Patator alternatives
Looking for an alternative tool to replace Patator? During the review of Patator we looked at other open source tools. Based on their category, tags, and text, these are the ones that have the best match.
Top 3
- THC Hydra (password discovery)
- acccheck (SMB password guessing and dictionary attack tool)
- eapmd5pass (offline EAP-MD5 dictionary attack tool)
These tools are ranked as the best alternatives to Patator.
Alternatives (by score)
THC Hydra (thc-hydra)
Introduction
THC Hydra is a brute-force cracking tool for remote authentication services. It supports many protocols, including telnet, FTP, LDAP, SSH, SNMP, and others.Project details
THC Hydra is written in C.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 25 contributors
- + More than 1000 GitHub stars
- + Project is mature (10+ years)
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
acccheck
Introduction
The acccheck tool performs a password guessing and dictionary attack on SMB services used to share files and printers.Project details
acccheck is written in Perl.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- - No updates for a while
Typical usage
- Password discovery
- Password strength testing
eapmd5pass
Introduction
A tool like this would be most likely used to show the weakness of old authentication protocols, including penetration testing.
Project details
eapmd5pass is written in C.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Network analysis
- Password discovery
- Penetration testing
hashcat
Introduction
Hashcat can be used to discover lost passwords, or as part of a security assignment. For example, it could be trying to crack a password from a password file that was obtained during a penetration test.
Project details
hashcat is written in C.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 25 contributors
- + More than 4000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
- + Well-known tool
Typical usage
- Password discovery
John the Ripper
Introduction
John the Ripper is a mature password cracker to find weak or known passwords. It works on Linux and other flavors of Unix and Microsoft Windows.
Project details
0d1n
Introduction
0d1n is useful to perform brute-force login attempts for authentication forms. It can discover useful directory names by using a predefined list of paths. With options to use a random proxy per request and load CSRF tokens, it is a tool that can be used in different type of assignments.
Project details
0d1n is written in C.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
- Vulnerability scanning
Crowbar
Introduction
While most brute forcing tools take a similar approach, Crowbar can use different methods that are not always available in other utilities. For example, Crowbar can use SSH keys, instead of the typical username and password combination. This might be useful during penetration testing when these type of details are discovered.
Project details
Crowbar is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Penetration testing
Fail2ban
Introduction
Fail2Ban is an intrusion prevention software framework that protects computer servers from brute-force attacksProject details
Fail2ban is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 2000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Network traffic filtering
- Security monitoring
IKEForce
Introduction
IKEForce is a command line utility to brute force VPN connections (IPSEC) that allow group name/ID enumeration and XAUTH.Project details
IKEForce is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
RouterSploit
Introduction
RouterSploit is a framework to exploit embedded devices such as cameras and routers. It can be used during penetration testing to test the security of a wide variety of devices. RouterSploit comes with several modules to scan and exploit the devices. The tool helps in all steps, like from credential testing to deploying a payload to perform an exploitation attempt.
Project details
RouterSploit is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 50 contributors
- + More than 6000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Penetration testing
- Self-assessment
- Software testing
- Vulnerability scanning
WPForce
Introduction
This toolkit is fairly new and consists of WPForce and Yertle. As the name implies, the first component has the focus on brute force attacking of login credentials. When admin credentials have been found, it is Yertle that allows uploading a shell. Yertle also has post-exploitation modules for further research.
Project details
WPForce is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- - Full name of author is unknown
Typical usage
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
- Vulnerability scanning
WPSeku
Introduction
With WPSeku a WordPress installation can be tested for the presence of security issues. Some examples are cross-site scripting (XSS), sql injection, and local file inclusion. The tool also tests for the presence of default configuration files. These files may reveal version numbers, used themes and plugins.
Project details
WPSeku is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- - Unknown project license
Typical usage
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
- Vulnerability scanning
Wfuzz
Introduction
Wfuzz is a fuzzing tool written in Python. Tools like Wfuzz are typically used to test web applications and how they handle both expected as unexpected input.
Project details
Wfuzz is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 1000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Application fuzzing
- Application security
- Application testing
- Web application analysis
aiodnsbrute (Async DNS Brute)
Introduction
When a project requires resolving or guessing host names, then this tool is a great addition to the toolkit. It focuses on 'fast' by using asynchronous operations. The list of names to try is provided with a wordlist.
Project details
aiodnsbrute is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Very low number of dependencies
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Network scanning
- Penetration testing
dirsearch
Introduction
Dirsearch is a tool to guide security professionals to find possible information leaks or sensitive data. It does this by looking for directory and file names.Project details
dirsearch is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 10 contributors
- + More than 500 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
django-axes
Introduction
This tool may be used by developers that work with the Django framework. It adds a security layer on top of the application by looking at login attempts and track them.
Project details
django-axes is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 50 contributors
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Application security
Infection Monkey
Introduction
This tool is useful for security assessments to test for weaknesses within the network. By automating the exploitation phase as much as possible, it will help finding any weak targets within the boundaries of the data center.
Project details
Infection Monkey is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 25 contributors
- + More than 5000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Password discovery
- Service exploitation
- System exploitation
PassGen
Introduction
PassGen is a tool to help with password dictionary attacks to guess a password. It does not perform the attack but creates the related database.Project details
PassGen is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Password discovery
- Password strength testing
- Security assessment
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