The Couple of Tools for Web Application Penetration Testers || Univ_Techs





A penetration test, also known as a pen test, is a simulated cyberattacks against your computer system to check for exploitable vulnerabilities. The websites capability is increasing day by day thanks to new web technologies and their integration with other services. The need for security analysts is also increasing. It has been told by experts that the security industry is having a shortage of skilled professionals and this shortage is expected to increase.




When we talk about testing something we talk about going through many instances of a single event which has only slight variation in each instance. Manually going through all of it can be time-consuming hence automation is required.  As per the rule of thumb in computer science: repetitive tasks must be automated, so geeks have developed a lot of tools respecting the rule. These tools involve simple scripts as well as all in one testing suites.

Most Useful Tools for Web Application Penetration Testers


The OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is one of the world’s most popular free security tools and is actively maintained by hundreds of international volunteers. It can help you automatically find security vulnerabilities in your web applications while you are developing and testing your applications. Its also a great tool for experienced pentesters to use for manual security testing.  It provides automated scanners as well as a set of tools that allow you to find security vulnerabilities manually.

2. Burp Suite
   
     Burp Suite is an integrated platform for performing security testing of web applications. It is designed to support the methodology of a hands-on tester, and gives you complete control over the actions that it performs, and deep analysis of the results. Burp contains several tools that work together to carry out virtually any task you will encounter in your testing. It can automate all kinds of tasks in customizable ways, and lets you combine manual and automated techniques to make your testing faster, more reliable and more fun.

Burp is intuitive and user-friendly, and the best way to start learning is by doing. These steps will get you started with running Burp and using its basic features. You can then read on deeper into the documentation to become more proficient in using this supremely powerful tool.

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