Syhunt Dynamic

Syhunt Dynamic is a desktop DAST scanner that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It detects over 7,000 web application vulnerabilities across 75+ categories through automated crawling and injection testing.

The scanner handles traditional web applications and APIs alike. It supports OpenAPI, Swagger, GraphQL, API Blueprint, RAML, and Postman Collections for structured API testing.

Syhunt is a Brazilian security company. The product uses what Syhunt calls “Augmented Dynamic Analysis” — combining standard DAST with out-of-band (OAST) detection techniques.

What is Syhunt Dynamic?

Syhunt Dynamic crawls deployed web applications, maps their structure, and fires automated attack payloads at discovered endpoints. No source code access needed.

Point it at a URL and the scanner discovers pages, forms, JavaScript-generated content, and API endpoints. It then runs 581+ injection checks across 30+ attack categories to find SQL injection, XSS, path traversal, command execution, and other flaws. These vulnerability classes align with the OWASP Top 10, which identifies injection and broken access control as the most common web application risks.

The tool ships as a standalone desktop application with a command-line interface. This makes it usable both as a GUI tool for manual assessments and as a CLI tool for CI/CD automation.

Key Features

Vulnerability Detection

Syhunt covers the standard DAST tools vulnerability categories plus a few less common ones:

• SQL Injection: Error-based, blind, and time-based for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Oracle
• Cross-Site Scripting: Reflected, stored, and DOM-based XSS
• Path Traversal: Directory traversal and local file inclusion
• Command Execution: OS command injection and code injection
• XXE: XML External Entity injection
• OAST Detection: Out-of-band attacks that confirm blind vulnerabilities through external callbacks
• Server Misconfiguration: Security headers, exposed files, default credentials

JavaScript Analysis

The scanner emulates Chrome, Firefox, and IE browser engines to render JavaScript-heavy pages. It handles:

• Single-page application routes
• AJAX requests and XHR callbacks
• Dynamically generated forms and links
• Auto form filling with simulated user interactions (key presses, mouse clicks)
• HTML5 and CSS3 parsing

API Security Scanner

The API scanner accepts definitions in nine different formats. Once imported, it tests every endpoint for injection vulnerabilities, authentication bypass, and configuration weaknesses.

Supported web technologies include ASP.NET, Java/JSP, Node.js, PHP, Ruby, Python, Perl, and Lua.

Compliance Reporting

Reports map findings to compliance frameworks. According to NIST SP 800-53, organizations handling federal data must implement regular vulnerability assessments, and mapped reporting helps satisfy those requirements:

• OWASP Top 10
• PCI DSS
• HIPAA
• ISO/IEC 27001
• CWE/SANS Top 25
• CVSS v3 scoring with CVE and CWE references

Integrations

CI/CD & DevOps

GitLab

Jenkins

GitHub

Issue Tracking

JIRA

GitHub Issues

GitLab Issues

Virtual Patching

Imperva SecureSphere

F5 BIG-IP ASM

Getting Started

Command-Line Usage

# Basic web application scan
scanurl https://example.com

# Scan with authentication
scanurl https://example.com \
  -atype:Form \
  -auser:admin \
  -apass:secret

# Generate HTML report
scanurl https://example.com \
  -rout:report.html

# Generate JSON output for CI/CD integration
scanurl https://example.com \
  -rout:results.json

When to Use Syhunt Dynamic

Syhunt fits teams that want a desktop DAST scanner with cross-platform support and API testing built in. Nine API definition formats is more than most competitors support, which matters if your organization has mixed API documentation standards.

It works well for:

• Security professionals who prefer desktop tools over SaaS
• Organizations needing compliance-mapped reports (PCI DSS, HIPAA, ISO 27001)
• Teams testing APIs documented in various formats (OpenAPI, Postman, RAML, etc.)
• Environments where virtual patching integration (Imperva, F5) is valuable

It’s not the best fit if you need cloud-native SaaS delivery, continuous monitoring, or deep JavaScript SPA testing. For those needs, look at tools like ZAP, Nuclei, or commercial SaaS DAST platforms like Acunetix. For a broader understanding of dynamic testing approaches, see our guide on what is DAST.

Syhunt Product Suite

Syhunt Dynamic is one part of a larger security toolkit:

• Syhunt Hybrid — Combines SAST and DAST in a single tool
• Syhunt Code — Static analysis for source code vulnerabilities
• Syhunt API — Dedicated API security auditing
• Syhunt Mobile — Android and iOS application security testing

Frequently Asked Questions