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Practical Web Penetration Testing

By : Gus Khawaja
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Practical Web Penetration Testing

By: Gus Khawaja

Overview of this book

Companies all over the world want to hire professionals dedicated to application security. Practical Web Penetration Testing focuses on this very trend, teaching you how to conduct application security testing using real-life scenarios. To start with, you’ll set up an environment to perform web application penetration testing. You will then explore different penetration testing concepts such as threat modeling, intrusion test, infrastructure security threat, and more, in combination with advanced concepts such as Python scripting for automation. Once you are done learning the basics, you will discover end-to-end implementation of tools such as Metasploit, Burp Suite, and Kali Linux. Many companies deliver projects into production by using either Agile or Waterfall methodology. This book shows you how to assist any company with their SDLC approach and helps you on your journey to becoming an application security specialist. By the end of this book, you will have hands-on knowledge of using different tools for penetration testing.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Metasploit Cheat Sheet

Web Intrusion Tests

The purpose of this whole book was mainly to get to this topic: the Web Intrusion Test, also known as the Web Penetration Test. You probably bought the book because of this topic, but you need to know that web penetration testing is only one piece of the puzzle. In order to achieve a successful, full penetration test, you need to include Threat Modeling, Source Code Review, and network pentests, as well.

The Chapter 7, Application Threat Modeling, should have given you an architectural overview of web applications, and the Source Code Review should've given you a deep understanding too. Don't forget network pentests, which can reveal interesting vulnerabilities. I've created this sequence of chapters for a reason—to reflect real-life scenarios. I'm not writing this book for money; in fact, I want my readers to wonder, who is the author...