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API Security for White Hat Hackers

You're reading from API Security for White Hat Hackers Uncover offensive defense strategies and get up to speed with secure API implementation

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800560802

Length 418 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

Ethical Hacking

Author (1):

Confidence Staveley

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Understanding API Security Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to API Architecture and Security

3. Chapter 2: The Evolving API Threat Landscape and Security Considerations

4. Chapter 3: OWASP API Security Top 10 Explained

5. Part 2: Offensive API Hacking

6. Chapter 4: API Attack Strategies and Tactics

7. Chapter 5: Exploiting API Vulnerabilities

8. Chapter 6: Bypassing API Authentication and Authorization Controls

9. Chapter 7: Attacking API Input Validation and Encryption Techniques

10. Part 3: Advanced Techniques for API Security Testing and Exploitation

11. Chapter 8: API Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing

12. Chapter 9: Advanced API Testing: Approaches, Tools, and Frameworks

13. Chapter 10: Using Evasion Techniques

14. Part 4: API Security for Technical Management Professionals

15. Chapter 11: Best Practices for Secure API Design and Implementation

16. Chapter 12: Challenges and Considerations for API Security in Large Enterprises

17. Chapter 13: Implementing Effective API Governance and Risk Management Initiatives

18. Index

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Further reading

To learn more about the topics that were covered in this chapter, take a look at the following resources:

Chrome DevTools documentation: https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools.
Burp Suite extensions for API hacking: https://medium.com/@urban_hit/burp-extension-for-api-hacking-ac19d45bcd6.
Akamai’s State of the Internet report: https://www.akamai.com/newsroom/press-release/state-of-the-internet-security-retail-attacks-and-api-traffic.
Cloudflare’s Landscape of API Traffic: https://blog.cloudflare.com/landscape-of-api-traffic.
Kali Linux Installation Guide: https://www.kali.org/docs/installation/hard-disk-install/.
Burp Suite Installation Guide: https://portswigger.net/burp/documentation/desktop/getting-started/download-and-install.
Postman Installation Guide: https://learning.postman.com/docs/getting-started/installation/installation-and-updates/.

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Authors (1)

Confidence Staveley

Confidence Staveley

Confidence Staveley is a multi-award-winning cybersecurity leader with a background in software engineering, specializing in application security and cybersecurity strategy. Confidence excels in translating cybersecurity concepts into digestible insights for diverse audiences. Her YouTube series, “API Kitchen,” explains API security using culinary metaphors. Confidence holds an advanced diploma in software engineering, a bachelor's degree in IT and business information systems, and a master's degree in IT management from the University of Bradford, as well as numerous industry certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, and CCISO. In addition to her advisory roles on many boards, Confidence is the founder of CyberSafe Foundation and MerkleFence.

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