Professional Pen Testing for Web Applications

Chapter 1: Penetration Testing Web Applications At the end of the day, it all comes down to code. There are few information security issues out there that c...

Chapter 2: Web Applications#8212;Some Basics Outside of the programmer and developer communities there is a very evident lack of understanding about the re...

Chapter 3: Discovery Overview Discovery is the initial phase of any application penetration test, and how it#8217;s handled will go a long way toward...

Chapter 4: Vulnerability Analysis Overview It is at the Vulnerability Analysis stage that you will utilize some of the results that came out of the Dis...

Chapter 5: Attack Simulation Techniques and Tools#8212;Web Server Overview The web server is an integral component of any Web application; it is not op...

Chapter 6: Attack Simulation Techniques and Tools#8212;Web Application Overview This is the stage where you actually pen test the target application. Y...

Chapter 7: Attack Simulation Techniques and Tools#8212;Known Exploits Overview Armed with all of the data gathered during Discovery you can now go and...

Chapter 8: Attack Simulation Techniques and Tools#8212;Web Services Overview There is absolutely no doubt about the fact that XML-based Web services ha...

Chapter 9: Documentation and Presentation Overview Documentation represents the culmination of all your efforts on a pen testing project. It is the tru...

Chapter 10: Remediation Overview Remediation refers to the reactive, corrective steps that need to be taken to address the findings you have gathered...

Chapter 11: Your Lab Overview The importance of having your own lab for experimentation and learning cannot be stressed enough. Pen testing is both a...