CEH v12 Tools Exam Questions and
Answers
Nessus - Answer -Remote security scanning tool that scans a computer and raises an
alert if it discovers any vulnerabilities that malicious hackers could use to access any
computer you have connected to a network.
Nmap - Answer -Free and open-source network scanner to discover hosts and services
on a computer network by sending packets and analyzing the responses.
Cain and Abel - Answer -Password recovery tool for Microsoft Windows. Methods
included network packet sniffing, cracking various password hashes by using methods
such as dictionary attacks, brute force and cryptanalysis attacks via rainbow tables
generated by the winrtgen.exe program provided.
Kismet - Answer -Network detector, packet sniffer, and intrusion detection system for
802.11 wireless LANs and works with any NIC which supports raw monitoring. Can sniff
802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n traffic
Hydra - Answer -Parallelized network logon cracker by brute-forcing credentials.
Burp Suite - Answer -Set of tools used for penetration testing of web applications.
tcpsplice - Answer -Built to extract portions of packet trace files generated using
tcpdump's -w flag.
Whisker - Answer -Used to perform session splicing attacks.
Sherlock - Answer -Searches a vast number of social networking sites for a target
username. Includes URL.
Social Searcher - Answer -Search for content on social networks in real time and
provides deep analytics data. Tracks a target user on various social networking sites
and obtain information such as complete URLs to their profiles, their postings, and other
personal information.
Web Data Extractor - Answer -a tool that automatically extracts specific information from
web pages (contact info, meta tags, searches directory creation, web research)
Answers
Nessus - Answer -Remote security scanning tool that scans a computer and raises an
alert if it discovers any vulnerabilities that malicious hackers could use to access any
computer you have connected to a network.
Nmap - Answer -Free and open-source network scanner to discover hosts and services
on a computer network by sending packets and analyzing the responses.
Cain and Abel - Answer -Password recovery tool for Microsoft Windows. Methods
included network packet sniffing, cracking various password hashes by using methods
such as dictionary attacks, brute force and cryptanalysis attacks via rainbow tables
generated by the winrtgen.exe program provided.
Kismet - Answer -Network detector, packet sniffer, and intrusion detection system for
802.11 wireless LANs and works with any NIC which supports raw monitoring. Can sniff
802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n traffic
Hydra - Answer -Parallelized network logon cracker by brute-forcing credentials.
Burp Suite - Answer -Set of tools used for penetration testing of web applications.
tcpsplice - Answer -Built to extract portions of packet trace files generated using
tcpdump's -w flag.
Whisker - Answer -Used to perform session splicing attacks.
Sherlock - Answer -Searches a vast number of social networking sites for a target
username. Includes URL.
Social Searcher - Answer -Search for content on social networks in real time and
provides deep analytics data. Tracks a target user on various social networking sites
and obtain information such as complete URLs to their profiles, their postings, and other
personal information.
Web Data Extractor - Answer -a tool that automatically extracts specific information from
web pages (contact info, meta tags, searches directory creation, web research)
