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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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800560802
Length 418 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

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 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: “We will be grouping our requests into three folders, Auth, Users, and Transactions.”

A block of code is set as follows:

{
  "userId": 123,
  "username": "john_doe",
  "email": "john.doe@example.com"
}

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

{
  "error": "Resource not found",
  "message": "The resource 'api/v1/products/123' does not exist"
}

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install python3
sudo apt-get install golang

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in bold. Here is an example: “Right-click the page and select Inspect Element.”

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