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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2.0, Second Edition

You're reading from   Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2.0, Second Edition Build your defense against web attacks with Kali Linux 2.0

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783988525
Length 312 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Penetration Testing and Web Applications FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting up Your Lab with Kali Linux 3. Reconnaissance and Profiling the Web Server 4. Major Flaws in Web Applications 5. Attacking the Server Using Injection-based Flaws 6. Exploiting Clients Using XSS and CSRF Flaws 7. Attacking SSL-based Websites 8. Exploiting the Client Using Attack Frameworks 9. AJAX and Web Services – Security Issues 10. Fuzzing Web Applications Index

Summary

In this chapter, we started by looking into the various social engineering attacks that are prevalent. We saw how easily users can be exploited through a social attack. We then discussed the social engineering toolkit and the different modules in it, covering a wide variety of social attacks. Next, we took a deep dive into the browser exploitation toolkit and learned how the XSS flaw can be exploited using the toolkit without writing even a single line of JavaScript. We covered all the major modules in BeEF and identified the different ways it could be used.

In the next chapter, we will talk about a new web technology known as AJAX and the security issues related to it.

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