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OWASP Mantra - Security Framework

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OWASP Mantra - Security Framework

  • A web application security testing framework built on top of a browser.
  • Supports Windows, Linux(both 32 and 64 bit) and Macintosh.
  • Can work with other software like ZAP using built in proxy management function which makes it much more convenient.
  • Available in 9 languages: Arabic, Chinese - Simplified, Chinese - Traditional, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish
  • Comes installed with major security distributions including BackTrack and Matriux

Introduction

Free and Open Source Browser based Security Framework


Description

Mantra is a browser especially designed for web application security testing. By having such a product, more people will come to know the easiness and flexibility of being able to follow basic testing procedures within the browser. Mantra believes that having such a portable, easy to use and yet powerful platform can be helpful for the industry.

Mantra has many built in tools to modify headers, manipulate input strings, replay GET/POST requests, edit cookies, quickly switch between multiple proxies, control forced redirects etc. This makes it a good software for performing basic security checks and sometimes, exploitation. Thus, Mantra can be used to solve basic levels of various web based CTFs, showcase security issues in vulnerable web applications etc.


Licensing

OWASP Mantra is free to use. It is licensed under the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license], so you can copy, distribute and transmit the work, and you can adapt it, and use it commercially, but all provided that you attribute the work and if you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.


What is OWASP Mantra?

OWASP Mantra provides:

  • A web application security testing framework built on top of a browser.
  • Supports Windows, Linux(both 32 and 64 bit) and Macintosh.
  • Can work with other software like ZAP using built in proxy management function which makes it much more convenient.
  • Available in 9 languages: Arabic, Chinese - Simplified, Chinese - Traditional, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish
  • Comes installed with major security distributions including BackTrack and Matriux


Presentation

Project Presentation 1 | Project Presentation 2


Project Leader

Abhi M Balakrishnan and Yashartha Chaturvedi


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Email List

https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-mantra

News and Events

Computer Weekly Article
OWASP Mantra - c0c0n 11 and AppSecLatam 11 Release
Mantra at Ekoparty Security Conference
Mantra at OWASP LatamTour - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Getting secure with Mantra: An open source penetration testing kit - 1. Computer World 2. CIO 3. Tech World 4. CSO
Searchsecurity Screencast
Mantra in Matriux Security Distribution
Mantra in Backtrack 5 - Penetration Testing Distribution
Mantra – Free and Open Source Security Framework' - published in India's first hacking magazine ClubHack Mag
ClubHACK 2010 Mantra release
OWASP Mantra page on Secpedia, the information security encyclopedia
More News and Events

Classifications

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Volunteers

OWASP Mantra is developed by a worldwide team of volunteers. The primary contributors to date have been:

Gokul C Gopinath, Maximiliano Soler, Niraj Mohite, Rahul Babu R, Gopu C Gopinath and Thomas Mackenzie

Computer Weekly Article
OWASP Mantra - c0c0n 11 and AppSecLatam 11 Release
Mantra at Ekoparty Security Conference
Mantra at OWASP LatamTour - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Getting secure with Mantra: An open source penetration testing kit - 1. Computer World 2. CIO 3. Tech World 4. CSO
Searchsecurity Screencast
Mantra in Matriux Security Distribution
Mantra in Backtrack 5 - Penetration Testing Distribution
Mantra – Free and Open Source Security Framework' - published in India's first hacking magazine ClubHack Mag
ClubHACK 2010 Mantra release
OWASP Mantra page on Secpedia, the information security encyclopedia
Article about OWASP Mantra on KitPloit
Article about OWASP Mantra on OS Arena
OWASP Mantra was in the list of free and popular security tools on habrahabr.ru
Article about OWASP Mantra on Mundodoshackers
Korben featured Mantra in 2011
OWASP Mantra was mentioned by Alexsandro Souza on PHP Developers Group of Sao Paulo
OWASP Mantra was mentioned by Alexsandro Souza on iMasters
Article about Hackery and Galley by Niraj
OWASP Mantra was mentioned in 177th edition of Devops Weekly
OWASP Mantra was on of the Best Hacking, Penetration Testing, Security software for Linux listed by thegeeksclub
Article about OWASP Mantra Janus on Darknet
OWASP Mantra was mentioned as a handy tool for SysAdmins at EFYTimes
OWASP Mantra was one among 18 Free Security Tools for SysAdmins by Andrew Zammit Tabona on GFI blog
OWASP Mantra was mentioned in Cyberpunk.fr
Article about OWASP Mantra on pensandoenlaweb.com
OWASP Mantra was mentioned in Increased Visibility article titled 'Detecting Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities'
OWASP Mantra was used to demonstrate Failure to Restrict URL Access vulnerability on OneFileCMS
OWASP Mantra was used to demonstrate Failure to Restrict URL Access vulnerability on chillyCMS
OWASP Mantra is a supporting partner of c0c0n 2014
The Power of Apostrophe blog created as part of OWASP_Security_Blitz
LAMP Security CTF 6 walk through using OWASP Mantra by Abhi M Balakrishnan on Null & OWASP Delhi Combined Meeting November 2014

As of now, the priorities are: Create an ecosystem for hackers based on browser To bring the attention of security people to the potential of a browser based security platform Provide easy to use and portable platform for demonstrating common web based attacks( read training ) To associate with other security tools/products to make a better environment. Eg: It can be a nice addition to OWASP Live CD It can be used to solve basic levels of CTF contests It can associate with projects like DVWA to showcase attacks It can bring functions like crawler, SQL injection scanner etc by installing extensions.

Involvement in the development and promotion of OWASP Mantra is actively encouraged! You do not have to be a security expert in order to contribute.


PROJECT INFO
What does this OWASP project offer you?
RELEASE(S) INFO
What releases are available for this project?
what is this project?
Name: OWASP Mantra - Security Framework (home page)
Purpose: Mantra is a security framework which can be very helpful in performing all the five phases of attacks including reconnaissance, scanning and enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges,maintaining access, and covering tracks. Apart from that it also contains a set of tools targeted for web developers and code debuggers which makes it handy for both offensive security and defensive security related tasks.
License: GNU Free Documentation 1.2 for documents & GPL v3 for source code
who is working on this project?
Project Leader(s):
Project Maintainer(s):
how can you learn more?
Project Pamphlet: View
Project Presentation: View
Mailing list: Mailing List Archives
Project Roadmap: View
Main links:
Key Contacts
current release
OWASP Mantra Janus - Beta 0.92 - 22 January 2013 - (download)
Release description: Sixth public beta release of OWASP Mantra Security Toolkit - Beta 0.92 code named Janus
Rating: Yellow button.JPG Not Reviewed - Assessment Details
last reviewed release
Not Yet Reviewed


other releases

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OWASP Mantra Security Toolkit - Beta 0.92 code named Janus

Linux 32 bit: Mirror 1 Mirror 2 Torrent
Linux 64 bit: Mirror 1 Mirror 2 Torrent
Windows: Mirror 1 Mirror 2 Torrent
Macintosh: Mirror 1 Mirror 2 Torrent
Source: Mirror 1


Old Versions

Old versions of OWASP Mantra and their source code can be obtained from:
OWASP Mantra download page on Google Code or
Sourceforge page of OWASP Mantra

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