The document lists essential tools for bug bounty hunting, starting with Burp Suite, an integrated web application security testing tool, followed by Nmap, a network mapper, and WebInspect, an automated vulnerability scanner. Other notable tools include WPSCAN for WordPress, Iron Wasp for web application security, and Wireshark for packet analysis. The document provides a comprehensive overview of tools that facilitate vulnerability assessment and security research in various applications and networks.

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1. Burp Suite
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The first and top most used Bug Bounty Tool is
Burp Suite, an integrated security testing tool
for web applications. It is a pack of various tools
to perform the entire testing process, from
mapping and analyzing the application’s attack
surface to finding and exploiting security
vulnerabilities. Burp suite also provides a
detailed presentation of vulnerabilities in
the organization’s network.

3. 2. Nmap
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Nmap stands for Network Mapper, an open
source tool used by security professionals to
perform network discovery scanning and
security auditing. The tool has been widely
considered one of the best network mappers
by security professionals since 1997, and it
detects and scans for vulnerabilities in the
network. Nmap can run on Mac OS, Linux,
Solaris, OpenBSD, and Microsoft Windows.

4. 3. WebInspect
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WebInspect is the most commonly used
automated vulnerability scanner that helps
assess the severity of the vulnerability in the
web application. It scans the web application
and allows users to generate a Vulnerability
Assessment Report. This assessment
report helps to confirm and fix the issues.

5. 4. WPScan
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WPScan is an open-source WordPress security
scanner that scans and tests the WordPress
website to discover vulnerabilities. It is also
used to examine the plugins and themes
used in the website.

6. 5. Vulnerability-Lab
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Vulnerability-Lab is a project that offers
information on vulnerability research,
assessments, bug bounties, security holes,
and inadequate security practices in
applications and software. It is the most helpful
tool for Bug Bounty hunters to hunt website and
web application vulnerabilities.

7. 6. Wapiti
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Wapiti is an open-source advanced automated
vulnerability scanner used to scan web-based
applications. It helps to audit the security of
websites and web applications for bug bounty
hunters. Wapiti supports POST, GET, and HTTP
attack methods and includes a buster that
enables brute-forcing directories and
filenames on the web server.

8. 7. DNS Discovery
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DNS Discovery is next on the list, an excellent tool
for bug bounty hunters. It is a network protocol that
helps accomplish service discovery and aims to
minimize configuration efforts by administrators
and users.

9. 8. Iron WASP
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Iron WASP is a Web Application Advanced Security
Platform, an open-source tool to identify website
vulnerabilities. It has an in-built scripting engine
that supports Ruby and Python and can generate
reports in HTML and RTF formats.

10. 9. Wfuzz
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Wfuzz is a hacking tool used for brute-forcing
web applications. It helps to uncover several
vulnerabilities in web applications, such as
cross-site scripting, predictable credentials,
overflows, predictable session identifiers,
and more.

11. 10. Hack Bar
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HackBar is a browser extension security
penetration/auditing tool that enables hunters to
test simple SQL injection, site security, and XSS holes.
It offers a console with testing activities and allows
users to submit form data with GET and POST
requests manually.

12. 11. iNalyzer
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iNalyzer is a framework for controlling iOS
applications by making unauthorized
alterations. It automates testing activities
and enables daily web-based penetration
testing tools such as proxies, scanners,
etc. It maintains the logic of the attack and
applies to the targeted iOS application.

13. 12. Reverse IP lookup
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Reverse IP lookup is used to identify hostnames
containing DNS records associated with the IP
address. It helps to find all the domains currently
hosted in the IP address, including gTLD and ccTLD.

14. 13. Google Dorks
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Google Dork is a hacking technique that uses
the Google search engine and applications to
identify the security holes in the code script and
configuration available on the website. It
collects the volume of data used by the bug
bounty hunters, and it also supports network
mapping and helps identify the subdomains.

15. 14. Maltego
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Maltego is software for open-source intelligence
and forensics. It offers a library of data
transformed from open-source and represents
the information in graph format, which is best
for data mining and link analysis.

16. 15. Wireshark
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Last on the list is Wireshark, an open-source
packet analyzer used for analysis, network
troubleshooting, communications, and software
protocol development.
It tracks the packets that are filtered to achieve
the network’s specific requirements, and it
also helps to troubleshoot issues and suspicious
activities in the network.

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