Wappalyzer
Information Gathering is the very initial step of the Ethical Hacking Process. As the name suggests, Information Collection is important to approach our target. While Testing any Web-based Application, there is a well-known strategy of “The more you collect, The easier will be attacking.” So Information about our target helps in every phase of Testing. So to get information about the target application, Wappalyzer Extension helps a lot to Security Testers. We can get information like Programming Languages used by the application, Mobile Frameworks, Security, JavaScript Libraries, Web Server Information, etc.
8 Useful Firefox Extensions For Ethical Hacking and Security Research
When performing penetration testing of any web-based application, the Mozilla Firefox browser is the most favorable browser for almost every Ethical Hacker and Security Researcher. Mozilla Firefox has proved itself a more featured browser than various browsers like Chrome, Safari, Opera, etc. One of the main reasons behind its popularity is the More Tools features, including Web Developer Tools, Extension for developers, Task Manager, and many more. Although there are several extensions available for Ethical Hackers and Security Researchers to automate or make their testing easier, in this article, we will mention some common and most beneficial extensions that can be useful for almost every Ethical Hacker and Security Researcher.
Let’s get started with the list:
Table of Content
- 1. Wappalyzer
- 2. HackBar
- 3. Tamper Data
- 4. base64-decoder
- 5. Cookie Quick Manager
- 6. Easy XSS
- 7. Port Checker Tool
- 8. NoScript Security Suite