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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

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Kali Linux is built for professional penetration testing and security auditing. It is the next-generation of BackTrack, the most popular open-source penetration toolkit in the world. Readers will learn how to think like real attackers, exploit systems, and expose vulnerabilities. Even though web applications are developed in a very secure environment and have an intrusion detection system and firewall in place to detect and prevent any malicious activity, open ports are a pre-requisite for conducting online business. These ports serve as an open door for attackers to attack these applications. As a result, penetration testing becomes essential to test the integrity of web-applications. Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux is a hands-on guide that will give you step-by-step methods on finding vulnerabilities and exploiting web applications. "Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux" looks at the aspects of web penetration testing from the mind of an attacker. It provides real-world, practical step-by-step instructions on how to perform web penetration testing exercises. You will learn how to use network reconnaissance to pick your targets and gather information. Then, you will use server-side attacks to expose vulnerabilities in web servers and their applications. Client attacks will exploit the way end users use web applications and their workstations. You will also learn how to use open source tools to write reports and get tips on how to sell penetration tests and look out for common pitfalls. On the completion of this book, you will have the skills needed to use Kali Linux for web penetration tests and expose vulnerabilities on web applications and clients that access them.
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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
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Index

OWASP – ZAP


ZAP is an easy-to–use, integrated Penetration Testing tool for finding the vulnerabilities in web applications. We provided a brief overview of how to use ZAP in Chapter 3 regarding scanning a target for possible vulnerabilities. Let's revisit ZAP for identifying and exploiting cross-site scripting (commonly referred to as XSS) vulnerabilities.

ZAP comes built into Kali Linux 1.0, and can be found under Sniffing/Spoofing | Web Sniffers and selecting Owasp - ZAP, or simply opening a terminal window and typing in zap, as shown in the following example:

Here is a summary of setting up ZAP with Firefox, as explained in Chapter 3:

  1. Accept the user agreement.

  2. Generate an SSL certificate or import an existing one.

  3. Import the certificate into a web browser such as Firefox by going to Preferences | Advanced and selecting the Encryption subtab.

  4. Click on View Certificates and import the certificate.

  5. Check all the trust options for using the new certificate.

  6. Setup your Internet browser to use ZAP...

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