Automated Web Application Security Testing tools are in the core of modern penetrating testing practices. You cannot rely 100% on the results they produce, without considering seriously their limitations. However, because these tools are so good at picking the low-hanging fruit by employing force and repetition, they still have a place in our arsenal of penetrating testing equipment.
These tools are not unfamiliar to modern day penetration testers. [...]
Another tool is out of the door. I am happy to announce the official launch of the Netsecurify GNUCITIZEN initiative. In this post I am planning to give a bit of an overview of the system and also to explain what were are aiming to do with it.
Netsecurify is part of GNUCITIZEN’s online security toolkit including tools such as Blogsecurify (Social Media Security) and Websecurify (Websecurity services, yet to be released)! [...]


