeration & Fuzzing (25 elements)
| Abbr |
Name |
Link |
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| NM |
Nmap |
https://nmap.org |
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| Nu |
Nuclei |
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei |
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| ff |
ffuf |
https://github.com/ffuf/ffuf |
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| Gb |
Gobuster |
https://github.com/OJ/gobuster |
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| Hx |
HTTPX |
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/httpx |
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| Dx |
DNSX |
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/dnsx |
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| Am |
Amass |
https://github.com/owasp-amass/amass |
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| Su |
Sublist3r |
https://github.com/aboul3la/Sublist3r |
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| Mc |
masscan |
https://github.com/robertdavidgraham/masscan |
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| Zp |
ZAP |
https://www.zaproxy.org/ |
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| Dum |
dnsenum |
https://github.com/fwaeytens/dnsenum |
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| na |
naabu |
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/naabu |
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| Ar |
arp-scan |
https://github.com/royhills/arp-scan |
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| ZM |
Zmap |
https://github.com/zmap |
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| Iv |
Invicti |
https://www.invicti.com/ |
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| rs |
reconspider |
https://github.com/bhavsec/reconspider |
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| Ru |
RustScan |
https://github.com/bee-san/RustScan |
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| nk |
nikto |
https://github.com/sullo/nikto |
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| Ss |
sslscan |
https://github.com/rbsec/sslscan |
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| Ne |
Nessus |
https://www.tenable.com/products/nessus |
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| Ww |
WhatWeb |
https://github.com/urbanadventurer/WhatWeb |
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| Sw |
SnmpWalk |
https://github.com/urbanadventurer/WhatWeb |
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| E4x |
enum4linux |
https://github.com/CiscoCXSecurity/enum4linux |
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| fx |
dalfox |
https://github.com/hahwul/dalfox |
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| GD |
GitDorker |
https://github.com/obheda12/GitDorker |
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🟥 Exploitation (27 elements)
| Abbr |
Name |
Link |
| MS |
Metasploit |
https://metasploit.help.rapid7.com |
| Sq |
SQLmap |
https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap |
| XS |
XSSStrike |
https://github.com/s0md3v/XSStrike |
| BS |
Burp Suite |
https://portswigger.net/burp |
| Ne |
NetExec |
https://github.com/Pennyw0rth/NetExec |
| Re |
Responder |
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/Responder |
| SCg |
/bin/cat Shellcode generator |
https://masterccc.github.io/tools/shellcode_gen/ |
| Ex² |
evilginx2 |
https://github.com/kgretzky/evilginx2 |
| Ve |
Veil |
https://github.com/Veil-Framework/Veil |
| UC |
unicorn |
https://github.com/trustedsec/unicorn |
| Pw |
pwntools |
https://github.com/Gallopsled/pwntools |
| Ro |
ropper |
https://www.kali.org/tools/ropper/ |
| Be |
BeEF |
https://github.com/beefproject/beef |
| Tx |
toxssin |
https://github.com/t3l3machus/toxssin |
| Hv |
Havoc |
https://github.com/HavocFramework/Havoc |
| Ni |
nishang |
https://github.com/samratashok/nishang |
| SL |
SecLists |
https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists |
| Hy |
Hydra |
https://www.kali.org/tools/hydra/ |
| Rev |
