awesome-java-security
github.com/guardrailsio/awesome-java-security βAwesome Java Security Resources πΆβπ
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Cryptography
- ACME4J
Java ACME client for issuing X.509 certificates using Let's Encrypt or another ACME based CA.
- Bouncy Castle
Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms.
- Conscrypt
Java Security Provider that implements parts of the Java Cryptography Extension and Java Secure Socket Extension.
- Cryptomator
Multi-platform transparent client-side encryption of your files in the cloud.
- Keyczar
Easy-to-use crypto toolkit by Google.
- Keywhiz
System for distributing and managing secrets.
Web Framework Hardening
- Apache Shiro
A powerful and easy-to-use Java security framework that performs authentication, authorization, cryptography, and session management.
- JJWT
Java JWT: JSON Web Token for Java and Android.
- OWASP ESAPI Java
Enterprise Security API is a free, open source, web application security control library that makes it easier for programmers to write lower-risk applications.
- PAC4J
Security engine for Java to authenticate users, get their profiles and manage authorizations in order to secure web applications and web services.
- Spring Security
A powerful and highly customizable authentication and access-control framework.
- Spring Security Oauth
Support for adding OAuth1(a) and OAuth2 features (consumer and provider) for Spring web applications.
Articles, Guides & Talks
- Application Security Verification Standard
(PDF) The standard is a list of application security requirements that can be used by developers.
- Java Platform, Standard Edition Security Developerβs Guide
This guide covers major Java Standard Edition security components: Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA), Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) and Java Secure Socket Extensions (JSSE)
- Java Security Resource Center
A collection of security details for different users of the Java Platform.
- Prevent cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks
This article explains how XSS attacks work and suggests a methodology to block XSS attacks.
- Secure Coding Guidelines
Secure Coding Guidelines for Java SE
- Securing a Web Application
This guide walks you through the process of creating a simple web application with resources that are protected by Spring Security.
Static Code Analysis
- Bearer
A static code security analyzer to discover, filter and prioritize security and privacy risks.
- Detect Secrets
An enterprise friendly way of detecting and preventing secrets in code.
- Find Security Bugs
SpotBugs plugin for security audits of Java web applications and Android applications.
- Gitrob
Gitrob is a tool to help find potentially sensitive files pushed to public repositories on Github.
- Oversecured
A static analyzer for Android apps (APK files), searches for security vulnerabilities. Contains 90+ vulnerability categories.
- Sonarqube
SonarQube provides the capability to show the health of an application and highlight newly introduced issues.
Hacking Playground
- BodgeIt Store
A vulnerable web application aimed at people who are new to pen testing.
- OWASP Benchmark
A Java test suite designed to verify the speed and accuracy of vulnerability detection tools.
- Security Shepherd
Web and mobile application security training platform.
- WebGoat
A deliberately insecure Java Web Application.
Runtime Analysis
- Code Pulse
Code Pulse is a real-time code coverage tool for penetration testing activities.
- OWASP ZAP
Helps automatically find security vulnerabilities in your web applications.
Vulnerabilities and Security Advisories
- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
Vulnerabilities that were assigned a CVE. Covers the language and packages.
- Contrast Community Edition
Free tool to locate CVEs and outdated dependencies in libraries.
- National Vulnerability Database
Java known vulnerabilities in the National Vulnerability Database.
- OWASP Dependency-Check
Detects publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in application dependencies.
- Snyk
CLI and build-time tool to find & fix known vulnerabilities in open-source dependencies.
- Snyk Vulnerability DB
Commercial but free listing of known vulnerabilities in libraries.
Practices
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