Zeus-Scanner is an advanced reconnaissance utility designed to simplify web application reconnaissance for security testing. It combines URL parsing, search engine querying, crawling, proxy support, and vulnerability assessment workflows in one tool. The scanner can work with multiple search engines, extract URLs from Google ban and webcache URLs, and parse robots.txt or sitemap.xml files. It also supports proxy configurations, Tor proxy compatibility, and Tor browser emulation for flexible routing during authorized assessments. Zeus-Scanner includes checks for issues such as XSS, SQL injection, clickjacking, exposed admin panels, port scanning, whois lookup, and header protection. It is most useful for penetration testers and researchers who need a broad reconnaissance toolkit, though its older Python 2-style setup makes environment compatibility important.
Features
- Built-in URL parsing engine
- Multiple search engine compatibility
- Proxy and Tor routing support
- robots.txt and sitemap.xml parsing
- Web crawling and link extraction
- Multiple vulnerability assessment modules