Cyber security

Firefly : Revolutionizing Security Testing With Advanced Black-Box Fuzzing

Firefly is an advanced black-box fuzzer and not just a standard asset discovery tool. Firefly provides the advantage of testing a target with a large number of built-in checks to detect behaviors in the target.

Advantages

  • Hevy use of gorutines and internal hardware for great preformance
  • Built-in engine that handles each task for “x” response results inductively
  • Highly cusomized to handle more complex fuzzing
  • Filter options and request verifications to avoid junk results
  • Friendly error and debug output
  • Build in payloads (default list are mixed with the wordlist from seclists)
  • Payload tampering and encoding functionality

Installation

go install -v github.com/Brum3ns/firefly/cmd/firefly@latest

Usage

Simple

firefly -h
firefly -u 'http://example.com/?query=FUZZ'

Advanced usage

Request

Different types of request input that can be used

Basic

firefly -u 'http://example.com/?query=FUZZ' --timeout 7000

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Varshini

Varshini is a Cyber Security expert in Threat Analysis, Vulnerability Assessment, and Research. Passionate about staying ahead of emerging Threats and Technologies.

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