A Beginner's Guide To Web Application Penetration Testing
eBook - PDF

A Beginner's Guide To Web Application Penetration Testing

  1. 353 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Beginner's Guide To Web Application Penetration Testing

About this book

A hands-on, beginner-friendly intro to web application pentesting

In A Beginner's Guide to Web Application Penetration Testing, seasoned cybersecurity veteran Ali Abdollahi delivers a startlingly insightful and up-to-date exploration of web app pentesting. In the book, Ali takes a dual approach—emphasizing both theory and practical skills—equipping you to jumpstart a new career in web application security.

You'll learn about common vulnerabilities and how to perform a variety of effective attacks on web applications. Consistent with the approach publicized by the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), the book explains how to find, exploit and combat the ten most common security vulnerability categories, including broken access controls, cryptographic failures, code injection, security misconfigurations, and more.

A Beginner's Guide to Web Application Penetration Testing walks you through the five main stages of a comprehensive penetration test: scoping and reconnaissance, scanning, gaining and maintaining access, analysis, and reporting. You'll also discover how to use several popular security tools and techniques—like as well as:

  • Demonstrations of the performance of various penetration testing techniques, including subdomain enumeration with Sublist3r and Subfinder, and port scanning with Nmap
  • Strategies for analyzing and improving the security of web applications against common attacks, including
  • Explanations of the increasing importance of web application security, and how to use techniques like input validation, disabling external entities to maintain security

Perfect for software engineers new to cybersecurity, security analysts, web developers, and other IT professionals, A Beginner's Guide to Web Application Penetration Testing will also earn a prominent place in the libraries of cybersecurity students and anyone else with an interest in web application security.

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Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2025
Print ISBN
9781394295593
eBook ISBN
9781394295616
Edition
1
Topic
Computer Science
Subtopic
Cyber Security
Index
Computer Science

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. About the Author
  6. Contents at a Glance
  7. Contents
  8. Foreword
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter 1 Introduction to Web Application Penetration Testing
  11. Chapter 2 Setting Up Your Penetration Testing Environment
  12. Chapter 3 Reconnaissance and Information Gathering
  13. Chapter 4 Cross-Site Scripting
  14. Chapter 5 SQL Injection
  15. Chapter 6 Cross-Site Request Forgery
  16. Chapter 7 Server-Side Attacks and Open Redirects
  17. Chapter 8 XML-Based Attacks
  18. Chapter 9 Authentication and Authorization
  19. Chapter 10 API Attacks
  20. Appendix A Best Practices and Standards
  21. Appendix B CWE and CVSS Score
  22. Appendix C Writing Effective and Comprehensive Penetration Testing Reports
  23. Index
  24. EULA