FireCAT 1.4 released

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