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Firefox Extensions For Penetration Testing

This year at the SecTor security conference in Toronto, Canada, Security Compass introduced a series of open source firefox extensions aiding in penetration testing exercises.

Illuminating the Black Art of Security. SecTor brings the world’s brightest (and darkest) minds together to identify, discuss, dissect and debate the latest digital threats facing corporations today. Unique to central Canada, SecTor provides an unmatched opportunity for IT Professionals to collaborate with their peers and learn from their mentors. Held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in downtown Toronto, SecTor runs two full days, October 7th and 8th. The event features Keynotes from North America’s most respected and trusted experts. Speakers are true security professionals with depth of understanding on topics that matter. SecTor is a must attend event for every IT Professional.

This suite of web application security testing tools is named Exploit-Me and its designed to be lightweight and easy to use.

The suite is compromised of XSS-Me allowing Cross-Site Scripting, which is a common flaw found in web applications, SQL Inject-Me used to check for SQL Injection vulnerabilities which would allow malicious users to view, delete and modify records and finally Access-Me which test for access vulnerabilities by trying to access resources without being authenticated.

XSS-Me

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a common flaw found in today’s web applications. XSS flaws can cause serious damage to a web application. Detecting XSS vulnerabilities early in the development process will help protect a web application from unnecessary flaws. XSS-Me is the Exploit-Me tool used to test for reflected XSS vulnerabilities.

SQL Inject-Me

SQL Injection vulnerabilities can cause a lot of damage to a web application. A malicious user can possibly view records, delete records, drop tables or gain access to your server. SQL Inject-Me is the Exploit-Me tool used to test for SQL Injection vulnerabilities.

Access-Me

Access vulnerabilities in an application can allow an attacker to access resources without being authenticated. Access-Me is the Exploit-Me tool used to test for Access vulnerabilities.

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The Swiss Army Knife for Your PC

Great article at Lifehacker on Windows maintenance tools that anyone wanting to run a healthy PC should have installed.

Apart from CCleaner, Revo Uninstaller, Auslogic Disk Defrag, and Spybot – Search & Destroy, I would also add some in case virus/malware/spyware removal is required. RootKitRevealer, Ad-Aware, ATF-Cleaner, Avenger, HijackThis and Trojan Remover.

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