Over 80 recipes on how to identify, exploit, and test web
application security with Kali Linux 2 About This Book *
Familiarize yourself with the most common web vulnerabilities a web
application faces, and understand how attackers take advantage of
them * Set up a penetration testing lab to conduct a preliminary
assessment of attack surfaces and run exploits * Learn how to
prevent vulnerabilities in web applications before an attacker can
make the most of it Who This Book Is For This book is for IT
professionals, web developers, security enthusiasts, and security
professionals who want an accessible reference on how to find,
exploit, and prevent security vulnerabilities in web applications.
You should know the basics of operating a Linux environment and
have some exposure to security technologies and tools. What You
Will Learn * Set up a penetration testing laboratory in a secure
way * Find out what information is useful to gather when performing
penetration tests and where to look for it * Use crawlers and
spiders to investigate an entire website in minutes * Discover
security vulnerabilities in web applications in the web browser and
using command-line tools * Improve your testing efficiency with the
use of automated vulnerability scanners * Exploit vulnerabilities
that require a complex setup, run custom-made exploits, and prepare
for extraordinary scenarios * Set up Man in the Middle attacks and
use them to identify and exploit security flaws within the
communication between users and the web server * Create a malicious
site that will find and exploit vulnerabilities in the user's web
browser * Repair the most common web vulnerabilities and understand
how to prevent them becoming a threat to a site's security In
Detail Web applications are a huge point of attack for malicious
hackers and a critical area for security professionals and
penetration testers to lock down and secure. Kali Linux is a
Linux-based penetration testing platform and operating system that
provides a huge array of testing tools, many of which can be used
specifically to execute web penetration testing. This book will
teach you, in the form step-by-step recipes, how to detect a wide
array of vulnerabilities, exploit them to analyze their
consequences, and ultimately buffer attackable surfaces so
applications are more secure, for you and your users. Starting from
the setup of a testing laboratory, this book will give you the
skills you need to cover every stage of a penetration test: from
gathering information about the system and the application to
identifying vulnerabilities through manual testing and the use of
vulnerability scanners to both basic and advanced exploitation
techniques that may lead to a full system compromise. Finally, we
will put this into the context of OWASP and the top 10 web
application vulnerabilities you are most likely to encounter,
equipping you with the ability to combat them effectively. By the
end of the book, you will have the required skills to identify,
exploit, and prevent web application vulnerabilities. Style and
approach Taking a recipe-based approach to web security, this book
has been designed to cover each stage of a penetration test, with
descriptions on how tools work and why certain programming or
configuration practices can become security vulnerabilities that
may put a whole system, or network, at risk. Each topic is
presented as a sequence of tasks and contains a proper explanation
of why each task is performed and what it accomplishes.
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