ZAP now has a dedicated OWASP PTK active scan rule, so you can run the PTK rules in the ZAP active scanner.
Check out the dramatic improvement in the scores vs Google Firing Range!
zaproxy.org/blog/2026-06-0…#zaproxy#owaspptk#appsec
𝗢𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗣 𝗣𝗧𝗞 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗽𝗺 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲
Instead of treating browser security testing as a separate manual activity, teams can now run PTK-backed scans as part of automation.
npmjs.com/package/pentes…
I wrote a scenario like a prompt, hit run… and Codex just did the job.
Playwright is driving the browser.
OWASP PTK is turning it into real DAST/IAST findings.
It even solved a math captcha on its own.
This is what crawling should look like.
youtu.be/UjjrxENjyEg
@DerrickShieldsX - is it you? Peritus Labs says it’s “The Data Consultancy for Serious Organizations.” Odd, because posting “PTK got hacked” in public and asking me to chase you for the details is the opposite of serious. Report privately, with evidence. Or say it wasn’t you.
𝗢𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗣 𝗣𝗧𝗞 𝟵.𝟳.𝟬 is out for Chromium and Firefox
This release is all about improving the 𝗯𝘂𝗴 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.
See how SAST can find hidden routes!
𝗢𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗣 𝗣𝗧𝗞 𝟵.𝟲.𝟬 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 - a reporting + correlation focused release.
This version is all about turning scan output into something you can actually share, triage, and act on.
pentestkit.co.uk/release_notes.…
Reposting this write-up - if you try the add-on, break it (politely) and tell me what you’d like to see next. Bugs, issues, and reviews genuinely help.
cybersecuritynews.com/zap-owasp-pent…
𝗭𝗔𝗣 + 𝗢𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗣 𝗣𝗧𝗞 as a browser-based AppSec tool is a pretty powerful combo.
I’m really excited to share a major milestone for OWASP PTK: the 𝗢𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗣 𝗣𝗧𝗞 𝗮𝗱𝗱-𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗭𝗔𝗣 is now released.
zaproxy.org/blog/2026-01-1…
PWASP PTK 9.5.0 has been released:
JWT attacks improved: fixed false positives for alg=none checks and better handling of public/unauthenticated endpoints.
SPA attacks support: improved attack flow for modern single-page applications.
UI performance and bug fixes.
OWASP PTK v.9.1.0/1 has just been released with a full house appsec tools:
- DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing)
- IAST (Interactive Application Security Testing)
- SAST (Static Application Security Testing)
- SCA (Software Composition Analysis)
Meet first in class in-browser IAST agent for JavaScript!
In OWASP PTK v9, we’ve introduced an integrated IAST capability to help surface client-side issues immediately:
*Taint-Flow Visibility
*Contextual Findings
*Zero-Configuration Deployment
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