
A curated list of awesome Python security related resources.
List inspired by the awesome list thing.
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- Secure.py – secure.py 🔒 is a lightweight package that adds optional security headers and cookie attributes for Python web frameworks.
- Flask-HTTPAuth – Simple extension that provides Basic, Digest and Token HTTP authentication for Flask routes.
- Flask Talisman – Talisman is a small Flask extension that handles setting HTTP headers that can help protect against a few common web application security issues.
- Django deployment checklist – Web framework Django has built-in feature to check for security configurations: run this command
manage.py check --deploy
. It’s really helpful as it already included in the framework. - Django Session CSRF – CSRF protection for Django without cookies.
- hawkeye – Multi purpose security/vulnerability/risk scanning tool supporting Ruby, Node.js, Python, PHP and Java.
- GuardRails – A GitHub App that gives you instant security feedback in your Pull Requests.
- Hubble – Hubble is a modular, open-source security compliance framework.
- Salus – Multi purpose security scanning tool supporting Ruby, Node, Python and Go.
- Bandit – Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python code.
- Pyt – A Static Analysis Tool for Detecting Security Vulnerabilities in Python Web Applications.
- Detect Secrets – An enterprise friendly way of detecting and preventing secrets in code.
- Safety – Safety checks your installed dependencies for known security vulnerabilities.
- snyk Vulnerability DB – Commercial but free listing of known vulnerabilities in libraries.
- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures – Vulnerabilities that were assigned a CVE. Covers the language and packages.
- National Vulnerability Database – Python known vulnerabilities in the National Vulnerability Database.
- EvilTwinFramework – A framework for pentesters that facilitates evil twin attacks as well as exploiting other wifi vulnerabilities.
- sqlmap – Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool
- Passlib – Secure password storage/hashing library, very high level.
- PyNacl – Python binding to the Networking and Cryptography (NaCl) library.
- wemake-django-template – Bleeding edge
django
template focused on code quality and security.
- Let’s be bad Guys – Shiny, Let’s Be Bad Guys: Exploiting and Mitigating the Top 10 Web App Vulnerabilities.
- django.nV – django.nV is a purposefully vulnerable Django application provided by nVisium.
- DSVW – Damn Small Vulnerable Web (DSVW) is a deliberately vulnerable web application written in under 100 lines of code, created for educational purposes.
- DVPWA – Damn Vulnerable Python Web Application was inspired by famous dvwa project and bobby-tables xkcd comics.
- Full Stack Python Security – A comprehensive look at cybersecurity for Python developers
- cryptography – A package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers.
- 10 Common Security Gotchas in Python – 10 common security gotchas in Python and how to avoid them.
- OWASP Python Security – Aims at creating a hardened version of python that makes it easier for developers to write applications more resilient to attacks and manipulations.
- Django Security – Overview of Django’s security features includes advice on securing a Django-powered site.
- GuardRails – A GitHub App that gives you instant security feedback in your Pull Requests.
- Snyk – A developer-first solution that automates finding & fixing known vulnerabilities in your dependencies.
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