Case Study: European Bank strengthens web application security with ScienceSoft penetration testing

Web Application Penetration Testing for a European Bank

European Bank, a bank with $300+ million in total assets and more than 40 national branches, asked ScienceSoft to assess the security of several web applications that supported customer banking services. The bank wanted to know whether sensitive information such as payment card numbers, transaction details, and phone numbers was properly protected against cyberattacks.

ScienceSoft performed black-box penetration testing using the OWASP Top 10 methodology, combining manual and automated techniques with tools including BurpSuite, Acunetix, sqlmap, Metasploit, Nessus, and Nmap. The team carried out 10 different penetration tests and found 4 types of vulnerabilities, then provided a detailed remediation plan focused on authentication and data validation issues to help the bank restore the required level of security and customer data protection.