Tag Archives: tools

Passive Information Gathering using open source tools

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Prashant

Information gathering, often termed as reconnaissance is a very basic and important steps during penetration testing. A well detailed and proper information gathering gives you the overall review of the architecture of the target, hence making it easy on what … Continue reading →

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Quick utilities for malware analysis

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Prashant

Usually we carry out the analysis of malware under virtual environment or using sandbox. Malware analysis is quite helpful in detecting malicious file as well as the behavior and the attack vectors being used in the file. It’s dangerous to … Continue reading →

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Penetration testing from Android: Its possible now!

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Prashant

A lot of time when we (security professionals!) are on a travel or like that, we miss our security toolkit as many times its unconventional to carry laptops everywhere. At that time we wish to have a device within inches … Continue reading →

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Netsparker: A kick start web application penetration testing tool

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Prashant

Netsparker is a commercial web vulnerability scanner that has the capability to scan and report vulnerabilities in web application. It can crawl, attack and identify vulnerabilities in all custom web applications regardless of the platform and the technology it’s built … Continue reading →

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Android app turns smartphones into hacking machines

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Prashant

Sometimes back, we had seen neopwn for Nokia n900 which was full fledged penetration testing suite for mobile phones. Its support for other platform was a big issue. A good news for all android dominated security nerds out there! At DefCon, … Continue reading →

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Anonymous up with a new Denial of Service tool

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Prashant

Anonymous are up again with something new, something that can be called a campaign booster! The group supporters are building a new denial of service tool that will exploit SQL vulnerabilities in websites  to support the group’s future campaigns. According … Continue reading →

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Comitari : Web protection suite for Internet explorer

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Prashant

Today, we are here with another good security software for home users. Comitari welcomes you to the next generation of Web Security solutions – protecting you in real-time as you surf the web, from within your browser applications.  Comitari does … Continue reading →

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WATOBO: The Web Application Toolbox

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Prashant

Here’s a new tool for web application testing and security assessment. WATOBO is intended to enable security professionals to perform highly efficient (semi-automated ) web application security audits. We are convinced that the semi-automated approach is the best way to … Continue reading →

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Patriot NG: A useful security tool

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Prashant

Patriot from Security Projects,  is a Host IDS tool which allows real time monitoring of changes in Windows systems or Network attacks. Following feature of Patriot NG have been mentioned on the site page: Changes in Registry keys: Indicating whether … Continue reading →

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Tuluka kernel inspector: Powerful Rootkit detector

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Prashant

Tuluka is very effective tool for professionals who need to find malicious programs in system. It is a new powerful AntiRootkit, which has the following features: – Detects hidden processes, drivers and devices – Detects IRP hooks – Identifies the … Continue reading →

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