0 Common Methods used for Website Hacking There are lots of methods that can be used to hack a website but most common ones are as follows: 1.SQL Injection 2.XSS(Cross Site Scripting) 3.Remote File Inclusion(RFI) 4.Directory Traversal attack 5.Local File inclusion(LFI) 6.DDOS attack Tools: Acunetix: Acunetix is one of my favorite tool to find a venerability in any web application It automatically checks your web applications for SQL Injection, XSS & other web vulnerabilities. Nessus: Nessus is the best unix venerability testing tool and among the best to run on windows. Key features of this software include Remote and local file security checks a client/ server architecture with a GTK graphical interface etc. Retina: Retina is another Vulnerability Assessment tool,It scans all the hosts on a network and report on any vulnerabilitiesfound. Metasploit Framework: The Metasploit Framework is the open source penetration testing framework with the world's largest database of public and tested exploits.