Best security testing tools for website

Website security is an action to ensure website security and data is not exposed to cyber attackers. The security of a website is very important because nobody wants to have a hacked his/her business website and server. Websites are scanned for any vulnerabilities and malware using website security tools and software’s. In this post, we will discuss on best security testing tools for website and software.

Best security testing tools for website

Here is a list of best security testing tools for website is:

1. NetSparker

Netsparker is a scalable, accurate and automated web application security solution that will identify the vulnerabilities such as SQL Injection, Cross-site Scripting attacks and critical vulnerabilities in websites, web applications and web services.

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2. Vega

Vega is a free and open source web security and testing tool to test the security of web applications. It is written in java GUI based and works with OS X, Linux and Windows platforms.

Vega can detect different types of web application vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, shell injection and cross-site scripting (XSS). It also can validate SQL injection and improve the security of your TLS servers.

3. Wapiti

Wapiti is free, open source and one of the efficient web application security testing tools that check security vulnerabilities of your web pages and applications.

It is a command-line application and performs as ‘black box testing’ to detect the web applications for possible vulnerabilities such as file disclosure, SQL injection, file inclusion, cross Site Scripting (XSS) and weak .htaccess configuration.

4. Acunetix

5. SQLMap

6. ZED Attack Proxy (ZAP)

7. Grabber

8. Metasploit

9. Skipfish

10. Burp Suite

11. W3af