10 Python Libraries for Hacking and Networking
10 Python Libraries for Hacking and Networking
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The programming language Python has an unprecedented popularity in the entire world. There are many reasons, but we mention the ease of learning Python, the strength in terms of performance, and the advantage in building different software on almost all platforms. The difference in its use also in many areas gives it preference in favor of the developer.
The Python programming language relies on many libraries, each one of which performs a specific purpose, and helps you build the required software faster. In this article, we have chosen for you a package of some of the most powerful and popular libraries that you can rely on in the Python programming language to build different programs.
1- Scapy Library
No doubt you have heard that the programming language Python is used to build penetration testing software as well, right? The Scapy library is one of the libraries used in this class of operations. The Scapy library allows building software capable of analyzing the network and dealing with the packets that pass between the network and its devices. If you have heard of software such as Nmap, Arpspoof, or even Wireshark, this library can provide the same service, and help you build competitive software. Even without building software, just installing the library and starting to use its commands will allow you to analyze the network, protocols, connections and extract data and information from them.
2- Beautiful Soup . Library
Beautiful Soup is a Python library that extracts and manipulates website structures in HTML and XML. This allows the user to extract and manipulate website elements in HTML or XML format. Thus, this library falls within the libraries of Web scraping or pulling website information.
Use this library to store, group, and organize website data into a specific category. For example, if a website has a lot of images using the img tag, you can drag all the links to those images, and manipulate them later as required.
3 - Py Metasploit 3 . Library
An emulation of the famous Metasploit software and all its services in one library, so you can use it in separate programs built in the Python programming language. Pymetasploit3 is a library of msfrpc tools and techniques (the library used to build Metasploit with Ruby on Rails), but this time on Python. Will you be the next to program a tool close to Metasploit in Python?
There are multiple versions of this library, it is recommended to resort to the latest version due to the large number of tools, functions and techniques available, as well as compatibility with newer Python versions. In order to use it you download the library via PIPE and then start using it via the msfconsole command to show you everything the library can do. You can later convert it to a software service depending on the type of use.
4 - Socket . Library
It is originally an Interface and can be considered as a library as well. Its goal is to help you build primarily network-related software. Combining it with the previous library Scapy may give you better performance as well. But if you want to explore network commands, and build communication software between networks, for example, a software to transfer files between different devices in the network, you can use Socket. It also allows building chat and messaging applications, and there are a lot of commands, functions and features included in the latter to help you build and manufacture software of this class.
5 - Mechanize . Library
By the name this library may give you a glimpse of what it is capable of, automating various processes in websites. This library can understand how different websites work, filling out surveys if required, filling out Captchas, clicking on links, selecting Selects/Checkboxes and more. But what is its purpose?
This library can be used to create bots capable of crawling within websites in order to extract their data and information automatically. Various websites rely on some defense mechanism (such as Captcha) to block such bots, but with the Mechanize library most of them can technically be bypassed.
6 - Yara Library on Python
There is basically a Yara tool that can be used on various software, but there is Interface or a dedicated program for it on Python. Yara is a tool developed by VirusTotal, which specializes in scanning files, networks, and websites. Yara's modus operandi is different, it aims to search for a specific pattern in order to scan files for any kind of malicious files. The idea behind the software is that you can insert a set of patterns for it (which will most likely be used by a specific virus or malware) and then insert files or websites, and then thoroughly scan them with this tool. If you are looking to build security related software (such as an antivirus), you can rely on Yara.
7 - Impacket Library
The Impacket library is defined in the official Github package with the following expression: It is a set of classes that help you work with network protocols. Impacket includes a set of services, functions and tools that are able to implement operations on the network, no matter how difficult it is. You can also handle various communication protocols: IP/TCP - UDP - IGMP - ICMP and others. And perform various operations, such as scanning the network and identifying devices connected with you from the same networks and performing various operations on them. You can use the library directly, or you can program your own applications that depend on it.
8 - Cryptography Library
Encryption library. This library may help you to fortify the software and information entered into your software by applying a variety of different encryption techniques. It is necessary to encrypt the data you log in your own software that you built using the Python programming language, and it is one of the most important libraries that you can use to get high ciphers. In the Python programming language itself, there are Functions capable of encoding, but decoding them is very easy. To better fortify and enhance the power of your software, use the Cryptography Library.
9 - Pexpect . Library
It is a library that is able to do some automation related to various services related to security and privacy, such as dealing with passwords (the embodiment of strong passwords) or dealing with SSH, FTP, Telnet connections and on this type of protocol. Even capable of handling communications with servers and communicating with them from sending and pulling data. It is a Python Module by the way, not an integrated library, and it can be developed more by your side to make strong and secure communication with the rest of the software, systems and servers.
10 - Nmap Python Library
Undoubtedly, you know the Nmap tool, and so it is one of the best tools specialized in scanning networks and discovering any kind of vulnerabilities in the network, and detecting devices connected in the network as well. Therefore, it is a very important tool when it comes to creating software related to network scanning and then exploiting the results obtained by Nmap in your own software. Specialized applications and software can now be built to examine and manage network interactions through Nmap, Impacket, and other libraries that we have introduced in this article. So that you can build an integrated penetration testing software with it.