Penetration Testing with OS X:
When talking about penetration testing, the first operating system coming to mind is a *nix operating system, and mainly “Backtrack”, but as I’m using OS X most of the time to write my reports and not always carrying my working laptop with me (which as a custom distribution with hacking tools), I installed a few tools on my mac. This page is thus dedicated to penetration testing and Forensic Examination. The page will cover how to install tools on OS X Lion. It will be divided in sub-pages following mainly basic categories and will be updated following my needs and the tools that I’m using.
Pros and Cons:
Pros:
- OS X is an out of the box *nix flavor operating system
- Easy access to a shell, python, perl, C
- Fast and Easy
Cons:
- Proprietary
- Sources closed
- Tools not supported by OS X
As I said before, my main penetration testing operating system is not OS X, however I think that OS X may be used in many cases, or even to clear the ground.
Networking :
- NetDiscover
- Wireshark
- Nmap
- Getix (Wifi Cracking)
Exploits:
- Metasploit
Forensic Examination:
Misc:
- xxd