Pentesting Tools

Athena hacking tool surface mainly leverages on Athena and Nixpkgs repositories.

Athena repository is an Arch-based Linux repository for penetration testers and security researchers. Its repository contains 2800+ tools, classified for categories. You can install tools individually or in groups according to the categories they belong. Athena repository is compatible with all Arch-based distributions.

Nixpkgs repository is the official Nix repository containing also all the pentesting tools deployed by the community.

Hacking tools can be installed and used in several ways by:

Single tools
Cyber Security roles
Red Team menu
Categories

Single tools

For installing a single tool, in Athena Arch you can simply run sudo pacman -S <tool-name> while in Athena Nix you can simply declare it inside /etc/nixos/configuration.nix or run it in an ephimeral environment by nix-shell -p <tool-name>.

Cyber Security roles

Cyber Security roles allow to install hacking tools according to a specific role. Each one of these roles is linked to a package that is installed according to the following table:

Role	Command
💙 Blue Teamer 💙	cyber-toolkit blue
🐞 Bug Bounty Hunter 🐞	cyber-toolkit bounty
🍘 Cracker Specialist 🍘	cyber-toolkit cracker
💀 DoS Tester 💀	cyber-toolkit dos
🎓 Enthusiast Student 🎓	cyber-toolkit student
🔍 Forensic Analyst 🔍	cyber-toolkit forensic
🦠 Malware Analyst 🦠	cyber-toolkit malware
📱 Mobile Analyst 📱	cyber-toolkit mobile
🌐 Network Analyst 🌐	cyber-toolkit network
🕵️ OSINT Specialist 🕵️	cyber-toolkit osint
❤️ Red Teamer ❤️	cyber-toolkit red
🕸️ Web Pentester 🕸️	cyber-toolkit web

In Athena Arch, if you wish to know what are the tools for each role, you can use two methods:

opening Athena Welcome and click on Show Tools for Roles button
- you can filter the roles by the button on the bottom side
running pacman -Sii <role-package> | grep -Po '^Depends On\s*: \K.+' | head -1
- where <role-package> should be replaced by the package of a role, for example athena-redteamer.

In Athena Nix, these roles are deployed by /etc/nixos/modules/roles modules and the user can customize them as desired.

Inside the role module files, the user can see what are the specific tools installed for each role.

You can set your Cyber Security role as described here.

In Athena Arch, you can set more than one role, Athena Welcome will keep the latest set role. During the download of packages for a role, in case the process is interrupted, don’t worry, you don’t need to download from scratch because the downloaded packages are temporarily saved in pacman cache.

In Athena Nix, to set more than one role, it is needed to manually edit /etc/nixos/configuration.nix and add a further line invoking the second role Nix module.

Athena OS GNOME uses Red Team menu for accessing to the main hacking tools. It is better described in detail here.

Categories

Athena Arch shows several categories deployed as package group that users can install by sudo pacman -S <category>:

Category	Description
athena-anti-forensic	Countering forensic activities.
athena-automation	Workflow automation.
athena-automobile	Analyzing automotive applications.
athena-backdoor	Exploiting or open backdoors on already vulnerable systems.
athena-binary	Operating on binary in some form.
athena-bluetooth	Using Bluetooth attacks.
athena-code-audit	Auditing existing source code for vulnerability analysis.
athena-cracker	Cracking cryptographic functions.
athena-crypto	Working with cryptography, with the exception of cracking.
athena-database	Database exploitations on any level.
athena-debugger	Debugging resources in realtime.
athena-decompiler	Reversing a compiled program into source code.
athena-defensive	Protecting resources from malware and attacks.
athena-disassembler	Producing assembly output rather than the raw source code.
athena-dos	Using DoS (Denial of Service) attacks.
athena-drone	Managing physically engineered drones.
athena-exploitation	Taking advantages of exploits in other programs or services.
athena-fingerprint	Exploiting fingerprint biometric equipment.
athena-firmware	Exploiting vulnerabilities in firmware.
athena-forensic	Finding information on physical disks or embedded memory.
athena-fuzzer	Fuzzing tools.
athena-hardware	Exploiting or managing anything to do with physical hardware.
athena-honeypot	Acting as “honeypots”, i.e., programs that appear to be vulnerable services used to attract hackers into a trap.
athena-ids	Intrusion Detection System tools.
athena-keylogger	Recording and retaining keystrokes on a target system.
athena-malware	Malicious software or malware detection.
athena-misc	Miscellaneous tools.
athena-mobile	Manipulating mobile platforms.
athena-networking	Scanning selected systems for vulnerabilities or information about the network.
athena-nfc	NFC technology tools.
athena-packer	Operating on or involve packers.
athena-proxy	Acting as a proxy, i.e., redirecting traffic through another node on the internet.
athena-radio	Operating on radio frequency.
athena-recon	Actively seeking vulnerable exploits in the wild.
athena-reversing	Any decompiler, disassembler or any similar program.
athena-scanner	Scanning selected systems for vulnerabilities or information about the network.
athena-sniffer	Analyzing network traffic.
athena-social	Social engineering attacks.
athena-spoof	Spoofing attacker entity.
athena-stego	Analyzing resources for hidden information.
athena-tunnel	Tunneling network traffic on a given network.
athena-voip	Operating on VoIP programs and protocols.
athena-webapp	Web application attacks tools.
athena-windows	Native Windows packages.
athena-wireless	Operating on wireless networks on any level.

Issues

In Athena Nix, during the installation of a role, if you get an error that interrupts the process, detect what is the tool package is producing the error, edit /etc/nixos/modules/roles/<your-role>/default.nix and comment or delete the line containing the tool package name and reinstall the role.