ARTICLE FireCAT 1.4 released

Monday 12 May 2008 - 12669 read - ( Keywords : FireCAT , Firefox , Framework )

FireCAT (Firefox Catalog of Auditing exTension) is a mindmap collection of the most efficient and useful firefox extensions oriented application security auditing and assessment

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Changes for version 1.4

Information Gathering (Enumeration and Fingerprinting)
- Passive Recon : PassiveRecon allows Information Security professionals the ability to perform "packetless" discovery of target resources utilizing publicly available information (Thanks to Kev Orrey)

Security Auditing
- Selenium IDE : Selenium is a test tool for web applications. Selenium tests run directly in a browser, just like real users do
- RESTTest : Construct custom HTTP requests to directly test requests against a server. RESTTest uses the XmlHttpRequest object and allows you to simulate XHR to quickly prototype requests and test security problems. Designed specifically for working with REST sources, supporting all HTTP methods
- Acunetix Firefox plugin: Read here a good review by Kev Orrey. Extension submitted by Kev Orrey from VulnerabilityAssessment

IT Security Related
- Added Milw0rm Exploits Search (Thanks to Kev Orrey)

- Fixed HashMDTool link
- Fixed OSVB extension link
- Fixed US Homeland Security Threat link


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