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FireCAT 1.4 released

Monday 12 May 2008

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

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