We will now discuss a number of online platforms that a cybersecurity professional can use for learning purposes. Some of the tools that will be covered are live and require authorization from the target to use. Therefore, exercise caution and do not run tests on highly sensitive or highly guarded websites. The end goal is to learn more about cybersecurity, so do focus on the results or reports given at the end of each exercise.
Self-study cybersecurity labs
The cross-site scripting (XSS) lab
To begin with, a simple security lab that you can carry out is an XSS attack, which can be found at https://pentest-tools.com/website-vulnerability-scanning/xss-scanner-online:
Figure 1: The landing page for XSS Scanner
The XSS online...
