▶Book Description
Companies all over the world want to hire professionals dedicated to application security. Practical Web Penetration Testing focuses on this very trend, teaching you how to conduct application security testing using real-life scenarios.
To start with, you'll set up an environment to perform web application penetration testing. You will then explore different penetration testing concepts such as threat modeling, intrusion test, infrastructure security threat, and more, in combination with advanced concepts such as Python scripting for automation. Once you are done learning the basics, you will discover end-to-end implementation of tools such as Metasploit, Burp Suite, and Kali Linux. Many companies deliver projects into production by using either Agile or Waterfall methodology. This book shows you how to assist any company with their SDLC approach and helps you on your journey to becoming an application security specialist.
By the end of this book, you will have hands-on knowledge of using different tools for penetration testing.
▶What You Will Learn
⦁ Learn how to use Burp Suite effectively
⦁ Use Nmap, Metasploit, and more tools for network infrastructure tests
⦁ Practice using all web application hacking tools for intrusion tests using Kali Linux
⦁ Learn how to analyze a web application using application threat modeling
⦁ Know how to conduct web intrusion tests
⦁ Understand how to execute network infrastructure tests
⦁ Master automation of penetration testing functions for maximum efficiency using Python
▶Key Features
⦁ Build an end-to-end threat model landscape for web application security
⦁ Learn both web application vulnerabilities and web intrusion testing
⦁ Associate network vulnerabilities with a web application infrastructure
▶Who This Book Is For
This book is for security professionals and enthusiasts who want to deepen their knowledge of the web penetration testing world. Many topics will be covered in this book, but you will need the basics of ethical hacking before you start reading (many online courses out there will get you up to speed). If you're a professional, I'm betting that you will appreciate a lot the straight forward checklists that I will provide. In fact, I use them myself in my career as a penetration tester.
▶What this book covers
⦁ Chapter 1, Building a Vulnerable Web Application Lab, will help us to get and install the vulnerable application Mutillidae using Windows and Linux. Also, we will have a quick tour of how to use this vulnerable web application.
⦁ Chapter 2, Kali Linux Installation, will explain how to download, install, and configure Kali Linux
⦁ Chapter 3, Delving Deep into the Usage of Kali Linux, will teach more about how to deal with Kali Linux from the Terminal window, and will help you to become a ninja in bash scripting as well.
⦁ Chapter 4, All About Using Burp Suite, covers what you need to know about Metasploit to fulfil the role of a web application security expert.
⦁ Chapter 5, Understanding Web Application Vulnerabilities, explains the attacks that can happen on a web application, and after finishing the chapter, you will be able to use these skills to manipulate your findings during pentests.
⦁ Chapter 6, Application Security Pre-Engagement, will explain how to sign all the necessary contracts before starting the tests. Also, you will learn how to estimate, scope, and schedule your tests before they start.
⦁ Chapter 7, Application Threat Modeling, will explains that ATM is a security architecture document that allows you to identify future threats and to pinpoint the different pentest activities that need to be executed in the future deployment of the web application project.
⦁ Chapter 8, Source Code Review, covers how to deal with the source code review process. The source code is the heart or engine of a web application, and it must be properly constructed from a security perspective.
⦁ Chapter 9, Network Penetration Testing, explains how to use Metasploit, Nmap, and OpenVAS together to conduct a network infrastructure vulnerability assessment.
⦁ Chapter 10, Web Intrusion Tests, will show how to look for web application based vulnerabilities (SQLi, XSS, and CSRF) using Burp. Also, the readers will learn how to take advantage of, get a remote shell, and probably elevate their privileges on the victim web server.
⦁ Chapter 11, Pentest Automation Using Python, explains how to automate everything that we have learned using the Python language for a more performant result.
