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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

This book covers everything you need to set up a Kali Linux lab, the latest generation of the BackTrack Linux penetration testing and security auditing Linux distribution. Learn how to use the hundred tools Kali Linux has so you can manage security tasks such as penetration testing, forensics, and reverse engineering.

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Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Completion Time

14h12m

Language

English

About Book

Who Is This Book For?

Since this book sets out to cover a large number of tools and security fields, it can work as an introduction to practical security skills for beginners in security. In addition, web programmers and also system administrators would benefit from this rigorous introduction to web penetration testing. Basic system administration skills are necessary, and the ability to read code is a must.

Book content

chapters 14h12m total length

Introduction to Penetration Testing and Web Applications

Setting Up Your Lab with Kali Linux

Reconnaissance and Profiling the Web Server

Authentication and Session Management Flaws

Attacking the Server Using Injection-based Flaws

Finding and Exploiting Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilities

Exploiting Cross Site Request Forgery

Attacking Cryptographic implementation flaws

AJAX, HTML5 and client side attacks

Fuzzing Web Applications

Using Automated Scanners on Web Applications

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