Regarding to a note of Marc Ruef, author of the Attack Tool Kit (ATK), the ATK Version 4.0 is now available for download. The ATK is an open-source security scanner and exploiting framework for Microsoft Windows. Marc announced ....
"... The ATK 4.0 has been released. Most improvements and enhancements has been invested in the reporting engine. The generation of html, text and Nessus nsr reports is now possible. Furthermore more than 340 ATK plugins are available and the Nessus NASL plugin handling has been re-introduced. Feel free to download the latest release on the project web site at http://www.computec.ch/projekte/atk/ ..."
Explanation: The ATK was first developed to provide a very small and handy tool for Windows to realize fast checks for dedicated vulnerabilities. In the meanwhile it is a combination of security scanner (e.g. Nessus) and exploiting framework (e.g. MetaSploit). The special thing about ATK is that the tool is able to do the work without great interaction. But there is also always the possibility to vary and change the behaviour of the software. This concern the plugins, checking, enumeration and reporting. The user is not dependent of the ideas of the developers - If needed because of the modularity nearly every change can be done within a few seconds. ATK is written in Visual Basic, underlies the General Public License (GPL) and is absolutely free to use and distribute.
related links:
ATK Website
ATK Download
