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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

Time and cost estimation

Time estimation is crucial; this will prove to your client how efficient and professional you are in the services that you're trying to offer. You don't want to waste the money and time of your client as well. You need to take multiple factors into consideration if you want to estimate your project time efficiently.

  • The experience of the consultant is important because a senior consultant could take 5 hours to finish a penetration when a junior consultant could take 10 hours for the same test.
  • Always add a 15-20% risk after you estimate a project.
  • The kick-off meeting is the most important aspect of your time estimation. This meeting will reveal most of the obstacles that you may encounter during the tests.

Assume that you have finished your kick-off meeting and the client has given you the following architecture diagram:

Also, during the...