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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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784395070
Length 338 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Michael McPhee Michael McPhee
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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

Speed-dating your target

Business logic is best understood through a discovery of what the application itself is trying to do, assessing expected behavior, and then looking for ways in which that expected behavior falls apart. Some of these issues may in fact be due to an issue with the software, or a misconfiguration of the modules supporting the application. While the line is blurry at times, we're going to focus on behavioral flaws that are better uncovered with insight into the application's purpose, the company's objectives, and the processes that the target's developers believe they were delivering.

So, how does OWASP define these vulnerabilities? In actuality, these flaws are less straightforward than the others we have looked at together so far. They are also often categorized improperly, but our major concern should be the integrity of the application...

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