[ad] With a recent spate of attacks from banner ads (many of which are using flash) this might be a useful tool if you are using flash or more accurately flash applications on your website or portal. I did mention a Flash decompiler a while back, now we have SWFIntruder (pronounced Swiff Intruder), which is […]
Secure Coding
Secure coding is very important in software development to ensure code security is high using techniques such as static analysis, code auditing and dynamic analysis to ensure safe coding practices are followed.
What Tools can be used for Secure Coding?
There are a variety of tools to ensure code safety, mostly based on source code auditing and static analysis.
The options available really depend on the language being used with some tools focusing on many languages such as Yasca โ Multi-Language Static Analysis Toolset or specialist tools focusing on a single language like Brakeman โ Static Analysis Rails Security Scanner.
Apple iPhone Unlocked Again – 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 Firmware
[ad] Once again Apple iPhone has been unlocked by a determined youngster, the same who was amongst the first to unlock it last year winning himself a rather nice car and a few 8gb iPhones. It just shows nothing is infallible, all he needed to find was a writable memory address and he was pretty […]
Pcapy – Python Interface to LibPcap
[ad] Pcapy is a Python extension module that interfaces with the libpcap packet capture library. Pcapy enables python scripts to capture packets on the network. Pcapy is highly effective when used in conjunction with a packet-handling package such as Impacket, which is a collection of Python classes for constructing and dissecting network packets. Advantages of […]
Skavenger – Source Code Auditing Tool!
Skavenger? Yes, because scavenger is already used?!? What is skavenger? Skavenger is a source code auditing tool, firstly though for php, but also used for any kind of source code file; as long as you know what to look for… Yes I thought is as a replacement tool for egrep/sed under Windows! because not everybody […]
untidy – XML Fuzzer
[ad] Seen as though untidy was mentioned again fairly recent, it sparked my memory that I have a fairly old draft regarding untidy the XML Fuzzer. Fuzzing is definitely becoming an important part of Pen Testing and especially application security – we’ve published about quite a few and I’m sure there are more in development. […]