Here’s a list of the most popular softwares used by the hackers in the Emmy and Golden Globe award winning drama/thriller series Mr. Robot.
Kali Linux
Kali Linux is a Linux distro made for security researchers for penetration testing, but is also used by hackers since it is jam packed with hacking tools. It is regularly featured in Mr. Robot since it is the hackers’ operating system of choice.
Tor Browser
Tor Browser is widely considered to be the best anonymizing tool out there. It will make your Internet activity very hard to trace, which fsociety takes advantage of when Trenton in season 2, episode 8 uploads a leaked FBI conference call about illegal mass surveillance to Vimeo using Tor Browser.
Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi is a small, programmable computer board designed to teach children about computer science. It is also favourite among hobbyists and programmers due to its low-cost, versatility and simplicity. In season 1, episode 5 Elliot installs a Raspberry Pi into Steel Mountain’s climate control system so that fsociety at a later point in time can remotely raise the temperature in the storage room where Evil Corp’s tape backups are stored, resulting in the backups of the records of a significant portion of the US’ consumer debt being destroyed.
Proton Mail
ProtonMail is a secure, end-to-end encrypted e-mail service based in Switzerland that is used by Elliot in season 1, episode 8. The team behind Mr. Robot researched secure e-mail services to the extent that they actually contacted the ProtonMail developers and asked if it was possible for users to monitor their own e-mail activity in ProtonMail. The ProtonMail developers liked the idea of account access logs so much that they ended up implementing it in their v2.0 release of ProtonMail.
PyCharm
PyCharm is a Python and Django IDE (Integrated Developer Environment), which is a type of code editor software. It is used by Trenton in season 1, episode 4.
Bluesniff
Bluesniff is a Bluetooth device discovery tool. In season 1, episode 6 Elliot uses Bluesniff in combination with btscanner and Metasploit when he connects to the computer in a nearby police car via a MultiBlue Bluetooth USB Dongle to compromise a prison’s network in order to break a drug dealer called Vera out of prison.
btscanner
btscanner is a tool that is included in Kali Linux that extracts as much information as possible about Bluetooth devices without having to pair. In season 1, episode 6 Elliot uses btscanner in combination with Bluesniff and Metasploit when he connects to the computer in a nearby police car using a MultiBlue Bluetooth USB Dongle to compromise a prison’s network in order to break a drug dealer called Vera out of prison.
Mozilla Firefox
Elliot uses Firefox as his default web browser. Trenton uses Firefox in season 2, episode 8.
VLC Media Player
VLC Media Player was used in season 2, episode 4 when Elliot and Darlene watched a VHS rip of the fake horror movie Careful Massacre of the Bourgeoisie together. VLC is also used in season 2, episode 8 when fsociety preview the video they are about to upload a leaked FBI conference call about illegal mass surveillance.
µTorrent
In season 2, episode 4 Darlene was downloading a VHS rip of the fake horror movie Careful Massacre of the Bourgeoisie using µTorrent.
FlexiSPY
FlexiSPY is a spyware software for Android, iOS and BlackBerry that lets the user monitor all activities on the victims phone. In season 1, episode 3 Tyrell Wellick covertly installs it on a co-worker’s Android phone in order to get access to secret information about who is going to be the next chief technology officer of Evil Corp.
KingoRoot
Kingo Root is used by Tyrell Wellick in season 1, episode 3 to root a co-worker’s Android phone so that he can covertly install the FlexiSPY spyware on the phone in order to get access to secret information about who is going to be the next chief technology officer of Evil Corp.
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)
KVM is a hypervisor, which is a software that can run other operating systems via virtual machines. Elliot uses KVM to virtualize Windows 7 inside of Kali Linux. In season 1, episode 6 Elliot uses KVM to run Metasploit and Metapreter and in season 1, episode 8 he uses KVM to run DeepSound.
Metasploit
Metasploit Framework is a software included in Kali Linux that makes it easier to discover vulnerabilities in networks for penetration testers. Meterpreter is one of several hundreds of payloads that can be run in the Metasploit Framework and it is used in season 1, episode 6. In season 1, episode 6 Elliot uses Metasploit Framwork and Metapreter in combination with btscanner and Bluesniff when he connects to the computer in a nearby police car via a MultiBlue Bluetooth USB Dongle to compromise a prison’s network in order to break a drug dealer called Vera out of prison.
Framaroot
Framaroot - called RooterFrame in the show - is used by Tyrell Wellick in season 1, episode 3 to root a co-worker’s Android phone so that he can covertly install the FlexiSPY spyware on the phone in order to get access to secret information about who is going to be the next chief technology officer of Evil Corp.
SuperSU
SuperSU is an app that managed superuser privileges on rooted Android phones. In season 1, episode 3 Tyrell Wellick covertly installs FlexiSPY - which uses SuperSU to give itself superuser access - on a co-worker’s Android phone in order to get access to secret information about who is going to be the next chief technology officer of Evil Corp.
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