When it comes to hacking guides, most are written from the perspective of a Linux user. There are a few outliers, but it's mainly Linux, which leads to the idea that Linux is the only OS that's viable for hacking. This couldn't be further from the truth. A properly set up Apple machine can do quite a bit of heavy lifting.

4.Wireshark This is a open source tool & its available for windows/linux/mac OS 5.oclHashcat This tool is also available for all of the mjor platforms & it's a password cracking tool, good for you if your a password cracker or hacker.

We have prepared a list of the top 10 best password cracking tools that are widely used by ethical hackers and cybersecurity experts. This multi-purpose hacking tool also comes with the. However you get to the Mac OS X installer, you'll now be able to change the Mac's password. If you're on OS X 10.7 Lion or earlier, select Utilities (from the menu bar), then Password Reset. In the days before macOS (previously called OS X), hacking on an Apple machine was laughable. Tools were sparse, the hardware was specific to Apple, and developers often didn't bother porting to Mac because of the small market share or the perception that they weren't for serious computing. Nessus is supported by a variety of platforms including Windows 7 and 8, Mac OS X, and popular Linux distros like Debian, Ubuntu, Kali Linux etc. Read more here and download Nessus 7.

In the days before macOS (previously called OS X), hacking on an Apple machine was laughable. Tools were sparse, the hardware was specific to Apple, and developers often didn't bother porting to Mac because of the small market share or the perception that they weren't for serious computing. In those days, Windows and Linux ruled the scene.

But things have changed—macOS is a serious contender in the hacking scene, and Macs are now up to a 7.4 and 13% market share worldwide and in the US, respectively.

Apple machines run a POSIX compliant UNIX variant, and the hardware is essentially the same as what you would find in a high-end PC. This means that most hacking tools run on the Mac operating system. It also means that an Apple machine can run Linux and Windows with ease. That's a lot of bang for your buck out of one machine! If that weren't enough, macOS is easy to use and maintain.

So for all of your forgotten about Mac-using hackers out there, my first series of how-tos is for you, and will help you overcome the first hurdle—setting up a hacking environment. Once that environment is established, pulling down tools and using them is a piece of cake.

In this series, I will be covering the following topics:

Also, it'd be a good idea to learn the basics of the Vim text editor, which works the same across Linux and Mac. If you've used it before outside of the Mac operating system, you'll do just fine.

After following along with all the guides listed above, you will have a Mac configured for hacking. You will also have a grasp on why these things are vital. While the basic tools for configuring a machine for hacking may vary from platform to platform, the concepts will remain the same. This series will give you solid building blocks to work from not just on your Mac, but on all platforms!

Mac OS X Hacking Tools

Hacking? Tool?

The Jargon File is a popular lexicographic resource amongst hackers (and non-hackers too). Although it might have some subjective definitions I may not agree with, I have conveniently quoted verbatim the definitions of the terms 'hacker' and 'tool' as a preface to the contents of this page.

hacker

[originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe]

1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary. RFC1392, the Internet Users' Glossary, usefully amplifies this as: A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular.

more>>>tool

1. n.A program used primarily to create, manipulate, modify, or analyze other programs, such as a compiler or an editor or a cross-referencing program. Oppose app, operating system; see also toolchain.

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So?

It is eminently debatable whether one (that means me, you or whosoever else) is a 'hacker', but such a debate would probably be fruitless anyway, even meaningless. I do enjoy exploring the details of all sorts of things, including operating systems. This page is a compendium of some programs you might come across while tinkering with Mac OS X. Documentation for most of these tools exists, therefore my aim is not to reproduce documentation, but simply to maintain a cache of relevant information. I believe this would be useful to those who are new to Mac OS X, but are interested in exploring the system at a low(er) level. Note that many of the tools listed here are ones that are either new to Mac OS X (as compared to Unix style systems), or are different from their Unix counterparts. In other words, I have avoided listing 'standard' Unix/BSD tools. Moreover, do realize that some (like dynamic_pager and various daemons) are not really tools.

The following list has not been fully updated for Panther (10.3.x).

Tools

KernelEventAgent

/usr/sbin/KernelEventAgent handles one of the core system services (events such as file systems being mounted and unmounted, low disk space, network connections going down, etc.)

SystemStarter

/sbin/SystemStarter is run during system initialization to handle 'startup items'. See 'Mac OS X System Startup' for details.

aexml

/usr/sbin/aexml forwards XMLRPC and SOAP requests to the AppleEvent manager for further dispatching. More documentation is available on the Apple Developer Web Site.

appleping

/usr/bin/appleping exercises the AppleTalk network by sending packets to a named host.

ardbgd

/usr/sbin/ardbgd is the daemon for the Apple Remote Debugging Service.

asr

/usr/sbin/asr (Apple Software Restore) efficiently copies disk images and volumes, and can also accurately clone volumes.

bless

/usr/sbin/bless is used to set volume bootability characteristics for Macintoshes. The command can be used to select a folder on a mounted volume to act as the blessed system folder, and optionally update Open Firmware to boot from that volume. It can also be used to format and setup a volume for the first time. Finally, it can be used to query the folder(s) that are blessed on a volume. Try the following (non-destructive) commands:

% sudo bless -verbose -info / ... % sudo bless -verbose -plist -info /

blued

/usr/sbin/blued is the Bluetooth daemon.

cac_*

/usr/sbin/cac_* are scripts related to CAC (Common Access Card) support. A CAC can be thought of as a SmartCard that combines multiple cards (functions) into one. A CAC can enable physical access to buildings and controlled places, enable computer network and system access and serve as the primary platform for the PKI token.

cmpdylib

/usr/bin/cmpdylib compares two dynamic shared libraries for compatibility.

createhomedir

/usr/sbin/createhomedir creates and populates local home directories.

ddb

ddb is a debugging mechanism that can be compiled into Mac OS X, similar to BSD's kdb. While gdb can be used over Ethernet (through a kernel stub), ddb is compiled into the kernel and is used over a serial line. Most importantly, ddb requires an actual built-in hardware serial line on the debug target. Fortunately, gdb should suffice for almost all debugging needs unless one is trying to debug an Ethernet driver itself, say.

ddb is not present by default on Mac OS X. It must be compiled from source (xnu/osfmk/ddb in the CVS tree).

defaults

/usr/bin/defaults is used to access (read, write and delete) Mac OS X user defaults from the command line. For example, the following will print out Desktop background settings (including the pathname for the desktop background image, if any):

% defaults read com.apple.desktop Background

Hacking Tool For Mac Os X