You're reading from Python for Security and Networking Leverage Python modules and tools in securing your network and applications

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837637553

Length 586 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Python

Concepts

Information Security

Author (1):

José Manuel Ortega

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Python Environment and System Programming Tools

2. Working with Python Scripting FREE CHAPTER

3. System Programming Packages

4. Section 2: Network Scripting and Packet Sniffing with Python

5. Socket Programming

6. HTTP Programming and Web Authentication

7. Analyzing Network Traffic and Packet Sniffing

8. Section 3: Server Scripting and Port Scanning with Python

9. Gathering Information from Servers with OSINT Tools

10. Interacting with FTP, SFTP, and SSH Servers

11. Working with Nmap Scanner

12. Section 4: Server Vulnerabilities and Security in Web Applications

13. Interacting with Vulnerability Scanners

14. Interacting with Server Vulnerabilities in Web Applications

15. Obtain Information from Vulnerabilities Databases

16. Section 5: Python Forensics

17. Extracting Geolocation and Metadata from Documents, Images, and Browsers

18. Python Tools for Brute-Force Attacks

19. Cryptography and Code Obfuscation

20. Assessments – Answers to the End-of-Chapter Questions

21. Other Books You May Enjoy

22. Index

Understanding vulnerabilities in web applications with OWASP

In this section, we will review the OWASP Top 10 vulnerability list and explain the Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in detail.

A vulnerability is a weakness in an information system that can be exploited by a threat actor. This weakness can present itself for a variety of reasons, such as failures in the design phase or errors in the programming logic.

The OWASP project aims to create knowledge, techniques, and processes designed to protect web applications against possible attacks. This project is made up of a series of subprojects, all focused on the creation of knowledge and security material for web applications.

One of these subprojects is the OWASP Top 10 project, where the 10 most important risks at the web application level are defined and detailed. This list is updated with the different techniques and vulnerabilities that can expose security risks in web applications.

Among the 10 most...