Follow us on RSS or Twitter for the latest updates.

June 21, 2011

The Zed Attack Proxy - Penetration Testing Tool



The Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is an easy to use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications.

It is designed to be used by people with a wide range of security experience and as such is ideal for developers and functional testers who are new to penetration testing.

ZAP provides automated scanners as well as a set of tools that allow you to find security vulnerabilities manually.

ZAP Features
  • Brute Force scanner
  • Passive scanner
  • Intercepting Proxy
  • Port scanner
  • Automated scanner
  • Spider
  • Fuzzer
  • Dynamic SSL certificates
  • API
  • Beanshell integration 
You can download ZAP v1.3.0 here:

Windows Installer – ZAP_1.3.0_Windows.exe
Linux Installer – ZAP_1.3.0_Linux.tar.gz
Mac OSX Installer – ZAP_1.3.0_Mac_OS_X.zip

Or read more here.