Pentest tools analysis of speed tests

TL;DR

According to the Website Vulnerability Scanner of Pentest tools 13 of the 27 tested speed tests have low risk level. Some well-known speed tests with a low risk level are: Bredbandskollen, Cloudflare, Fast, M-Lab, SpeedOf.me and Xfinity xFi Speed Test.

 

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Method of measurement
  3. Speed tests to test
  4. The measurements
  5. Conclusions
 

Introduction

In our search for the safest speed test, we should of course also use the Website Vulnerability Scanner of Pentest tools to assess the security of speed tests.

 

Method of measurement

For this test we use the free light scan to analyse the speed tests, and note the overall risk level.

 

Speed tests to test

Because this is a relative simple test, the unique speed tests as collected at ZOMDir will be tested.

 

The measurements

  1. Astound speedtest overall risk level: high
  2. Bandwidth Place overall risk level: high
  3. Bredbandskollen overall risk level: low
  4. Broadband Speed Checker overall risk level: medium
  5. Cloudflare overall risk level: low
  6. Comparitech overall risk level: medium
  7. DSLReports overall risk level: medium
  8. Fast overall risk level: low
  9. Fireprobe overall risk level: medium
  10. Google Fiber overall risk level: medium
  11. Internet Speed at a Glance overall risk level: low
  12. LibreSpeed overall risk level: low
  13. M-Lab overall risk level: low
  14. Meter.net overall risk level: low
  15. N Perf overall risk level: medium
  16. Ookla Speedtest overall risk level: medium
  17. Open Speed Test overall risk level: medium
  18. SamKnows overall risk level: low
  19. SpeedCheck overall risk level: medium
  20. SpeedOf.me overall risk level: low
  21. SpeedOf.me API Sample Page overall risk level: low
  22. SpeedSmart overall risk level: medium
  23. Speedtest4.PHP overall risk level: medium
  24. TestMy.net overall risk level: medium
  25. Toast overall risk level: low
  26. Which Broadband Speed Test overall risk level: low
  27. Xfinity xFi Speed Test overall risk level: low
 

Conclusions

There are:

  1. 13 speed tests have overall risk level low
  2. 12 speed tests have overall risk level medium
  3. 2 speed tests have overall risk level high

The speed tests with overall risk level low are:

  1. Bredbandskollen
  2. Cloudflare
  3. Fast
  4. Internet Speed at a Glance
  5. LibreSpeed
  6. M-Lab
  7. Meter.net
  8. SamKnows
  9. SpeedOf.me
  10. SpeedOf.me API Sample Page
  11. Toast
  12. Which Broadband Speed Test
  13. Xfinity xFi Speed Test

Well-known speed tests with a low risk level are: Cloudflare, Fast, M-Lab, SpeedOf.me and Xfinity xFi Speed Test.