A list of 50 tools every hacker should know:

1. Wireshark: Network protocol analyzer.
2. Nmap: Network discovery and security auditing tool.
3. Metasploit: Penetration testing framework.
4. Burp Suite: Web application security testing tool.
5. Pentest-Tools: cloud-based toolkit for offensive security testing.
6. ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy): Security testing tool for web applications.
7. THC-Hydra: Password cracking tool.
8. John the Ripper: Password cracking software.
9. Aircrack-ng: Suite of tools for wireless security.
10. Maltego: Open-source intelligence and forensics application.
11. BeEF: Penetration testing tool that focuses on the web browser.
12. SQLMap: Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool.
13. Ghidra: Open-source software reverse engineering framework.
14. Tcpdump: Packet analyzer.
15. Hashcat: Password recovery tool.
16. Nikto: Web server scanner.
17. Netcat: Networking utility for reading/writing data across network connections.
18. Acunetix: Web vulnerability scanner.
19. Dirbuster: Multi threaded java application to brute force directories and files names.
20. reconftw: complete suite of tools to assess WiFi network security.
21. nmapAutomator: Nmap automater tool.
22. Dal Fox: XSS scanner.
23. Hping: Network testing tool.
24. GPG (GNU Privacy Guard): Encryption and decryption tool.
25. Shodan: Search engine for Internet-connected devices.
26. XSStrike: Advanced XSS Detection Suite.
27. Wafw00f: Identifies and fingerprints Web Application Firewall (WAF) products.
28. Volatility: Memory forensics framework.
29. Ffuf: A fast web fuzzer written in Go.
30. WhatWeb: Website fingerprinter.
31. Ettercap: Network security tool.
32. OpenVAS: Open-source vulnerability scanner.
33. Wfuzz: Web application password cracker.
34. Sublist3r: Subdomain enumeration tool.
35. YARA: Pattern matching swiss knife for malware researchers.
36. Reaver: Brute force attack against Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS).
37. Sn1per: Attack Surface Management Platform protocols.
38. JWT Cracker: Simple HS256 JWT token brute force cracker.
39. Github-dorks: CLI tool to scan Github repos for potentially sensitive information leak.
40. Nessus: Vulnerability, configuration, and compliance scanner.
41. Nexpose: Vulnerability management tool.
42. NoSQLmap: Automatic NoSQL injection and database takeover tool.
43. Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET): Social engineering attack framework.
44. CeWL: Custom Word List generator.
45. hakrawler: Fast golang web crawler for gathering URLs and JavaScript file locations.
46. Autopsy: Digital forensics platform.
47. HashDeep: Hash verification tool.
48. SpiderFoot: Open-source intelligence automation tool.
49. Mimikatz: Post-exploitation tool.
50. WiFite: Automated wireless auditor.