Continuing with the series of tools I’ve been posting on source code auditing and application security, here is PMD a Java Source Code Scanner. PMD scans Java source code and looks for potential problems like: Possible bugs – empty try/catch/finally/switch statements Dead code – unused local variables, parameters and private methods Suboptimal code – wasteful […]
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LAPSE Sourcecode Analysis for JAVA J2EE Web Applications
[ad] LAPSE stands for a Lightweight Analysis for Program Security in Eclipse. LAPSE is designed to help with the task of auditing Java J2EE applications for common types of security vulnerabilities found in Web applications. LAPSE was developed by Benjamin Livshits as part of the Griffin Software Security Project. LAPSE targets the following Web application […]
FindBugs – Find Bugs in Java Programs
FindBugs looks for bugs in Java programs. It is based on the concept of bug patterns. A bug pattern is a code idiom that is often an error. Bug patterns arise for a variety of reasons: Difficult language features Misunderstood API methods Misunderstood invariants when code is modified during maintenance Garden variety mistakes: typos, use […]
Security Compass Web Application Analysis Tool – SWAAT
Announcing a new web application source code analysis tool called the Securitycompass Web Application Analysis Tool or SWAAT. You may know it as a static analysis tool. Currently in its beta release, this .Net command-line tool searches through source code for potential vulnerabilities in the following languages: Java and JSP ASP.Net PHP Using xml-based signature […]
SpikeSource Spike PHP Security Audit Tool
Spike is an Open Source tool based on the popular RATS C based auditing tool implemented for PHP. The tool Spike basically does static analysis of php code for security exploits, PHP5 and call-time pass-by-reference are currently required, but a PHP4 version is coming out this week. This tool is especially welcomed by Darknet as […]