VinJect: Toolkit for Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Scanning
Abstract
Penetration testing plays an important role in the development of secure software products and electronic systems. Sustainability of commercial systems is ensured through the regular scans of vulnerability. In this era where quality assurance and testing organizations become increasingly widespread, the effectiveness of the used tools and methods are critical. This article describes the architecture of the software named VinJect, which is developed for efficient penetration testing and vulnerability scanning. The primary goal of this application is to detect vulnerable locations in a shorter time with running in a multi-threaded structure. Our proposed application uses Wapiti and SQLmap applications’ services in the background. With user-friendly interfaces, it is also aimed to remove the bad UX that these applications running on the command line have. In the tests we performed, WinJect was found to be more efficient in completing the vulnerability scans in a much shorter time.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Akhan Akbulut
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0000-0001-9789-5012
Türkiye
Publication Date
August 1, 2018
Submission Date
May 21, 2018
Acceptance Date
May 28, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 6 Number: 4