@digitalearn - Official Tools
@digitalearn - Official Tools
Here are 30+ social media hacking tools often used for ethical hacking, penetration
testing, and security research:
1. Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET) – Used for phishing and social engineering attacks.
2. Wireshark – A network protocol analyzer to capture and inspect traffic.
3. Metasploit – Penetration testing framework that includes social media attack
modules.
4. Maltego – Data mining and link analysis tool that can help map social media
networks.
5. BeEF (Browser Exploitation Framework) – Focuses on exploiting vulnerabilities in
browsers.
6. Hydra – Password-cracking tool that can be used for social media platforms.
7. John the Ripper – Password-cracking tool for brute force attacks.
8. Cain and Abel – Network sniffing, cracking passwords, and analyzing protocols.
9. Nmap – Network scanner for discovering hosts and services on a network.
10. Aircrack-ng – Wireless network security tool to sniff and break Wi-Fi passwords.
11. Kali Linux – Pre-installed with many tools like SET and Wireshark, useful for
hacking.
12. OSINT Framework – Open-source intelligence tool to gather social media
information.
13. SpiderFoot – Automated OSINT tool for gathering data from social media and other
online sources.
14. Sn1per – Automated scanner for social media penetration testing.
15. Sherlock – Hunts down social media accounts across various platforms.
16. Instagram-Py – Python-based Instagram brute-force attack tool.
17. Facebook Information Gathering (FBIG) – Tool to gather public information from
Facebook.
18. Phishery – Tool for email phishing attacks that can lead to social media account
compromise.
19. Bruter19 – Used for brute-force attacks on Instagram accounts.
20. InstaHack – Password brute-forcing tool for Instagram.
21. FaceNiff – Android app that can intercept web sessions over Wi-Fi.
22. Instainsane – Shell script to perform brute-force attacks on Instagram accounts.
23. Morpheus – Network packet manipulation tool that could intercept social media data.
24. Hootsuite Hack Tool – Ethical hacking tool to gather data from Hootsuite accounts.
25. TweetDeck Hacking – Methods used to exploit TweetDeck vulnerabilities (requires
testing knowledge).
26. Recon-ng – Web reconnaissance tool that can gather social media profiles.
27. Xplico – Network forensics tool to extract relevant social media data from packet
captures.
28. ExifTool – Extracts metadata from images, which can be used in social media
investigations.
29. SocialFish – Phishing tool to collect credentials from social media platforms.
30. WhatsPwn – WhatsApp hacking tool to perform phishing or social engineering.
31. Weeman – Phishing framework targeting social media.
32. Ghost Phisher – Tool used for creating fake access points to capture social media
login credentials.
33. FruityWifi – Wireless network penetration testing tool with options for phishing
attacks.
These tools are meant for ethical hacking and cybersecurity research, and misuse of them
is illegal. Make sure to follow legal and ethical guidelines!