Re: Required Help on Automated Tools

[Matt - MRS Security <matt () mrssecurity com>]

Vin Oxious wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
>                                Greetings !! ..Can you please list me
> some tools that would allow automated testing of the below ...  (
> while I have already got a few tools .. just wanted to know if there
> are some good ones ) ..
>
> SQL Injection -
>
> XSS -
>
> Improper Session Management -
>
> URL Access -
>
> Direct Object Reference -
>
>
> regards,
> Noxious
>
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Please, please, please, please, please dont automate this kind of 
testing and then based upon the results give the customer a pass if 
nothing found.

I never ever advise automated application assessments to anyone. I 
personally from the outset at the most automate the spidering of the 
site and then manually audit it.

Improper session management can really only be assessed manually by 
looking at the cookie or any session data passed as part of the URL.

There are a number of issues that automated tools will never discover.

Sorry to beat home this fact but at the most automated tools should be 
run at the end of the test to verify your results.

I know personally of a PCI ASV that i competed against during some work 
and they used automated scanning, they passed the merchant and i found 
SQL injection (XP_CMDSHELL level), XSS, CSRF, weak session management, 
data passed in the clear to name a few.

More than likely this email is going to cause an argument, but please do 
not automate testing from the outset. Use it to verify your results.

Thanks

Matt.



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