OWASP ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy)
OWASP ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy)
Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is an open-source web application security scanner developed by OWASP. It helps security professionals and developers identify vulnerabilities in web applications.
ZAP Features
- Open-source and free.
- Easy to use for beginners and powerful for experts.
- Automates security testing.
- Supports both active and passive scanning.
Install ZAP
On Kali Linux, you can install ZAP using the following command:
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install zaproxyOnce installed, you can launch ZAP by running:
$ zaproxy Applications >> Web Application Analysis >> owasp-zap
Click on the ‘Run an Automated Scan against your application’ button.
Enter the application URL in the “URL to attack:” textbox.
Click the Attack button.
This will scan the web application. After the scan is completed you will see the list of crawled sites under the Sites.
Under the Alerts section, you can find all the alerts and findings of the scan.
Under the Spider section, you will find all the links scanned.
ZAP is a powerful tool for web application security testing. Beginners can start with passive scanning and gradually move to active scanning and automation.
