WEBSITE HACKING - Feroxbuster Full Tutorial: Web Directory Discovery on Kali Linux

Learn how to use Feroxbuster on Kali Linux for fast web directory and file discovery. This complete tutorial covers installation, basic commands, advanced filtering, and real-world penetration testing scenarios. 📌 What you'll learn: - What is Feroxbuster and why it's faster than Dirb/Gobuster - Installing Feroxbuster on Kali Linux (apt install) - Basic directory scanning with wordlists - Recursive scanning to discover deep directories - File extension discovery (.php, .bak, .txt, .sql) - Filtering false positives by size, status code, and words - Using custom wordlists from SecLists - Authentication and cookie support for authenticated scanning 🚀 Commands used: feroxbuster -u http://target.com -w /usr/share/seclists/Discovery/Web-Content/common.txt feroxbuster -u http://target.com -x php,html,bak,js,txt --depth 3 feroxbuster -u http://target.com --filter-status 404 --filter-size 1234 ⚠️ Legal Notice: Only use Feroxbuster on systems you own or have written permission to test. #Feroxbuster #KaliLinux #DirectoryScanning #BugBounty #WebSecurity #PenetrationTesting 🔥 Feroxbuster is a fast, simple, recursive content discovery tool written in Rust. It's quickly becoming the go-to directory scanner for Kali Linux users in 2026. In this step-by-step tutorial, I'll show you how to master Feroxbuster for web application security testing and bug bounty hunting. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - What is Feroxbuster? 2:30 - Installing Feroxbuster on Kali Linux 5:15 - First scan: Basic directory enumeration 8:45 - Understanding output (status codes, size, words, lines) 12:00 - Recursive scanning and depth control 16:30 - File extension discovery (-x flag) 20:15 - Filtering false positives (--filter-status, --filter-size) 24:00 - Using custom wordlists for better results 28:30 - Authenticated scanning with cookies/headers 32:00 - Feroxbuster vs GoBuster vs Dirb vs Ffuf 38:00 - Real-world penetration testing example 🛠️ Key Feroxbuster Features: - Written in Rust for maximum speed - Automatic recursive scanning (no manual iteration!) - Smart filtering to remove false positives - Resume feature for interrupted scans - Proxy support (Burp Suite integration) 📂 Default wordlist location: /usr/share/seclists/Discovery/Web-Content/raft-medium-directories.txt 💻 Practice Targets (Use These Legally): - HackTheBox machines - TryHackMe rooms - OWASP Juice Shop - Your own lab environment 🔔 Subscribe for more Kali Linux and cybersecurity tutorials! #WebSecurity #InfoSec #CyberSecurityTraining #EthicalHacking #KaliTools Master Feroxbuster on Kali Linux! The FASTEST directory scanner for bug bounty & pentesting. ⚡ Commands: feroxbuster -u http://example.com feroxbuster -u http://example.com -x php,html,bak -w /path/to/wordlist.txt Filter false positives, discover hidden files, and scan recursively. 👍 Like & Subscribe for more hacking tutorials! #KaliLinux #Feroxbuster #BugBounty #Pentesting Feroxbuster, Kali Linux, directory scanning, web enumeration, content discovery, bug bounty, penetration testing, web security, GoBuster vs Feroxbuster, directory fuzzing, Kali Linux tools, web app pentesting, cybersecurity tutorial, ethical hacking, web directory brute force