Pyciuti: A Python Based Customizable and Flexible Cybersecurity Utility Tool for Penetration Testing

Abstract

Cybersecurity is the technology and process for safeguarding networks and devices against attacks, damage, or unauthorized access. Everyone who is in the field of cybersecurity has been at a phase where they have been confused about the endless list of tools that are used in this field. From Nmap to Burp suite. People who want to enter this field get confused at the endless list of tools and resources and thus end up using high-level tools for a long time before figuring them out or just giving up halfway. The challenge presented in this scenario is that for a given objective such as scanning a web application, the user needs to learn and use more than three or four tools, which are difficult to integrate. Thus the need for a general-purpose tool that has everything built inside it comes up so that professionals and new entrants don't have to search through an endless list of tools to find the good and useful ones. The objective of this research is to build a fully integrated tool that can be used by users, without having to download and learn all the different tools available on the market. The research work proposed a similar idea in the form of a general-purpose tool based on python that caters to everyone in this field. This tool includes custom scanners to crawlers and malware. The proposed work envisions all-purpose tool that is both flexible and customizable so thatit does not only cater to newusers in the field but also includes tools for professionals for a quick lookout.