Context App Tool - New Web Application Testing Tool Released

[Context IS - Disclosure <disclosure () contextis co uk>]

CAT is an application to facilitate manual web application penetration testing. It was designed to cope with a more 
demanding level of application testing, taking away some of the more repetitive nature of testing and allowing the 
tester to focus their time instead on the individual application, enabling them to conduct a much more thorough test. 
Conceptually it is similar to other proxies available both commercially and open source. CAT provides a richer feature 
set and greater performance, combined with a more intuitive user interface to aid a professional manual penetration 
tester.

There are a number of differences between CAT and currently available web proxies. Some key differences are:

    * Uses Internet Explorer's rendering engine for accurate HTML representation
    * Supports many different types of text conversations including: URL, Base64, Hex, Unicode, HTML/XML, SQL and 
JavaScript no Quotes
    * Integrated SQL Injection and XSS Detection
    * Synchronised Proxies for Authentication and Authorisation checking
    * Faster due to HTTP connection caching
    * SSL Version and Cipher checker using OpenSSL
    * Greater flexibility for importing/exporting logs and saving projects
    * Tabbed Interface allowing for multiple tools at once e.g. multiple repeaters and different logs
    * The ability to repeat and modify a sequence of requests (particular useful in SSO testing)
    * Free!

There are a number of features which CAT has to enable a wide variety of testing to be conducted:

    * Request Repeater – Used for repeating a single request
    * Proxy – Classic Inline proxy
    * Fuzzer – Allows for batch of tests to be sent to a server for brute forcing, parameter fuzzing, forced browsing 
etc.
    * Log – View a list of requests to sort, search repeat etc. Allows for a sequence of requests to be repeated and 
modified.
    * Authentication Checker – Two synchronised proxies which can be used to check authentication and authorisation 
controls.
    * SSL Checker – Request a specific page with various SSL ciphers and versions.
    * Notepad – A text/RTF editor which can be used as a scratch pad for conversions etc.
    * Web Browser – An integrated web browser with proxy pre-configured based on the Internet Explorer's rendering 
engine.


For more information and to download a copy go to http://cat.contextis.com

Look forward to any feedback,
Michael Jordon


About Context Information Security
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Context Information Security Limited is a specialist information security consultancy based in London and Dusseldorf.
Context promotes the holistic approach to information security and helps clients to identify, assess and control their 
exposure to risk within the fields of IT, telephony and physical security. Context employs experienced information 
security professionals who are subject-matter experts in their various technical specialisms.  Context works 
extensively within the finance, legal, defence and government sectors, delivering high-end information security 
projects to organisations for which security is a priority.


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