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Upcoming Talks/Training:

For details of upcoming ZAP related talks or training please see the latest ZAP Newsletter

Latest News:

• 2019/06/07 Version 2.8.0 released
• 2018/07/26 The ZAP Heads Up Display (HUD) revealed at Bay Area OWASP meetup
• 2017/11/28 Version 2.7.0 released
• 2017/03/29 Version 2.6.0 released
• 2017/02/11 ZAP came second in the Top Security Tools of 2016 as voted by ToolsWatch.org readers
• 2016/06/03 Version 2.5.0 released
• 2016/05/26 ZAP bug bounty program launched
• 2016/02/23 ZAP declared the Top Security Tool of 2015 as voted by ToolsWatch.org readers
• 2016/02/19 ZAP February newsletter published
• 2016/01/04 ZAP January newsletter published
• 2015/12/15 ZAP December newsletter published
• 2015/12/04 Version 2.4.3 released
• 2015/11/02 ZAP November newsletter published
• 2015/09/07 Version 2.4.2 released
• 2015/07/31 ZAP Scripting Competition launched
• 2015/07/30 Version 2.4.1 released
• 2015/05/05 ZAP featured in the ThoughtWorks Technology Radar
• 2015/04/14 Version 2.4.0 released
• 2015/01/14 ZAP came second in the Top Security Tools of 2014 as voted by ToolsWatch.org readers
• 2015/01/02 ZAP Community Scripts repo launched
• 2014/05/21 Version 2.3.1 released
• 2014/04/10 Version 2.3.0 released
• 2014/03/10 Hacking ZAP blog post series started: http://zaproxy.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/hacking-zap-1-why-should-you.html
• 2014/02/17 ZAP included as one of the SourceForge projects of the week
• 2013/12/20 ZAP declared the Top Security Tool of 2013 as voted by ToolsWatch.org readers
• 2013/11/04 ZAP Evangelists initiative launched
• 2013/10/29 Simon won Best Project Leader WASPY Award
• 2013/09/27 Version 2.2.2 released
• 2013/09/11 Version 2.2.0 released
• 2013/07/29 New language file including support for Bosnian
• 2013/06/17 ZAP user questionnaire launched, now in both English and Spanish
• 2013/06/05 ZAP questions can now be asked on irc
• 2013/05/10 5 ZAP related projects accepted for Google Summer of Code
• 2013/04/18 Version 2.1.0 released
• 2013/01/30 Version 2.0.0 released
• 2012/11/27 Started a new zaproxy-test project of unit and integrations tests
• 2012/10/29 Adopted Crowdin for translations
• 2012/10/22 Started generating weekly releases
• 2012/10/12 ZAP Overview tutorial video published
• 2012/09/18 ZAP Gear Store goes live
• 2012/08/05 Version 1.4.1 released
• 2012/07/08 Version 1.4.0.1 downloaded over 15,000 times
• 2012/07/05 Python API released
• 2012/06/15 ZAP accepted for the OWASP Project Reboot
• 2012/06/13 Using ZAP for Security Regression tests video published
• 2012/06/04 Version 1.4.0.1 downloaded over 10,000 times
• 2012/05/28 Simon's Introduction to ZAP talk at App Sec USA becomes the most watched OWASP video on vimeo
• 2012/04/23 3 ZAP related Google Summer of Code 2012 projects accepted. To find out how these are progressing please see their wiki pages.
• 2012/04/23 OWASP ZAP SmartCard Project officially launched.
• 2012/04/08 Version 1.4.0.1 released
• 2012/02/10 Version 1.3.4 downloaded over 10,000 times
• 2012/02/01 OWASP ZAP is named the Toolsmith Tool of the Year for 2011!
• 2010/09/06 The very first ZAP release, 1.0.0 announced via bugtraq

Yes, you can now buy ZAP related gear!

All of the artwork for ZAP swag is released under the Creative Common License and can be downloaded from the zap-swag repo.

You can of course use the artwork from this repo with any other online store that you like.

A range of products can be purchased from Redbubble

Stickers can be purchased from Stickermule

T-shirts can be purchased from Cafepress

ZAP is developed by a worldwide team of volunteers.

But we have also been helped by many organizations, either financially or by encouraging their employees to work on ZAP:

• Mozilla
• The Linux Foundation
• OWASP
• Sage
• Google
• Microsoft
• Hacktics, Ernst & Young
• DinoSec
• Denim Group
• Aspect Security
• SecureIdeas
• UtiliSec
• encription
• Accenture Digital

Some of ZAP's functionality:

• Intercepting Proxy
• Traditional and AJAX spiders
• Automated scanner
• Passive scanner
• Forced browsing
• Fuzzer
• Dynamic SSL certificates
• Smartcard and Client Digital Certificates support
• Web sockets support
• Support for a wide range of scripting languages
• Plug-n-Hack support
• Authentication and session support
• Powerful REST based API
• Automatic updating option
• Integrated and growing marketplace of add-ons

Some of ZAP's features:

• Open source
• Cross platform (it even runs on a Raspberry Pi!)
• Easy to install (using a multi-platform installer builder)
• Completely free (no paid for 'Pro' version)
• Ease of use a priority
• Comprehensive help pages
• Fully internationalized
• Translated into over 20 languages
• Community based, with involvement actively encouraged
• Under active development by an international team of volunteers

ZAP is a fork of the well regarded Paros Proxy.

ZAP supports the following languages:

• English
• Arabic
• Bosnian
• Brazilian Portuguese
• Chinese
• Danish
• Filipino
• French
• German
• Greek
• Hungarian
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Persian
• Polish
• Russian
• Sinhala
• Spanish
• Urdu

You can use Crowdin to help improve these translations or add new ones right now!

Release 2.6.0

ZAP 2.6.0 has been released, this is a bug fix and enhancement release

For more details see https://github.com/zaproxy/zap-core-help/wiki/HelpReleases2_6_0

Release 2.7.0

ZAP 2.7.0 is being actively worked on, and is expected to be released relatively soon.

It will require Java 8 (minimum) and will support Selenium 3. It will also include all of the changes currrently available in the weekly release.

Release 2.8.0

ZAP 2.8.0 does not yet have a planned release date, but is likely to be around the end of 2017 or (more likely) the beginning of 2018.

Involvement in the development of ZAP is actively encouraged!

You do not have to be a security expert in order to contribute.

Some of the ways you can help:

Feature Requests

Please raise new feature requests as enhancement requests here: https://github.com/zaproxy/zaproxy/issues

If there are existing requests you are also interested in then please 'star' them - that way we can see which features people are most interested in and can prioritize them accordingly.

Feedback

Please use the zaproxy-users Google Group for feedback:

• What do like?
• What don't you like?
• What features could be made easier to use?
• How could the help pages be improved?

Log issues

Have you had a problem using ZAP?

If so and its not already been logged then please report it

Localization

Are you fluent in another language? Can you help translate ZAP into that language?

You can use Crowdin to do that!

Development

If you fancy having a go at adding functionality to ZAP then please get in touch via the zaproxy-develop Google Group.

Again, you do not have to be a security expert to contribute code - working on ZAP could be great way to learn more about web application security!

If you actively contribute to ZAP then you will be invited to join the project.