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Hands-On Bug Hunting for Penetration Testers

By : Joe Marshall, Himanshu Sharma
Book Image

Hands-On Bug Hunting for Penetration Testers

By: Joe Marshall, Himanshu Sharma

Overview of this book

Bug bounties have quickly become a critical part of the security economy. This book shows you how technical professionals with an interest in security can begin productively—and profitably—participating in bug bounty programs. You will learn about SQli, NoSQLi, XSS, XXE, and other forms of code injection. You’ll see how to create CSRF PoC HTML snippets, how to discover hidden content (and what to do with it once it’s found), and how to create the tools for automated pentesting work?ows. Then, you’ll format all of this information within the context of a bug report that will have the greatest chance of earning you cash. With detailed walkthroughs that cover discovering, testing, and reporting vulnerabilities, this book is ideal for aspiring security professionals. You should come away from this work with the skills you need to not only find the bugs you're looking for, but also the best bug bounty programs to participate in, and how to grow your skills moving forward in freelance security research.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Data Leaks – What Information Matters?

There are a few categories of data that have instant and recognizable value. It should be clear to just about any developer that these should be treated as higher value pieces of information in any threat-modeling exercise.

API Keys

API keys are typically used to provide project-level authorization for an API, service, or other organization-type object. APIs can be critical pieces of information to expose because of the extent of their permissions and the generally wider scope of API keys. A ready example of an API key might be the API key for a SaaS app, such as Twilio. A Twilio API Key doesn't differentiate access based on the role of the user; it just gives everyone who...