Wappalyzer
Wappalyzer is an essential tool for Ethical Hacking’s Information Gathering stage, enabling users to uncover web application details. Upon installation, it reveals a website’s tech stack, programming languages, CMS, and frameworks.
Features:
- Tech Detection: This offers one-click detection of various technologies
- Supports Browser: This supports popular browsers like Chrome and Firefox
- Open Source: It’s open source, allowing customization and contributions
Limitations:
- Less Accuracy: It’s accuracy is somewhat compromised compared to paid tools
- Specific Limit of Information: It focuses solely on technology and lacks insights into nonfunctional aspects like security and performance
- Compatibility Updates: There is the need to regularly update to detect different technologies.
Top 10 Browser Extensions For OSINT Researchers and Hackers
Nowadays, modern browsers are robust and provide a long list of functionalities; browsers can be unlocked to do various spectacular things with browser add-ons and extensions.
Security Researchers, OSINT researchers, and hackers can use these add-ons to prevent online tracking, log in to SSH devices, and search the internet for hints during an investigation. In this article, we will talk about a list of the top ten important browser extensions for hackers – and how to use them.