PunkSpider: a search engine for vulnerable websites

In reading some articles about computer security, I was surprised to discover PunkSpider.




PunkSpider is a tool created by Alejandro Caceres and Amanda Towler able to scan millions of sites and detect their vulnerabilities. It is a great search engine vulnerabilities websites.

PunkSPIDER can help you verify the security of a shopping site, or a site or you have submitted your personal data, but could also be used by script-kiddies all the world - although its founder highlights: Verification the existence of vulnerabilities is not the same as operate in a real attack.


Every year the search engine scans the millions of sites looking for vulnerabilities and provide the result on their site. The next scan will take place in late May of this year; we will have to monitor and test your own sites to be sure that you are not indexed as a vulnerable site on their search engine.

There is also a plug-in for Firefox or Chrome that lets you know in real time if vulnerabilities are present in the sites you visit. It is rather well done!




Finally PunkSpider remains a rather nice search engine if it is used for awareness of web application security! To put in your favorites ... 😉

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