revshells.com |
https://www.revshells.com/ |
| ix |
commix |
https://github.com/commixproject/commix |
| pP |
PetitPotam |
https://github.com/topotam/PetitPotam |
| Def |
dnschef |
https://github.com/iphelix/dnschef |
| Im |
impacket |
https://github.com/fortra/impacket |
| Ew |
Evil-WinRM |
https://github.com/Hackplayers/evil-winrm |
| X-er |
xsser |
https://github.com/epsylon/xsser |
| UAC |
UACME |
https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME |
| JW |
jwt_tool |
https://github.com/ticarpi/jwt_tool |
🟪 Post-Exploitation (31 elements)
| Abbr |
Name |
Link |
| Sli |
sliver |
https://github.com/BishopFox/sliver |
| Sb |
Seatbelt |
https://github.com/GhostPack/Seatbelt |
| Au |
Autorunsc |
https://www.ninjaone.com/script-hub/autorunsc-audit-powershell-2/ |
| REx |
RemoteExec |
https://github.com/freshfish70/RemoteExec |
| Py |
pspy |
https://github.com/DominicBreuker/pspy |
| Ak |
AccessChk |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/accesschk |
| Rt |
ROADtools |
https://github.com/dirkjanm/ROADtools |
| Mi |
Mimikatz |
https://github.com/gentilkiwi/mimikatz |
| Pe |
PEASS-ng |
https://github.com/peass-ng/PEASS-ng |
| Ke |
KeeThief |
https://github.com/GhostPack/KeeThief |
| BL |
BloodHound |
https://www.kali.org/tools/bloodhound/ |
| EM |
Empire |
https://github.com/EmpireProject/Empire |
| PS |
PowerSploit |
https://github.com/PowerShellMafia/PowerSploit |
| SC |
SharpCradle |
https://github.com/anthemtotheego/SharpCradle |
| Su |
Supernova |
https://github.com/nickvourd/Supernova |
| Ru |
Rubeus |
https://github.com/GhostPack/Rubeus |
| Co |
Covenant |
https://www.kali.org/tools/covenant-kbx/ |
| Cd |
creddump |
https://github.com/moyix/creddump |
| sd |
srum-dump |
https://github.com/MarkBaggett/srum-dump |
| Fi |
fileless-xec |
https://github.com/ariary/fileless-xec |
| Ke |
kerbrute |
https://github.com/ropnop/kerbrute |
| Lz |
LaZagne |
https://github.com/AlessandroZ/LaZagne |
| Li |
Ligolo-ng |
https://github.com/nicocha30/ligolo-ng |
| Ce |
Certipy |
https://github.com/ly4k/Certipy |
| dS |
dnsteal |
https://github.com/m57/dnsteal |
| Ps |
PsExec |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psexec |
| WMI |
wmiexec-PRO |
https://github.com/XiaoliChan/wmiexec-Pro |
| Cs |
Cobalt Strike |
https://www.cobaltstrike.com/ |
| RC |
RunasCs |
https://github.com/antonioCoco/RunasCs |
| CDk |
CDK |
https://github.com/cdk-team/CDK |
| Vi |
Villain |
https://github.com/t3l3machus/Villain |
🟩 Frameworks & Standards (16 elements)
| Abbr |
Name |
Link |
| PT |
PTES |
https://www.pentest-standard.org |
| Ma |
Mitre Att&ck |
https://attack.mitre.org/ |
| RTo |
Awesome Red Team Operations |
https://github.com/CyberSecurityUP/Awesome-Red-Team-Operations |
| MM |
OSSTMM |
https://www.isecom.org/research.html |
| OW |
OWASP TOP 10 |
https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/ |
| IF |
ISSAF |
https://untrustednetwork.net/files/issaf0.2.1.pdf |
| Ri |
Risk Assessment |
https://owasp.org/www-project-risk-assessment-framework/ |
| Re |
Reporting Standards |
https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/ |
| TM |
Threat Modeling |
https://owasp.org/www-community/Threat_Modeling |
| VA |
Vulnerability Assessment |
https://www.sans.org/blog/the-vulnerability-assessment-framework/ |
| SDLi |
Secure SDLC Framework |
https://snyk.io/articles/secure-sdlc/ |
| Ca |
CREST Pentest Guide |
https://www.crest-approved.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/A-Guide-to-Penetration-Testing-2022.pdf?ver |
| AR |
Audit Ready Checklist |
https://www.vanta.com/resources/the-audit-ready-checklist |
| Ti |
Tiber-EU |
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/paym/cyber-resilience/tiber-eu/html/index.en.html |
| Ki |
Cyber Kill Chain |
https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/capabilities/cyber/cyber-kill-chain.html |
| CAf |
Cyber Assessment Framework |
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/cyber-assessment-framework |
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