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Practical Web Penetration Testing

You're reading from   Practical Web Penetration Testing Secure web applications using Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, and more

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788624039
Length 294 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gus Khawaja Gus Khawaja
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Building a Vulnerable Web Application Lab FREE CHAPTER 2. Kali Linux Installation 3. Delving Deep into the Usage of Kali Linux 4. All About Using Burp Suite 5. Understanding Web Application Vulnerabilities 6. Application Security Pre-Engagement 7. Application Threat Modeling 8. Source Code Review 9. Network Penetration Testing 10. Web Intrusion Tests 11. Pentest Automation Using Python 12. Nmap Cheat Sheet 13. Metasploit Cheat Sheet 14. Netcat Cheat Sheet 15. Networking Reference Section 16. Python Quick Reference 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

I hope that you understood this chapter very well! I mean it; this chapter is key to your success in understanding application security vulnerabilities. If you're hesitant about any of the preceding topics, please stop and try to review them one more time. You should already have installed Mutillidae on your lab machine and started practicing all the preceding examples.

The topics that we discussed in this chapter do not incorporate all web application vulnerabilities, but I covered the most important ones that you will encounter in your career. SQLi is the most dangerous one and XSS is the most popular one that you will face during Web Intrusion Tests.

Later, we will re-visit these vulnerabilities over and over again, and that's why you must master this chapter; if you don't, you will find the upcoming chapters difficult to understand.

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