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Mastering Kali Linux for Web Penetration Testing

By : Michael McPhee
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Mastering Kali Linux for Web Penetration Testing

By: Michael McPhee

Overview of this book

You will start by delving into some common web application architectures in use, both in private and public cloud instances. You will also learn about the most common frameworks for testing, such as OWASP OGT version 4, and how to use them to guide your efforts. In the next section, you will be introduced to web pentesting with core tools and you will also see how to make web applications more secure through rigorous penetration tests using advanced features in open source tools. The book will then show you how to better hone your web pentesting skills in safe environments that can ensure low-risk experimentation with the powerful tools and features in Kali Linux that go beyond a typical script-kiddie approach. After establishing how to test these powerful tools safely, you will understand how to better identify vulnerabilities, position and deploy exploits, compromise authentication and authorization, and test the resilience and exposure applications possess. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with the web service architecture to identify and evade various protection mechanisms that are used on the Web today. You will leave this book with a greater mastery of essential test techniques needed to verify the secure design, development, and operation of your customers' web applications.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Is SQL any good?

As injections go, SQL Injection (SQLI) is the belle of the ball. While differences exist between SQL database technologies, most subscribe to a common foundation of syntax (defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), vocabulary and organization, which makes learning and adapting to a new one straightforward and efficient. Used in relational databases, it is the workhorse in modern database operations, responsible for storing, manipulating, and querying databases from adjacent applications or interfaces. There are a lot of free resources that are worth digging into to better understand SQL, and the World Wide Web Consortium's site (https://www.w3schools.com/sql/) is a fantastic start – we won't go into any depth on the underlying language.

Statistically speaking, over 98% of web applications are backed by databases containing the...