Detects Adobe Flash flaws with SWFScan
Posted: March 24th, 2009 | Author: xanda | Filed under: My Self | Tags: flash, SWFScan, vulnerabilities, web | No Comments »HP SWFScan, a free tool developed by HP Web Security Research Group, will automatically find security vulnerabilities in applications built on the Flash platform.
HP is offering SWFScan because:
- HP’s research shows that developers is increasingly implementing applications built on the Adobe Flash platform without the required security expertise.
- As a result, HP is seeing a proliferation of insecure applications being deployed on the web.
- A vulnerable application built on the Flash platform widens your website’s attack surface creating more opportunity for malicious hackers.
How SWFScan works and what vulnerabilities it finds:
- Decompiles applications built on the Adobe Flash platform to extract the ActionScript code and statically analyzes it to identify security issues such as information disclosure.
- Identifies and reports insecure programming and deployment practices and suggests solutions.
- Enables you to audit third party applications without requiring access to the source code.
Dowload this free tool to help your team find Flash vulnerabilities in your web applications.
