Penetration Testing Security Tools: A Comparison

Anand, Piyush; Singh, Ajay Shankar

doi:10.1109/smart52563.2021.9676283

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“…In the work of Anand and Singh [13], penetration testing was done for Amazon Echo against a denial-of-service attack on the Kali Linux platform. They started the testing by assuming that the cyber criminals already have access to the home network.…”

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An Experimental Study on Detecting and Mitigating Vulnerabilities in Web Applications

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The increasing use of the internet has led to a growing number of security threats. Computers, smartphones, smartwatches, and other mobile devices associated with the internet face different threats and exploits. In those cases, different services are provided through web applications only. Those applications are vulnerable to hacking. There are over 1.9 billion websites today, and everything is connected to the network. According to the new national vulnerability database update, 10,683 weaknesses were found in web applications in the first quarter of 2023. The websites have the most significant details of the clients, like personal details, financial details, and so on. Checking all the web application weaknesses is not a silver bullet. So, vulnerability scanners play a significant role in web application security. Vulnerability analysis and penetration testing are two distinct vulnerability types of testing. These tests can help identify all the vulnerabilities in a web application, even those not detected by vulnerability scanners. While certain users access this vulnerability analysis data with just honest goals, like creating some security measures to avoid those vulnerabilities, some utilize it to recognize ways of destroying significant information and records of websites. As it is notable, the term penetration testing is also ethical hacking. The current paper aims to investigate penetration testing on web applications. The paper discusses the different types of penetration testing, the tools and techniques used, and the benefits of penetration testing. It also suggests the challenges of penetration testing and the steps that can be taken to mitigate these challenges.

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“…It is not an easy task, so the penetration tester uses automated tools to avoid that. In automated penetration testing, few tools are available as open-source, and some as commercial products with different functionalities [13]. The main problem in this automated penetration testing is in selecting the best tool.…”

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confidence: 99%