Search icon CANCEL
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Mastering Kali Linux for Web Penetration Testing

You're reading from   Mastering Kali Linux for Web Penetration Testing The ultimate defense against complex organized threats and attacks

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784395070
Length 338 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Arrow right icon
Author (1):
Arrow left icon
Michael McPhee Michael McPhee
Author Profile Icon Michael McPhee
Michael McPhee
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Common Web Applications and Architectures FREE CHAPTER 2. Guidelines for Preparation and Testing 3. Stalking Prey Through Target Recon 4. Scanning for Vulnerabilities with Arachni 5. Proxy Operations with OWASP ZAP and Burp Suite 6. Infiltrating Sessions via Cross-Site Scripting 7. Injection and Overflow Testing 8. Exploiting Trust Through Cryptography Testing 9. Stress Testing Authentication and Session Management 10. Launching Client-Side Attacks 11. Breaking the Application Logic 12. Educating the Customer and Finishing Up

Taking it to a new level with Burp Suite

OWASP ZAP is a great open source introduction to proxy-based scanning and fuzzing. That being said, most testers have already found that additional tools are necessary to carry out a complete test, for reasons like having the ability to cover more input vectors, cover additional content types like Flash and Webservice vulnerabilities, and automate more report and audit processes. More can be learned about the many toolsets at SecToolMarket.com (http://www.sectoolmarket.com/price-and-feature-comparison-of-web-application-scanners-unified-list.html ). The effort to coordinate with outside toolsets to complete anything more than a small penetration test is more trouble that is worth. A large number of newer proxy-based Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) frameworks have sprung up to answer the call. These solutions range from free...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime