InstaRecon is an automated basic digital reconnaissance tool which is great for getting an initial footprint of your targets and discovering additional subdomains. In basic terms, it’s an automated subdomain discovery tool for the information gathering phase of penetration tests. There are other tools which cover some parts of the InstaRecon functionality such as: – […]
Web Hacking
Web hacking is always the latest headline find web hacking 101, tools, web site hacking, web application hacking and the latest news about website hacking here.
Some examples of web hacking tools are:
- wwwhack 1.9 – wwwhack19.zip Web Hacking Software Free Download
- Wfuzz Download – Web Application Password Cracker
- FLARE – Flash Decompiler to Extract ActionScript
- WebSurgery – Web Application Security Testing Suite
Some examples of web hacking protection are:
Wapiti – Web Application Vulnerability Scanner v2.3.0
Wapiti is a web application vulnerability scanner, it allows you to audit the security of your web applications. It performs “black-box” scans, i.e. it does not study the source code of the application but will scans the web pages of the deployed web application, looking for scripts and forms where it can inject data. Once […]
WordPress Critical Zero-Day Vulnerability Fixed In A Hurry
So this is an interesting announcement due to the discussion points it brings up about responsible disclosure, it seems like in this case a researcher published his findings about a WordPress critical zero-day vulnerability without informing WordPress before hand. And they got it fixed REAL quickly, where as in a previous (pretty similar) case – […]
SamuraiWTF 3.x And Onwards – Web Testing Framework Linux LiveCD
The Samurai Web Testing Framework (AKA SamuraiWTF) is a live linux environment that has been pre-configured to function as a web pen-testing environment. The CD contains the best of the open source and free tools that focus on testing and attacking websites. In developing this environment, the authors have based the tool selection on the […]
Watcher – Passive Web Application Vulnerability Scanner
Ever find yourself looking for that show-stopper exploit in a Web-app, and forgetting to check out all the low-hanging fruit? That’s initially why the authors created Watcher – a passive web application vulnerability scanner. For one thing, you don’t want to manually inspect a Web-app for many of these issues (cookie settings, SSL configuration, information […]