14/09/2026
๐ก๏ธ Cybersecurity Tools โ Quick Guide
This infographic highlights essential cybersecurity tools used by offensive security teams, defensive security teams, and OSINT investigators.
๐ด Red Team Tools โ Offensive Security
Used to discover vulnerabilities, test defenses, and simulate cyberattacks:
Nmap: Network discovery and port scanning.
Burp Suite: Web application security testing.
Metasploit: Exploit development and pe*******on testing.
Wireshark: Network traffic analysis.
SQLmap: Automated SQL injection testing.
Hydra: Brute-force/password auditing.
John the Ripper: Password hash cracking.
Aircrack-ng: Wi-Fi security assessment.
๐ต Blue Team Tools โ Defensive Security
Used to detect, investigate, and respond to threats:
SIEM: Centralized security monitoring and log analysis.
IDS/IPS: Detects and can block suspicious network activity.
Splunk: Log management, searching, and security analytics.
ELK Stack: Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana for log analysis.
Suricata: Network threat detection and IDS/IPS.
OSCO: Security monitoring/analysis platform.
Snort: Network intrusion detection.
Security Onion: Security monitoring and threat-hunting platform.
๐ฃ OSINT Tools โ Intelligence Gathering
Maltego: Maps relationships between people, domains, organizations, and infrastructure.
Shodan: Searches internet-connected devices and services.
theHarvester: Collects publicly available emails, domains, and hosts.
Recon-ng: Framework for automated reconnaissance.
๐ Kali Linux and ๐ฆ Parrot OS are security-focused operating systems that bundle many pe*******on-testing, privacy, forensics, and security-analysis tools.
Key takeaway: Red Team attacks and tests, Blue Team detects and defends, while OSINT tools gather publicly available intelligence.