Security Testing Tools

Security Testing Tools

Web security testing tools are useful in proactively detecting application vulnerabilities and safeguarding websites against attacks. Here are 8 open source tools that are popular among security testers: Snappy tick It is a vulnerability scanning and testing tool written in Java.

Snappy Tick is one of the efficient web application security testing tools that allow you to assess the security of your web applications. It performs ‘black box testing,’ to check the web applications for possible vulnerability.

During the testing process, it scans the web pages and injects the testing data to check for the security lapse. Supporting the GET and POST HTTP attacks, Wapiti identifies various types of vulnerabilities, such as:

• File disclosure
• Database Injection
• XSS injection
• Command Execution detection
• CRLF Injection
• XXE injection
• Potentially dangerous files
• Weak .ht access configurations that are easy to bypass
• Backup files giving disclose

Wapiti is a command-line application which is hard for beginners but easy for experts. The software requires complete knowledge of commands.

Snappy Tick is an open source, developed by SNAPPY CODE AUDIT. Supported by Windows, Unix/Linux and Mac OS, It enables you to find a variety of security vulnerabilities in web apps, even during the development and testing phase. Trial versions are available, This testing tool is easy to use Penetration testing key features are:

• Automatic Scanner
• Authentication support
• AJAX spiders
• Dynamic SSL certificates
• Forced Browsing
• Intercepting Proxy
• Web Socket Support
• Plug-n-hack support
• REST-based API and much more.

Understanding Different Types of Security Tests

• Static code analysis
• Penetration testing
• Compliance testing
• Load testing
• Origin analysis testing
• Conclusion

Features or characteristics of security testing tools are:

• To identify viruses;
• To detect intrusions such as denial of service attacks
• To simulate various types of external attacks
• Probing for open ports or other externally visible points of attack
• To identify weaknesses in password files and passwords

The purpose of a security test is to discover the vulnerabilities of the web application so that the developers can remove these vulnerabilities from the application and make the web application and data safe from any unauthorized action.

Security testing can be part of a comprehensive information system audit process of an existing IT environment or is performed on newly developed/deployed software, hardware, and network and/or information system. Penetration testing is a common example of security testing.

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