Top Android Hacking Apps for Pentesting

In this article i am going to explain about top 8 android hacking apps for pentesting (penetration testing). Basically this apps are tools for hackers or penetration testers who want to hack using android devices.

There are lots of  hacking tools for windows and linux but the world's latest trends are now  going behind the new technology and people want a gadget with many uses (smart phones), Android is the popular open source operating system by Google . Most of the new smart phones and other devices are working on Android OS.

What is Android

Android is an operating system based on the Linux kernel, and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Initially developed by Android, Inc., which Google backed financially and later bought in 2005, Android was unveiled in 2007 along with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance: a consortium of hardware, software, and telecommunication companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.

What is Penetration Testing (Pentesting)

What is penetration testing? Penetration testing, often called “pentesting”,“pen testing”, or “security testing”, is the practice of attacking your own or your clients’ IT systems in the same way a hacker would to identify security holes. Of course, you do this without actually harming the network. The person carrying out a penetration test is called a penetration tester or pentester.

Let’s make one thing crystal clear: Penetration testing requires that you get permission from the person who owns the system. Otherwise, you would be hacking the system, which is illegal in most countries – and trust me, you don’t look good in an orange jump suit.

In other words: The difference between penetration testing and hacking is whether you have the system owner’s permission. If you want to do a penetration test on someone else's system, we highly recommend that you get written permission. In this case, asking first is definitely better than apologizing later!

You can become a penetration tester at home by testing your own server and later make a career out of it. At Rapid7, we have a team of professionals that pentest government and enterprise IT systems for a living. And let me tell you, they enjoy their job!

Why We Choose Android for Penetration Testing

Nowadays mobile users are increasing day by day, the security threat is also increasing together with the growth of its users. Lately android phone growing very fast worldwide. Here in China you can get android phone for only US$ 30 it's one of the reason why android growing fast !. 

Security researchers have long maintained that malware is a problem on Android, the Google operating system that’s on 80% of the world’s smartphones. In extreme cases, hackers with malicious intent can do more than send premium text messages – they can turn a phone into a spying tool too. The scenario was recently demonstrated at hacker conference Black Hat, and in one real-life incident, an unnamed company executive unwittingly became a conduit to short-sellers who were listening in on a board meeting he attended — all possible thanks to the smartphone in his pocket.

1. dSploit

 This is a penetration testing suite for Android networks. It has all-in-one network analysis capacities and is available for free. The app is easy to use and quite fast. It runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread or higher.

2. Network Spoofer 

This app can be used in order to change websites on other people’s computers from your Android-based smartphones. Although this is not exactly a penetration testing tool, it can still show you how easy or difficult it is to hack a particular network.

3. Network Discovery 

This free app for Android-based devices and doesn’t need the user’s phone to be rooted. It has a simple user interface and is quite easy to use. The app helps you to gather information on the network that you are connected to.

4. Shark for Root

 This is a traffic sniffer that is meant for your Android device. It works pretty easily on both WiFi and 3G networks. The app comes with Shark Reader that can be used to view the dump on your smartphone. In addition, there is Wireshark, which allows you to open the dump on your system. 

5. Penetrate Pro

 This is an Android app that can be used for WiFi devoding functions. The newest version of this app has also added a number of nice features. You can also use the app to calculate WAP/WEP keys for wireless routers. Many antivirus apps flag Penetrate Pro as a virus. The app though doesn’t harm your device.

6. DroidSheep [Root]

 This is a session hjacking tool that can be used on Android devices. This penetration testing tool can be used for security analysis in wireless networks. The DroidSheep app can be used in order to hijack most web accounts.

7. DroidSheep Guard

 This app has also been developed by the developers of Droidsheep and does not need a device to be rooted. You can use the app to monitor ARP tables of Android-based devices and ARP-spoofing attacks on networks being performed by DroidSheep, FaceNiff and other apps of the kind.

8. WPScan

 This is a WordPress vulnerability scanner. The app can be used in order to scan a website created on WordPress and find the security vulnerabilities that it has. The desktop version of the app though is more powerful than the Android version. 

  The PC market is declining day by day as the smartphone and tablet market rises. When they say that smartphones and tablets can do almost everything that PCs can they aren't all that wrong. A very good example of that is the penetration testing capabilities that these devices hold. The above listed Android hacking apps that you can use on your Android-based device in order to Pen Test a network.

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