[Full-disclosure] Context App Tool - New Web Application Testing Tool Released

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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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